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.jpg) Chris Cooper
Birthday: July 9, 1951
Birth
Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Height: 5' 1"
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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 Matewan.Cooper's interest in the theater began in his late teens, when he designed and constructed sets for a community group. Following high school, he studied agriculture and acting at the University of Missouri before moving to New York City in hopes of making it on the stage. It took awhile, but by 1980 he was starring in productions like Of the Fields Lately, The Ballad of Soapy Smith, and Cobb, in which he played the title role. His film debut came in 1980, in Nicholas Roeg's Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession. He didn't get his big break until seven years later, when Sayles cast him as Joe Kenehan, a member of the coalminer's union who is sent to a tiny mountain town to organize the workers in Matewan (1987). He again worked with Sayles in City of Hope (1991) and then in Lone Star (1996), for which he won great acclaim playing the enigmatic Sam Deeds, the prodigal son of a tiny Texas town's sheriff who solves a mystery and comes to grips with his relationship with his late father. Subsequently, Cooper — who had also made his mark on the small screen as cowboy July Johnson in Lonesome Dove (1989) — appeared as a deputy in a A Time to Kill (1996), Robert Redford's younger brother in The Horse Whisperer (1998), and Ethan Hawke's brother-in-law in Great Expectations. In 1999, the actor again demonstrated his impressive range, first playing a coalminer in October Sky and then turning in a chilling performance as Kevin Spacey's unbalanced neighbor in American Beauty. If Cooper was somewhat lost in the shuffle of 2002's Interstate 60, his Oscar winning performance in that same years' Adaptation would find Cooper receiving lavish praise for his portrayal of a lively orchid hunter. Cast opposite Meryl Streep, Cooper's toothless performance was in turns hilarious, sad and poetic, providing the perfect showcase for his impressive range and offering an enticing glimpse of what may be in store for the underappreciated Cooper.
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- Lives in Kingston, Massachusetts, USA
- Filmed scenes for The Ring (2002) that were cut, though a picture of him in a newspaper remains in the film.
- Son, Jesse Cooper (with Leone), born 1987, died January 2005 from causes related to cerebral palsy.
- Studied ballet at Stephens College in Columbia.
- He majored in agriculture and acting at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Turned down the role of James Gordon in Batman Begins (2005).
- As a young man he did some construction work, including helping with the construction of Royals Stadium in Kansas City, now known as Kaufman Stadium
- Graduated from Southwest High School in 1969. Southwest High School closed down in 1998 and reopened in 1999 as Southwest Charter School. Southwest High School is located in the Kansas City, Missouri School District.
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