Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper | |
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Tribeca Film Festival | |
Born | Christopher Walton Cooper July 9, 1951 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Missouri |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Christopher Walton Cooper[1] (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. He has appeared in several major Hollywood films, including A Time to Kill (1996), October Sky (1999), American Beauty (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), Live by Night (2016), 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 (1989), which became one of the most successful Westerns in history.
Cooper won both the
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).
Early life
Cooper was born on July 9, 1951, in
Cooper attended the University of Missouri and enrolled in the theater program, originally majoring in set design.[4][8] It was during his sophomore year when Cooper changed his major to acting in order to overcome his "overpowering shyness."[4] Cooper, therefore, took acting classes at the University of Missouri.[6] He recalled in a 1996 interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, "I started going in and watching some shows at the theater department. I started taking theater classes and auditioned for plays. And once I got into it, it was pretty immediate. I really felt right, felt at home."[8] Cooper also took dance classes at Stephens College.[5][9]
After he graduated from the University of Missouri, Cooper moved to
Career
Cooper's early performances include John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan; the 1989 CBS-TV Western miniseries Lonesome Dove; the 1991 indie Western drama Thousand Pieces of Gold, and the 1992 ABC-TV docudrama Bed of Lies, opposite Susan Dey.
Some of his more notable later performances include:
In 2000, Cooper played Colonel Harry Burwell (inspired by Lieutenant Colonel
Cooper received another Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his supporting role as racehorse trainer Tom Smith in 2003's Seabiscuit. In 2004, Cooper starred in Silver City, playing an inept Republican gubernatorial candidate, a character noted for similarities to U.S. President George W. Bush.[citation needed]
Cooper appeared in three acclaimed films in 2005:
At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Cooper appeared alongside Ben Affleck in The Company Men, early reviews of which praised Cooper's performance as "pitch-perfect".[12]
In 2011, Chris Cooper appeared in The Muppets as Tex Richman, the antagonistic oil tycoon who is unable to laugh. In the musical film, Cooper performed the rap and dance number "Let's Talk About Me".[13]
In 2013, he played Charles Aiken, Sr. in August: Osage County alongside an all-star cast that included Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.
In 2017, he and
Cooper portrayed Norman Osborn in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He appeared in an uncredited role in Ben Affleck's crime drama Live by Night, which was released in December 2016.
In 2019, Cooper starred in two acclaimed films, Marielle Heller's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, with Tom Hanks,[15] and Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women with an ensemble cast featuring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, and Meryl Streep.[16]
Personal life
Cooper met his future wife,
Cooper formerly maintained residences in Hoboken, New Jersey, and Plymouth, Massachusetts.[8] As of 2003, he resides in Kingston, Massachusetts.[23][24] He has been close friends with frequent collaborator John Sayles since 1985.[8][25] On May 14, 2016, Cooper received an honorary doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.[26]
He and his wife Marianne adopt and live with rescue dogs.[27]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Matewan | Joe Kenehan | |
1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Larry Nolan | |
1991 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | Charlie | |
1991 | City of Hope | Riggs | |
1993 | This Boy's Life
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Roy | |
1995 | Pharaoh's Army | Captain John Hull Abston | |
1995 | Money Train | Torch | |
1996 | Boys | John Baker | |
1996 | Lone Star | Sam Deeds | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |
1996 | A Time to Kill | Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney | |
1997 | Breast Men | Dr. William Larson | |
1998 | Great Expectations | Joe | |
1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Frank Booker | |
1999 | The 24 Hour Woman | Ron Hacksby | |
1999 | October Sky | John Hickam | |
1999 | American Beauty | Colonel Frank Fitts, USMC | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role |
2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | Lieutenant Gerke | |
2000 | The Patriot | Colonel Harry Burwell | |
2002 | Interstate 60 | Bob Cody | |
2002 | The Bourne Identity | Alexander Conklin | |
2002 | The Ring | Child Murderer | Uncredited cameo |
2002 | Adaptation | John Laroche
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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role |
2003 | Seabiscuit | Tom Smith | Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
2004 | Silver City | Richard 'Dicky' Pilager | |
2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Alexander Conklin | |
2005 | Capote | Alvin Dewey | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
2005 | Jarhead | Lieutenant Colonel Kazinski | |
2005 | Syriana | Jimmy Pope | |
2007 | Breach | Robert Hanssen | |
2007 | The Kingdom | FBI Agent Grant Sykes | |
2007 | Married Life | Harry Allen | |
2008 | New York, I Love You | Alex Simmons | |
2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Douglas | Voice |
2010 | The Tempest
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Antonio | |
2010 | The Company Men | Phil Woodward | Nominated – Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
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2010 | Remember Me | Neil Craig | |
2010 | Amigo | Colonel Hardacre | |
2010 | The Town | Stephen MacRay | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
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2010 | Bloom: The Plight of Lake Champlain | Narrator | Voice, documentary (2011 New England Emmy Award, Environmental Program) |
2011 | The Muppets | Tex Richman | |
2012 | The Company You Keep | Daniel Sloan | |
2012 | Bloom: The Emergence of Ecological Design | Narrator | Voice, documentary 3-part series (2013 New England Emmy Award, Environmental Program) |
2013 | August: Osage County | Charles Aiken | AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actor
Capri Ensemble Cast Award Hollywood Film Award for Ensemble of the Year Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Norman Osborn | Uncredited cameo |
2015 | Demolition | Phil | |
2015 | Coming Through the Rye | J. D. Salinger | |
2016 | Live by Night | Irving Figgis | |
2017 | Cars 3 | Smokey | Voice |
2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Jerry Vogel | |
2019 | Little Women | Mr. Laurence | |
2019 | Henrietta Bulkowski | Danny Wilcox | Voice, short |
2020 | Irresistible | Marine Colonel Jack Hastings | |
2021 | With/In: Volume 2 | Segment: "Nuts"; also director | |
2023 | True Value | Narrator | Voice, documentary |
2023 | Boston Strangler | Jack MacLaine | |
TBA | Everything's Going to Be Great | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | The Equalizer | Michael | Episode: "The Rehearsal" |
1988 | American Playhouse | Louis Halladay | Episode: "Journey Into Genius" |
1988 | Miami Vice | Jimmy Yagovitch | Episode: "Mirror Image" |
1989 | Lonesome Dove | July Johnson | Miniseries |
1990 | Lifestories | Mr. Hawkins | Episode: "The Hawkins Family" |
1991 | In Broad Daylight | Jack Wilson | Television film |
1991 | Darrow | Eugene V. Debs | Television film |
1992 | Bed of Lies | Price Daniel Jr. | Television film |
1992 | Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life | Anthony Blessing | Television film |
1994 | One More Mountain | James Reed | Television film |
1996 | Law & Order | Roy Payne | Episode: " Blood Libel "
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2003 | My House in Umbria | Thomas Riversmith | Television film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
2008 | American Experience | Walt Whitman | Documentary
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2009 | American Experience | Narrator | Voice, episode: "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" |
2016 | 11.22.63 | Al Templeton | Miniseries |
2020 | Homecoming | Leonard Geist | Season 2 |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Of the Fields, Lately | Ben Mercer | Broadway debut[28] |
2017 | A Doll's House, Part 2 | Torvald Helmer | Nominated – Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Cars 3: Driven to Win | Smokey | Voice |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- Chris Cooper at IMDb
- Chris Cooper at the Internet Broadway Database
- Chris Cooper at the Internet Off-Broadway Database