A rangy and intense character actor with a knack for playing taciturn authority figures, Chris Cooper found... (Learn more)
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Chris Cooper’s Milestones
| Grew up in Houston, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Played role of Sam Cranshaw on the daytime drama "Edge of Night" (CBS) | |
| 1968 | Got started in theater as set designer and builder when a teenager |
| 1980 | Film debut, "Bad Timing" |
| 1980 | Stage debut, "Of the Fields, Lately" |
| 1985 | London stage debut, "Sweet Bird of Youth" |
| 1987 | Major film debut, John Sayles' "Matewan" |
| 1987 | Primetime TV series debut, "The Equalizer" (CBS) |
| 1988 | TV-movie debut in "Eugene O'Neill: Journey into Genius" (PBS) |
| 1989 | Appeared as July Johnson in "Lonesome Dove" (CBS) |
| 1991 | Co-starred in Sayles' "City of Hope" |
| 1993 | Reprised role of July Johnson in sequel "Return to Lonsome Dove" |
| 1996 | Played Sheriff Sam Deeds in Sayles' "Lone Star" |
| 1997 | Co-starred with David Schwimmer in the HBO movie "Breast Men" |
| 1998 | Played Robert Redford's brother in "The Horse Whisperer" |
| 1999 | Delivered a strong turn as the coal miner father of a boy with aspirations to work for NASA in "October Sky" |
| 1999 | Offered a fine turn as a martinet military man in Sam Mendes' "American Beauty" |
| 2000 | Cast as Lt. Gerke in the Farrelly Brothers comedy "Me, Myself and Irene" |
| 2000 | Portrayed a former comrade of Mel Gibson's in the Revolutionary War drama "The Patriot" |
| 2002 | Delivered a compelling performance as orchid thief John Larouche in the offbeat film "Adaptation"; earned BAFTA and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2002 | Seen as shadowy espionage orchestrator Konklin in the remake of "The Bourne Identity" |
| 2003 | Cast in the Gary Ross directed "Seabiscuit"; received a SAG nomination for best supporting actor |
| 2003 | Co-strarred in the war mini-series "My House in Umbria"; received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor |
| 2004 | Starred in John Sayles' political satire "Silver City" |
| 2005 | Co-starred with George Clooney and Matt Damon in the geopolitical thriller "Syriana" |
| 2005 | Joined the cast of John Patrick Shanley's play, "Chain of Command" |
| 2005 | Re-teamed with director Sam Mendes for "Jarhead" |
| 2007 | Portrayed American traitor Robert Hanssen in the drama, "Breach" |
| 2007 | Portrayed a government agent investigating the bombing of an American facility in Saudi Arabia in Peter Berg's "The Kingdom" |
| 2008 | Co-starred in the 1950's drama, "Married Life" |
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