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35 wins & 46 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2003 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Adaptation. Austin Film Festival. 2015 Winner Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award. BAFTA Awards. 2003 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. Adaptation. Critics Choice Awards.
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He also portrayed Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), 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.
- ADAPTATION (2002) Directed by Spike Jonze. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, based on the book ‘The Orchid Thief’ by Susan Orlean. Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, Maggie Gyllenhaal.
- AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999) Directed by Sam Mendes. Written by Alan Ball. Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper.
- LONE STAR (1996) Written and directed by John Sayles. Starring Ron Canada, Chris Cooper, Clifton James, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Frances McDormand, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Pena.
- THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002) Directed by Doug Liman. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron, based on the book by Robert Ludlum. Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
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Chris Cooper. Actor: Adaptation.. Christopher Walton Cooper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Mary Ann (Walton), a homemaker, and Charles Sherwood Cooper, a cattleman and internist who served as a doctor in the US Air Force. His parents were from Texas, where Cooper was raised. Educated at the University of Missouri school of drama, Cooper ...
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- 'Adaptation' (2002) Role: John Laroche. Adaptation is a hilarious and surprisingly incisive examination of how challenging the search for inspiration can be for writers.
- 'Lone Star' (1996) Role: Sam Deeds. Lone Star is a brilliant neo-Western and one of the few films where Cooper actually plays the lead. The 1996 mystery follows small-town sheriff Sam Deeds, who's investigating a mystery tied to his father (Matthew McConaughey).
- 'American Beauty' (1999) Role: Colonel Frank Fitts. American Beauty is a film about misjudged expectations; each of the characters in the film proves to be more than what they initially seem.
- 'The Company Men' (2010) Role: Phil Woodward. The Company Men is an underrated film about the financial crisis and shows the human cost that the economic depression had on working-class men.
May 6, 2024 · Oscar winner Chris Cooper talks movies, past and future. Cooper won a supporting actor Oscar for 'Adaptation.' He'll be a guest at this year's Bates Film Festival, running May 14-19.
Jul 28, 2022 · Best Chris Cooper Movies, Ranked. By Will Sayre. Published Jul 28, 2022. The Oscar-winning actor has been in the game for decades. Here's a closer look at Chris Cooper's finest...
