Chris Cooper

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.

Known For

Law & Order

Miami Vice

American Experience

The Equalizer

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Oscars

Cars 3

Homecoming

All Movies (82)

• The History of Sound2025 · as Older Lionel
• Everything's Going to Be Great2025 · as Walter
• Boston Strangler2023 · as Jack Maclaine
• With/In Volume 22021 · as (segment "Nuts")
• Irresistible2020 · as Jack Hastings
• Little Women2019 · as Mr. Laurence
• Them That Work2019 · as Self
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood2019 · as Jerry Vogel
• It Takes a Lunatic2019 · as Self
• Henrietta Bulkowski2019 · as Danny Wilcox
• Intelligent Lives2018 · as Self
• Cars 32017 · as Smokey (voice)
• Live by Night2016 · as Chief Irving Figgis
• Coming Through the Rye2016 · as J.D. Salinger
• Demolition2016 · as Phil Eastwood
• Fastball2016 · as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 22014 · as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
• August: Osage County2013 · as Charlie Aiken
• Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Company You Keep2012 · as Daniel Sloan
• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God2012 · as Gary (voice)
• The Muppets2011 · as Tex Richman
• Amigo2011 · as Col. Hardacre
• The Company Men2010 · as Phil Woodward
• The Town2010 · as Stephen MacRay
• The Tempest2010 · as Antonio
• Remember Me2010 · as Neil Craig
• Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize2010 · as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
• Where the Wild Things Are2009 · as Douglas (voice)
• The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln2009 · as Himself (Narrator)
• Extreme Movie2008 · as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
• New York, I Love You2008 · as Alex
• Walt Whitman2008 · as Walt Whitman (voice)
• Married Life2008 · as Harry Allen
• The Kingdom2007 · as Grant Sykes
• Breach2007 · as Robert Hanssen
• Primo Levi's Journey2006 · as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
• Making Capote: Concept to Script2006 · as Self
• Syriana2005 · as Jimmy Pope
• Jarhead2005 · as Lt. Col. Kazinski
• Capote2005 · as Alvin Dewey
• The Making of 'Seabiscuit'2004 · as Self
• Silver City2004 · as Dickie Pilager
• The Bourne Supremacy2004 · as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
• Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend2003 · as Self
• Seabiscuit2003 · as Tom Smith
• 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend2003 · as Self
• My House in Umbria2003 · as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
• Adaptation.2002 · as John Laroche
• The Bourne Identity2002 · as Alexander Conklin
• Interstate 602002 · as Bob Cody
• American Beauty: Look Closer...2000 · as Self
• The Patriot2000 · as Col. Harry Burwell
• Me, Myself & Irene2000 · as Lieutenant Gerke
• American Beauty1999 · as Colonel Fitts
• October Sky1999 · as John Hickam
• The 24 Hour Woman1999 · as Ron Hacksby
• The Horse Whisperer1998 · as Frank Booker
• Great Expectations1998 · as Joe
• Alone1997 · as Gus Jr.
• Breast Men1997 · as Dr. William Larson
• A Time to Kill1996 · as Dwayne Looney
• Lone Star1996 · as Sam Deeds
• Boys1996 · as Mr. John Baker
• The Deliverance of Elaine1996 · as Charlie Skyler
• Money Train1995 · as Torch
• Pharaoh's Army1995 · as Captain John Hull Abston
• One More Mountain1994 · as Jack Reed
• This Boy's Life1993 · as Roy
• Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life1992 · as Anthony Blessing
• Bed of Lies1992 · as Price Daniel, Jr.
• City of Hope1991 · as Riggs
• To the Moon, Alice1991 · as Frank Wiliker
• Darrow1991 · as Eugene Debs
• Thousand Pieces of Gold1991 · as Charlie
• Guilty by Suspicion1991 · as Larry Nolan
• In Broad Daylight1991 · as Jack Wilson
• A Little Piece of Sunshine1990 · as Ernie Favaro
• Matewan1987 · as Joe Kenehan
• Bad Timing1982 · as Eddie
• Light on Broken Glass— · as Jay
• I Passed This Way—

All TV Shows (10)

• Homecoming2018 · as Leonard Geist
• 11.22.632016 · as Al Templeton
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• Return to Lonesome Dove1993 · as July Johnson
• Law & Order1990 · as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
• Lonesome Dove1989 · as July Johnson
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Equalizer1985 · as Michael
• Miami Vice1984 · as Jimmy Yagovitch
• The Oscars1953 · as Self