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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.

Filmography

2025
The History of Sound

as Older Lionel

Movie
2025
Everything's Going to Be Great

as Walter

Movie
2019
Little Women

as Mr. Laurence

Movie
2017
Cars 3

as Smokey (voice)

Movie
2016
Demolition

as Phil Eastwood

Movie
2011
The Muppets

as Tex Richman

Movie
2010
The Town

as Stephen MacRay

Movie
2005
Jarhead

as Lt. Col. Kazinski

Movie
2002
The Bourne Identity

as Alexander Conklin

Movie
2000
The Patriot

as Col. Harry Burwell

Movie
1999
American Beauty

as Colonel Fitts

Movie
1996
A Time to Kill

as Dwayne Looney

Movie
1995
Money Train

as Torch

Movie