Happy Birthday actor Chris Cooper

Born: July 9, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Married to: Marianne Leone (1983 – present) (1 child)

Said he was afraid of taking the role in American Beauty (1999); his wife convinced him to take the role of the repressed soldier.

His parents were from Texas. His mother, Mary Ann (Walton), was a homemaker, and his father, Charles Sherwood Cooper, was an internist who served as a doctor in the US Air Force, and a cattleman.

Darrow 1991 dir. John David Coles Starring Kevin Spacey Rebecca Jenkins

A Time to Kill 1996 dir. Schumacher starring Matthew McConaughey Sandra Bullock

American Beauty 1999 dir. Sam Mendes Starring Kevin Spacey Annette Bening

The Patriot 2000 dir. Emmerich starring Mel Gibson Heath Ledger

The Bourne Identity 2002 dir. Doug Liman Starring Matt Damon Franka Potente Adaptation 2002 dir. Spike Jonze Starring Nicholas Cage Meryl Streep Cooper Breach 2007 dir. Billy Ray Starring Cooper Ryan Phillippe The Kingdom 2007 Directed by Peter Berg Starring Jamie Foxx Jennifer Garner THE MUPPETS dir. James Bobin Stars Amy Adams Jason Segel OCTOBER SKY 1999 dir. Joe Johnston Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal Chris Cooper Where the Wild Things Are dir. Spike Jonze Stars: Max Records Catherine O’Hara Forest Whitaker Remember Me dir. Allen Coulter Stars Robert Pattinson Emilie de Ravin THE TOWN dir. Ben Affleck Stars: Jon Hamm Rebecca Hall The Tempest dir. Julie Taymor Stars: Helen Mirren Felicity Jones THE COMPANY YOU KEEP 2013 dir. Robert Redford Stars: Nick Nolte Shia LaBeouf The Company Men dir. John Wells Stars: Ben Affleck Chris Cooper Tommy Lee Jones AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY 2013 dir. John Wells Stars: Meryl Streep Julia Roberts THIS BOY’S LIFE 1993 dir. Michael Caton-Jones Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio Robert DeNiro