Chris Cooper
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.
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Credits
- 2025 · The History of Sound as Older Lionel
- 2025 · Everything's Going to Be Great as Walter
- 2023 · Boston Strangler as Jack Maclaine
- 2019 · Little Women as Mr. Laurence
- 2019 · A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Jerry Vogel
- 2019 · Henrietta Bulkowski as Danny Wilcox
- 2018 · Homecoming as Leonard Geist
- 2017 · Cars 3 as Smokey (voice)
- 2016 · Demolition as Phil Eastwood
- 2016 · 11.22.63 as Al Templeton
- 2014 · The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
- 2012 · The Company You Keep as Daniel Sloan
- 2011 · The Muppets as Tex Richman
- 2010 · The Town as Stephen MacRay
- 2010 · Remember Me as Neil Craig
- 2009 · The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as Himself (Narrator)
- 2008 · New York, I Love You as Alex
- 2007 · The Kingdom as Grant Sykes
- 2005 · Syriana as Jimmy Pope
- 2005 · Jarhead as Lt. Col. Kazinski
- 2004 · The Making of 'Seabiscuit' as Self
- 2004 · The Bourne Supremacy as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
- 2003 · Seabiscuit as Tom Smith
- 2003 · 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend as Self
- 2003 · My House in Umbria as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
- 2002 · Adaptation. as John Laroche
- 2002 · The Bourne Identity as Alexander Conklin
- 2000 · The Patriot as Col. Harry Burwell
- 2000 · Me, Myself & Irene as Lieutenant Gerke
- 1999 · American Beauty as Colonel Fitts
- 1999 · The 24 Hour Woman as Ron Hacksby
- 1998 · The Horse Whisperer as Frank Booker
- 1998 · Great Expectations as Joe
- 1996 · A Time to Kill as Dwayne Looney
- 1996 · Lone Star as Sam Deeds
- 1996 · The Deliverance of Elaine as Charlie Skyler
- 1995 · Money Train as Torch
- 1993 · This Boy's Life as Roy
- 1991 · City of Hope as Riggs
- 1990 · Law & Order as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
- 1989 · Lonesome Dove as July Johnson
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Michael
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Jimmy Yagovitch
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Light on Broken Glass as Jay
- 2022 · With/In Volume 2 as
- 2021 · With/In Volume 2 as (segment "Nuts")
- 2020 · Irresistible as Jack Hastings
- 2019 · Them That Work as Self
- 2019 · It Takes a Lunatic as Self
- 2018 · Intelligent Lives as Self
- 2016 · Live by Night as Chief Irving Figgis
- 2016 · Coming Through the Rye as J.D. Salinger
- 2016 · Fastball as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
- 2013 · August: Osage County as Charlie Aiken
- 2013 · Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God as Gary (voice)
- 2011 · Amigo as Col. Hardacre
- 2010 · The Company Men as Phil Woodward
- 2010 · The Tempest as Antonio
- 2010 · Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
- 2009 · Where the Wild Things Are as Douglas (voice)
- 2008 · Extreme Movie as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
- 2008 · Walt Whitman as Walt Whitman (voice)
- 2008 · Married Life as Harry Allen
- 2007 · Breach as Robert Hanssen
- 2006 · Primo Levi's Journey as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
- 2006 · Making Capote: Concept to Script as Self
- 2005 · Capote as Alvin Dewey
- 2004 · Silver City as Dickie Pilager
- 2003 · Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend as Self
- 2002 · Interstate 60 as Bob Cody
- 2000 · American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self
- 1999 · October Sky as John Hickam
- 1997 · Alone as Gus Jr.
- 1997 · Breast Men as Dr. William Larson
- 1996 · Boys as Mr. John Baker
- 1995 · Pharaoh's Army as Captain John Hull Abston
- 1994 · One More Mountain as Jack Reed
- 1993 · Return to Lonesome Dove as July Johnson
- 1992 · Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as Anthony Blessing
- 1992 · Bed of Lies as Price Daniel, Jr.
- 1991 · To the Moon, Alice as Frank Wiliker
- 1991 · Darrow as Eugene Debs
- 1991 · Thousand Pieces of Gold as Charlie
- 1991 · Guilty by Suspicion as Larry Nolan
- 1991 · In Broad Daylight as Jack Wilson
- 1990 · A Little Piece of Sunshine as Ernie Favaro
- 1987 · Matewan as Joe Kenehan
- 1982 · Bad Timing as Eddie