Bradley Cooper
Biography
Bradley Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker born in Philadelphia. He began on television with a 1999 guest role on Sex and the City and earned an MFA from the Actors Studio in 2000 before making his film debut in Wet Hot American Summer (2001). After a supporting part in Wedding Crashers (2005), his breakthrough came in The Hangover (2009), and he went on to star in Limitless (2011) and The Place Beyond the Pines (2012). Cooper received Academy Award nominations for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), American Sniper (2014), A Star Is Born (2018), and Maestro (2023). For A Star Is Born he also produced, wrote, and directed, winning a BAFTA and two Grammy Awards. He voiced Rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), and produced Joker and Nightmare Alley (2021). On Broadway he earned a Tony nomination for The Elephant Man.
51years old
Turns 52 on January 5in 79 days
- Born Philadelphia
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Bradley Charles Cooper (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 45
- Career span
- 24 years2001 to 2025
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A first
Cooper became the first person in BAFTA history to receive five nominations in a single ceremony, all for A Star Is Born: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Music.
Early training
Cooper tried out for the Actors Studio's master class graduate degree and James Lipton picked him. He earned an MFA in acting in 2000 from the Actors Studio Drama School at The New School in New York City.
First role
Cooper's cinematic debut came with Wet Hot American Summer, a 2001 ensemble comedy. He played Ben, a counselor, and skipped his MFA graduation ceremony to film it.
Getting ready for a role
To learn how to use a rifle, Cooper trained with US Navy SEAL veteran Kevin Lacz, who served with Kyle. Cooper also gained 40 lb of muscle to appear as large as Kyle.
Getting ready for a role
Cooper spent nearly four years on A Star Is Born, taking voice, piano and guitar lessons five days a week for six months and undergoing 18 months of vocal training with coach Roger Love.
Bradley Cooper movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Gunn directed five of these films, Todd Phillips four and David O. Russell three. Six actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Karen Gillan's page
Pom Klementieff's page
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All films by James Gunn
All films by Todd Phillips
All films by David O. Russell
Box office
What Bradley Cooper's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$8.7 billion
39 of the 45 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 45 films: 39 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 39Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 62% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$864M9.9% of the total
- 2$846M9.7% of the total
- 3$773M8.8% of the total
- 4$761M8.7% of the total
- 5$619M7.1% of the total
- 6$587M6.7% of the total
- 7$542M6.2% of the total
- 8$469M5.4% of the total
$3.3 billionfrom the other 31 films with a worldwide figure, 38% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA | |||
| Of Film and Television Arts | Won | ||
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Grammy Awards | |||
| Grammy Awards | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2012 | Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor | Won | |
| Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble | Won | ||
| National Society of Film Critics | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.