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