Cooper, Chris 1951-

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Cooper, Chris 1951-

PERSONAL

Full name, Christopher W. Cooper; born July 9, 1951, in Kansas City, MO; son of Charles (a military doctor and cattle rancher) and Mary Ann (a homemaker) Cooper; married Marianne Leone (a writer, actress, and comedienne), July, 1983 (some sources cite 1985); children: Jesse Lanier (deceased). Education: Attended Stephens College; University of Missouri at Columbia, graduated, 1976; trained for the stage with Stella Adler in New York City.

Addresses:

Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr. N., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Publicist—Cara Tripicchio, Wolf-Kasteler and Associates, 335 North Maple Dr., Suite 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Actor. Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, actor, 1980-81; worked as set builder and designer for community theatre. Also worked as a janitor, carpenter, and construction worker. Military service: U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.

Awards, Honors:

Named best actor in an outstanding motion picture, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, and Bronze Wrangler Award, outstanding theatrical motion picture, Western Heritage Awards, both 1992, for Thousand Pieces of Gold; Lone Star Film and Television Award, 1996, Independent Spirit Award nomination, Independent Features Project, 1997, and Chlotrudis Award nomination, 1997, all best actor, for Lone Star; Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding cast performance, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor, and Online Film Critics Society Award (with others), best ensemble, all 2000, for American Beauty; National Board of Review Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, San Diego Film Critics Society Award, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, Seattle Film Critics Award, Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, Toronto Film Critics Association Award, and Washington Film Critics Award, all best supporting actor, 2002, Golden Globe Award, best supporting actor in a motion picture, 2003, Academy Award, Film Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, Critics Choice Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award, Audience Award, Chlotrudis Awards, Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award, and Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, all best supporting actor, 2003, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best supporting actor in a comedy or musical, International Press Academy, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, both best ensemble (with others), 2003, all for Adaptation; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie, 2003, and Golden Satellite Award nomination, best supporting actor in a series, miniseries, or movie made for television, 2004, for My House in Umbria; DVD Exclusive Award nomination, best supporting actor in a DVD premiere movie, 2003, for Interstate 60; Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, outstanding supporting actor and outstanding cast performance (with others), 2004, for Seabiscuit; Peter J. Owens Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2004; Golden Satellite Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama, 2005, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding cast performance, 2006, both for Capote.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Non date da mangiare agli animali (short film), 1987.

Joe Kenehan, Matewan, Cinecom International, 1987.

Charlie, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Greycat Films, 1991.

Larry Nolan, Guilty by Suspicion (also known as La liste noire), Warner Bros., 1991.

Riggs, City of Hope, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1991.

Roy, This Boy's Life, Warner Bros., 1993.

Captain John Hull Abston, Pharaoh's Army, Orion Home Entertainment, 1995.

Torch, Money Train, Columbia, 1995.

Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney, A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996.

Mr. John Baker, Boys, Buena Vista, 1996.

Sheriff Sam Deeds, Lone Star, Columbia TriStar, 1996.

Frank Booker, The Horse Whisperer, Buena Vista, 1998.

"Uncle" Joe, Great Expectations, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Colonel Frank Fitts, American Beauty, DreamWorks, 1999.

John Hickam, October Sky, Universal, 1999.

Ron Hacksby, The 24 Hour Woman, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Colonel Harry Burwell, The Patriot (also known as Der Patriot), Columbia TriStar, 2000.

Lieutenant Gerke, Me, Myself, and Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Bob Cody, Interstate 60 (also known as I-60 and Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2001.

John Laroche, Adaptation, Columbia, 2001.

Ted Conklin, The Bourne Identity (also known as Die Bourne identitaet), Universal, 2002.

Tom Smith, Seabiscuit, Universal, 2003.

Dickie Pilager, Silver City, Newmarket Films, 2004.

(Uncredited) Ted Conklin, The Bourne Supremacy (also known as Die Bourne verschwoerung), Universal, 2004.

Alvin Dewey, Capote, United Artists/Sony Pictures Classics, 2005.

Lieutenant Colonel Kazinski, Jarhead (also known as Jarhead—Willkommen im dreck), Universal, 2005.

Jimmy Pope, Syriana, Warner Bros., 2005.

Robert Hanssen, Breach, Universal, 2007.

Grant Sykes, The Kingdom (also known as Operation: Kingdom), Universal, 2007.

Harry Allen, Married Life, Sony Pictures Classics, 2008.

Himself, Them that Work (documentary), Pewter Productions, 2008.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ernie Favaro, A Little Piece of Sunshine, 1990.

Frank Wiliker, "To the Moon, Alice," Showtime 30-Minute Movie, Showtime, 1990.

Jack Wilson, In Broad Daylight, NBC, 1991.

Price Daniel Jr., Bed of Lies (also known as Deadly Blessing), ABC, 1992.

James Reed, One More Mountain (also known as One More Mountain: An American Epic), ABC, 1994.

Anthony Blessing, Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (also known as Lone Justice and Ned Blessing), 1994.

Charlie Skyler, The Deliverance of Elaine, CBS, 1996.

Dr. William Larson, Breast Men, HBO, 1997.

Gus Jr., Alone (also known as Horton Foote's "Alone"), Showtime, 1997.

Thomas "Tom" Riversmith, My House in Umbria (also known as La mia casa in Umbria), HBO, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

July Johnson, Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989.

July Johnson, Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Louis Halladay, "Eugene O'Neill: Journey into Genius" (also known as "Journey into Genius"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1988.

Eugene Debs, "Darrow," American Playhouse, PBS, 1991.

Seabiscuit: The Making of a Legend, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Michael, "The Rehearsal," The Equalizer, CBS, 1987.

Jimmy Yagovitch, "Mirror Image," Miami Vice, NBC, 1988.

Mr. Hawkins, "The Hawkins Family," Lifestories, NBC, 1990.

Roy Payne, "Blood Libel," Law & Order, NBC, 1996.

"Filmen ‘American Beauty,’" Nyhetsmorgon, 2000.

"‘Seabiscuit’: The Making of a Legend," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

Narrator, "The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly," Nature, PBS, 2004.

"Breach," HBO First Look, HBO, 2007.

"The Kingdom," HBO First Look, HBO, 2007.

Appeared as Sam Cranshaw, The Edge of Night, ABC.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel, 2001.

The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Presenter, The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2004.

Presenter, The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Bravo and Independent Film Channel, 2004.

Presenter, The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004.

Presenter, The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Ben Mercer, Of the Fields, Lately, Century Theatre, New York City, 1980.

Tyler Biars, A Different Moon, Workshop of the Players Art Theatre, New York City, 1983.

Paul Anthony MacAleer, The Ballad of Soapy Smith, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1983, then New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Stuff, Sweet Bird of Youth, London, 1985.

Ty, Cobb, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1989.

Dalton Trumbo (title role), Trumbo: Red White and Blacklisted, Westside Theatre Downstairs, New York City, 2003-2004.

Also appeared in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire.