Chris Cooper
Actor
Biography
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).
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As Director
Filmography
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Norman Osborn (uncredited) 2014
American Beauty
as Colonel Fitts 1999
The Bourne Identity
as Alexander Conklin 2002
The Bourne Supremacy
as Alexander Conklin (uncredited) 2004
Little Women
as Mr. Laurence 2019
Cars 3
as Smokey (voice) 2017
The Town
as Stephen MacRay 2010
The Patriot
as Col. Harry Burwell 2000
Me, Myself & Irene
as Lieutenant Gerke 2000
Remember Me
as Neil Craig 2010
Jarhead
as Lt. Col. Kazinski 2005
A Time to Kill
as Dwayne Looney 1996
Adaptation.
as John Laroche 2002
Demolition
as Phil Eastwood 2016
Where the Wild Things Are
as Douglas (voice) 2009
The Kingdom
as Grant Sykes 2007
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
as Jerry Vogel 2019