Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1980s. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including the drama
American Beauty (1999), the biopic about a NASA engineer titled
October Sky (1999), the action spy film
The Bourne Identity (2002), the biographical sports psychological-drama thriller film
Seabiscuit (2003), the
biographical film about
Truman Capote, Capote (2005), the geopolitical thriller
Syriana (2005), the action-thriller
The Kingdom (2007), the crime drama
The Town (2010), and the musical comedy film
The Muppets (2011).