Bradley Cooper

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Bradley Cooper

Cooper in Paris at the French premiere of American Hustle, February 2014.
Born Bradley Charles Cooper
(1975-01-05) January 5, 1975
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Georgetown University
The New School
Occupation Actor
Years active 1999–present
Religion Roman Catholicism
Spouse(s) Jennifer Esposito (m. 2006–07)

Bradley Charles Cooper[1] (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor who first gained recognition in the television shows Alias and Jack & Bobby. He later appeared in a supporting role in Wedding Crashers (2005), Yes Man (2008), and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). He achieved fame with his roles in The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), The A-Team (2010), Limitless (2011), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2013), and American Hustle (2013). His work in David O. Russell's films Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. In 2011, People magazine named him the "Sexiest Man Alive".[2]

Early life

Cooper was born in Philadelphia and grew up in nearby Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (née Campano), is of Italian descent and worked for the local NBC affiliate.[3] His father, Charles J. Cooper (died 2011, age 71),[4] was of Irish descent, and worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. He has one sister named Holly.[5][6][7] Cooper was raised Catholic.[8][9] While attending Germantown Academy, Cooper worked at the Philadelphia Daily News.[10] After graduating from Germantown Academy in 1993,[11] he attended Villanova University for his first year,[12] then transferred to Georgetown University, from which he graduated with honors with a BA in English in 1997.[13][14] Cooper became fluent in French at Georgetown and spent six months as an exchange student in Aix-en-Provence, France.[15][16][17] Later in 2000, he received an MFA in acting from Actors Studio Drama School at The New School in New York City.[13][18] While he was studying at The New School, Cooper worked as a doorman at the Morgans Hotel.[3]

Career

Cooper began his professional acting career with a small role in the television show Sex and the City in 1999[7] and served as a presenter in the adventure series Globe Trekker. After his film debut, Wet Hot American Summer in 2001, Cooper landed his role as Will Tippin in the successful television drama Alias.[7] 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 shot scenes for the 2002 psychological thriller Changing Lanes, the footage was removed from the finished film but is featured on the film's DVD and Blu-ray releases.[19][20]

Cooper played the part of cowboy and race horse trainer Morgan Murphy in the TV movie The Last Cowboy, which aired on the Hallmark Channel on January 17, 2003. He wants to help the heroine, Jacqueline "Jake" Cooper (Jennie Garth) despite her father's resistance to Morgan's "newfangled" ranching methods. Jake is an estranged daughter who returns home for a funeral to find that she is now needed at the family ranch.

He also co-starred in the ABC Family film I Want to Marry Ryan Banks with Jason Priestley, and appeared as a regular guest star in the WB series Jack & Bobby. He played the popular villain Sack Lodge in the hit comedy Wedding Crashers and appeared in the film Failure to Launch as a friend of Demo (Matthew McConaughey). Cooper played the lead role in the Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential, based on a memoir by chef Anthony Bourdain, which debuted in September 2005. Despite positive reviews for the series, Fox canceled it after four episodes.[21][22]

Cooper at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Woody Allen's film, Whatever Works in April 2009.

In March 2006, Cooper starred in Three Days of Rain on Broadway with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater.[23][24] He also appeared on stage as Jake in the 2008 production of Theresa Rebeck's play The Understudy at the Williamstown Theatre Festival alongside Kristen Johnston.[25]

Cooper, in 2009 during a United Service Organizations tour.

In 2007, Cooper starred in Season 5 of Nip/Tuck as Aidan Stone, a television star on the fictional show Hearts 'N Scalpels. He also starred in Yes Man with Jim Carrey and in The Rocker with Rainn Wilson in 2008. On February 7, 2009, Cooper hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the Radio. He 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 films He's Just Not That Into You, Case 39[26] and The Hangover which was a financial success and opened first at the box office in the United States and grossed over $467 million worldwide from a production budget of $35 million.[27] In October 2009, Cooper received the Hollywood Comedy Award at the 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards.[28] The success of The Hangover led to new opportunities for Cooper, but in a 2011 interview with Shave Magazine, Cooper said: "It’s the same. I mean, look, more doors have been opened for sure but it’s not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered."[29]

In 2010, Cooper appeared in two films, such as the ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day, directed by Garry Marshall, which also starred Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, and former Alias co-star Jennifer Garner, among others.[30] The film was a commercial success, grossing over $215 million worldwide.[31] He then played the role of Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the feature film version of The A-Team. He guest co-hosted WWE Raw on June 7, 2010, along with his The A-Team co-stars Sharlto Copley and Quinton Jackson.[32] In 2011, Cooper starred in the techno-thriller Limitless, based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn, and the comedy sequel The Hangover Part II, which earned over $580 million at the worldwide box office.[33] In September 2011, GQ UK presented Cooper with the "International Man of the Year" award.[34] On November 16, 2011, People magazine named him Sexiest Man Alive.[35]

In 2012, he appeared in the drama The Words, and David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook, an adaptation of Matthew Quick's serio-comic novel, with Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence.[36][37] In January 2012, plans were announced for Cooper to reunite with Silver Linings Playbook co-star Jennifer Lawrence for the Susanne Bier adaptation of Ron Rash's period novel Serena.[38] He also starred in The Place Beyond the Pines, as a police officer.[39] In March 2012, Cooper and Warner Bros. entered into a two-year first look deal for his production company 22 & Indiana Pictures.[40]

In 2013, Cooper appeared in the third and final installment of The Hangover trilogy, The Hangover Part III. On May 2, 2013, it was announced that Cooper will star in the movie American Sniper, the story of U.S. sniper Chris Kyle that was to be directed by Steven Spielberg,[41] who was later replaced by Clint Eastwood.[42] On August 30, 2013, it was announced that Cooper will be providing the voice of Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel Studios film, Guardians of the Galaxy.[43] Additionally, he is starring in Cameron Crowe's untitled project.[44]

Personal life

Cooper married actress Jennifer Esposito in late 2006.[45] In May 2007, it was announced that Esposito had filed for divorce.[46] He was in a long term relationship with Renee Zellweger.[47] Cooper does not drink alcohol and has abstained since he was 29, saying that it would have "sabotaged" his life.[48] He is a practicing Roman Catholic.[49]

Cooper has been dating model Suki Waterhouse since March 2013.[50][51][52]

Filmography

Film

Cooper at the premiere of Silver Linings Playbook in 2012.
Cooper at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Wet Hot American Summer Ben
2002 My Little Eye Travis Patterson
2002 Bending All the Rules Jeff
2003 The Last Cowboy Morgan Murphy Television film
2004 I Want to Marry Ryan Banks Todd Doherty Television film
2005 Wedding Crashers Zachary "Sack" Lodge
2006 Failure to Launch Demo
2007 Comebacks, TheThe Comebacks Cowboy
2008 Midnight Meat Train, TheThe Midnight Meat Train Leon
2008 Rocker, TheThe Rocker Trash Grice
2008 Yes Man Peter
2008 Older Than America Luke
2009 He's Just Not That Into You Ben Gunders
2009 Hangover, TheThe Hangover Phil Wenneck
2009 All About Steve Steve Muller
2009 New York, I Love You Gus Cooper
2009 Case 39 Douglas J. Ames
2010 Valentine's Day Holden Wilson
2010 A-Team, TheThe A-Team Templeton "Faceman" Peck
2010 Brother's Justice Bradley
2011 Limitless Eddie Morra Also executive producer
2011 Hangover Part II, TheThe Hangover Part II Phil Wenneck
2012 Hit and Run Alex Dimitri
2012 Silver Linings Playbook Pat Solitano Also executive producer
2012 Words, TheThe Words Rory Jansen Also executive producer
2013 Place Beyond the Pines, TheThe Place Beyond the Pines Avery Cross
2013 The Hangover Part III Phil Wenneck
2013 American Hustle Richie DiMaso Also executive producer
2014 Serena George Pemberton Post-production
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Rocket Raccoon Voice and motion capture, Post-production
2014 Untitled Cameron Crowe project Brian Gilcrest Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Sex and the City Jake Episode: "They Shoot Single People, Don't They?"
2000 Globe Trekker Himself Presenter
2000–2001 The $treet Clay Hammond 5 episodes
2001–2006 Alias Will Tippin 46 episodes
2003 Miss Match Gary Episode: "I Got You Babe"
2004 Touching Evil OSC Agent Mark Rivers 6 episodes
2004–2005 Jack & Bobby Tom Wexler Graham 14 episodes
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jason Whitaker Episode: "Night"
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Jason Whitaker Episode: "Day"
2005–2006 Kitchen Confidential Jack Bourdain 13 episodes
2007–2009 Nip/Tuck Aidan Stone 6 episodes
2009 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Bradley Cooper/TV on the Radio"
2010 WWE Raw Himself – Guest Host 3-Hour Viewer's Choice Raw
2013 Saturday Night Live Himself Episode: "Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men"

Theatre

Year Title Role Theater
2006 Three Days of Rain Pip Bernard B. Jacobs Theater
2008 The Understudy Jake Williamstown Theatre Festival

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Bradley Cooper

References

  1. ↑ "The Bradley Cooper Webchat Transcript". Empire Online. Retrieved April 9, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Chiu, Alexis; Triggs, Charlotte (November 16, 2011). "Bradley Cooper Is People's Sexiest Man Alive!". People. Retrieved November 18, 2011. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Baron, Zach (January 2014). "The GQ Cover Story: Bradley Cooper Is A-List Now, Bro". GQ. 
  4. ↑ "CHARLES J. COOPER Obituary: View CHARLES COOPER's Obituary by Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News". Legacy.com. January 15, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Conley, Kevin. "Bradley Cooper Is High on the Hangover". Details.com. Retrieved July 16, 2009. 
  6. ↑ Joyce Eng. "Bradley Cooper's Dad Dies". TVGuide. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2011
  8. ↑ "Bradley Cooper Says He Is An Old Romantic". The Insider. September 7, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2010. 
  9. ↑ Bouys, Gabriel (September 4, 2009). "Bradley Cooper: I'm a "Romantic"". Us Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2010. "I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly." 
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  24. ↑ "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. Retrieved July 16, 2010. 
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  42. ↑ Kit, Borys (August 21, 2013). "Clint Eastwood in Talks to Direct 'American Sniper'". Retrieved October 25, 2013. 
  43. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Bradley Cooper to Voice Rocket Raccoon in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy". Marvel. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  44. ↑ "Bradley Cooper In Talks To Star With Emma Stone In Cameron Crowe-Directed Pic". Deadline. October 24, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013. 
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