Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper is an American actor. Born July 9, 1951, in Kansas City. Educated at University of Missouri and Southwest Early College Campus. Awards include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
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- Described as
- American actor (1951-)
- Other names
- Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper, Christopher W. Cooper, Coop, Christopher Walton "Chris" Cooper, Christopher Cooper, Christopher Walton Cooper
- Born
- July 9, 1951 · 4 references
- Born in
- Kansas City · 2 references
- Name at birth
- Christopher Walton Cooper
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- film actor; actor · 1 reference; television actor · 1 reference
- Education
- University of Missouri; Southwest Early College Campus · 1 reference; Southwest High School · 1 reference
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (2003) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (2003)
- Spouse
- Marianne Leone Cooper (1983–)
- Lived in
- Kingston
- Wikipedias with a page
- 52
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1383183624
Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. Having debuted as a stage actor, his television breakthrough was as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). He has appeared in major Hollywood films, including A Time to Kill (1996), October Sky (1999), American Beauty (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Adaptation (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 played a leading role in the historical political thriller Breach (2007), as FBI agent and traitor Robert Hanssen. He played Daniel Sloan in the 2012 political thriller The Company You Keep, and Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He portrayed Al Templeton on the 2016 Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including on Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo (2010).
He won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation. His other accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and three Satellite Awards. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 2017 for his performance in A Doll's House, Part 2.
- Born, in its opening lines
- July 9, 1951
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