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Career. Cooper's early performances include John Sayles ' 1987 film Matewan; the 1989 CBS-TV Western miniseries Lonesome Dove; the 1991 indie Western drama Thousand Pieces of Gold, and the 1992 ABC-TV docudrama Bed of Lies, opposite Susan Dey .
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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- '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.
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Jun 21, 2024 · Chris Cooper, American character actor who, because of his rugged visage and calm yet tough demeanor, was frequently cast in outdoorsman or military roles. His notable movies included A Time to Kill, American Beauty, The Bourne Identity, and Adaptation. Learn more about Cooper’s life and career.
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Chris Cooper is an American actor who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role in Adaptation. He has appeared in many Hollywood films, such as American Beauty, The Bourne Identity, Capote, and Little Women.
Jun 11, 2016 · Chris Cooper, the Academy Award® winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in the comedy-drama Adaptation, discusses this acting career in both film and television. Cooper looks back on how...
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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.
