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Bradley Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, stage
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
, and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

er was born in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. His mother, Gloria, is Italian-American and his father is Irish-American. After graduating from Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy

Germantown Academy is America's oldest nonsectarian day school, founded on December 6, 1759 . Germantown Academy is now a K-12 school in the Fort Washington, Pennsylvania suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States, having moved from its original Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania campus in 1965....
 in 1993, Cooper attended Georgetown University
Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a Society of Jesus private university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634....
, from which he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1997. Later, he studied at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University.

He was married to actress Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Esposito is an American actor and dancer....
 in a small ceremony on December 30, 2006.






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Bradley Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, stage
Stage (theatre)

In theatre, the stage is a designated space for the performance of theatrical productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience....
, and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

Personal life

Cooper was born in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. His mother, Gloria, is Italian-American and his father is Irish-American. After graduating from Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy

Germantown Academy is America's oldest nonsectarian day school, founded on December 6, 1759 . Germantown Academy is now a K-12 school in the Fort Washington, Pennsylvania suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States, having moved from its original Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania campus in 1965....
 in 1993, Cooper attended Georgetown University
Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a Society of Jesus private university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634....
, from which he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1997. Later, he studied at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University.

He was married to actress Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Esposito is an American actor and dancer....
 in a small ceremony on December 30, 2006. They have since divorced. On October 3, 2007 rumors came out that Bradley Cooper is dating actress Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz is an United States actress. In August 2008, Forbes listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....
, after the pair was spotted together in New York.

Career

He began his professional acting career on the television series Sex and the City
Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an United States cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....
 in 1998. He also served as the host of Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Publications is one of the largest travel guidebook publishers in the world. It was the first popular series of travel books aimed at backpacking and other low-cost travellers....
's Treks in a Wild World
Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Publications is one of the largest travel guidebook publishers in the world. It was the first popular series of travel books aimed at backpacking and other low-cost travellers....
 in 2000, and made his film debut in Wet Hot American Summer
Wet Hot American Summer

Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 in film Comedy film cult film directed by David Wain. The film is a about the last day of summer camp in 1981....
 (2001), before landing his best-known role as Will Tippin
Will Tippin

William "Will" D. Tippin is a fictional character, one of Sydney Bristow's friends on the television program Alias . He is portrayed by Bradley Cooper....
 in the successful television drama Alias (2001–2003). 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
Miss Match

Miss Match is a 2003 United States television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and production company by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment....
 in the same year.

Cooper starred in the ABC Family movie I Want to Marry Ryan Banks
I Want to Marry Ryan Banks

I Want to Marry Ryan Banks is a 2004 television film starring Jason Priestley, Bradley Cooper and Emma Caulfield....
 (2004), and appeared as a regular guest star in the WB series Jack & Bobby
Jack & Bobby

Jack & Bobby was a short-lived United States television series that aired on WB Network network. It featured two brothers, one of whom was destined to become President of the United States, serving from 2041 to 2049....
 (2004–2005). He played the popular villain Sack Lodge in the hit comedy Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers is a 2005 comedy film, film director by David Dobkin . The film stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, with Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour , and Bradley Cooper....
 (2005) and appeared in the film Failure to Launch
Failure to Launch

Failure to Launch is a 2006 in film United States romantic comedy film. It is a loose remake of the France film Tanguy , being solely based on its premise, the overgrown thirty-something child who does not want to leave home....
 (2006) as a friend of Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey

Matthew David McConaughey is an United States actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s , he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill , Contact , U-571 , Sahara , and We Are Marshall ....
's character. Cooper played the lead role in the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 Kitchen Confidential
Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly is a New York Times Best Seller list non-fiction book written by United States of America chef Anthony Bourdain....
, based on a memoir by chef Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain is an United States author and chef. He is well known for his 2000 book, Kitchen Confidential, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations....
, 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
Three Days of Rain

Three Days of Rain is a play by Richard Greenberg.The play centers on Walker, his sister Nan, and their childhood friend Pip, who all meet in an unoccupied loft in lower Manhattan in 1995 to divide the legacy of their late fathers, who were partners in a renowned architecture firm....
 on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 with Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide....
 and Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd is an United States actor of theatre, film and television who has appeared in many films including Clueless, Romeo + Juliet, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Knocked Up....
 at the Bernard B Jacobs Theater.

In 2007, Cooper starred in Season 5 of Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
 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.

On February 7th, 2009, Cooper hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio is an American band formed in 2001 in New York City whose music spans through numerous diverse genres, from alternative rock and electro to free jazz and soul ....
.

Filmography

  • Wet Hot American Summer
    Wet Hot American Summer

    Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 in film Comedy film cult film directed by David Wain. The film is a about the last day of summer camp in 1981....
     (2001)
  • Alias
    Alias (TV series)

    Alias is an United States action movie Television program created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006....
     — TV series (2001-2003 (recurring until 2006))
  • My Little Eye
    My Little Eye

    My Little Eye is a 2002 in film Great Britain horror film film film director by Marc Evans about five adults who agree to spend six months together in an isolated mansion while being filmed at all times....
     (2002)
  • Carnival Knowledge (2002)
  • I Want to Marry Ryan Banks
    I Want to Marry Ryan Banks

    I Want to Marry Ryan Banks is a 2004 television film starring Jason Priestley, Bradley Cooper and Emma Caulfield....
     — TV (2004)
  • Jack & Bobby
    Jack & Bobby

    Jack & Bobby was a short-lived United States television series that aired on WB Network network. It featured two brothers, one of whom was destined to become President of the United States, serving from 2041 to 2049....
     (2004–2005)
  • Wedding Crashers
    Wedding Crashers

    Wedding Crashers is a 2005 comedy film, film director by David Dobkin . The film stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, with Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour , and Bradley Cooper....
     (2005)
  • Kitchen Confidential
    Kitchen Confidential

    Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly is a New York Times Best Seller list non-fiction book written by United States of America chef Anthony Bourdain....
     — TV series (2005)
  • Failure to Launch
    Failure to Launch

    Failure to Launch is a 2006 in film United States romantic comedy film. It is a loose remake of the France film Tanguy , being solely based on its premise, the overgrown thirty-something child who does not want to leave home....
     (2006)
  • Nip/Tuck
    Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
     — TV series (2007)
  • The Comebacks
    The Comebacks

    The Comebacks is a 2007 comedy film directed by Tom Brady . This film is a parody of the clich?s and plots of the List of sports films genre....
     (2007)
  • The Rocker
    The Rocker (film)

    The Rocker is a 2008 in film comedy film staring Rainn Wilson, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper....
     (2008)
  • The Midnight Meat Train
    The Midnight Meat Train

    The Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 in film horror film based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name, which can be found in Volume One of Barker's collection Books of Blood....
     (2008)
  • Yes Man
    Yes Man (film)

    Yes Man is a Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and starring Jim Carrey. The film is based on the true story and 2005 book The Yes Man by British people humourist Danny Wallace ....
     (2008)
  • Case 39
    Case 39

    Case 39 is an upcoming Cinema of the United States/Cinema of Canada horror film directed by Christian Alvart and starring Academy Award winner Ren?e Zellweger and young Canadian actress Jodelle Ferland....
     (2009)
  • All About Steve
    All About Steve (film)

    All About Steve is an upcoming United States comedy film directed by Phil Traill and distributed by 20th Century Fox....
     (2009)
  • New York, I Love You
    New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You is a 2009 romance film that will see a limited release in the United States in April 2009. From the producers of Paris, je t'aime, it stars an ensemble cast, among them Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Hayden Christensen, Andre Benjamin, Shia LaBeouf, Sonny Sandoval, Raphael Saadiq,...
     (2009)
  • He's Just Not That into You
    He's Just Not That into You (film)

    He's Just Not That Into You is a 2009 in film United States romantic comedy film, based on the self-help He's Just Not That into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which, in turn, was based on a line of dialogue in Sex and the City....
     (2009)


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