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Early life. Cooper was born on July 9, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Charles and Mary Ann (Walton) Cooper. He has an older brother, Chuck Cooper (born 1948). His father was both a United States Air Force doctor and a cattleman, and his mother was a housewife.
Chris Cooper is an Oscar-winning actor who has appeared in films such as American Beauty, Adaptation, and Breach. He also directed and produced the documentary Intelligent Lives, and starred in TV shows like Homecoming and Boston Strangler.
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WNCN via Yahoo‘Between terrible and abysmal’: Low turnout expected in NC runoff elections Tuesday
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Runoff elections will occur Tuesday in North Carolina, though very few voters...
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- The Salisbury Post
Chris Cooper: Why North Carolina is the purple state to watch - Salisbury Post
Thanks to a polarized electorate and increasingly nationalized politics, the 2024 election outcomes in most American states are all but pred...
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May 6, 2024 · Cooper won a supporting actor Oscar for 'Adaptation.' He'll be a guest at this year's Bates Film Festival, running May 14-19. Chris Cooper’s long acting career began with his role as a union ...
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May 9, 2024 · Chris Cooper (born July 9, 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.) is an American character actor who, because of his rugged visage and calm yet tough demeanour, is frequently cast in outdoorsman or military roles. Cooper’s first involvement in theatre came when he was in high school and consisted of doing set construction for a local theatre.
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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.
Christopher Walton Cooper is an American actor. He has appeared in several major Hollywood films, including A Time to Kill (1996), October Sky (1999), American Beauty (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), Live by Night (2016), Cars 3 (2017), A Beautiful Day ...
Chris Cooper is an American actor who has appeared in films such as American Beauty, The Bourne Identity, and Lone Star. He was born in Missouri, studied ballet, and lost his son Jesse to cerebral palsy.
