Bradley Cooper
| Bradley Cooper | |
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 Cooper, speaking at the USS Ronald Reagan in July 2009 |
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| Born | January 5, 1975 , U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse | Jennifer Esposito (m. 2006–2007) |
| Partner | Renee Zellweger |
Bradley Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for the roles of Phil Wenneck in the film The Hangover (2009) and Will Tippin in the TV series Alias. Cooper also played Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team (2010).
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Early life
Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in nearby Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (née Campano), is Italian-American, and his father, Charlie Cooper, is Irish-American and worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch.[1] Cooper was raised Roman Catholic.[2][3] After graduating from Germantown Academy in 1993,[4] he attended Villanova University for his freshman year, then transferred to Georgetown University, from which he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1997.[5] He has studied French, and has lived in France for 6 months.[6] Later he studied at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University;[5] and can be seen in the Inside the Actors Studio episodes that featured Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Robert De Niro, Jack Lemmon and Clint Eastwood.
Career
Cooper began his professional acting career on the television series Sex and the City in 1998, and also served as a presenter for Globe Trekker. Cooper made his film debut in Wet Hot American Summer in 2001, before landing his best-known role as Will Tippin in the successful television drama Alias. He returned twice to Alias as a guest star after leaving the show in 2003, and he also guest-starred on the short-lived TV series Miss Match in the same year.
Cooper starred in the ABC Family film I Want to Marry Ryan Banks, and appeared as a regular guest star in the WB series Jack & Bobby. He played the popular villain Zach Lodge in the hit comedy Wedding Crashers and appeared in the film Failure to Launch as a friend of Matthew McConaughey's character. Cooper played the lead role in the Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential, based on a memoir by chef Anthony Bourdain, which debuted in September 2005. However, Fox announced in late 2005 that the series was canceled because of low ratings.
In March 2006, Cooper starred in Three Days of Rain on Broadway with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd at the Bernard B Jacobs Theater.[7]
In 2007, Cooper starred in Season 5 of Nip/Tuck as Aidan Stone, a television star on the fictional show Hearts 'N Scalpels in which Christian and Sean give their advice on "real" plastic surgeries in order to give credibility to the show and gain popularity for their new practice in Los Angeles. Cooper also starred in Yes Man with Jim Carrey.
On February 7, 2009, Cooper hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the Radio. Cooper impersonated Christian Bale in a fake commercial for a DVD featuring celebrities yelling at movie crew members called, "No, Bruce! Let Me Finish! The Best of Celebrity Tirades."
In 2009, Cooper starred in the film He's Just Not That into You together with Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Justin Long and Scarlett Johansson.
Cooper starred in the hit 2009 film The Hangover with Ed Helms and Heather Graham, as well as the 2010 film Valentine's Day, alongside Jessica Alba, That '70s Show alums Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace, fellow Alias alum Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Biel, Eric Dane and Julia Roberts.
Cooper has filmed a role opposite Renee Zellweger in the film Case 39.[8] On June 9, 2009, he was cast to play the role of Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the feature film version of The A-Team, directed by Joe Carnahan.[9][10] Cooper has also been cast in the novel adaption film The Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf.[11] He is set to star in the $34-million thriller project The Grey, which is directed by Joe Carnahan.[12]
Cooper guest co-hosted WWE Raw on June 7, 2010 along with his A-Team co-stars Sharlto Copley and Quinton Jackson.[13]
Personal life
Cooper was married to Jennifer Esposito.[14] Four months after the marriage, it was announced they had split. They have since divorced.[15]
Cooper has been dating actress Renee Zellweger since 2009.[16]
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Ben | |
| 2002 | My Little Eye | Travis Patterson | |
| Carnival Knowledge | Jeff | ||
| Stella Short 1998-2001 | Satan/Guy at Yoga class | ||
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Zachary "Sack" Lodge | |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Demo | |
| 2007 | The Comebacks | Cowboy | |
| 2008 | Older Than America | Luke | |
| The Rocker | Trash Grice | ||
| The Midnight Meat Train | Leon | ||
| Yes Man | Peter | ||
| 2009 | He's Just Not That into You | Ben Gunders | |
| The Hangover | Phil Wenneck | Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
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| All About Steve | Steve Muller | Golden Raspberry Award - Worst Screen Couple (with Sandra Bullock) | |
| New York, I Love You | Gus Cooper | ||
| 2010 | Case 39 | Douglas J. Ames | |
| Valentine's Day | Holden Bristow | ||
| The A-Team | Templeton "Face" Peck | ||
| 2011 | The Hangover 2 | Phil Wenneck | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Sex and the City | Jake | Episode: "They Shoot Single People, Don't They?" |
| 2000-2001 | The $treet | Clay Hammond | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Gary | Episode: "I Got You Babe" |
| The Last Cowboy | Morgan Murphy | Television movie | |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | OSC Agent Mark Rivers | 6 episodes |
| I Want to Marry Ryan Banks | Todd Doherty | Television movie | |
| 2004-2005 | Jack & Bobby | Tom Wexler Graham | 14 episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jason Whitaker | Episode: "Night", crossover episode with Trial by Jury |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Episode: "Day", crossover episode with Special Victims Unit | ||
| 2001-2006 | Alias | Will Tippin | 46 episodes |
| 2005-2006 | Kitchen Confidential | Jack Bourdain | 13 episodes |
| 2007-2009 | Nip/Tuck | Aidan Stone | 6 episodes |
References
- ↑ Conley, Kevin. "Bradley Cooper Is High On The Hangover". Details.com. http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/200905/bradley-cooper-from-wedding-crashers-talks-the-hangover. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Bradley Cooper Says He Is An Old Romantic". The Insider. September 7, 2009. http://www.theinsider.com/news/2820023_Bradley_Cooper_Says_He_Is_An_Old_Romantic. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ↑ Bouys, Gabriel (September 4, 2009). "Bradley Cooper: I'm a "Romantic"". Us Weekly. http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/bradley-cooper-im-a-romantic-200949. Retrieved June 24, 2010. "I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly."
- ↑ "Germantown Academy grad Bradley Cooper talks about The Hangover". Philly.com. May 26, 2009. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/Germantown_Academy_grad_Bradley_Cooper_talks_about_The_Hangover.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Murray, Rebecca. "Bradley Cooper Biography". About.com. http://movies.about.com/od/cooperbradley/p/bradley-cooper.htm. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
- ↑ Zuckerman, Esther (June 22, 2009). "Five Things You Need to Know About Bradley Cooper". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286689,00.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper Round out Three Days of Rain Cast with Julia Roberts, Show Begins March 28". Broadway World.com. November 29, 2005. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Paul_Rudd_and_Bradley_Cooper_Round_out_Three_Days_of_Rain_Cast_with_Julia_Roberts_Show_Begins_March_28_20051129. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Bradley, Renée Get Cozy in Barcelona". People. August 12, 2009. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20297504,00.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ Coll, Kevin (June 9, 2009). "Bradley Cooper Now Officially In Talks For The A-Team". Fusedfilm.com. http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/06/bradley-cooper-now-officially-in-talks-for-the-a-team/. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ↑ Hewitt, Chris (June 9, 2009). "Neeson And Cooper Are The A-Team". Empire Magazine. http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=25013. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
- ↑ "Bradley Cooper Replaces Shia LaBeouf in Dark Fields". Bloody-disgusting.com. November 9, 2009. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17995. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ↑ "Bradley Cooper vs Hungry Pack of Wolves in The Grey". Bloody-disgusting.com. February 12, 2010. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19085. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ↑ Gorman, Bill (June 7, 2010). "The A-Team Hosts WWE's First Ever Raw Viewer's Choice Night". TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/07/the-a-team-hosts-wwes-first-ever-raw-viewers-choice-night/53361. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ Jordan, Julie (January 4, 2007). "Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito Marry". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20006812,00.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ Fromm, Emily (May 2, 2007). "Jennifer Esposito, Bradley Cooper Split". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20037538,00.html. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Renée Zellweger biography". People. http://www.people.com/people/renee_zellweger/biography. Retrieved January 19, 2010.