Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Acting
Born Jul 09, 1951
From 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 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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6.5
2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Norman Osborn (uncredited)

Cars 3
6.9
2017

Cars 3

Smokey (voice)

Little Women
7.9
2019

Little Women

Mr. Laurence

American Beauty
8.0
1999

American Beauty

Colonel Fitts

The Bourne Identity
7.5
2002

The Bourne Identity

Alexander Conklin

The Patriot
7.2
2000

The Patriot

Col. Harry Burwell

The Town
7.2
2010

The Town

Stephen MacRay

The History of Sound
6.3
2025

The History of Sound

Older Lionel

Jarhead
6.7
2005

Jarhead

Lt. Col. Kazinski

The Bourne Supremacy
7.3
2004

The Bourne Supremacy

Alexander Conklin (uncredited)

A Time to Kill
7.4
1996

A Time to Kill

Dwayne Looney

New York, I Love You
5.9
2008

New York, I Love You

Alex

Me, Myself & Irene
6.6
2000

Me, Myself & Irene

Lieutenant Gerke

Demolition
6.8
2016

Demolition

Phil Eastwood

Interstate 60
7.4
2002

Interstate 60

Bob Cody

August: Osage County
6.9
2013

August: Osage County

Charlie Aiken

Remember Me
7.1
2010

Remember Me

Neil Craig

The Kingdom
6.7
2007

The Kingdom

Grant Sykes

The Muppets
6.7
2011

The Muppets

Tex Richman

Seabiscuit
7.1
2003

Seabiscuit

Tom Smith

The Horse Whisperer
6.9
1998

The Horse Whisperer

Frank Booker

October Sky
7.7
1999

October Sky

John Hickam

This Boy's Life
7.1
1993

This Boy's Life

Roy

Where the Wild Things Are
6.5
2009

Where the Wild Things Are

Douglas (voice)

Syriana
6.4
2005

Syriana

Jimmy Pope

Capote
7.0
2005

Capote

Alvin Dewey

Money Train
5.9
1995

Money Train

Torch

Adaptation.
7.3
2002

Adaptation.

John Laroche

Boston Strangler
6.7
2023

Boston Strangler

Jack Maclaine

Great Expectations
6.6
1998

Great Expectations

Joe

Live by Night
6.3
2016

Live by Night

Chief Irving Figgis

Breach
6.6
2007

Breach

Robert Hanssen

The Company You Keep
6.2
2012

The Company You Keep

Daniel Sloan

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
7.0
2019

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Jerry Vogel

Lone Star
7.0
1996

Lone Star

Sam Deeds

Irresistible
6.0
2020

Irresistible

Jack Hastings

Extreme Movie
4.4
2008

Extreme Movie

FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)

Guilty by Suspicion
6.5
1991

Guilty by Suspicion

Larry Nolan

The Company Men
6.5
2010

The Company Men

Phil Woodward

Married Life
5.8
2008

Married Life

Harry Allen

Boys
5.3
1996

Boys

Mr. John Baker

The Tempest
5.3
2010

The Tempest

Antonio

Matewan
7.4
1987

Matewan

Joe Kenehan

Alone
6.5
1997

Alone

Gus Jr.

Everything's Going to Be Great
5.8
2025

Everything's Going to Be Great

Walter

Silver City
6.1
2004

Silver City

Dickie Pilager

City of Hope
6.7
1991

City of Hope

Riggs

Amigo
4.8
2011

Amigo

Col. Hardacre

With/In Volume 2
4.0
2021

With/In Volume 2

(segment "Nuts")

Breast Men
5.2
1997

Breast Men

Dr. William Larson

It Takes a Lunatic
5.3
2019

It Takes a Lunatic

Self

With/In Volume 2
7.4
2022

With/In Volume 2

Thousand Pieces of Gold
6.8
1991

Thousand Pieces of Gold

Charlie

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
6.6
2013

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Self - Narrator (voice)

American Beauty: Look Closer...
7.6
2000

American Beauty: Look Closer...

Self

My House in Umbria
6.0
2003

My House in Umbria

Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith

Darrow
5.5
1991

Darrow

Eugene Debs

1991

To the Moon, Alice

Frank Wiliker

In Broad Daylight
5.7
1991

In Broad Daylight

Jack Wilson

Bed of Lies
5.0
1992

Bed of Lies

Price Daniel, Jr.

A Little Piece of Sunshine
6.0
1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine

Ernie Favaro

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
7.3
2012

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Gary (voice)

Pharaoh's Army
6.8
1995

Pharaoh's Army

Captain John Hull Abston

Fastball
7.2
2016

Fastball

Clifford Blankenship (voice)

Henrietta Bulkowski
6.1
2019

Henrietta Bulkowski

Danny Wilcox

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
3.0
1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Anthony Blessing

Making Capote: Concept to Script
6.5
2006

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Self

Bad Timing
1982

Bad Timing

Eddie

2004

The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

Self

Coming Through the Rye
6.2
2016

Coming Through the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Light on Broken Glass

Jay

Primo Levi's Journey
5.9
2006

Primo Levi's Journey

Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)

The Deliverance of Elaine
4.0
1996

The Deliverance of Elaine

Charlie Skyler

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
3.8
2010

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)

One More Mountain
5.4
1994

One More Mountain

Jack Reed

The 24 Hour Woman
5.3
1999

The 24 Hour Woman

Ron Hacksby

Walt Whitman
5.0
2008

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (voice)

2003

'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend

Self

Them That Work
2019

Them That Work

Self

2003

Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

Self

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
4.5
2009

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Himself (Narrator)

Intelligent Lives
2018

Intelligent Lives

Self

Filmography — Crew