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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025

Everything's Going to Be Great
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Walter
Movie - Released: 6/9/2025
The History of Sound
The History of Sound
as Older Lionel
Movie - Released: 5/14/2025

2023

Boston Strangler
Boston Strangler
as Jack Maclaine
Movie - Released: 3/16/2023

2022

With/In Volume 2
With/In Volume 2
Movie - Released: 3/15/2022

2021

With/In Volume 2
With/In Volume 2
as (segment "Nuts")
Movie - Released: 6/14/2021

2020

Irresistible
Irresistible
as Jack Hastings
Movie - Released: 7/1/2020

2019

Little Women
Little Women
as Mr. Laurence
Movie - Released: 12/25/2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
as Jerry Vogel
Movie - Released: 9/7/2019
Them That Work
Them That Work
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/29/2019
It Takes a Lunatic
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/3/2019
Henrietta Bulkowski
Henrietta Bulkowski
as Danny Wilcox
Movie - Released: 3/8/2019

2018

Intelligent Lives
Intelligent Lives
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/1/2018
Homecoming
Homecoming
as Leonard Geist
TV - Released: 11/1/2018

2017

Cars 3
Cars 3
as Smokey (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/15/2017

2016

Demolition
Demolition
as Phil Eastwood
Movie - Released: 4/6/2016
Coming Through the Rye
Coming Through the Rye
as J.D. Salinger
Movie - Released: 10/13/2016
Live by Night
Live by Night
as Chief Irving Figgis
Movie - Released: 12/25/2016
Fastball
Fastball
as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/25/2016
11.22.63
11.22.63
as Al Templeton
TV - Released: 2/15/2016

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/16/2014

2013

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
as Charlie Aiken
Movie - Released: 12/26/2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/19/2013

2012

The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep
as Daniel Sloan
Movie - Released: 12/20/2012
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
as Gary (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/16/2012

2011

Amigo
Amigo
as Col. Hardacre
Movie - Released: 8/19/2011
The Muppets
The Muppets
as Tex Richman
Movie - Released: 11/22/2011

2010

The Town
The Town
as Stephen MacRay
Movie - Released: 9/15/2010
Remember Me
Remember Me
as Neil Craig
Movie - Released: 3/11/2010
The Tempest
The Tempest
as Antonio
Movie - Released: 9/11/2010
The Company Men
The Company Men
as Phil Woodward
Movie - Released: 10/21/2010
Movie
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010

2009

Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
as Douglas (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/16/2009
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
as Himself (Narrator)
Movie - Released: 2/9/2009

2008

Married Life
Married Life
as Harry Allen
Movie - Released: 3/28/2008
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You
as Alex
Movie - Released: 9/6/2008
Extreme Movie
Extreme Movie
as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/5/2008
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
as Walt Whitman (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/14/2008

2007

Breach
Breach
as Robert Hanssen
Movie - Released: 2/12/2007
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
as Grant Sykes
Movie - Released: 8/22/2007

2006

Primo Levi's Journey
Primo Levi's Journey
as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
Movie - Released: 9/12/2006
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Making Capote: Concept to Script
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/21/2006

2005

Jarhead
Jarhead
as Lt. Col. Kazinski
Movie - Released: 11/4/2005
Syriana
Syriana
as Jimmy Pope
Movie - Released: 11/23/2005
Capote
Capote
as Alvin Dewey
Movie - Released: 9/30/2005

2004

Silver City
Silver City
as Dickie Pilager
Movie - Released: 9/17/2004
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy
as Alexander Conklin
Movie - Released: 7/23/2004

2003

Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
as Tom Smith
Movie - Released: 7/22/2003
My House in Umbria
My House in Umbria
as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Movie - Released: 5/25/2003

2002

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
as Alexander Conklin
Movie - Released: 6/14/2002
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
as John Laroche
Movie - Released: 12/6/2002
Interstate 60
Interstate 60
as Bob Cody
Movie - Released: 4/13/2002

2000

Me, Myself & Irene
Me, Myself & Irene
as Lieutenant Gerke
Movie - Released: 6/22/2000
The Patriot
The Patriot
as Col. Harry Burwell
Movie - Released: 6/28/2000
American Beauty: Look Closer...
American Beauty: Look Closer...
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/24/2000

1999

American Beauty
American Beauty
as Colonel Fitts
Movie - Released: 9/15/1999
October Sky
October Sky
as John Hickam
Movie - Released: 2/19/1999
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 8/1/1999

1998

The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer
as Frank Booker
Movie - Released: 2/1/1998
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
as Joe
Movie - Released: 1/30/1998

1997

Breast Men
Breast Men
as Dr. William Larson
Movie - Released: 12/13/1997
Alone
Alone
as Gus Jr.
Movie - Released: 12/21/1997

1996

A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
as Dwayne Looney
Movie - Released: 7/24/1996
Lone Star
Lone Star
as Sam Deeds
Movie - Released: 6/21/1996
Boys
Boys
as Mr. John Baker
Movie - Released: 5/10/1996
The Deliverance of Elaine
The Deliverance of Elaine
as Charlie Skyler
Movie - Released: 4/10/1996

1995

Pharaoh's Army
Pharaoh's Army
as Captain John Hull Abston
Movie - Released: 4/9/1995
Money Train
Money Train
as Torch
Movie - Released: 11/21/1995

1994

One More Mountain
One More Mountain
as Jack Reed
Movie - Released: 3/6/1994

1993

This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life
as Roy
Movie - Released: 4/9/1993
Return to Lonesome Dove
Return to Lonesome Dove
as July Johnson
TV - Released: 11/14/1993

1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
as Anthony Blessing
Movie - Released: 4/14/1992
Bed of Lies
Bed of Lies
as Price Daniel, Jr.
Movie - Released: 1/20/1992

1991

City of Hope
City of Hope
as Riggs
Movie - Released: 10/11/1991
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 4/26/1991
In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight
as Jack Wilson
Movie - Released: 2/3/1991
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion
as Larry Nolan
Movie - Released: 3/15/1991
Movie
To the Moon, Alice
as Frank Wiliker
Movie - Released: 10/2/1991
Darrow
Darrow
as Eugene Debs
Movie - Released: 6/8/1991

1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine
A Little Piece of Sunshine
as Ernie Favaro
Movie - Released: 11/17/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Roy Payne
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
as July Johnson
TV - Released: 2/5/1989

1988

American Experience
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Matewan
Matewan
as Joe Kenehan
Movie - Released: 8/28/1987

1985

The Equalizer
The Equalizer
as Michael
TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Miami Vice
Miami Vice
as Jimmy Yagovitch
TV - Released: 9/16/1984

1982

Bad Timing
Bad Timing
Movie - Released: 12/31/1982

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

Movie
Light on Broken Glass
as Jay
Movie
Movie