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Acting

Chris Cooper

Career: Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 1991 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Chris Cooper Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4
Uncanny
1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 6
Character-Driven 4
Character Study 4
Historical Drama 4
Political Intrigue 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Emotional Catharsis 3
Psychological Drama 3
Melancholic Romance 2
Visually Evocative 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Coming-of-Age Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Light on Broken Glass

as Jay

2020s

6 titles · average score 58

The History of Sound

68

as Older Lionel

Everything's Going to Be Great

51

as Walter

Unscripted Lives

Executive Producer

Boston Strangler

62

as Jack Maclaine

With/In Volume 2

as (segment "Nuts")

Irresistible

50

as Jack Hastings

2010s

22 titles · average score 66

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

81

as Jerry Vogel

Homecoming

73

TV show · as Leonard Geist

Cars 3

65

as Smokey (voice)

11.22.63

78

TV show · as Al Templeton

Demolition

59

as Phil Eastwood

Coming Through the Rye

56

as J.D. Salinger

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

83

as Gary (voice)

The Company You Keep

56

as Daniel Sloan

The Muppets

79

as Tex Richman

Amigo

53

as Col. Hardacre

The Company Men

65

as Phil Woodward

Remember Me

50

as Neil Craig

2000s

20 titles · average score 65

Where the Wild Things Are

69

as Douglas (voice)

Married Life

58

as Harry Allen

The Kingdom

61

as Grant Sykes

Breach

73

as Robert Hanssen

Jarhead

64

as Lt. Col. Kazinski

Syriana

70

as Jimmy Pope

Seabiscuit

73

as Tom Smith

The Bourne Identity

78

as Alexander Conklin

Adaptation.

82

as John Laroche

Interstate 60

76

as Bob Cody

The Patriot

67

as Col. Harry Burwell

Me, Myself & Irene

56

as Lieutenant Gerke

1990s

26 titles · average score 64

October Sky

80

as John Hickam

The Horse Whisperer

68

as Frank Booker

Great Expectations

55

as Joe

Breast Men

49

as Dr. William Larson

Lone Star

80

as Sam Deeds

Money Train

36

as Torch

Pharaoh's Army

64

as Captain John Hull Abston

This Boy's Life

70

as Roy

Bed of Lies

58

as Price Daniel, Jr.

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

as Anthony Blessing

Guilty by Suspicion

64

as Larry Nolan

A Little Piece of Sunshine

as Ernie Favaro

1980s

7 titles · average score 76

Lonesome Dove

92

TV show · as July Johnson

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Matewan

82

as Joe Kenehan

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Michael

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Jimmy Yagovitch

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Eugene Debs / Louis Halladay

Bad Timing

as Eddie