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