Birthday: July 09, 1951
Having spent much of his youth on his father's Missouri cattle ranch, it is not surprising that supporting and leading actor of stage, screen, and television Chris Cooper has specialized in playing cowboys, ranchers, and other hardworking men. His rugged Everyman demeanor has best been put to use by filmmaker John Sayles, who cast him in a number of his films, beginning with 1987's ...more- 2003
- Broadcast Film Critics Association
- Best Supporting Actor
- Adaptation
- win
- 2003
- Screen Actors Guild
- Best Supporting Actor
- Seabiscuit
- nom
- 2002
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association
- Best Supporting Actor
- Adaptation
- win
- 2002
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- Adaptation
- win
- 2002
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Supporting Actor
- Adaptation
- win
- 2009
- The Tempest
- Antonio
- 2009
- The Lost Son of Havana
- Narrator
- 2008
- New York, I Love You
- Alex (Yvan Attal segment)
- 2008
- American Experience: Walt Whitman
- Walt Whitman













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