Acting · Kansas City, Missouri, USA · Born July 9, 1951
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.
MovieThe History of Sound
2025
as Older Lionel
MovieEverything's Going to Be Great
2025
as Walter
MovieBoston Strangler
2023
as Jack Maclaine
MovieWith/In Volume 2
2021
as (segment "Nuts")
MovieIrresistible
2020
as Jack Hastings
MovieLittle Women
2019
as Mr. Laurence
MovieThem That Work
2019
as Self
MovieA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Jerry Vogel
MovieIt Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
MovieHenrietta Bulkowski
2019
as Danny Wilcox
TVHomecoming
2018
as Leonard Geist
MovieIntelligent Lives
2018
as Self
MovieCars 3
2017
as Smokey (voice)
MovieLive by Night
2016
as Chief Irving Figgis
MovieComing Through the Rye
2016
as J.D. Salinger
MovieDemolition
2016
as Phil Eastwood
MovieFastball
2016
as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
TV11.22.63
2016
as Al Templeton
MovieThe Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
MovieAugust: Osage County
2013
as Charlie Aiken
MovieLetters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Company You Keep
2012
as Daniel Sloan
MovieMea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012
as Gary (voice)
MovieThe Muppets
2011
as Tex Richman
MovieAmigo
2011
as Col. Hardacre
MovieThe Company Men
2010
as Phil Woodward
MovieThe Town
2010
as Stephen MacRay
MovieThe Tempest
2010
as Antonio
MovieRemember Me
2010
as Neil Craig
MovieJake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
MovieWhere the Wild Things Are
2009
as Douglas (voice)
MovieThe Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009
as Himself (Narrator)
MovieExtreme Movie
2008
as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
MovieNew York, I Love You
2008
as Alex
MovieWalt Whitman
2008
as Walt Whitman (voice)
MovieMarried Life
2008
as Harry Allen
MovieThe Kingdom
2007
as Grant Sykes
MovieBreach
2007
as Robert Hanssen
MoviePrimo Levi's Journey
2006
as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
MovieMaking Capote: Concept to Script
2006
as Self
MovieSyriana
2005
as Jimmy Pope
MovieJarhead
2005
as Lt. Col. Kazinski
MovieCapote
2005
as Alvin Dewey
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004
as Self
MovieSilver City
2004
as Dickie Pilager
MovieThe Bourne Supremacy
2004
as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003
as Self
MovieSeabiscuit
2003
as Tom Smith
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
2003
as Self
MovieMy House in Umbria
2003
as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
MovieAdaptation.
2002
as John Laroche
MovieThe Bourne Identity
2002
as Alexander Conklin
MovieInterstate 60
2002
as Bob Cody
MovieAmerican Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
as Self
MovieThe Patriot
2000
as Col. Harry Burwell
MovieMe, Myself & Irene
2000
as Lieutenant Gerke
MovieAmerican Beauty
1999
as Colonel Fitts
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
MovieOctober Sky
1999
as John Hickam
MovieThe 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Ron Hacksby
MovieThe Horse Whisperer
1998
as Frank Booker
MovieGreat Expectations
1998
as Joe
MovieAlone
1997
as Gus Jr.
MovieBreast Men
1997
as Dr. William Larson
MovieA Time to Kill
1996
as Dwayne Looney
MovieLone Star
1996
as Sam Deeds
MovieBoys
1996
as Mr. John Baker
MovieThe Deliverance of Elaine
1996
as Charlie Skyler
MovieMoney Train
1995
as Torch
MoviePharaoh's Army
1995
as Captain John Hull Abston
MovieOne More Mountain
1994
as Jack Reed
TVReturn to Lonesome Dove
1993
as July Johnson
MovieThis Boy's Life
1993
as Roy
MovieNed Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
as Anthony Blessing
MovieBed of Lies
1992
as Price Daniel, Jr.
MovieCity of Hope
1991
as Riggs
To the Moon, Alice
1991
as Frank Wiliker
MovieDarrow
1991
as Eugene Debs
MovieThousand Pieces of Gold
1991
as Charlie
MovieGuilty by Suspicion
1991
as Larry Nolan
MovieIn Broad Daylight
1991
as Jack Wilson
MovieA Little Piece of Sunshine
1990
as Ernie Favaro
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
TVLonesome Dove
1989
as July Johnson
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMatewan
1987
as Joe Kenehan
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Michael
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Jimmy Yagovitch
MovieBad Timing
1982
as Eddie
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Louis Halladay
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Light on Broken Glass
as Jay
I Passed This Way
