• Name: Chris Cooper
  
• Birth Name: Christopher W. Cooper
  
• Height: 5' 10
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: July 9, 1951
  
• Birth Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri (majored in Agriculture and Acting)
  
•   : Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri (studied Ballet)
  
• Husband/Wife: Marianne Leone (actress; met in acting class 1979; married in July 1983)
  
• Father: Charles Cooper (internist; served as a doctor in the US Air Force)
  
• Mother: Mary Ann Cooper
  
• Brother: Chuck Cooper (contractor; born in 1948)
  
• Son: Jesse Cooper (born in 1987)
  

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Chris Cooper Filmography

• "It ain't easy being laconic."
• "I wanted to be an actor, not a star."

• Cowboy Hall of fame: Best Actor, THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD.
• San Francisco International Film Festival: Peter J. Owens Award (2004)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2003)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• Seattle Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Performance, Male, ADAPTATION. (2002)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture, AMERICAN BEAUTY (2000)
• Lone Star Film & Television Awards: Best Actor, LONE STAR (1996)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD (1992)

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