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Chris Cooper

Actor

Chris Cooper

Born July 9, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA67 films

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.

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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).

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American Beauty posterFirst watchAmerican Beauty19998.0as Colonel FittsLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.View film

Essential films

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The Bourne Identity poster7.5The Bourne Identity2002Little Women poster7.8Little Women2019The Bourne Supremacy poster7.3The Bourne Supremacy2004The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster6.6The Amazing Spider-Man 22014The Town poster7.2The Town2010The Patriot poster7.2The Patriot2000Cars 3 poster6.9Cars 32017A Time to Kill poster7.4A Time to Kill1996

Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. TBALight on Broken GlassJay
  2. TBAI Passed This Way
  3. 2025The History of SoundOlder Lionel
  4. 2025Everything's Going to Be GreatWalter
  5. 2023Boston StranglerJack Maclaine
  6. 2021With/In Volume 2(segment "Nuts")
  7. 2020IrresistibleJack Hastings
  8. 2019Little WomenMr. Laurence
  9. 2019A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodJerry Vogel
  10. 2019Henrietta BulkowskiDanny Wilcox
  11. 2017Cars 3Smokey (voice)
  12. 2016Live by NightChief Irving Figgis
  13. 2016Coming Through the RyeJ.D. Salinger
  14. 2016DemolitionPhil Eastwood
  15. 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Norman Osborn (uncredited)
  16. 2013August: Osage CountyCharlie Aiken
  17. 2012The Company You KeepDaniel Sloan
  18. 2011The MuppetsTex Richman
  19. 2011AmigoCol. Hardacre
  20. 2010The Company MenPhil Woodward
  21. 2010The TownStephen MacRay
  22. 2010The TempestAntonio
  23. 2010Remember MeNeil Craig
  24. 2009Where the Wild Things AreDouglas (voice)
  25. 2008Extreme MovieFBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
  26. 2008New York, I Love YouAlex
  27. 2008Married LifeHarry Allen
  28. 2007The KingdomGrant Sykes
  29. 2007BreachRobert Hanssen
  30. 2005SyrianaJimmy Pope
  31. 2005JarheadLt. Col. Kazinski
  32. 2005CapoteAlvin Dewey
  33. 2004Silver CityDickie Pilager
  34. 2004The Bourne SupremacyAlexander Conklin (uncredited)
  35. 2003SeabiscuitTom Smith
  36. 2003My House in UmbriaThomas 'Tom' Riversmith
  37. 2002Adaptation.John Laroche
  38. 2002The Bourne IdentityAlexander Conklin
  39. 2002Interstate 60Bob Cody
  40. 2000The PatriotCol. Harry Burwell
  41. 2000Me, Myself & IreneLieutenant Gerke
  42. 1999American BeautyColonel Fitts
  43. 1999October SkyJohn Hickam
  44. 1999The 24 Hour WomanRon Hacksby
  45. 1998The Horse WhispererFrank Booker
  46. 1998Great ExpectationsJoe
  47. 1997AloneGus Jr.
  48. 1997Breast MenDr. William Larson
  49. 1996A Time to KillDwayne Looney
  50. 1996Lone StarSam Deeds
  51. 1996BoysMr. John Baker
  52. 1996The Deliverance of ElaineCharlie Skyler
  53. 1995Money TrainTorch
  54. 1995Pharaoh's ArmyCaptain John Hull Abston
  55. 1994One More MountainJack Reed
  56. 1993This Boy's LifeRoy
  57. 1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeAnthony Blessing
  58. 1992Bed of LiesPrice Daniel, Jr.
  59. 1991City of HopeRiggs
  60. 1991To The Moon, AliceFrank Wiliker
  61. 1991DarrowEugene Debs
  62. 1991Thousand Pieces of GoldCharlie
  63. 1991Guilty by SuspicionLarry Nolan
  64. 1991In Broad DaylightJack Wilson
  65. 1990A Little Piece of SunshineErnie Favaro
  66. 1987MatewanJoe Kenehan
  67. 1982Bad TimingEddie