Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

1951-07-09 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 81 Credits

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...

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The History of Sound

The History of Sound

2025

as Older Lionel

Acting

Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few...

Everything's Going to Be Great

Everything's Going to Be Great

2025

as Walter

Acting

When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regio...

Boston Strangler

Boston Strangler

2023

as Jack Maclaine

6.7
Acting

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the lin...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2022

7.4
Acting

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2022

Director

7.4
Directing

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2021

as (segment "Nuts")

4.0
Acting

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2021

Director

4.0
Directing

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

Irresistible

Irresistible

2020

as Jack Hastings

6.0
Acting

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

Little Women

Little Women

2019

as Mr. Laurence

7.9
Acting

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Them That Work

Them That Work

2019

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in Southern West ...

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019

as Jerry Vogel

7.0
Acting

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon ...

It Takes a Lunatic

It Takes a Lunatic

2019

as Self

5.3
Acting

The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.

Henrietta Bulkowski

Henrietta Bulkowski

2019

as Danny Wilcox

6.2
Acting

A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her dream of seeing the world. This is the story of how sh...

Intelligent Lives

Intelligent Lives

2018

as Self

Acting

Three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities - Micah, Naieer, and Naomie - challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high...

Intelligent Lives

Intelligent Lives

2018

Executive Producer

Producing

Three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities - Micah, Naieer, and Naomie - challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high...

Cars 3

Cars 3

2017

as Smokey (voice)

6.9
Acting

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...

Live by Night

Live by Night

2016

as Chief Irving Figgis

6.3
Acting

A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

Coming Through the Rye

Coming Through the Rye

2016

as J.D. Salinger

6.2
Acting

Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at hi...

Demolition

Demolition

2016

as Phil Eastwood

6.8
Acting

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Fastball

Fastball

2016

as Clifford Blankenship (voice)

7.2
Acting

Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for hum...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014

as Norman Osborn (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

2013

as Charlie Aiken

6.9
Acting

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to ...

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's ...

The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

2012

as Daniel Sloan

6.2
Acting

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2012

as Gary (voice)

7.3
Acting

Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, foll...

The Muppets

The Muppets

2011

as Tex Richman

6.7
Acting

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Wal...

Amigo

Amigo

2011

as Col. Hardacre

4.8
Acting

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pr...

The Company Men

The Company Men

2010

as Phil Woodward

6.5
Acting

Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and t...

The Town

The Town

2010

as Stephen MacRay

7.2
Acting

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the grou...

The Tempest

The Tempest

2010

as Antonio

5.4
Acting

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been ban...

Remember Me

Remember Me

2010

as Neil Craig

7.1
Acting

Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally ...

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

2010

as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)

3.8
Acting

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

as Douglas (voice)

6.5
Acting

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

2009

as Himself (Narrator)

4.5
Acting

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in ...

Extreme Movie

Extreme Movie

2008

as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)

4.4
Acting

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You

2008

as Alex

6.0
Acting

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond Dist...

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

2008

as Walt Whitman (voice)

5.0
Acting

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn...

Married Life

Married Life

2008

as Harry Allen

5.8
Acting

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too mu...

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

2007

as Grant Sykes

6.7
Acting

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Breach

Breach

2007

as Robert Hanssen

6.6
Acting

Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpect...

Primo Levi's Journey

Primo Levi's Journey

2006

as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)

5.9
Acting

In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later, ...

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Making Capote: Concept to Script

2006

as Self

6.5
Acting

Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).

Syriana

Syriana

2005

as Jimmy Pope

6.4
Acting

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer...

Jarhead

Jarhead

2005

as Lt. Col. Kazinski

6.7
Acting

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit a...

Capote

Capote

2005

as Alvin Dewey

7.0
Acting

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

Silver City

Silver City

2004

as Dickie Pilager

6.1
Acting

The discovery of a corpse and the ensuing probe by an idealistic journalist threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor o...

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

2004

as Alexander Conklin

7.3
Acting

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and M...

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

2003

as Tom Smith

7.1
Acting

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation...

My House in Umbria

My House in Umbria

2003

as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith

6.1
Acting

Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed...

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002

as John Laroche

7.4
Acting

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting amb...

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

2002

as Alexander Conklin

7.5
Acting

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank accoun...

Interstate 60

Interstate 60

2002

as Bob Cody

7.4
Acting

An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.

American Beauty: Look Closer...

American Beauty: Look Closer...

2000

as Self

7.5
Acting

A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

The Patriot

The Patriot

2000

as Col. Harry Burwell

7.2
Acting

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the s...

Me, Myself & Irene

Me, Myself & Irene

2000

as Lieutenant Gerke

6.6
Acting

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more f...

American Beauty

American Beauty

1999

as Colonel Fitts

8.0
Acting

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daug...

October Sky

October Sky

1999

as John Hickam

7.7
Acting

Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However, in October 1957 everything changes when ...

The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

1998

as Frank Booker

6.9
Acting

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1998

as Joe

6.6
Acting

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and t...

Alone

Alone

1997

as Gus Jr.

6.5
Acting

John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, a...

Breast Men

Breast Men

1997

as Dr. William Larson

5.3
Acting

We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, the...

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

1996

as Dwayne Looney

7.4
Acting

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Lone Star

Lone Star

1996

as Sam

7.0
Acting

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

Boys

Boys

1996

as Mr. John Baker

5.3
Acting

Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid ...

The Deliverance of Elaine

The Deliverance of Elaine

1996

as Charlie Skyler

4.0
Acting

A small town schoolteacher is hunted by a paroled con who holds the secret of her dark past.

Money Train

Money Train

1995

as Torch

5.8
Acting

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

Pharaoh's Army

Pharaoh's Army

1995

as Captain John Hull Abston

6.5
Acting

Union soldiers in search of food descend on the farm of a Confederate family and decide to stay until one in their ranks' wounds have healed. While th...

One More Mountain

One More Mountain

1994

as Jack Reed

5.3
Acting

Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to C...

This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

1993

as Roy

7.1
Acting

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to b...

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

1992

as Anthony Blessing

3.0
Acting

A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.

Bed of Lies

Bed of Lies

1992

as Price Daniel, Jr.

5.0
Acting

Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while awaiting trial for the murder of her husband, who happens...

City of Hope

City of Hope

1991

as Riggs

6.7
Acting

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

To the Moon, Alice

1991

as Frank Wiliker

Acting

A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.

Darrow

Darrow

1991

as Eugene Debs

5.3
Acting

The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.

Thousand Pieces of Gold

Thousand Pieces of Gold

1991

as Charlie

6.8
Acting

In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, ...

Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion

1991

as Larry Nolan

6.5
Acting

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for h...

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

1991

as Jack Wilson

5.7
Acting

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswom...

A Little Piece of Sunshine

A Little Piece of Sunshine

1990

as Ernie Favaro

6.0
Acting

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take pla...

Matewan

Matewan

1987

as Joe Kenehan

7.4
Acting

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...

Bad Timing

Bad Timing

1982

Acting

Nancy Savoca’s second student film follows two twelve-year olds, Bobby (Joey D’Arelli) and Denise (Kelly Cinnante) who run away to Hollywood. They lan...

Light on Broken Glass

N/A

as Jay

Acting

Preparing for the revival of a hit Broadway show towards the end of a celebrated career, actress Melody Harper is, for the first time in her life, unc...