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Chris Cooper is a Actor American born on 9 july 1951 at Kansas City (USA)

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper
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Birth name Christopher W. Cooper
Nationality USA
Birth 9 july 1951 (72 years) at Kansas City (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1980s. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including the drama American Beauty (1999), the biopic about a NASA engineer titled October Sky (1999), the action spy film The Bourne Identity (2002), the biographical sports psychological-drama thriller film Seabiscuit (2003), the biographical film about Truman Capote, Capote (2005), the geopolitical thriller Syriana (2005), the action-thriller The Kingdom (2007), the crime drama The Town (2010), and the musical comedy film The Muppets (2011).

Cooper won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the comedy-drama metafilm Adaptation (2002). 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 action thriller The Company You Keep, and supervillain Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).

Biography

Cooper resides in Kingston, Massachusetts, with his wife, Marianne Leone Cooper, whom he married in 1983. In 1987, their son Jesse Lanier Cooper was born. Three months premature, Jesse developed a cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral palsy. After searching for the best schools for children with special needs, Cooper and Leone moved to Kingston, where they became strong advocates for exceptional children. Jesse was eventually mainstreamed into Silver Lake Regional High School, where he became an honor student. On January 3, 2005, Jesse Cooper died suddenly and unexpectedly from epilepsy. A memorial fund was set up in his name, the Jesse Cooper Foundation.

Best films

Cars 3 (2017)
(Actor)
The Patriot (2000)
(Actor)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
(Actor)
The Muppets (2011)
(Actor)
The Town (2010)
(Actor)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
(Actor)

Usually with

John Sayles
John Sayles
(5 films)
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
(3 films)
Maggie Renzi
Maggie Renzi
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Chris Cooper (50 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2019A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodActorJerry Vogel
2019Little WomenActorMr. Laurence
2017Live by NightActorChief Irving Figgis
2017Cars 3ActorSmokey Yunick (voice)
2015DemolitionActorPhil Eastwood
2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2ActorNorman Osborn (uncredited)
2013August: Osage CountyActorCharlie Aiken
2012The Company You KeepActorDaniel Sloan
2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodActorGary (voice)
2011The MuppetsActorTex Richman
2010Remember MeActorNeil Craig
2010The TownActorStephen MacRay
2010The Company MenActorPhil Woodward
2010AmigoActorCol. Hardacre
2010The TempestActorAntonio
2009Where the Wild Things AreActorDouglas (voice)
2008New York, I Love YouActorAlex
2008Extreme MovieActorFBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
2007BreachActorRobert Hanssen
2007The KingdomActorGrant Sykes
2007Married LifeActorHarry Allen
2006CapoteActorAlvin Dewey
2005JarheadActorLt. Col. Kazinski
2005SyrianaActorJimmy Pope
2004The Bourne SupremacyActorAlexander Conklin
2004Silver CityActorDickie Pilager
2003SeabiscuitActorTom Smith
2003My House in UmbriaActorThomas 'Tom' Riversmith
2002Adaptation.ActorJohn Laroche
2002The Bourne IdentityActorAlexander Conklin
2002Interstate 60ActorBob Cody
2000Me, Myself & IreneActorLieutenant Gerke
2000The PatriotActorCol. Harry Burwell
1999American BeautyActorColonel Fitts
1999October SkyActorJohn Hickam
1999The 24 Hour WomanActor
1998The Horse WhispererActorFrank Booker
1998Great ExpectationsActorJoe
1997Breast MenActorDr. William Larson
1996BoysActorMr. John Baker
1996Lone StarActorSam Deeds
1996A Time to KillActorDwayne Looney
1995Money TrainActorTorch
1995Pharaoh's ArmyActorCaptain John Hull Abston
1993This Boy's LifeActorRoy
1992Bed of LiesActorPrice Daniel, Jr.
1991City of HopeActorRiggs
1991Guilty by SuspicionActorLarry Nolan
1991Thousand Pieces of GoldActorCharlie
1987MatewanActorJoe Kenehan