Chris Cooper
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Roy Payne
1990
Series
Miami Vice
Jimmy Yagovitch
1984
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
American Playhouse
Louis Halladay
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Charlie Bemis
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Eugene Debs
1982
Series
The Equalizer
Michael
1985
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Norman Osborn (uncredited)
2014
Film
Little Women
Mr. Laurence
2019
Film
Cars 3
Smokey (voice)
2017
Film
The Bourne Identity
Alexander Conklin
2002
Film
American Beauty
Colonel Fitts
1999
Film
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jerry Vogel
2019
Film
Me, Myself & Irene
Lieutenant Gerke
2000
Film
The Patriot
Col. Harry Burwell
2000
Film
The Bourne Supremacy
Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
2004
Film
Boston Strangler
Jack Maclaine
2023
Series
Homecoming
Leonard Geist
2018
Film
The Kingdom
Grant Sykes
2007
Film
Live by Night
Chief Irving Figgis
2016
Film
A Time to Kill
Dwayne Looney
1996
Film
The Town
Stephen MacRay
2010
Series
11.22.63
Al Templeton
2016
Film
This Boy's Life
Roy
1993
Film
The Muppets
Tex Richman
2011
Film
Money Train
Torch
1995
Film
Remember Me
Neil Craig
2010
Series
Lonesome Dove
July Johnson
1989
Film
Adaptation.
John Laroche
2002
Film
October Sky
John Hickam
1999
Film
The Company You Keep
Daniel Sloan
2012
Film
The Horse Whisperer
Frank Booker
1998
Film
Jarhead
Lt. Col. Kazinski
2005
Film
Where the Wild Things Are
Douglas (voice)
2009
Film
Great Expectations
Joe
1998
Film
Demolition
Phil Eastwood
2016
Film
August: Osage County
Charlie Aiken
2013
Film
The Company Men
Phil Woodward
2010
Film
The History of Sound
Older Lionel
2025
Film
Interstate 60
Bob Cody
2002
Film
New York, I Love You
Alex
2008
Series
Return to Lonesome Dove
July Johnson
1993
Film
Breast Men
Dr. William Larson
1997
Film
Guilty by Suspicion
Larry Nolan
1991
Film
Breach
Robert Hanssen
2007
Film
Syriana
Jimmy Pope
2005
Film
Seabiscuit
Tom Smith
2003
Film
Extreme Movie
FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
2008
Film
Capote
Alvin Dewey
2005
Film
The Tempest
Antonio
2010
Film
Irresistible
Jack Hastings
2020
Film
Lone Star
Sam Deeds
1996
Film
Married Life
Harry Allen
2008
Film
Matewan
Joe Kenehan
1987
Film
City of Hope
Riggs
1991
Film
Boys
Mr. John Baker
1996
Film
Everything's Going to Be Great
Walter
2025
Film
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Anthony Blessing
1992
Film
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
Film
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Gary (voice)
2012
Film
With/In Volume 2
(segment "Nuts")
2021
Film
My House in Umbria
Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
2003
Film
Silver City
Dickie Pilager
2004
Film
Coming Through the Rye
J.D. Salinger
2016
Film
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Ernie Favaro
1990
Film
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Jr.
1992
Film
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Charlie
1991
Film
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
2010
Film
Intelligent Lives
Self
2018
Film
The 24 Hour Woman
Ron Hacksby
1999
Film
Amigo
Col. Hardacre
2011
Film
Alone
Gus Jr.
1997
Film
The Deliverance of Elaine
Charlie Skyler
1996
Film
Pharaoh's Army
Captain John Hull Abston
1995
Film
In Broad Daylight
Jack Wilson
1991
Film
One More Mountain
Jack Reed
1994
Film
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
2000
Film
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Himself (Narrator)
2009
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Film
Henrietta Bulkowski
Danny Wilcox
2019
Film
Bad Timing
Eddie
1982
Film
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Self
2006
Film
To The Moon, Alice
Frank Wiliker
1991
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Self
2003
I Passed This Way
Film
Fastball
Clifford Blankenship (voice)
2016
Film
Primo Levi's Journey
Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
2006
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Self
2003
Film
Darrow
Eugene Debs
1991
Film
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (voice)
2008
Film
Them That Work
Self
2019
Light on Broken Glass
Jay
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Self
2004