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Name :	Chris Cooper
Birth Name :	Christopher W. Cooper
Date of Birth :	July 9, 1951
Place of Birth :	Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Profession :	Actor
Sex :	Male
Nationality :	American
Education :	Southwest High School (graduated in 1969). University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri (majored in Agriculture and Acting). Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri (studied Ballet).
Wife :	Marianne Leone (Actress - met in acting class 1979, married in July 1983)
Height :	5' 10"
Father :	Charles Cooper (Internist - served as a Doctor in the US Air Force)
Mother :	Mary Ann Cooper
Son :	Jesse Cooper (born in 1987, died January 2005 from causes related to cerebral palsy)
Claim to Fame :	Played July Johnson in the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989)