Chris Cooper

Acting

Chris Cooper

Born July 9, 1951Kansas City, Missouri, USA93 credits

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

Unscripted Lives
2025Unscripted Lives
Executive ProducerMovie
The History of Sound
2025The History of Sound
as Older LionelMovie
Boston Strangler
2023Boston Strangler
as Jack MaclaineMovie
With/In Volume 2
2021With/In Volume 2
as (segment "Nuts")Movie
Irresistible
2020Irresistible
as Jack HastingsMovie
Little Women
2019Little Women
as Mr. LaurenceMovie
Them That Work
2019Them That Work
as SelfMovie
Henrietta Bulkowski
2019Henrietta Bulkowski
as Danny WilcoxMovie
Homecoming
2018Homecoming
as Leonard GeistTV
Cars 3
2017Cars 3
as Smokey (voice)Movie
Live by Night
2016Live by Night
as Chief Irving FiggisMovie
Coming Through the Rye
2016Coming Through the Rye
as J.D. SalingerMovie
Demolition
2016Demolition
as Phil EastwoodMovie
Fastball
2016Fastball
as Clifford Blankenship (voice)Movie
11.22.63
201611.22.63
as Al TempletonTV
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Norman Osborn (uncredited)Movie
August: Osage County
2013August: Osage County
as Charlie AikenMovie
The Company You Keep
2012The Company You Keep
as Daniel SloanMovie
The Muppets
2011The Muppets
as Tex RichmanMovie
Amigo
2011Amigo
as Col. HardacreMovie
The Company Men
2010The Company Men
as Phil WoodwardMovie
The Town
2010The Town
as Stephen MacRayMovie
The Tempest
2010The Tempest
as AntonioMovie
Remember Me
2010Remember Me
as Neil CraigMovie
Where the Wild Things Are
2009Where the Wild Things Are
as Douglas (voice)Movie
Extreme Movie
2008Extreme Movie
as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)Movie
Walt Whitman
2008Walt Whitman
as Walt Whitman (voice)Movie
Married Life
2008Married Life
as Harry AllenMovie
The Kingdom
2007The Kingdom
as Grant SykesMovie
Breach
2007Breach
as Robert HanssenMovie
Primo Levi's Journey
2006Primo Levi's Journey
as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)Movie
Syriana
2005Syriana
as Jimmy PopeMovie
Jarhead
2005Jarhead
as Lt. Col. KazinskiMovie
Capote
2005Capote
as Alvin DeweyMovie
Silver City
2004Silver City
as Dickie PilagerMovie
The Bourne Supremacy
2004The Bourne Supremacy
as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)Movie
Seabiscuit
2003Seabiscuit
as Tom SmithMovie
My House in Umbria
2003My House in Umbria
as Thomas 'Tom' RiversmithMovie
Adaptation.
2002Adaptation.
as John LarocheMovie
The Bourne Identity
2002The Bourne Identity
as Alexander ConklinMovie
Interstate 60
2002Interstate 60
as Bob CodyMovie
The Patriot
2000The Patriot
as Col. Harry BurwellMovie
Me, Myself & Irene
2000Me, Myself & Irene
as Lieutenant GerkeMovie
American Beauty
1999American Beauty
as Colonel FittsMovie
October Sky
1999October Sky
as John HickamMovie
The 24 Hour Woman
1999The 24 Hour Woman
as Ron HacksbyMovie
The Horse Whisperer
1998The Horse Whisperer
as Frank BookerMovie
Alone
1997Alone
as Gus Jr.Movie
Breast Men
1997Breast Men
as Dr. William LarsonMovie
A Time to Kill
1996A Time to Kill
as Dwayne LooneyMovie
Lone Star
1996Lone Star
as Sam DeedsMovie
Boys
1996Boys
as Mr. John BakerMovie
The Deliverance of Elaine
1996The Deliverance of Elaine
as Charlie SkylerMovie
Money Train
1995Money Train
as TorchMovie
Pharaoh's Army
1995Pharaoh's Army
as Captain John Hull AbstonMovie
One More Mountain
1994One More Mountain
as Jack ReedMovie
Bed of Lies
1992Bed of Lies
as Price Daniel, Jr.Movie
City of Hope
1991City of Hope
as RiggsMovie
T
1991To the Moon, Alice
as Frank WilikerMovie
Darrow
1991Darrow
as Eugene DebsMovie
Guilty by Suspicion
1991Guilty by Suspicion
as Larry NolanMovie
In Broad Daylight
1991In Broad Daylight
as Jack WilsonMovie
A Little Piece of Sunshine
1990A Little Piece of Sunshine
as Ernie FavaroMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Roy PayneTV
Lonesome Dove
1989Lonesome Dove
as July JohnsonTV
American Experience
1988American Experience
as Narrator (voice)TV
Matewan
1987Matewan
as Joe KenehanMovie
The Equalizer
1985The Equalizer
as MichaelTV
Miami Vice
1984Miami Vice
as Jimmy YagovitchTV
Bad Timing
1982Bad Timing
as EddieMovie