Creator / Chris Cooper

Christopher Walton "Chris" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He began his career with strong supporting performances in film and television, becoming relatively well-known among critics and audiences during the 1980s. Following his role as troubled military patriarch Colonel Fitts in Sam Mendes' American Beauty, he became critically acclaimed and would go on to win an Academy Award for his role as orchid thief John Laroche in Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation.. Cooper is generally known for playing authority figures with Hidden Depths, his intense yet restrained performances, and his gravelly voice.

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Notable roles:

• 1987 Matewan as Joe Kenehan
• 1996 Lone Star as Sam
• 1996 A Time to Kill as Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney
• 1998 Great Expectations as Joe
• 1998 The Horse Whisperer as Frank Booker
• 1999 October Sky as John Hickam
• 1999 American Beauty as Colonel Fitts
• 2000 Me, Myself & Irene as Lieutenant Gerke
• 2000 The Patriot as Col. Harry Burwell
• 2002 The Bourne Identity as Conklin
• 2002 Adaptation. as John Laroche
• 2003 Seabiscuit as Tom Smith
• 2004 Silver City as Dickie Pilager
• 2005 Capote as Alvin Dewey
• 2005 Jarhead as Lt. Col. Kazinski
• 2005 Syriana as Jimmy Pope
• 2007 Breach as Robert Hanssen
• 2007 The Kingdom as Grant Sykes
• 2008 New York I Love You as Alex
• 2009 Where the Wild Things Are as Douglas
• 2010 The Company Men as Phil Woodward
• 2010 Remember Me as Sgt. Neil Craig
• 2010 The Town as Stephen MacRay
• 2010 The Tempest as Antonio

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• 2011 The Muppets as Tex Richman
• 2012 Mea Maxima Culpa Silence In The House Of God as Gary (voice)
• 2013 August: Osage County as Charlie Aiken
• 2014 The Amazing Spider Man 2 as Norman Osborn
• 2016 Live by Night as Chief Figgis

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