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Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper’s screen credits include Mr. Laurence in Little Women, Alexander Conklin in The Bourne Identity, and John Laroche in Adaptation.
Born July 9, 1951 Kansas City, Missouri, USA5 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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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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- 2025Unscripted LivesProducer
- 2025The History of SoundOlder Lionel
- 2025Everything's Going to Be GreatWalter
- 2023Boston StranglerJack Maclaine
- 2021With/In Volume 2Director · (segment "Nuts")
- 2020IrresistibleJack Hastings
- 2019Them That WorkSelf
- 2019A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodJerry Vogel
- 2019It Takes a LunaticSelf
- 2019Henrietta BulkowskiDanny Wilcox
- 2018Intelligent LivesProducer · Self
- 2016Live by NightChief Irving Figgis
- 2016Coming Through the RyeJ.D. Salinger
- 2016DemolitionPhil Eastwood
- 2016FastballClifford Blankenship (voice)
- 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Norman Osborn (uncredited)
- 2013August: Osage CountyCharlie Aiken
- 2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President KennedySelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2012The Company You KeepDaniel Sloan
- 2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodGary (voice)
- 2011AmigoCol. Hardacre
- 2010The Company MenPhil Woodward
- 2010The TownStephen MacRay
- 2010The TempestAntonio
- 2010Remember MeNeil Craig
- 2010Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeLt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
- 2009Where the Wild Things AreDouglas (voice)
- 2009The Assassination of Abraham LincolnHimself (Narrator)
- 2008Extreme MovieFBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
- 2008New York, I Love YouAlex
- 2008Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman (voice)
- 2008Married LifeHarry Allen
- 2007The KingdomGrant Sykes
- 2007BreachRobert Hanssen
- 2006Primo Levi's JourneyNarrator (voice) (U.S. version)
- 2006Making Capote: Concept to ScriptSelf
- 2005SyrianaJimmy Pope
- 2005JarheadLt. Col. Kazinski
- 2005CapoteAlvin Dewey
- 2004The Making of 'Seabiscuit'Self
- 2004Silver CityDickie Pilager
- 2004The Bourne SupremacyAlexander Conklin (uncredited)
- 2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the LegendSelf
- 2003SeabiscuitTom Smith
- 2003'Seabiscuit': The Making of a LegendSelf
- 2003My House in UmbriaThomas 'Tom' Riversmith
- 2002Interstate 60Bob Cody
- 2000American Beauty: Look Closer...Self
- 2000The PatriotCol. Harry Burwell
- 2000Me, Myself & IreneLieutenant Gerke
- 1999American BeautyColonel Fitts
- 1999October SkyJohn Hickam
- 1999The 24 Hour WomanRon Hacksby
- 1998The Horse WhispererFrank Booker
- 1998Great ExpectationsJoe
- 1997AloneGus Jr.
- 1997Breast MenDr. William Larson
- 1996A Time to KillDwayne Looney
- 1996Lone StarSam Deeds
- 1996BoysMr. John Baker
- 1996The Deliverance of ElaineCharlie Skyler
- 1995Money TrainTorch
- 1995Pharaoh's ArmyCaptain John Hull Abston
- 1994One More MountainJack Reed
- 1993This Boy's LifeRoy
- 1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeAnthony Blessing
- 1992Bed of LiesPrice Daniel, Jr.
- 1991City of HopeRiggs
- 1991To The Moon, AliceFrank Wiliker
- 1991DarrowEugene Debs
- 1991Thousand Pieces of GoldCharlie
- 1991Guilty by SuspicionLarry Nolan
- 1991In Broad DaylightJack Wilson
- 1990A Little Piece of SunshineErnie Favaro
- 1987MatewanJoe Kenehan
- 1982Bad TimingEddie
- I Passed This WayActor
- Light on Broken GlassJay
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