Chris Cooper
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1951-07-09 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (10)
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
Miami Vice
1984
as Jimmy Yagovitch
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Equalizer
1985
as Michael
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Homecoming
2018
as Leonard Geist
11.22.63
2016
as Al Templeton
Lonesome Dove
1989
as July Johnson
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
as July Johnson
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
Movies (82)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
The Bourne Identity
2002
as Alexander Conklin
Little Women
2019
as Mr. Laurence
Cars 3
2017
as Smokey (voice)
American Beauty
1999
as Colonel Fitts
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
The Patriot
2000
as Col. Harry Burwell
The Town
2010
as Stephen MacRay
A Time to Kill
1996
as Dwayne Looney
Demolition
2016
as Phil Eastwood
Remember Me
2010
as Neil Craig
Jarhead
2005
as Lt. Col. Kazinski
The Kingdom
2007
as Grant Sykes
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
as Lieutenant Gerke
New York, I Love You
2008
as Alex
The Muppets
2011
as Tex Richman
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Frank Booker
Seabiscuit
2003
as Tom Smith
The History of Sound
2025
as Older Lionel
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
as Douglas (voice)
Interstate 60
2002
as Bob Cody
Great Expectations
1998
as Joe
October Sky
1999
as John Hickam
Money Train
1995
as Torch
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Jerry Vogel
This Boy's Life
1993
as Roy
Syriana
2005
as Jimmy Pope
Adaptation.
2002
as John Laroche
Live by Night
2016
as Chief Irving Figgis
Boston Strangler
2023
as Jack Maclaine
The Company You Keep
2012
as Daniel Sloan
Extreme Movie
2008
as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
Lone Star
1996
as Sam Deeds
Irresistible
2020
as Jack Hastings
Capote
2005
as Alvin Dewey
Breach
2007
as Robert Hanssen
August: Osage County
2013
as Charlie Aiken
The Company Men
2010
as Phil Woodward
The Tempest
2010
as Antonio
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as Larry Nolan
Married Life
2008
as Harry Allen
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
as Walter
Boys
1996
as Mr. John Baker
Breast Men
1997
as Dr. William Larson
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Matewan
1987
as Joe Kenehan
City of Hope
1991
as Riggs
Amigo
2011
as Col. Hardacre
Alone
1997
as Gus Jr.
Bed of Lies
1992
as Price Daniel, Jr.
Silver City
2004
as Dickie Pilager
With/In Volume 2
2021
as (segment "Nuts")
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012
as Gary (voice)
Coming Through the Rye
2016
as J.D. Salinger
My House in Umbria
2003
as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Thousand Pieces of Gold
1991
as Charlie
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
as Self
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Jack Wilson
Fastball
2016
as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Ron Hacksby
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
as Anthony Blessing
Pharaoh's Army
1995
as Captain John Hull Abston
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009
as Himself (Narrator)
Darrow
1991
as Eugene Debs
A Little Piece of Sunshine
1990
as Ernie Favaro
To the Moon, Alice
1991
as Frank Wiliker
One More Mountain
1994
as Jack Reed
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
Them That Work
2019
as Self
Henrietta Bulkowski
2019
as Danny Wilcox
The Deliverance of Elaine
1996
as Charlie Skyler
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004
as Self
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
as Self
Bad Timing
1982
as Eddie
I Passed This Way
Primo Levi's Journey
2006
as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
Light on Broken Glass
as Jay
Walt Whitman
2008
as Walt Whitman (voice)
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
2003
as Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003
as Self
Intelligent Lives
2018
as Self
About Chris Cooper
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 on… With 92 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Chris Cooper has appeared in 82 films and 10 TV shows.
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- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
- The Bourne Identity (2002) — as Alexander Conklin
- Little Women (2019) — as Mr. Laurence
- Cars 3 (2017) — as Smokey (voice)
- American Beauty (1999) — as Colonel Fitts
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