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Chris Cooper
Sign in to saveAlso known as Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper, Christopher W. Cooper, Coop, Christopher Walton "Chris" Cooper
American actor (1951-)
Film & TV
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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…
Known for
- Everything's Going to Be Great — Walter2025
- The History of Sound — Older Lionel2025
- Boston Strangler — Jack Maclaine2023
- With/In Volume 2 — (segment "Nuts")2021
- Irresistible — Jack Hastings2020
- Little Women — Mr. Laurence2019
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Jerry Vogel2019
- Them That Work — Self2019
- It Takes a Lunatic — Self2019
- Henrietta Bulkowski — Danny Wilcox2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Walton Cooper , ( 1951-07-09 ) July 9, 1951 (age 74) , Kansas City, Missouri , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Missouri
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Spouse
- Marianne Leone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Children
- 1 (deceased)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Family name
- Cooper
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kansas City
- Spouse
- Marianne Leone Cooper
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Chris Cooper at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
- Residence
- Kingston
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- Commons category
- Chris Cooper
- date of birth
- 1951-07-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Christopher Walton Cooper
- name in native language
- Chris Cooper
- different from
- Christian Cooper
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. Having made his debut as a stage actor, he made his breakthrough on television as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). He has appeared in several major Hollywood films including A Time to Kill (1996), October Sky (1999), American Beauty (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), Live by Night (2016), Cars 3 (2017), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Little Women (2019). He won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation.
Cooper also 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 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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