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  • The Horse Whisperer
  • The Horse Whisperer review by Alfod from West Midlands
    Rated - 4 stars Wholly satisfying, well-rounded movie experience 14 July 2004
    ...movie experience. With great supporting work from the likes of Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper (who went on to do some horse whispering of his own in Seabiscuit) added to the...  
  • Matewan
  • Matewan review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars A great American movie 6 May 2004
    ...most creative and important directors; as one of the few movies that the superb Chris Cooper has taken the lead role; and as the most enduring performance in the short film...  
  • The Bourne Identity
  • The Bourne Identity review by from Nottingham, England
    Rated - 5 stars Retro thriller 11 August 2004
    ... him across Europe. He is aided in his flight by Franka Potente, while CIA boss Chris Cooper marshals agents Clive Owen and Julia Stiles against him. It?s skilfully dire...  

Chris Cooper - filmography


  • Breach on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Chris Cooper,  Ryan Phillippe,  Laura Linney
    Director: Billy Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In 2001, FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) starts work under the Bureau's computer wizard Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), with secret orders to check on his internet habits. He's soon told Hanssen is the target of an espionage investigation.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 17,172 members
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  • Syriana - HD DVD Version (2005)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Amanda Peet,  Matt Damon
    Director: Stephen Gaghan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 460 members
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  • Syriana - BLU-RAY Version (2005)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Amanda Peet,  Matt Damon
    Director: Stephen Gaghan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,857 member
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  • Capote on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman,  Catherine Keener,  Clifton Collins Jr.
    Director: Bennett Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In November 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman CApote, famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee, writer of soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 36,474 members
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  • Syriana on DVD (2005)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Amanda Peet,  Matt Damon
    Director: Stephen Gaghan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 53,888 members
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  • Silver City on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Chris Cooper,  Richard Dreyfuss,  Tim Roth
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    During a gubernatorial race in small-town Colorado, a mystery is uncovered involving a dead body found in a local lake. A private detective, Danny (Danny Huston), is hired by the governor-to-be's campaign manager (Richard Dreyfuss), who is worried that the unexpected event may be used as a scandal-..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 5,780 members
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  • Seabiscuit on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Jeff Bridges,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Gary Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling nonfiction novel comes to life with this spectacular big-screen adaptation. Set in the 1930s, SEABISCUIT weaves its story around three men who turned a seemingly untamable horse into a bona fide champion. Jeff Bridges is Charles Howard, a thriving entrepreneur who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 20,779 members
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  • The Bourne Identity on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Franka Potente,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Doug Liman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 82,618 members
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  • Adaptation on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Meryl Streep,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 26,243 members
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  • Interstate 60 on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Paul Brogren,  Gary Oldman,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Bob Gale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Bob Gale, screenwriter of classic comedies like BACK TO THE FUTURE and USED CARS, directed this unique comic fantasy. In it, James Marsden stars as Neal, a young man freshly graduated from high school and unsure of what to do with his life. Torn between his father's vision of himself and his own ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,753 member
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  • The Patriot on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Joely Richardson,  Heath Ledger
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mel Gibson stars in this action-packed historical drama from the director of INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA. Gibson portrays Benjamin Martin, an unassuming man who is forced to join the American Revolution when the British threaten to take his farm away from him. Together with his patriotic son, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,903 members
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  • October Sky on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Laura Dern,  Chris Cooper,  Jake Gyllenhaal
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The true story of Homer Hickam, a young boy trapped in a close-minded coal-mining town in the 1950's. When Sputnik is successfully launched, Homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. To the dismay and disgust of the townspeople, as well as Homer's father, he and his friends try ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,128 member
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  • American Beauty on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Sam Roberts,  Annette Bening
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 74% from 62,625 members
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  • Breast Men (1997)
    Starring: David Schwimmer,  Chris Cooper,  Louise Fletcher
    Director: Lawrence O'Neil
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. A glory-seeking medical intern takes off on the fast track after inventing the silicone breast ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 362 members
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  • Money Train on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Woody Harrelson,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Joseph Ruben
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A pair of New York City transit cops (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes), who also happen to be constantly bickering foster brothers, try to thwart the theft of the subway system's "money train," while dreaming of someday robbing it themselves. This explosive action flick drew the ire of government ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,878 members
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  • A Little Piece Of Sunshine (1990)
    Starring: Kitty Aldridge,  Lauren Bacall,  Chris Cooper
    Director: James Cellan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sunshine, a sunny Carribean island, is a little-known haven for organised crime, drug running, and murder. When a private investigator (Philip Michael Thomas) arrives to investigate the mysterious death of a British governer, he finds himself at odds with the Cuban Secret Police, the Miami Homicide ..read more »
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  • Matewan on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Chris Cooper,  James Earl Jones,  Mary McDonnell
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1920, the setting Matewan, West Virginia, where the town's coal miners labor under miserable, unhealthy conditions. Enter Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a rebellious union leader who wants to organize the West Virginian miners, as well as the Italians and blacks brought in as workers. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,091 member
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  • Darrow on DVD
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Bob Tracey,  Paul Klementowicz
    Director: John David Coles
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Some people call him "Lawyer for the Damned"...but Clarence Darrow was simply a man who, in time of justice, had the courage to stand alone. The name Clarence Darrow is permanently linked to the tremendous strides in the American legal system from the late 19th century through the early decades ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 219 members
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  • Interstate 60 to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Chris Cooper,  James Marsden
    Director: Bob Gale
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 117 minutes
    Bob Gale, screenwriter of classic comedies like BACK TO THE FUTURE and USED CARS, directed this unique comic fantasy. In it, James Marsden stars as Neal, a young man freshly graduated from high school and unsure of what to do with his life. Torn between his father's vision of himself and his own ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 181 members
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Chris Cooper facts

5 most recent films

Married Life - 2.5 stars
Kingdom, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Kingdom, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
The Kingdom - 3.5 stars
Breach - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bourne Identity, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Bourne Identity, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Lone Star - 4.0 stars
The Bourne Identity - 4.0 stars
American Beauty - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

A Little Piece Of Sunshine - 3 stars
Silver City - 2.5 stars
Married Life - 2.5 stars
Breast Men - 2.5 stars
Darrow - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jamie Foxx - 6 times - show films
Matt Damon - 6 times - show films
Brian Cox - 4 times - show films
Dennis Haysbert - 4 times - show films
Jake Gyllenhaal - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sam Mendes - 4 times - show films
Stephen Gaghan - 3 times - show films
Doug Liman - 3 times - show films
John Sayles - 3 times - show films
Peter Berg - 3 times - show films