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Bradley Cooper
Cooper at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works
Born	January 5, 1975 (1975-01-05) (age 35) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Esposito (m. 2006–2007) «start: (2006)–end+1: (2008)»"Marriage: Jennifer Esposito to Bradley Cooper" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Cooper)

Bradley Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for the roles of Phil Wenneck in the film The Hangover, Will Tippin in the TV series Alias, Zachary "Sack" Lodge in the comedy film Wedding Crashers, Aidan Stone in TV series Nip/Tuck and Holden Bristow in the film Valentine's Day. Cooper has been confirmed to play Templeton "Face" Peck in the forthcoming The A-Team film.¹

Early life

Cooper was born an only child 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.² Cooper was raised Catholic.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 Later, he studied at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University after hearing about the existence of the Actor's Studio from a Georgetown classmate.⁵ In fact, Bradley can be seen in the episode of Inside the Actor's Studio featuring Steven Spielberg, Robert De Niro and Jack Lemmon.

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 Sack 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.⁶

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.

Cooper speaking to the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan in July 2009

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 movie Case 39.⁷ On June 9, 2009, he was announced⁸ to play the role of Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the live action remake of The A-Team, being directed by Joe Carnahan. Cooper has also been cast in the novel adaption film The Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf.⁹ He is set to star in the $34 Million thriller project The Grey, which is directed by Joe Carnahan.¹⁰

Personal life

Cooper was married to Jennifer Esposito.¹¹ Four months after the marriage, it was announced they had split. They have since divorced.¹²

Cooper has been dating actress Renée Zellweger since 2009.¹³

Filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bradley Cooper

• Bradley Cooper at the Internet Movie Database