Chris Cooper
Acting
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
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movieThe History of Sound
2025
Older Lionel
movieBoston Strangler
2023
Jack Maclaine
movieWith/In Volume 2
2021
(segment "Nuts")
movieIrresistible
2020
Jack Hastings
movieLittle Women
2019
Mr. Laurence
movieA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
Jerry Vogel
movieHenrietta Bulkowski
2019
Danny Wilcox
tvHomecoming
2018
Leonard Geist
movieCars 3
2017
Smokey (voice)
movieLive by Night
2016
Chief Irving Figgis
movieComing Through the Rye
2016
J.D. Salinger
movieDemolition
2016
Phil Eastwood
movieFastball
2016
Clifford Blankenship (voice)
tv11.22.63
2016
Al Templeton
movieThe Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Norman Osborn (uncredited)
movieAugust: Osage County
2013
Charlie Aiken
movieLetters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Company You Keep
2012
Daniel Sloan
movieThe Muppets
2011
Tex Richman
movieAmigo
2011
Col. Hardacre
movieThe Company Men
2010
Phil Woodward
movieThe Town
2010
Stephen MacRay
movieThe Tempest
2010
Antonio
movieRemember Me
2010
Neil Craig
movieJake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
movieWhere the Wild Things Are
2009
Douglas (voice)
movieThe Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009
Himself (Narrator)
movieExtreme Movie
2008
FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
movieWalt Whitman
2008
Walt Whitman (voice)
movieMarried Life
2008
Harry Allen
movieThe Kingdom
2007
Grant Sykes
movieBreach
2007
Robert Hanssen
moviePrimo Levi's Journey
2006
Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
movieSyriana
2005
Jimmy Pope
movieJarhead
2005
Lt. Col. Kazinski
movieCapote
2005
Alvin Dewey
movieSilver City
2004
Dickie Pilager
movieThe Bourne Supremacy
2004
Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003
Self
movieSeabiscuit
2003
Tom Smith
movieMy House in Umbria
2003
Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
movieAdaptation.
2002
John Laroche
movieThe Bourne Identity
2002
Alexander Conklin
movieInterstate 60
2002
Bob Cody
movieThe Patriot
2000
Col. Harry Burwell
movieMe, Myself & Irene
2000
Lieutenant Gerke
movieAmerican Beauty
1999
Colonel Fitts
movieOctober Sky
1999
John Hickam
movieThe 24 Hour Woman
1999
Ron Hacksby
movieThe Horse Whisperer
1998
Frank Booker
movieAlone
1997
Gus Jr.
movieBreast Men
1997
Dr. William Larson
movieA Time to Kill
1996
Dwayne Looney
movieLone Star
1996
Sam Deeds
movieBoys
1996
Mr. John Baker
movieThe Deliverance of Elaine
1996
Charlie Skyler
movieMoney Train
1995
Torch
moviePharaoh's Army
1995
Captain John Hull Abston
movieOne More Mountain
1994
Jack Reed
tvReturn to Lonesome Dove
1993
July Johnson
movieNed Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
Anthony Blessing
movieBed of Lies
1992
Price Daniel, Jr.
To the Moon, Alice
1991
Frank Wiliker
movieDarrow
1991
Eugene Debs
movieGuilty by Suspicion
1991
Larry Nolan
movieIn Broad Daylight
1991
Jack Wilson
movieA Little Piece of Sunshine
1990
Ernie Favaro
tvLaw & Order
1990
Defense Attorney Roy Payne
tvLonesome Dove
1989
July Johnson
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieMatewan
1987
Joe Kenehan
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Michael
tvMiami Vice
1984
Jimmy Yagovitch
movieBad Timing
1982
Eddie
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Louis Halladay / Charlie Bemis / Eugene Debs
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Production2
movieUnscripted Lives
2025
Executive Producer
movieIntelligent Lives
2018
Executive Producer
Directing1
movieWith/In Volume 2
2021
Director