Chris Cooper

Born: 1951-07-09

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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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
Released: 2014-04-16

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time...

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Cars 3

as Smokey Yunick (voice)
Released: 2017-06-15

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is...

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as Colonel Fitts
Released: 1999-09-15

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic...

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Little Women

as Mr. Laurence
Released: 2019-12-25

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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The Town

as Stephen MacRay
Released: 2010-09-15

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his...

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The Patriot

as Col. Harry Burwell
Released: 2000-06-28

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants...

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as Alexander Conklin
Released: 2002-06-14

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a...

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as Alexander Conklin
Released: 2004-07-23

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then...

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Jarhead

as Lt. Col. Kazinski
Released: 2005-11-04

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting...

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Me, Myself & Irene

as Lieutenant Gerke
Released: 2000-06-22

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One...

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Boston Strangler

as Jack Maclaine
Released: 2023-03-16

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at...

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A Time to Kill

as Dwayne Looney
Released: 1996-07-24

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old...

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Remember Me

as Neil Craig
Released: 2010-03-11

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler...

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as Jerry Vogel
Released: 2019-09-07

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an...

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Adaptation.

as John Laroche
Released: 2002-12-06

Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of...

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as Bob Cody
Released: 2002-04-13

An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across...

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Demolition

as Phil Eastwood
Released: 2015-04-08

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

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Where the Wild Things Are

as Douglas (voice)
Released: 2009-10-16

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking...

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as Torch
Released: 1995-11-21

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster...

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The Kingdom

as Grant Sykes
Released: 2007-08-22

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in...

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as Alex
Released: 2008-09-06

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight...

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Irresistible

as Jack Hastings
Released: 2020-07-01

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small,...

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Live by Night

as Chief Irving Figgis
Released: 2016-12-25

A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing...

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The Horse Whisperer

as Frank Booker
Released: 1998-02-01

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help...

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Seabiscuit

as Tom Smith
Released: 2003-07-22

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the...

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October Sky

as John Hickam
Released: 1999-02-19

Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first...

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Great Expectations

as Joe
Released: 1998-01-30

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a...

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This Boy's Life

as Roy
Released: 1993-04-09

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly...

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as Tex Richman
Released: 2011-11-22

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition,...

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Extreme Movie

as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
Released: 2008-12-05

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.

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Syriana

as Jimmy Pope
Released: 2005-11-23

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together...

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August: Osage County

as Charlie Aiken
Released: 2013-12-26

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged...

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Breach

as Robert Hanssen
Released: 2007-02-12

Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for...

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Guilty by Suspicion

as Larry Nolan
Released: 1991-03-15

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is...

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The Company You Keep

as Daniel Sloan
Released: 2012-09-06

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

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Lone Star

as Sam Deeds
Released: 1996-06-21

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other...

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Capote

as Alvin Dewey
Released: 2005-09-30

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction...

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Matewan

as Joe Kenehan
Released: 1987-08-28

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the...

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as Phil Woodward
Released: 2010-10-21

Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in...

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Married Life

as Harry Allen
Released: 2007-09-12

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he...

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Breast Men

as Dr. William Larson
Released: 1997-12-13

We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical...

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The Tempest

as Antonio
Released: 2010-09-11

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's...

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My House in Umbria

as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Released: 2003-05-25

Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy....

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City of Hope

as Riggs
Released: 1991-10-11

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most...

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Boys

as Mr. John Baker
Released: 1996-05-10

Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker...

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Fastball

as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
Released: 2016-03-25

Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of...

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Coming Through the Rye

as J.D. Salinger
Released: 2016-10-13

Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old...

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Silver City

as Dickie Pilager
Released: 2004-09-17

The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for...

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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2013-06-19

Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000...

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With/In Volume 2

as uncredited
Released: 2022-03-15

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight...

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Amigo

as Col. Hardacre
Released: 2010-07-14

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When...

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Thousand Pieces of Gold

as Charlie
Released: 1991-04-26

In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than...

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

as Gary (voice)
Released: 2012-11-16

Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) explores the...

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Pharaoh's Army

as Captain John Hull Abston
Released: 1995-04-09

Union soldiers in search of food descend on the farm of a Confederate family and decide to stay...

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It Takes a Lunatic

as Self
Released: 2019-05-03

The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled...

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With/In Volume 2

as (segment "Nuts")
Released: 2021-06-14

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the...

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American Beauty: Look Closer...

as Self
Released: 2000-10-24

A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam...

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Darrow

as Eugene Debs
Released: 1991-06-08

The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.

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A Little Piece of Sunshine

as Ernie Favaro
Released: 1990-11-17

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become...

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One More Mountain

as Jack Reed
Released: 1994-03-06

Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the...

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The Deliverance of Elaine

as Charlie Skyler
Released: 1996-04-10

A small town schoolteacher is hunted by a paroled con who holds the secret of her dark past.

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In Broad Daylight

as Jack Wilson
Released: 1991-02-03

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a...

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Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

as Anthony Blessing
Released: 1992-04-14

A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.

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Bed of Lies

as Price Daniel, Jr.
Released: 1992-01-20

Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while...

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Henrietta Bulkowski

as Danny Wilcox
Released: 2019-03-08

A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her...

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Walt Whitman

as Walt Whitman (voice)
Released: 2008-04-14

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long...

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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

as Himself (Narrator)
Released: 2009-02-09

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's...

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Primo Levi's Journey

as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
Released: 2006-09-12

In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The...

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Them That Work

as Self
Released: 2019-10-29

Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between...

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Making Capote: Concept to Script

as Self
Released: 2006-03-21

Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).

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Intelligent Lives

as Self
Released: 2018-04-01

Three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities - Micah, Naieer, and Naomie -...

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Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Miami Vice

as Jimmy Yagovitch
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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The Equalizer

as Michael
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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American Experience

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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11.22.63

as Al Templeton
First aired: 2016-02-15

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he...

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Homecoming

as Leonard Geist
First aired: 2018-11-01

Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition...

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Lonesome Dove

as July Johnson
First aired: 1989-02-05

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up...

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Return to Lonesome Dove

as July Johnson
First aired: 1993-11-14

After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of...

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Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Nominee: Movie Sleazebag
First aired: 1999-08-01

The Teen Choice Awards is a teen awards show presented annually by Fox. The first awards were...

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