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Chris Cooper

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Chris Cooper

Born July 9, 1951 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Biography

Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including American Beauty (1999), October Sky (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), Capote (2005), Syriana (2005), The Kingdom (2007), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), The Town (2010), The Muppets (2011), Cars 3 (2017), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Little Women (2019). He also portrayed Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove, which became one of the most successful Westerns in history. Cooper won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as John Laroche in the 2002 film Adaptation. He played a lead role in the historical and political thriller Breach (2007), playing FBI agent and traitor Robert Hanssen. He played Daniel Sloan in the 2012 political thriller The Company You Keep, and supervillain Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He also portrayed Al Templeton on the 2016 Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 2025Unscripted LivesExecutive ProducerMovie
  2. 2025The History of SoundOlder LionelMovie
  3. 2025Everything's Going to Be GreatWalterMovie
  4. 2023Boston StranglerJack MaclaineMovie
  5. 2021With/In Volume 2(segment "Nuts"), DirectorMovie
  6. 2020IrresistibleJack HastingsMovie
  7. 2019Little WomenMr. LaurenceMovie
  8. 2019Them That WorkSelfMovie
  9. 2019A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodJerry VogelMovie
  10. 2019It Takes a LunaticSelfMovie
  11. 2019Henrietta BulkowskiDanny WilcoxMovie
  12. 2018HomecomingLeonard GeistSeries
  13. 2018Intelligent LivesSelf, Executive ProducerMovie
  14. 2017Cars 3Smokey (voice)Movie
  15. 2016Live by NightChief Irving FiggisMovie
  16. 2016Coming Through the RyeJ.D. SalingerMovie
  17. 2016DemolitionPhil EastwoodMovie
  18. 2016FastballClifford Blankenship (voice)Movie
  19. 201611.22.63Al TempletonSeries
  20. 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Norman Osborn (uncredited)Movie
  21. 2013August: Osage CountyCharlie AikenMovie
  22. 2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President KennedySelf - Narrator (voice)Movie
  23. 2012The Company You KeepDaniel SloanMovie
  24. 2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodGary (voice)Movie
  25. 2011The MuppetsTex RichmanMovie
  26. 2011AmigoCol. HardacreMovie
  27. 2010The Company MenPhil WoodwardMovie
  28. 2010The TownStephen MacRayMovie
  29. 2010The TempestAntonioMovie
  30. 2010Remember MeNeil CraigMovie
  31. 2010Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeLt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)Movie
  32. 2009Where the Wild Things AreDouglas (voice)Movie
  33. 2009The Assassination of Abraham LincolnHimself (Narrator)Movie
  34. 2008Extreme MovieFBI Agent Mike (uncredited)Movie
  35. 2008New York, I Love YouAlexMovie
  36. 2008Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman (voice)Movie
  37. 2008Married LifeHarry AllenMovie
  38. 2007The KingdomGrant SykesMovie
  39. 2007BreachRobert HanssenMovie
  40. 2006Primo Levi's JourneyNarrator (voice) (U.S. version)Movie
  41. 2006Making Capote: Concept to ScriptSelfMovie
  42. 2005SyrianaJimmy PopeMovie
  43. 2005JarheadLt. Col. KazinskiMovie
  44. 2005CapoteAlvin DeweyMovie
  45. 2004The Making of 'Seabiscuit'SelfMovie
  46. 2004Silver CityDickie PilagerMovie
  47. 2004The Bourne SupremacyAlexander Conklin (uncredited)Movie
  48. 2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the LegendSelfMovie
  49. 2003SeabiscuitTom SmithMovie
  50. 2003'Seabiscuit': The Making of a LegendSelfMovie
  51. 2003My House in UmbriaThomas 'Tom' RiversmithMovie
  52. 2002Adaptation.John LarocheMovie
  53. 2002The Bourne IdentityAlexander ConklinMovie
  54. 2002Interstate 60Bob CodyMovie
  55. 2000American Beauty: Look Closer...SelfMovie
  56. 2000The PatriotCol. Harry BurwellMovie
  57. 2000Me, Myself & IreneLieutenant GerkeMovie
  58. 1999American BeautyColonel FittsMovie
  59. 1999Teen Choice AwardsSelfSeries
  60. 1999October SkyJohn HickamMovie
  61. 1999The 24 Hour WomanRon HacksbyMovie
  62. 1998The Horse WhispererFrank BookerMovie
  63. 1998Great ExpectationsJoeMovie
  64. 1997AloneGus Jr.Movie
  65. 1997Breast MenDr. William LarsonMovie
  66. 1996A Time to KillDwayne LooneyMovie
  67. 1996Lone StarSam DeedsMovie
  68. 1996BoysMr. John BakerMovie
  69. 1996The Deliverance of ElaineCharlie SkylerMovie
  70. 1995Money TrainTorchMovie
  71. 1995Pharaoh's ArmyCaptain John Hull AbstonMovie
  72. 1994One More MountainJack ReedMovie
  73. 1993Return to Lonesome DoveJuly JohnsonSeries
  74. 1993This Boy's LifeRoyMovie
  75. 1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeAnthony BlessingMovie
  76. 1992Bed of LiesPrice Daniel, Jr.Movie
  77. 1991City of HopeRiggsMovie
  78. 1991To The Moon, AliceFrank WilikerMovie
  79. 1991DarrowEugene DebsMovie
  80. 1991Thousand Pieces of GoldCharlieMovie
  81. 1991Guilty by SuspicionLarry NolanMovie
  82. 1991In Broad DaylightJack WilsonMovie
  83. 1990A Little Piece of SunshineErnie FavaroMovie
  84. 1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Roy PayneSeries
  85. 1989Lonesome DoveJuly JohnsonSeries
  86. 1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)Series
  87. 1987MatewanJoe KenehanMovie
  88. 1985The EqualizerMichaelSeries
  89. 1984Miami ViceJimmy YagovitchSeries
  90. 1982Bad TimingEddieMovie
  91. 1982American PlayhouseLouis Halladay, Charlie Bemis, Eugene DebsSeries
  92. 1953The OscarsSelfSeries
  93. —Light on Broken GlassJayMovie
  94. —I Passed This WayMovie