Bradley Cooper Profile

Full Name:Bradley Cooper - Contact Bradley Cooper
Birth Name:Bradley Cooper
Famous As: Actor
Date of Birth: January 05, 1975
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height: 6' 1
Nationality: American
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Education: Graduated from Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania in 1993
Graduated from the Honors English program at Georgetown University in 1997
Attended Actors Studio Drama School at New School University
Claim to Fame: As Will Tippin in TV series Alias (2001-2003)

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Bradley Cooper

Cooper at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works
Born January 5, 1975 (1975-01-05) (age 34)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 1999–present
Spouse(s) Jennifer Esposito (2006-2007)

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 movie The Hangover, Will Tippin in the TV series Alias, Zachary "Sack" Lodge in the comedy film Wedding Crashers, and Aidan Stone in TV series Nip/Tuck. Cooper has been confirmed to play Templeton "Face" Peck in the forthcoming The A-Team movie.1

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Personal life

Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria, is Italian-American, and his father, Charlie, is Irish-American.234 After graduating from Germantown Academy in 1993,5 Cooper attended Villanova University for his freshman year, then transferred to Georgetown University, from which he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1997.6 Later, he studied at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University.6

He was married to actress Jennifer Esposito in a small ceremony on December 30, 2006.7Four months after the marriage it was announced they had split. They have since divorced.8 In October 2007, rumors came out that Bradley Cooper dated actress Cameron Diaz, after the pair was spotted together in New York.9 He dated actress Jennifer Aniston in 2007, and in May 2009 the two were spotted at a party for Jennifer's new movie, Management.10

Career

He began his professional acting career on the television series Sex and the City in 1998. He also served as the host of Lonely Planet's Treks in a Wild World in 2000, and 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 at Comic-Con promoting The Midnight Meat Train in July 2007

Cooper starred in the ABC Family movie 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.11

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. Bradley 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.

In 2009, Cooper had starred in the movie 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 did an interview for an article of The Advocate in June 2009 where he talks about gay-sex-scene secrets, off-screen "bromances", his hypothesis on homophobia in film and discusses how he auditioned for and really wanted the part James Franco played in Milk.12

Cooper starred in the 2009 film The Hangover.

Filmography

Year Film Role Other 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
2003 The Last Cowboy Morgan Murphy TV film
2004 I Want to Marry Ryan Banks Todd Doherty TV film
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 Lead role
Yes Man Peter
2009 He's Just Not That into You Ben Gunders Lead role
The Hangover Phil Wenneck Lead role
Case 39 Douglas J Ames awaiting release
All About Steve Steve awaiting release
New York, I Love You Gus Cooper awaiting release
2010 The A Team Templeton "Face" Peck pre-production13
Year Television appearance Role Other notes
1999 Sex and the City Jake "They Shoot Single People, Don't They?"
2000 - 2001 The $treet Clay Hammond Five episodes
2003 Miss Match Gary "I Got You Babe"
2004 Touching Evil OSC Agent Mark Rivers Six episodes
2004 - 2005 Jack & Bobby Tom Wexler Graham Fourteen episodes, main character
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jason Whitaker "Night", crossover episode with Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury "Day", crossover episode with Special Victims Unit
2001 - 2006 Alias Will Tippin Forty-six episodes, main character
2005 - 2006 Kitchen Confidential Jack Bourdain Thirteen episodes, lead character
2007 - 2009 Nip/Tuck Aidan Stone Six episodes

References

  1. ^ Chris Hewitt (June 9, 2009). "Neeson And Cooper Are The A-Team". Empire Magazine. http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=25013. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. 
  2. ^ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. January 28, 2009. 
  3. ^ "High Infidelity". http://www.elle.com/Entertainment/Men-We-Love/Bradley-Cooper. 
  4. ^ "BRADLEY COOPER IS HIGH ON THE HANGOVER". Men.Style.com. http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_9457&pageNum=2. Retrieved on 2009. 
  5. ^ "Class of 1993 Members Inducted into the Academy Club". Germantown Academy. http://www.germantownacademy.net/default.aspx?RelID=620853&issearch=bradley%20cooper. Retrieved on 2009-05-25. 
  6. ^ a b "Bradley Cooper Biography". About.com. http://movies.about.com/od/cooperbradley/p/bradley-cooper.htm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25. 
  7. ^ "Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito Marry". http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20006812,00.html. 
  8. ^ "Jennifer Esposito, Bradley Cooper Split". http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20037538,00.html. 
  9. ^ Richard Johnson (October 2, 2007). "Lovey-Dovey". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/10022007/gossip/pagesix/lovey_dovey.htm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25. 
  10. ^ Richard Johnson (May 7, 2009). "Aniston's Bad Disguise". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/05072009/gossip/pagesix/anistons_bad_disguise_167950.htm. Retrieved on 2009-05-25. 
  11. ^ "Three Days of Rain". http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/archweb/arch2006_23.htm. 
  12. ^ "Bradley Cooper Gays It Up". http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid80902.asp. 
  13. ^ Chris Hewitt (June 9, 2009). "Neeson And Cooper Are The A-Team". Empire Magazine. http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=25013. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. 

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