Chris Cooper

ABOUT CHRIS COOPER

Dramatic character actor who won an Oscar for his role in the 2003 film Adaptation . He also played major roles in American Beauty, Capote, and Seabiscuit . In 2019, he starred in the bio pic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood .

He earned a degree in agriculture and acting from the University of Missouri. He debuted as Joe Kenehan in the 1987 film, Matewan.

He played the antagonist in The Bourne Identity .

He married TV actress Marianne Leone Cooper in 1983. He has a daughter named Jesse.

He starred in October Sky with Jake Gyllenhaal .