Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Actor (b. 1951)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Chris Cooper (71.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 36 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Chris's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

36
Movies
71.1%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Chris Cooper’s films lower than 55% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Seabiscuit (Kanopy, Hoopla) · Interstate 60 (YouTube, Fandango at Home, Pluto TV, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Prime Video (free)) · American Beauty (Hoopla) · October Sky (YouTube) · A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (YouTube) · August: Osage County (Philo, The CW, Fandango at Home, Prime Video (free), Xumo Play, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) and 10 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Ben Affleck (5)Robert Redford (4)Richard Jenkins (3)Jake Gyllenhaal (3)Spike Jonze (3)

Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. Having made his debut as a stage actor, he made his breakthrough on television as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). He has appeared in several major Hollywood films including A Time to Kill (1996), October Sky (1999), American Beauty (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), Capote (2005), Syriana (2005), The Kingdom (2007), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), The Town (2010), The Muppets (2011), Live by Night (2016), Cars 3 (2017), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Little Women (2019). He won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation.

Cooper also played a lead role in the historical and political thriller Breach (2007), playing FBI agent and traitor Robert Hanssen. He played Daniel Sloan in the 2012 political thriller The Company You Keep, and Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He also portrayed Al Templeton on the 2016 Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo (2010).

Born 1951-07-09 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

On ThumbScore, Chris Cooper appears in 36 films with an average audience score of 71.1%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: Wikipedia, TMDB

Every Chris Cooper movie, ranked by audience score

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
2002
👍 89%
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
2003
👍 89%
The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer
1998
👍 85%
The Patriot
The Patriot
2000
👍 84%
Interstate 60
Interstate 60
2002
👍 83%
Me, Myself & Irene
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
👍 81%
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
2002
👍 81%
American Beauty
American Beauty
1999
👍 80%
Money Train
Money Train
1995
👍 80%
October Sky
October Sky
1999
👍 79%
Cars 3
Cars 3
2017
👍 79%
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
👍 78%
Boston Strangler
Boston Strangler
2023
👍 76%
Matewan
Matewan
1987
👍 76%
August: Osage County
August: Osage County
2013
👍 75%
Capote
Capote
2005
👍 75%
Jarhead
Jarhead
2005
👍 73%
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life
1993
👍 73%
Lone Star
Lone Star
1996
👍 73%
The Muppets
The Muppets
2011
👍 72%
The Town
The Town
2010
👍 72%
The Company Men
The Company Men
2010
👍 71%
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
👍 69%
Breach
Breach
2007
👍 67%
The Kingdom
The Kingdom
2007
👍 64%
Syriana
Syriana
2005
👍 64%
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1998
👍 62%
Married Life
Married Life
2008
👍 62%
The History of Sound
The History of Sound
2025
👍 62%
The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep
2012
👍 61%
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
👍 60%
Irresistible
Irresistible
2020
👍 56%
Remember Me
Remember Me
2010
👍 55%
Live by Night
Live by Night
2016
👍 55%
Demolition
Demolition
2016
👍 53%
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You
2008
👍 47%