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Chris Cooper

Cast & creator

Chris Cooper

1951-07-09 (age 75) Kansas City, Missouri, USAIMDb

Best known for Law & Order, American Playhouse, American Playhouse

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.

Movies

85

film credits

Series

13

television credits

Career

95

1953–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Law & Order

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Roy Payne · 1990

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Louis Halladay · 1982

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Charlie Bemis · 1982

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Eugene Debs · 1982

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice) · 1988

Across film & television

Filmography (98)

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Law & Order

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Roy Payne

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Louis Halladay

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Charlie Bemis

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Eugene Debs

American Experience

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Jimmy Yagovitch

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Michael

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

Cars 3

Cars 3

Smokey (voice)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Norman Osborn (uncredited)

Little Women

Little Women

Mr. Laurence

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

Alexander Conklin

American Beauty

American Beauty

Colonel Fitts

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Alexander Conklin (uncredited)

The Patriot

The Patriot

Col. Harry Burwell

11.22.63

11.22.63

Al Templeton

The Town

The Town

Stephen MacRay

Me, Myself & Irene

Me, Myself & Irene

Lieutenant Gerke

Homecoming

Homecoming

Leonard Geist

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

Dwayne Looney

Live by Night

Live by Night

Chief Irving Figgis

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

July Johnson

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Jerry Vogel

The Muppets

The Muppets

Tex Richman

This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

Roy

The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

Frank Booker

Remember Me

Remember Me

Neil Craig

Demolition

Demolition

Phil Eastwood

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

John Laroche

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

Charlie Aiken

October Sky

October Sky

John Hickam

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Joe

Jarhead

Jarhead

Lt. Col. Kazinski

Money Train

Money Train

Torch

Return to Lonesome Dove

Return to Lonesome Dove

July Johnson

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You

Alex

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

Grant Sykes

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Douglas (voice)

Boston Strangler

Boston Strangler

Jack Maclaine

The History of Sound

The History of Sound

Older Lionel

The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

Daniel Sloan

Interstate 60

Interstate 60

Bob Cody

Breast Men

Breast Men

Dr. William Larson

Extreme Movie

Extreme Movie

FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)

Breach

Breach

Robert Hanssen

Syriana

Syriana

Jimmy Pope

Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion

Larry Nolan

Capote

Capote

Alvin Dewey

The Company Men

The Company Men

Phil Woodward

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

Tom Smith

Irresistible

Irresistible

Jack Hastings

Lone Star

Sam Deeds

The Tempest

The Tempest

Antonio

Boys

Boys

Mr. John Baker

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Himself (Narrator)

Amigo

Amigo

Col. Hardacre

Matewan

Matewan

Joe Kenehan

Everything's Going to Be Great

Everything's Going to Be Great

Walter

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

(segment "Nuts")

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

Director

Married Life

Married Life

Harry Allen

My House in Umbria

My House in Umbria

Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Self - Narrator (voice)

Intelligent Lives

Intelligent Lives

Self

Intelligent Lives

Intelligent Lives

Executive Producer

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Anthony Blessing

It Takes a Lunatic

It Takes a Lunatic

Self

American Beauty: Look Closer...

American Beauty: Look Closer...

Self

Coming Through the Rye

Coming Through the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

Self

Thousand Pieces of Gold

Thousand Pieces of Gold

Charlie

Silver City

Silver City

Dickie Pilager

A Little Piece of Sunshine

A Little Piece of Sunshine

Ernie Favaro

The Deliverance of Elaine

The Deliverance of Elaine

Charlie Skyler

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)

City of Hope

City of Hope

Riggs

The 24 Hour Woman

The 24 Hour Woman

Ron Hacksby

To The Moon, Alice

To The Moon, Alice

Frank Wiliker

The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

Self

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Gary (voice)

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Self

Henrietta Bulkowski

Henrietta Bulkowski

Danny Wilcox

'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend

Self

Bed of Lies

Bed of Lies

Price Daniel, Jr.

One More Mountain

One More Mountain

Jack Reed

Pharaoh's Army

Pharaoh's Army

Captain John Hull Abston

I Passed This Way

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

Jack Wilson

Light on Broken Glass

Jay

Fastball

Fastball

Clifford Blankenship (voice)

Darrow

Darrow

Eugene Debs

Alone

Alone

Gus Jr.

Bad Timing

Bad Timing

Eddie

Teen Choice Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Self

Primo Levi's Journey

Primo Levi's Journey

Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)

Them That Work

Them That Work

Self

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (voice)

Unscripted Lives

Unscripted Lives

Executive Producer