
Chris Cooper
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.912 |
Birthday | 1951-07-09 |
Place of Birth | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
Also Known As | Крис Купер, 크리스 쿠퍼, Кріс Купер, |

2007

Breach
6.605/523
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, an...
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Breach

1987

Matewan
7.2/89
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...
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Matewan

1996

Lone Star
6.969/307
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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Lone Star

2010

Amigo
4.9/13
Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pr...
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Amigo

1995

Pharaoh's Army
6.2/7
Union soldiers in search of food descend on the farm of a Confederate family and decide to stay until one in their ranks' wounds have healed. While th...
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Pharaoh's Army

2007

Married Life
5.7/137
A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too mu...
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Married Life

1997

Breast Men
5.281/57
We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, the...
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Breast Men

2012

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
7.361/54
Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, foll...
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

1991

Thousand Pieces of Gold
6.563/8
In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town,...
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Thousand Pieces of Gold

1994

One More Mountain
6.7/3
Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to C...
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One More Mountain

1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine
6/1
Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take pla...
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A Little Piece of Sunshine

1992

Bed of Lies
0/0
Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while awaiting trial for the murder of her husband, who happens...
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Bed of Lies

2019

Henrietta Bulkowski
6.2/6
A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her dream of seeing the world. This is the story of how sh...
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Henrietta Bulkowski

1996

The Deliverance of Elaine
7/1
A small town schoolteacher is hunted by a paroled con who holds the secret of her dark past.
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The Deliverance of Elaine

2008

Walt Whitman
5/1
This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn...
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Light on Broken Glass
0/0
Preparing for the revival of a hit Broadway show towards the end of a celebrated career, actress Melody Harper (Patricia Clarkson) is, for the first t...
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Light on Broken Glass

2002

The Bourne Identity
7.463/8618
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank accoun...
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The Bourne Identity

2002

Adaptation.
7.369/2244
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the scr...
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Adaptation.

2007

The Kingdom
6.682/1474
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
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The Kingdom

2003

My House in Umbria
5.981/26
Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed...
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My House in Umbria

2010

The Company Men
6.536/649
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and t...
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The Company Men

2006

Primo Levi's Journey
5.9/6
In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later,...
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Primo Levi's Journey

2013

August: Osage County
6.844/1378
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest h...
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August: Osage County

1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
0/0
A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.
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Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

2015

Demolition
6.766/1969
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.
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Demolition

2016

Coming Through the Rye
6.326/23
Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at hi...
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Coming Through the Rye

2017

Cars 3
6.853/5263
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...
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Cars 3

2019

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
6.996/1446
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon...
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2020

Irresistible
6.057/369
A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
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Irresistible

2019

Them That Work
0/0
Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in Southern West...
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Them That Work

2023

Boston Strangler
6.723/481
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the lin...
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Boston Strangler

2011

The Muppets
6.671/1434
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Wal...
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The Muppets

2005

Syriana
6.407/1235
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer...
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Syriana

2003

Seabiscuit
7.001/751
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation...
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Seabiscuit

1993

This Boy's Life
7.101/888
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to b...
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This Boy's Life

1998

Great Expectations
6.645/544
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and t...
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Great Expectations

1999

October Sky
7.622/1114
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wish...
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October Sky

2004

Silver City
6.172/64
The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
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Silver City

1991

In Broad Daylight
5.7/7
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswom...
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In Broad Daylight

1991

To the Moon, Alice
0/0
A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.
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To the Moon, Alice

1991

Darrow
5.289/19
The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.
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Darrow

2005

Jarhead
6.621/2617
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit a...
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Jarhead

2000

The Patriot
7.165/3553
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the s...
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The Patriot

2002

Interstate 60
7.4/596
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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Interstate 60

2010

Remember Me
7.102/3367
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally...
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Remember Me

2013

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
6.6/7
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's...
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

1995

Money Train
5.836/689
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
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Money Train

2009

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2/1
Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in...
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

1997

Alone
7/5
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, a...
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Alone

1999

American Beauty
8.021/11260
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daug...
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American Beauty

1998

The Horse Whisperer
6.879/1020
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
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The Horse Whisperer

2010

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
3.8/4
A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.
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Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize


Everything's Going to Be Great
0/0
A movie about a valentine to big dreamers whose dreams won’t necessarily come true. Individuality vs. conformity, fantasy vs. reality; but mostly, it’...
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Everything's Going to Be Great

2010

The Tempest
5.394/109
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been ban...
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The Tempest

2009

Where the Wild Things Are
6.468/1702
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...
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Where the Wild Things Are

2012

The Company You Keep
6.1/639
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
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The Company You Keep

1991

Guilty by Suspicion
6.489/135
This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stall...
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Guilty by Suspicion

2016

Live by Night
6.253/1215
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Live by Night

2000

American Beauty: Look Closer...
7.3/7
A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.
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American Beauty: Look Closer...

2006

Making Capote: Concept to Script
6.5/2
Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).
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Making Capote: Concept to Script

2000

Me, Myself & Irene
6.587/3501
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more f...
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Me, Myself & Irene

2016

Fastball
7.174/43
Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for hum...
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Fastball

1996

Boys
5.205/39
Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid...
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Boys

2005

Capote
6.992/1300
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
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Capote

2010

The Town
7.2/4616
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the grou...
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The Town

2008

New York, I Love You
5.917/484
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond Dist...
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New York, I Love You

2019

It Takes a Lunatic
5.333/9
The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.
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It Takes a Lunatic

2021

With/In Volume 2
6/3
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...
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With/In Volume 2

2019

Little Women
7.894/5698
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Little Women

1996

A Time to Kill
7.381/2252
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
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A Time to Kill

2022

With/In
7.4/5
An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...
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With/In

1991

City of Hope
7/27
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who...
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City of Hope

2004

The Bourne Supremacy
7.315/6977
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne...
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The Bourne Supremacy

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6.498/12349
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2008

Extreme Movie
4.542/165
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
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