Chris Cooper
1 FOLLOWER • 38 CREDITS • JUL 9, 1951 • 73
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).
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Known For
Law & Order
The Oscars
The Equalizer
Miami Vice
Teen Choice Awards
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Bourne Supremacy
A Time to Kill
Lonesome Dove
Little Women
Capote
The Town
Return to Lonesome Dove
Me, Myself & Irene
New York, I Love You
American Beauty
Where the Wild Things Are
It Takes a Lunatic
Homecoming
Alone
Remember Me
Jarhead
Money Train
October Sky
Demolition
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Muppets
Cars 3
Boston Strangler
The Kingdom
The Bourne Identity
Irresistible
11.22.63
Breast Men
One More Mountain
Matewan
Lone Star
Breach
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