Chris Cooper

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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Chris Cooper Movies

Discover the best Chris Cooper movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Chris Cooper ranked by year and score.

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Boston Strangler (2023)

Crime Mystery Thriller
In early 1960s Boston, a city gripped by fear and a press room run almost entirely by men, two reporters decide the story of a serial killer terrorizing women is...
Score 6.6
2

Little Women (2019)

Drama History Romance
Jo March wants to write. Amy wants Paris and fine art. Meg wants love, and Beth wants very little beyond the warmth of home. Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May...
Score 7.9
3

The Company You Keep (2012)

Drama Thriller
For decades, Jim Grant has lived quietly under an assumed name, building a law practice and raising a daughter in upstate New York. When a tenacious young reporter digs up...
Score 6.2
4

The Town (2010)

Crime Drama Thriller
Charlestown, Boston, breeds bank robbers the way other neighborhoods breed lawyers. Doug MacRay knows the exits of every vault in the city and has been planning his own exit from...
Score 7.2
5

Breach (2007)

Crime Drama History
Eric O'Neill thinks his big break has finally arrived when the FBI assigns him as clerk to Robert Hanssen, a decorated veteran agent with twenty-five years of service. The reality...
Score 6.6
6

Syriana (2005)

Drama Thriller
Few industries concentrate as much power, money, and moral compromise as global oil, and Stephen Gaghan's sprawling 2005 drama maps that corruption across three continents. A Washington lawyer greases a...
Score 6.4
7

Jarhead (2005)

Drama War
Sam Mendes follows Marine sniper Anthony Swofford through the psychological crucible of the Gulf War. Trained for combat but relegated to observation, Swofford watches from the sidelines while his mind...
Score 6.7
8

Adaptation. (2002)

Comedy Crime Drama
A neurotic screenwriter confronts the gap between his artistic ambitions and creative paralysis while attempting to transform a botanical nonfiction book into cinema. As his twin brother hawks a competing...
Score 7.3
9

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Action Drama Mystery
A man pulled from the Mediterranean with bullets in his back and no memory of his name turns out to be extraordinarily good at staying alive. Armed with little more...
Score 7.5
10

American Beauty (1999)

Drama
Lester Burnham has spent years sleepwalking through a suffocating marriage, a soul-crushing job, and a house that looks perfect from the street. Then something cracks. A teenage girl, his daughter's...
Score 8.0

Chris Cooper TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of Chris Cooper TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Chris Cooper.

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11.22.63 (2016)

Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jake Epping is a mild-mannered English teacher handed an extraordinary and terrible responsibility: go back to 1960s America and stop Lee Harvey Oswald before history reaches its fatal conclusion. What...
Score 7.8

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What are the highest-rated movies starring Chris Cooper? +
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Chris Cooper are Boston Strangler, Little Women, and The Company You Keep.
How many movies and TV shows has Chris Cooper starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 11 titles starring Chris Cooper, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Chris Cooper worth watching? +
Yes! The overall filmography starring Chris Cooper maintains a strong average user rating of 7.1 out of 10 across all tracked titles.