Chris Cooper
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 9, 1951
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- I Passed This Way
I Passed This Way TBA
Actor
- Light on Broken Glass
Light on Broken Glass TBA
as Jay
Unscripted Lives 2025
Executive Producer
The History of Sound 2025
as Older Lionel
Everything's Going to Be Great 2025
as Walter
Boston Strangler 2023
as Jack Maclaine
With/In Volume 2 2021
as (segment "Nuts"), Director
Irresistible 2020
as Jack Hastings
Little Women 2019
as Mr. Laurence
Them That Work 2019
as Self
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2019
as Jerry Vogel
It Takes a Lunatic 2019
as Self
Henrietta Bulkowski 2019
as Danny Wilcox
Intelligent Lives 2018
as Self, Executive Producer
Cars 3 2017
as Smokey (voice)
Live by Night 2016
as Chief Irving Figgis
Coming Through the Rye 2016
as J.D. Salinger
Demolition 2016
as Phil Eastwood
Fastball 2016
as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
August: Osage County 2013
as Charlie Aiken
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy 2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Company You Keep 2012
as Daniel Sloan
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 2012
as Gary (voice)
The Muppets 2011
as Tex Richman
Amigo 2011
as Col. Hardacre
The Company Men 2010
as Phil Woodward
The Town 2010
as Stephen MacRay
The Tempest 2010
as Antonio
Remember Me 2010
as Neil Craig
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2010
as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
Where the Wild Things Are 2009
as Douglas (voice)
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 2009
as Himself (Narrator)
Extreme Movie 2008
as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
New York, I Love You 2008
as Alex
Walt Whitman 2008
as Walt Whitman (voice)
Married Life 2008
as Harry Allen
The Kingdom 2007
as Grant Sykes
Breach 2007
as Robert Hanssen
Primo Levi's Journey 2006
as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
Making Capote: Concept to Script 2006
as Self
Syriana 2005
as Jimmy Pope
Jarhead 2005
as Lt. Col. Kazinski
Capote 2005
as Alvin Dewey
- The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
The Making of 'Seabiscuit' 2004
as Self
Silver City 2004
as Dickie Pilager
The Bourne Supremacy 2004
as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
- Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend 2003
as Self
Seabiscuit 2003
as Tom Smith
- 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend 2003
as Self
My House in Umbria 2003
as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Adaptation. 2002
as John Laroche
The Bourne Identity 2002
as Alexander Conklin
Interstate 60 2002
as Bob Cody
American Beauty: Look Closer... 2000
as Self
The Patriot 2000
as Col. Harry Burwell
Me, Myself & Irene 2000
as Lieutenant Gerke
American Beauty 1999
as Colonel Fitts
October Sky 1999
as John Hickam
The 24 Hour Woman 1999
as Ron Hacksby
The Horse Whisperer 1998
as Frank Booker
Great Expectations 1998
as Joe
Alone 1997
as Gus Jr.
Breast Men 1997
as Dr. William Larson
A Time to Kill 1996
as Dwayne Looney
Lone Star 1996
as Sam Deeds
Boys 1996
as Mr. John Baker
The Deliverance of Elaine 1996
as Charlie Skyler
Money Train 1995
as Torch
Pharaoh's Army 1995
as Captain John Hull Abston
One More Mountain 1994
as Jack Reed
This Boy's Life 1993
as Roy
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life 1992
as Anthony Blessing
Bed of Lies 1992
as Price Daniel, Jr.
City of Hope 1991
as Riggs
To The Moon, Alice 1991
as Frank Wiliker
Darrow 1991
as Eugene Debs
Thousand Pieces of Gold 1991
as Charlie
Guilty by Suspicion 1991
as Larry Nolan
In Broad Daylight 1991
as Jack Wilson
A Little Piece of Sunshine 1990
as Ernie Favaro
Matewan 1987
as Joe Kenehan
Bad Timing 1982
as Eddie
Credits from TMDB.