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e e e American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written an executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in US military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott mckuin and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife tea with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Corey Hardrick Kevin LAX Navid ngaben and Carro Donnell in supporting roles americ am sniper premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11th 2014 and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25th 2014 followed by a wide release on January 16th 2015 it received mostly positive reviews with praise for Cooper's lead performance and Eastwood's Direction although it also attracted some controversy over its portrayal of both the Iraq War and Kyle himself the film grossed over $547 million worldwide making it the 13th highest grossing film of 2014 the highest grossing film with a wide release during the month of January and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date citation needed at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mowing it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 s Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets taus dud Baker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the twoo soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kill are a woman and boy who attacked his Marines on patrol with a russian-made rkg-3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab alzarka Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes arai when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by Tea's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan bigels job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping US Army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky longdistance shot at 2100 yard W 920m but this exposes his team's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls tea and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back stateside on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a veteran's Affair psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VA hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray ralth a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an on-screen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by ralth followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession more are shown attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation nine Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper would star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so and an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner bro's budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14th 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16th 2014 Kyle galmer was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18th 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 Navid ngaben Eric Close Eric ladin Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam joer on March 25th 2014 2022 Kevin laxs a former Navy SE was also cast and served as a technical adviser 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 wity editional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported the 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents Clos in on from all directions at the climax of the film 29 to 30 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with a Alexa XT digital cameras and pan c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of Tea's theme Joseph s debc is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 34 at 35 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by ano moricone Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the Forbes celebrity 100 list three three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have grossed $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy wet hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tippen in the television series Alias 20012 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film Wedding Crashers 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war by AIC American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a baa award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead single shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 2021 and co- wrote and directed The biographical drama mro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named people Magazine's sexiest man alive in 20111 he supports several Charities that help fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake Cooper was born on January 5th 1975 in Abington Township Pennsylvania to near Philadelphia and grew up in the nearby communities of jenin town and rle 345 his mother Gloria a campono six worked at QV which was then Philadelphia's NBC affiliate three his father Charles Cooper worked as a stock broker for Merill Lynch six Cooper's father was of Irish descent while his mother is of Italian ancestry from abuso and Naples seven he has an older sister Holly eight he had kyoma in his ear soon after his birth and punctured his eardrum when he started diving at an early age nine photo of the actor's studio the actor Studio where Cooper trained to be an actor describing himself as a child Cooper has said I never lived the life of o You're so good-look people thought I was a girl when I was little because I looked like like a girl maybe because my mother would keep my hair really long teny excelled at basketball and enjoyed cooking I used to have buddies come over after kindergarten and I'd cook them food I prided myself in taking whatever was in the fridge and turning it into lasagna 11 he initially wanted to attend Valley Forge Military Academy and moved to Japan to become a ninja 12 at an early age his father introduced him to films like the Elephant Man eight which inspired him to be an actor 13 coming from a family of non-actors Cooper says his parents initially wanted him to pursue a career in finance and were against acting but they eventually changed their perceptions when they saw Cooper play the part of Joseph Merrick in an excerpt from the play The Elephant Man 814 while attending germant toown Academy he worked at the Philadelphia Daily News 15 he says that in school he was neither the smartest person nor the coolest kid and really didn't have anything going on 16 after graduating from high school School in 1993 Cooper attended Villanova University for one year before transferring to Georgetown University where he majored in English and minored in French with 718 Cooper graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts with honors 509 he was a member of the Georgetown Hoya's rowing team and acted with nomadic theater 2021 while at Georgetown Cooper became fluent in French and spent 6 months as an exchange student in a and provon France 22 in his t television debut Sex and the City in 1999 he made a brief appearance opposite Sarah Jessica Parker 23 Cooper later served as a presenter on the tourism series Globe treer 2000 which took him to such places as Peru and Croatia and had a recurring role in the shortlived series the street 9242 Cooper had been interested in a career in diplomacy when he auditioned for the masterclass graduate degree at the actor studio and was selected by James Lipton 26 in 2000 he received an MFA in acting from the actor Studio drama school at the new school in New York City 27 there he trained with the coach Elizabeth Camp of whom he says I was never able to relax in my life before her she advised him on many of his films 28 while studying in New York City Cooper worked as a Dorman at the Morgans Hotel three and briefly interacted with Robert dairo and Shawn Penn in question and answer Master Class sessions which were later featured episodes of inside the actor Studio Cooper missed his MFA graduation ceremony to film Wet Hot American Summer 2001 an ensemble comedy that marked his cinematic debut taking place at a fictional summer camp in 1981 the film had him play Ben a counselor and a love interest of Michael Ian Black's character 29 although the film was critically and commercially unsuccessful it has since developed a cult following Cooper reprised the role in the film's prequel Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp 2015 an 8 episode Netflix series 30 in the television series Alias 200126 Cooper achieved some success with the role of will tippen a local reporter for a newspaper and the best friend of Jennifer Garner's character Sydney Bristo 23 Garner was one of the first people he met in Los Angeles and was in Cooper's words very maternal she wanted to take care of me make sure I was okay all the time 31 a writer for complex networks called his character arguably the heart of season 1 32 as his screen time began to decrease Cooper grew frustrated although he would work only 3 days he requested Creator JJ Abrahams to write his character off the show 33 shortly after his conversation with Abrams Cooper tore his Achilles tendon while playing basketball during his recovery he considered quitting acting permanently though in 2004 he was cast in Wedding Crashers 2005 33 during this period he acted in the 22 psychological Thriller changing lanes the scenes in which he appeared were edited out of the Final Cut of the film but are featured on the film's DVD and Blu-ray releases 34 35 other roles included in bending all the rules T2 36 the shortlived TV series mismatch 2003 37 the television film I want to marry Ryan Banks 2004 and the WB series Jack and Bobby 24 2005 38 Cooper at an event for the midnight meet train in 20 07 Cooper's career prospects improved with a more prominent role in David dobkins comedy Wedding Crashers alongside Owen Wilson Vince vaugh and Rachel McAdams five in the film he played sack Lodge the competitive arrogant and aggressive boyfriend of CLA McAdams a role he described as kind of a sociopath 39 Cooper believed the antagonistic character changed people's perception of him as he had previously played the nice guy 40 with a production budget of $40 million the film grossed over $285 million worldwide 41 in September 2005 Fox debuted the sitcom Kitchen Confidential Based On A Memoir by Chef Anthony berdan with Cooper in the leading role despite positive reviews for the series the show was cancelled after only four episodes due to low ratings 4243 in March 2006 Cooper starred as pipio in three days of rain on Broadway with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd 4 before this was followed by minor roles in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch 26 and the satirical comedy The Comebacks 2007 38 Cooper next appeared in the fifth season of Nip Tuck 27 as Aiden Stone a television star on the fictional show hearts and scales in 2008 he played the lead in older than America 38 and appeared in a production of Teresa rebec's play the understudy at the Williamstown theater Festival alongside Kristen Johnston 45 between his small roles of best friend to the main character in the 28 comedies Yes Man and the rocker 38 Cooper landed the lead role in the ru kameir directed horror film The Midnight meet train 2008 based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name playing the dark character of a freelance photographer who tries to track down a serial killer was a departure from Cooper's previous comedic roles and an experience he found enjoyable the film received positive reviews from critics though it earned little at the box office 40 6 29 2012 breakthrough Cooper at the premiere of The Hangover in 2009 Cooper's breakthrough role came in Todd Phillips comedy The Hangover 2009 ad8 he played Phil winck one of three friends Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis to wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night The Hangover was a commercial success and finished as among the highest grossing R-rated films in the United States 47 out Scott of the New York Times wrote Mr Cooper offers the most interesting variation on an old standard playing his aggressive cocky frat boy with a snarl of Rage that masks and anxiety as hard to account for as it is to miss 48 for his performance Cooper received an award at the 13th Hollywood film festival and his first nomination for the MTV Movie Awards best comedic performance 49 or50 The Daily Telegraph opine that the film success turned Cooper into a Bonafide leading man eight nevertheless Cooper stated in a 2011 interview with shave it's the same I mean look more doors have been opened for sure but it's not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered 51 Cooper then hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the radio portraying actor Christian Bale in one sketch 52 and appeared in a supporting role in the film He's Just Not That Into You 53 also in 2009 Cooper was featured in the psychological horror Case 39 a delayed production that had been filmed in 2006 54 he paired with Sandra Bullock in The Comedy All About Steve a film that was panned by critics failed to attract a wide audience and earned them a golden raspberry award for worst screen combo 5556 following a role in one of 11 segments of the Anthology film New York I love you 29 36 Cooper appeared in The Ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day 2010 directed by Gary Marshall and co-starring with Julia Roberts the film was a commercial success grossing over $215 million worldwide 57 he then starred in The Comedy Brothers Justice and as the fictional character Templeton Faceman peek in the feature film version of The A Team alongside Liam niss Quinton Jackson and charlot O Copley to prepare for the role he abstained from consuming sugar salt and flour and underwent grueling workouts 58 the film released to negative reviews and poor box office returned 5960 Tim Roby of the Daily Telegraph wrote Cooper confirms his credentials as perhaps the most smugly narcissistic performer 61 while Nev Pierce of Empire credited both Cooper and Copley for acing Swagger and Insanity respectively who best both capture and yet reforge their iconic characters 62 Cooper appeared as guest host of WWE Raw in June 20110 63 Cooper at the 2011 San Diego Comic conon in 2011 Cooper starred in the Techno Thriller Limitless based on the 21 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glenn in the Neil Berger directed film he played a struggling writer who is introduced to a neut Tropic drug that gives him the ability to fully utilize his brain and vastly improve his lifestyle 64 the box office website Box Office Mojo was apprehensive of the film's financial prospects but it emerged as a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $161 million 65 and 66 a writer for variety set of Cooper's performance that he makes further strides toward major stardom spelling excellent early spring returns and sov vid play 67 greater Commercial Success followed with the comedy sequel The Hangover Part Roman 2 2011 which earned over $580 million worldwide 68 reviews for the film were generally negative 69 but Mary Pauls of Time Magazine complimented Cooper writing that the actor gives a knowing performance he's both the peacock and the parody of one he's blessed with good looks and fantastic timing the kind that makes every line funnier even the smallest sides 70 at the 38th People's Choice Awards he was nominated for favorite comedic movie actor 71 the year 2012 saw Cooper star in four films the words Hit and Run The Place Beyond the Pines and Silver Linings Playbook the mystery drama the words failed commercially as did the action comedy hit and run 7 to out 7 23 and Derek s Frances critically acclaimed crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines 74 Cooper played a rookie police officer a role San FR specifically wrote for him the director drove 5 hours to Montreal to meet with Cooper to convince him to take on the role science described Cooper's character as someone paraded as a hero but inside him corruption is going on conflict is Raging inside guilt and shame are buried 75 a reviewer for the independent credited Cooper for selling as an archetype the principled man who is personally rather dislikable adding I never imagined this actor capable of such layered character work 76 despite positive reviews the film had moderate box office returns 77 kooper starred with Robert dairo and Jennifer Lawrence in David O Russell's romantic comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook an adaptation of Matthew Quick Serio comic novel of the same name he was cast as a divorced man with bipolar disorder a former teacher who finds companionship in a young depressed Widow Lawrence Cooper was initially skeptical about playing the part which he thought was out of his depth but he later accepted the role inspired by Russell's confidence in him eight the director was impressed with his performance and Wedding Crashers citing his good bad guy energy and unpredictability as justification for casting 78 he also thought Cooper would be able to demonstrate emotion and vulnerability on screen 79 to prepare Cooper took dance training with choreographer Mandy Moore who describes Cooper as having some real natural dancing ability 0 the film was a box office success earning $236.44 million 81 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that Cooper seizes the juiciest role of his career and meets every comic and dramatic challenge there's an ache in his funny touching and vital performance that resonates 82 for his performance he earned an MTV movie award for best performance 83 and nominations for an Academy Award Golden Globe award and Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor 84 2013 2017 established actor in 2013 kooper reprised his role as Phil winck in the third and final installment of The Hangover trilogy The Hangover Part Roman 3 which was poorly reviewed by critics 85 the critic for the independent argued that Cooper was reduced to mugging for the camera camera offering reaction shots to nothing 86 nevertheless like its preceding entries the film was a commercial success grossing $362 million worldwide and remains one of Cooper's highest grossing releases 87 later that year he took on the supporting role of an unhinged FBI agent in David O Russell's crime comedy drama American Hustle inspired by the FB scam sting operation the film is set against the backdrop of political corruption in 1970s new Jersey it also starred Christian Bale Amy Adams Jeremy rener and Jennifer Lawrence 88 American Hustle was a critical and Commercial Success with global revenues of $21.1 million 89 Kim Newman of Empire wrote Cooper is stuck with the least rewarding role but keeps finding brilliant little bits of business to hold the attention and praised Cooper's spot impersonations of his overly cautious but smart boss 90 Cooper was nominated for an Academy Award award critic's Choice movie award and a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor but did not win any 91 Cooper at the French premiere of American Hustle in 2014 Cooper reunited with Lawrence in the Suzanne beer directed drama Serena an adaptation of Ron rash's period novel the pair starred as a married couple who become involved in criminal activities after realizing that they cannot bear children 92 the picture was filmed in 2012 but was released in 2014 to negative reviews and poor box office Returns 9394 the camber times Jake Wilson stated Cooper once again proves his value as a leading man who approaches his roles like a character actor 95 in 2014 Cooper provided the voice of Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy 96 he returned to Broadway for the 2014 run of the Elephant Man as the severely deformed Joseph Merrick Michael coveny of whatsonstage.com wrote of his performance Cooper avoids every trap of disability acting by suffusing this outer appearance with soul and passion it's a wonderful and very moving display 97 he garnered a nomination for the Tony award for best actor in a play 98 also in 2014 Cooper Co produced and starred his United States Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle an American Sniper a biographical War drama directed by Clint Eastwood 99 the film tells the story of Kyle who became the deadly Marksman in US military history and is Loosely based on the aonomus Memoir to appear to be as large as Kyle Cooper underwent extensive training and followed a rigorous diet gaining 40 lb 18 kg of muscle 100 Cooper's preparation also included lessons with a vocal coach and studying footage of Kyle when I want to learn how to use a rifle the actor trained with US Navy SEAL veteran Kevin LAX who served with Kyle 1002 the film 103 in Cooper's performance received generally positive reviews the critic for variety wrote an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines 104 similar sentiments were echoed by USA today's Claudia Puig who asserted it's clearly Cooper's show substantially boked up and affecting a believable Texas draw Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence intensity and vulnerability five American Sniper earned $547 million worldwide to become Cooper's highest grossing liveaction film and the third highest grossing R rated film of all time 8706 Cooper won an MTV movie award for best male performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor the film was nominated for best picture 17108 with these nominations Cooper became the 10th actor in history to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting in three consecutive years a none of Cooper's films released in 2015 Aloha burnt or Joy fared well at the box office 87 he starred in Cameron Crow Aloha with Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams 110 the project was the subject of controversy after the media Action Network for asian-americans accused the filmmakers of whitewashing the cast 101 despite the backlash he was nominated for Choice movie actor comedy at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards 112 and John Wells drama burnt Cooper played a chef who decides to regain his former glory after drug abuse takes a toll on his career while the film was criticized for its overdone cliches 113 John fros of The Hollywood Reporter said Cooper gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie's laziness almost 114 his supporting role in the biopic Joy reunited him with David O Russell and Lawrence one5 in 2016 he had a voice cameo in the Thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane and played a supporting part in war dogs co-produced under his and Todd Phillips's production company joint effort 116 E and 17 in 2017 Cooper again voiced Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy V two American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in US military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott McKuen and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife PA with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Cory Hardrick Kevin LAX naid ngaben and car o' Donnell in supporting roles American Sniper premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11th 2014 and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25th 2014 followed by a wide release on January 16 2015 it received mostly positive reviews with praise for Cooper's lead performance and Eastwood's Direction although it also attracted some controversy over its portrayal of both the Iraq War and Kyle himself the film grossed over $547 million worldwide making it the 13th highest grossing film of 2014 the highest grossing film with a wide release during the month of January and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date citation needed at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning won for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mowing it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 s Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets tus dud Baker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked his Marines on patrol with a Russian made rkg-3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu muab Al zarka Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes arai when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by Tea's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan Big's job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping US Army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky longdistance shot at 2100 yd W 920m but this exposes his team's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls tea and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back stat side on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a veteran affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encouraged him to help severely wounded veterans in the VA hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray ralth a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an onscreen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by ralth followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession moronne attending his memor memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation nine Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper would star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner bro's budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14th 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16 2014 Kyle gner was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18th 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 Navid ngaben Eric Close Eric ladin Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also o joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam joer on March 25th 2014 2022 Kevin LAX a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical advisor 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty additional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents closing on from all directions at the climax of the film 29 to 30 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with a Alexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of tea as theme Joseph s debc is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 34 at35 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by ano moricone Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the Forbes celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have gross 13 billion dollars worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tipen in the television series Alias 20012 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film Wedding Crashers 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles and Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war by AIC American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing ET in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a bafta award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead single shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 2021 and co- wrote and directed The biographical drama Maestro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named People magazine sexiest man alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that help fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake Cooper was born on January 5th 1975 in Abington Township Pennsylvania to near Philadelphia and grew up in the nearby communities of jenin toown and Ral 345 his mother Gloria a campono six worked at QV which was then Phil Philadelphia's NBC affiliate three his father Charles Cooper worked as a stock broker for Merill Lynch six Cooper's father was of Irish descent while his mother is of Italian ancestry from abuso and Naples seven he has an older sister Holly eight he had kyoma in his ear soon after his birth and punctured his eardrum when he started diving at an early age nine photo of the actor Studio the actor Studio where Cooper trained to be an actor describing himself as a child Cooper has said I never lived the life of O you're so good-looking people thought I was a girl when I was little because I look like a girl maybe because my mother would keep my hair really long teny excelled at basketball and enjoyed cooking I used to have buddies come over after kindergarten and I'd cook them food I prided myself in taking whatever was in the fridge and turning it into lasagna 11 he initially wanted to attend Valley Forge Military Academy and moved to Japan to become a ninja 12 at an early age his father introduced him to films like the Elephant Man eight which inspired him to be an actor 13 coming from a family of non-actors Cooper says his parents initially wanted him to pursue a career in finance and were against acting but they eventually changed their perceptions when they saw Cooper play the part of Joseph Merrick in an excerpt from the play The Elephant Man 814 while attending germant toown Academy he worked at the Philadelphia Daily News 15 he says that in school he was neither the smartest person nor the coolest kid and really didn't have anything going on 16 after graduating from high school in 1993 Cooper attended Villanova University for one year before transferring to Georgetown University where he majored in English and minored in French with 718 Cooper graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts with honors 5019 he was a member of the Georgetown Hoya's rowing team and acted with nomadic theater 2021 while at Georgetown Cooper became fluent in French and spent 6 months as an exchange student in AES and provance France 22 in his television debut Sex and the City in 1999 he made a brief appearance opposite Sarah Jessica Parker 23 Cooper later served as a presenter on the tourism series Globe treer 2000 which took him to such places as Peru and Croatia and had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Street 90242 c had been interested in a career in diplomacy when he auditioned for the masterclass graduate degree at the actor studio and was selected by James lipon 26 in 2000 he received an MFA in acting from the actor Studio drama school at the new school in New York City 27 there he trained with the coach Elizabeth Camp of whom he says I was never able to relax in my life before her she advised him on many of his films 28 while studying in New York City Cooper worked as a dman at the Morgans Hotel three and briefly interacted with Robert dairo and Shawn Penn in question and answer masterclass sessions which were later featured episodes of Inside the Actor's Studio Cooper missed his MFA graduation ceremony to film Wet Hot American Summer 2001 an ensemble comedy that marked his cinematic debut taking place at a fictional summer camp in 1981 the film had him play Ben a counselor and a love interest of Michael Ian Black's character 29 although the film was critically and commercially unsuccessful it has since developed a cult following Cooper reprised the role in the film's prequel Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp 2015 an 8 episode Netflix series 30 in the television series Alias 201126 Cooper achieved some success with the role of will tippen a local reporter for a newspaper and the best friend of Jennifer Garner's character Sydney Bristo 23 Garner was one of the first people he met in Los Angeles and was in Cooper's world words very maternal she wanted to take care of me make sure I was okay all the time 31 a writer for complex networks called his character arguably the heart of season 1 32 as his screen time began to decrease Cooper grew frustrated although he would work only 3 days he requested Creator JJ Abrams to write his character off the show 33 shortly after his conversation with Abrams Cooper tore his Achilles tendon while playing basketball during his recovery he considered quitting acting permanently though in 2004 he was cast in Wedding Crashers 2005 33 during this period he acted in the 22 psychological Thriller changing lanes the scenes in which he appeared were edited out of the Final Cut of the film but are featured on the films DVD and Blu-ray releases 34 35 other roles included in bending all the rules 22 36 the short liveed TV series mismatch 2003 37 the television film I want to marry Ryan Banks 2004 and the WB series Jack and Bobby 24 2005 38 Cooper at an event for the Midnight Meat Train in 2007 Cooper's career prospects improved with a more prominent role in David dobkins comedy Wedding Crashers alongside Owen Wilson Vince vaugh and Rachel McAdams five in the film he played sack Lodge the competitive arrogant and aggressive boyfriend of CLA McAdams a role he described as kind of a sociopath 39 coer believed the antagonistic character changed people's perception of him as he had previously played the nice guy 40 with a production budget of $40 million the film grossed over $285 million worldwide 41 in September 2005 Fox debuted the sitcom Kitchen Confidential Based On A Memoir by Chef Anthony berdan with Cooper in the leading role despite positive reviews for the series the show was cancelled after only four episodes due to low ratings 42 243 in March 2006 Cooper starred as pipio in 3 days of rain on Broadway with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd 44 this was followed by minor roles in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch 26 and the satirical comedy The Comebacks 2007 38 Cooper next appeared in the fifth season of Nip Tuck 27 as Aiden Stone a television star on the fictional show hearts and scalpel in 2008 he played the lead in older than America 38 and appeared in a production of Teresa rebec's play the understudy at the Williamstown theater Festival alongside Christen Johnston 45 between his small roles of best friend to the main character in the 28 comedies Yes Man and the rocker 38 Cooper landed the lead role in the ru kameir directed horror film The Midnight meet train 2008 based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name playing the dark character of a freelance photographer who tries to track down a serial killer was a departure from Cooper's previous comedic roles and an experience he found enjoyable the film received positive reviews from critics though it earned little at the box office 46 29 2012 breakthrough Cooper at the premiere of The Hangover in 2009 Cooper's breakthrough role came in Todd Phillips comedy The Hangover 2009 ad he played Phil winck one of three friends Ed Helms and Zack Galifianakis to wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night the hang over was a commercial success and finished as among the highest grossing R-rated films in the United States 47 Al Scott of the New York Times wrote Mr Cooper offers the most interesting variation on an old standard playing his aggressive cocky frat boy with a snarl of Rage that masks and anxiety as hard to account for as it is to miss 48 for his performance Cooper received an award at the 13th Hollywood film festival and his first nomination for the MTV Movie Awards best comedic performance 49 or50 The Daily Telegraph opined that the film's success turned Cooper into a Bonafide leading man eight nevertheless Cooper stated in a 2011 interview with shave it's the same I mean look more doors have been opened for sure but it's not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered 51 Cooper then hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the radio portraying actor Christian Bale in one sketch 52 and appeared in a supporting role in the film He's Just Not That Into You 53 also in 2009 Cooper was featured in the psychological horror Case 39 a delayed production that had been filmed in 2006 54 he paired with Sandra bulock in The Comedy All About Steve a film that was panned by critics failed to attract a wide audience and earned them a golden raspberry award for worst screen combo 5556 following a role in one of 11 segments of the Anthology film New York YK I love you 29 36 Cooper appeared in The Ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day 2010 directed by Gary Marshall and co-starring with Julia Roberts the film was a commercial success grossing over $215 million worldwide 57 he then starred in The Comedy Brothers Justice and as the fictional character Templeton Faceman PE in the feature film version of the aim alongside Liam n Quinton Jackson and charlott O Copley to prepare for the role he abstained from consuming sugar salt and flour and underwent grueling workouts 58 the film released to negative reviews and poor box office returns 5960 Tim Roby of the Daily Telegraph wrote Cooper confirms his credentials as perhaps the most smugly narcissistic performer 61 while Nev Pierce of Empire credited both Cooper and Copley for acing Swagger and Insanity respectively who best both capture and yet reforge their iconic characters 62 Cooper appeared as guest host of WWE Raw in June 2010 63 Cooper at the 2011 San Diego Comic conon in 2011 Cooper starred in the Techno Thriller Limitless based on the 21 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glenn in the Neil Berger directed film he played a struggling writer who is introduced to a neut Tropic drug that gives him the ability to fully utilize his brain and vastly improve his lifestyle 64 the box office website Box Office Mojo was apprehensive of the film's financial prospects but it emerged as a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $161 million 65 and and 66 a writer for variety set of Cooper's performance that he makes further strides toward major stardom spelling excellent early spring returns and Sao vid play 67 greater Commercial Success followed with the comedy sequel The Hangover Part Roman to 2011 which earned over $580 million worldwide 68 reviews for the film were generally negative 69 but Mary Pauls of Time Magazine complimented Cooper writing that the actor gives a knowing performance he's both the peacock and the parody of one he's blessed with good looks and fantastic timing the kind that makes every line funnier even the small asides 70 at the 38th People's Choice Awards he was nominated for favorite comedic movie actor 71 the year 2012 saw Cooper star in four films the words hit and run the place be on the pines and Silver Linings Playbook the mystery drama the words failed commercially as did the action comedy hit and run 72 out 73 and Derek s Frances critically acclaimed crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines 74 Cooper played a rookie police officer a role San FR specifically wrote for him the director drove 5 hours to Montreal to meet with Cooper to convince him to take on the role s frence described Cooper's character as someone paraded as a hero but inside him corruption is going on conflict is Raging inside guilt and shame are buried 75 a reviewer for the independent credited Cooper for excelling as an archetype the principled man who is personally rather dislikable adding I never imagined this actor capable of such layered character work 76 despite positive reviews the film had moderate box office returns 77 Cooper starred with Robert dairo and Jennifer Lawrence in David O Russell's romantic comedy drama silver Ling's Playbook an adaptation of Matthew Quick's Sero comic novel of the same name he was cast as a divorced man with bipolar disorder a former teacher who finds companionship in a young depressed Widow Lawrence Cooper was initially skeptical about playing the part which he thought was out of his depth but he later accepted the role inspired by Russell's confidence in him eight the director was impressed with his performance in Wedding Crashers citing his good bad guy energy and unpredictability as just justification for casting 78 he also thought Cooper would be able to demonstrate emotion and vulnerability on screen 79 to prepare Cooper took dance training with choreographer Mandy Moore who describes Cooper as having some real natural dancing ability 0 the film was a box office success earning $36.4 million on a production budget of $21 million 81 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that Cooper seizes the juiciest role of his career and meets every comic and dramatic challenge there's an ache in his funny touching and vital performance that resonates 82 for his performance he earned an MTV movie award for best performance 83 and nominations for an Academy Award Golden Globe award and Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor 84 2013 2017 established actor in 2013 Cooper reprised his role as Phil winck in the third and final installment of The Hangover trilogy The Hangover Part Roman three which was poorly reviewed by critics 85 the critic for the independent argued that Cooper was reduced to mugging for the camera offering reaction shots to nothing 86 nevertheless like its preceding entries the film was a commercial success grossing $362 million worldwide and remains one of Cooper's highest grossing releases 87 later that year he took on the supporting role of an unhinged FBI agent in David O Russell's crime comedy drama American Hustle inspired by the fbep scam sting operation the film is set against the backdrop of political corruption in 1970s New Jersey it also starred Christian Bale Amy Adams Jeremy rener and Jennifer Lawrence 88 American Hustle was a critical and Commercial Success with global revenues of $51.1 million 89 Kim Newman of Empire wrote Cooper is stuck with the least rewarding role but keeps finding brilliant little bits of business to hold the attention ion and praised Cooper's spot impersonations of his overly cautious but smart boss 90 Cooper was nominated for an Academy Award bafta award Critics Choice movie award and a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor but did not win any 91 Cooper at the French premiere of American Hustle in 2014 Cooper reunited with Lawrence in the Suzanne beer directed drama Serena an adaptation of Ron rash's period novel the pair starred as a married couple who become involved in criminal activities after realizing that they cannot bear children 92 the picture was filmed in 2012 but was released in 2014 to negative reviews and poor box office Returns 9394 the camber times Jake Wilson stated Cooper once again proves his value as a leading man who approaches his roles like a character actor 95 in 2014 Cooper provided the voice of Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy 96 he returned to Broadway for the 2014 run of the Elephant Man as the severely deformed Joseph Merrick Michael coveny of whatsonstage.com wrote of his performance Cooper avoids every trap of disability acting by suffusing this outer appearance with soul and passion it's a wonderful and very moving display 97 he garnered a nomination for the Tony award for best actor in a play 98 also in 2014 Cooper Co produced and starred as United States Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle an American Sniper a biographical War drama directed by Clint Eastwood 99 the film tells the story of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in s military history and is Loosely based on the aonomus Memoir to appear to be as large as Kyle Cooper underwent extensive training and followed a rigorous diet gaining 40 lb 18 kg of muscle 100 Cooper's preparation also included lessons with a vocal coach and studying footage of Kyle one1 to learn how to use a the actor trained with US Navy SEAL veteran Kevin LAX who served with Kyle 1002 the film 103 and Cooper's performance received generally positive reviews the critic for variety wrote an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines4 similar sentiments were echoed by USA today's Claudia Puig who asserted it's clearly Cooper's show substantially boked up and affecting a believable Texas draw Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence intensity and vulnerability 105 American Sniper earned $547 million worldwide to become Cooper's highest grossing liveaction film and the third highest grossing R rated film of all time 87006 Cooper won an MTV movie award for best male performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor the film was nominated for Best Picture 107 108 with these nominations Cooper became the 10th actor in history to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting in three consecutive years a none of Cooper's films released in 2015 Aloha burnt or Joy fared well at the box office 87 he starred in Cameron Crow Aloha with Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams 110 the project was the subject of controversy after the media Action Network for asian-americans accused the filmmakers of whitewashing the cast 111 despite the backlash he was nominated for Choice movie actor comedy at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards 112 in John Well's drama burnt Cooper played a chef who decides to regain his former glory after drug abuse takes a toll on his career while the film was criticized for its overdone cliches 113 John fros of The Hollywood Reporter said Cooper gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie's laziness almost 114 his supporting role in the biopic Joy reunited him with David O Russell and Lawrence 115 in 2016 he had a voice cameo in the Thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane and played a supporting part in war dogs co-produced under his and Todd Phillips's production company joint effort 116 E1 17 and 2017 Cooper again voiced Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy VA two American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in US military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott McKuen and Jim def fellis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his mil milary successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife tea with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Cory Hardrick Kevin LAX Navid ngaben and Carro Donnell in supporting roles American Sniper premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11th 2014 and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25th 2014 followed by a wide release on January 16 2015 it received mostly positive reviews with praise for Cooper's lead performance and Eastwood's Direction although it also attracted some controversy over its portrayal of both the Iraq War and Kyle himself the film grossed over 547 million doar worldwide making it the 13th highest grossing film of 2014 the highest grossing film with a wide release during the month of January and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date citation needed at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mowing it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 s Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets taus studabaker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the twoo soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked his Marines on patrol with a Russian made rkg-3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu musab alz arkawi Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes arai when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic Games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by Tea's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan Big's job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and tea tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who has been sniping US Army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky longdistance shot at 2100 yd W 920m but this exposes his team's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls tea and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back State Side on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a veteran's affair psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VA hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray Ralph a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an on-screen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by ralth followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession Mora shown attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation nine Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper would star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent Sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due due to Warner Bros budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14th 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16th 2014 Kyle galmer was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 naid ngaben Eric Close Eric ladin Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam joer on March 25th 2014 2022 Kevin LAX a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical adviser 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was at to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty additional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents closing on from all directions at the climax of the film 29 to 30 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with a real Alexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of Tea's theme Joseph s debc is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 3435 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by ano moricone Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award Cooper appeared on the forb celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have gross $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid act S four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will tipen in the television series Alias 2001 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film Wedding Crashers 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war by AIC Americans sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a bafta award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead single shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare Aly 2021 and co- wrote and directed The biographical drama Maestro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named People magazine sexiest men alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that help fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with model arena shake Cooper was born on January 5th 1975 in Abington Township Pennsylvania to near Philadelphia and grew up in the nearby communities of jenin town and rle 345 his mother Gloria aono six worked at Qtv which was then Philadelphia's NBC affiliate three his father Charles Cooper worked as a stock broker for Merill Lynch six Cooper's father was of Irish descent while his mother is of Italian ancestry from abuso and Naples seven he has an older sister Holly eight he had kyoma in his ear soon after his birth and punctured his eardrum when he started diving at an early age nine photo of the actor Studio the actor Studio where Cooper trained to be an actor describing himself as a child Cooper has said I never lived the life of O you're so good-looking people thought I was a girl when I was little because I look like a girl maybe because my mother would keep my hair really long teny excelled at basketball and enjoyed cooking I used to have buddies come over after kindergarten and I'd cook them food I prided myself in taking whatever was in the fridge and turning it into lasagna 11 he initially wanted to attend Valley Forge Military Academy and moved to Japan to become a ninja 12 at an early age his father introduced him to films like the Elephant Man eight which inspired him to be an actor 13 coming from a family of non-actors Cooper says his parents initially wanted him to pursue a career in finance and were against acting but they eventually changed their perceptions when they saw Cooper play the part of Joseph Meritt in an excer from the play The Elephant Man 814 while attending germant toown Academy he worked at the Philadelphia Daily News 15 he says that in school he was neither the smartest person nor the coolest kid and really didn't have anything going on 16 after graduating from high school in 1993 Cooper attended Villanova University for one year before transferring to Georgetown University where he majored in English and minored in French with 718 Cooper graduated in 19 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts with honors 5019 he was a member of the Georgetown Hoya rowing team and acted with nomadic theater 2021 while at Georgetown Cooper became fluent in French and spent 6 months as an exchange student in a and provance France 22 in his television debut Sex and the City in 1999 he made a brief appearance opposite Sarah Jessica Parker 23 Cooper later served as a presenter on the tourism series Globe treer 2000 which took him to such places as Peru and Croatia and had a recurring role in the short-lived series the street 90242 Cooper had been interested in a career in diplomacy when he auditioned for the masterclass graduate degree at the actor studio and was selected by James Lipton 26 in 2000 he received an MFA in acting from the actor Studio drama school at the new school in New York City 27 there he trained with the coach Elizabeth Kemp of whom he says I was never able to relax in my life before her she advised him on many of his films 28 while studying in New York City Cooper worked as a Dorman at the Morgan's Hotel three and briefly interacted with Robert dairo and Shawn Penn in question and answer Master Class sessions which were later featured episodes of inside the actor Studio Cooper missed his MFA graduation ceremony to film Wet Hot American Summer 2001 an ensemble comedy that marked his cinematic debut taking place at a fictional summer camp in 1981 the film had him play Ben a counselor and the love interest of Michael Ian Black's character 29 although the film was critically and commercially unsuccessful it has since developed a cult following Cooper reprised the role in the film's prequel Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp 2015 an 8 episode Netflix series 30 in the television series Alias 200126 Cooper achieved some success with the role of will tippen a local reporter for a newspaper paper and the best friend of Jennifer Garner's character Sydney Bristo 23 Garner was one of the first people he met in Los Angeles and was in Cooper's words very maternal she wanted to take care of me make sure I was okay all the time 31 a writer for complex networks called his character arguably the heart of season 1 32 as his screen time began to decrease Cooper grew frustrated although he would work only 3 days he requested Creator JJ Abrams to write his character off the show go 33 shortly after his conversation with Abrams Cooper tore his Achilles tendon while playing basketball during his recovery he considered quitting acting permanently though in 2004 he was cast in Wedding Crashers 2005 33 during this period he acted in the 22 psychological Thriller changing lanes the scenes in which he appeared were edited out of the Final Cut of the film but are featured on the film's DVD and Blu-ray releases 34 35 other roles included in bending all the rules tn2 36 the shortlived TV series mismatch 2003 37 the television film I want to marry Ryan Banks 2004 and the WB series Jack and Bobby 24 2005 38 Cooper at an event for the midnight meet train in 2007 Cooper's career prospects improved with a more prominent role in David dobkins comedy Wedding Crashers alongside Owen Wilson Vince vaugh and Rachel McAdams five in the film he played sack Lodge the competitive arrogant and aggressive boyfriend of CLA McAdams a role he described as kind of a sociopath 39 coer believed the antagonistic character changed people's perception of him as he had previously played the nice guy 40 with a production budget of $40 million the film grossed over $285 million worldwide 41 in September 2005 Fox debuted the sitcom Kitchen Confidential Based On A Memoir by Chef Anthony berdan with Cooper in the leading role despite positive reviews for the series the show was cancelled after only four episodes due to low ratings 4243 in March 2006 Cooper starred as pipio in three days of rain on Broadway with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd 44 this was followed by minor roles in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch 26 and the satirical comedy The Comebacks 2007 38 Cooper next appeared in the fifth season of Nip Tuck 27 as Aiden sto a television star on the fictional show hearts and scales in 2008 he played the lead in older than America 38 and appeared in a production of Teresa rebec's play the underst study at the Williamstown theater Festival alongside Kristen Johnston 45 between his small roles of best friend to the main character in the 28 comedies Yes Man and the rocker 38 Cooper landed the lead role in the ru kameir directed horror film The Midnight meet train 2008 based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name playing the dark character of a freelance photographer who tries to track down a serial killer was a departure from Cooper's previous comedic roles and an experience he found enjoyable the film received positive reviews from critics though it earned little at the box office 46 29 2012 breakthrough Cooper at the premiere of The Hangover in 2009 Cooper's breakthrough role came in Todd Phillips comedy The Hangover 2009 80 played Phil winck one of three friends Ed Helms and Zach galanakis to wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night The Hangover was a commercial success and finished as among the highest grossing R-rated films in the United States 47 out Scott of the New York Times wrote Mr Cooper offers the most interesting variation on an old standard playing his aggressive cocky frat boy with a snarl of Rage that masks and anxiety as hard to account for as it is to miss 48 for his performance Cooper received an award at the 13th Hollywood film festival and his first nomination for the MTV movie award's best comedic performance 49 or50 The Daily Telegraph opined that the film's success turned Cooper into a Bonafide leading man eight nevertheless Cooper stated in a 2011 interview with shave it's the same I mean look more doors have been opened for sure but it's not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered 50 1 Cooper then hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the radio portraying actor Christian Bale in one sketch 52 and appeared in a supporting role in the film He's Just Not That Into You 53 also in 2009 Cooper was featured in the psychological horror Case 39 a delayed production that had been filmed in 2006 54 he paired with Sandra bulock in The Comedy All About Steve a film that was panned by critics failed to attract a wide audience and earned them a golden raspberry award for worst screen combo 5556 following a role in one of 11 segments of the Anthology film New York I love you 29 36 Cooper appeared in The Ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day 2010 directed by Gary Marshall and co-starring with Julia Roberts the film was a commercial success grossing over $215 million worldwide 57 he then starred in The Comedy Brothers Justice and as the fictional character Templeton face peek in the feature film version of The A Team alongside Liam niss Quinton Jackson and charlot O Copley to prepare for the role he abstained from consuming sugar salt and flour and underwent grueling workouts 58 the film released to negative reviews and poor box office returns 5960 Tim Roby of the Daily Telegraph wrote Cooper confirms his credentials as perhaps the most smugly narcissistic performer 61 while Nev Pierce of Empire credited both Cooper and toply for acing Swagger and Insanity respectively who best both capture and yet reforge their iconic characters 62 Cooper appeared as guest host of WWE Raw in June 2010 63 Cooper at the 2011 San Diego ComicCon in 2011 Cooper starred in the Techno Thriller Limitless based on the 21 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glenn in the Neil Berger directed film he played a struggling writer who is introduced to a neut Tropic drug that gives him the ability to fully utilize his brain and vastly improve his lifestyle 64 the box office website Box Office Mojo was apprehensive of the film's financial prospects but it emerged as a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $61 million 65 and66 a writer for variety said of Cooper's performance that he makes further strides toward major stardom spelling excellent early spring returns and sov vid play 67 greater commercial success followed with the comedy sequel The Hangover Part Roman 2 2011 which earned over $580 million worldwide 68 reviews for the film were generally negative 69 but Mary Pauls of Time Magazine complimented Cooper writing that the actor gives a knowing performance he's both the peacock and the parody of one he's blessed with good looks and fantastic timing the kind that makes every line funnier even the smallest sides 70 at to 38th People's Choice Awards he was nominated for favorite comedic movie actor 71 the year 2012 saw Cooper star in four films the words Hit and Run The Place Beyond the Pines and Silver Linings Playbook the mystery drama the words failed commercially as did the action comedy hit and run 7 to out 73 and Derek s Frances critically acclaimed crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines 74 Cooper played a rookie police officer a role San FR specifically wrote for him the director drove 5 hours to Montreal to meet with Cooper to convince him to take on the role sence described Cooper's character as someone paraded as a hero but inside him corruption is going on conflict is Raging inside guilt and shame are buried 75 a reviewer for the independent credited Cooper for excelling as an archetype the principled man who is personally rather dislikable adding I never imagined this actor capable of such layered character work 76 despite positive reviews the film had moderate box office returns 77 Cooper starred with Robert dairo and Jennifer Lawrence in David O Russell's romantic comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook an adaptation of Matthew Quick serial comic novel of the same name he was cast as a divorced man with bipolar disorder a former teacher who finds companionship in a young depressed Widow Lawrence Cooper was initially skeptical about playing the part which he thought was out of his depth but he later accepted the role inspired by Russell confidence in him eight the director was impressed with his performance in Wedding Crashers citing his good bad guy energy and unpredictability as justification for casting 78 he also thought Cooper would be able to demonstrate emotion and vulnerability on screen 79 to prepare Cooper took dance training with choreographer Mandy Moore who describes Cooper as having some real natural dancing ability 80 the film was a box office success earning $236.44 million on a production budget of $21 million 81 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that Cooper seizes the juiciest role of his career and meets every comic and dramatic challenge there's an ache in his funny touching and vital performance that resonates 82 for his performance he earned an MTV movie award for best performance 83 in nominations for an Academy Award Golden Globe award and Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor 84 201326 17 established actor in 2013 Cooper reprised his role as Phil Winnick in the third and final installment of The Hangover trilogy The Hangover Part Roman 3 which was poorly reviewed by critics 85 the critic for the independent argued that Cooper was reduced to mugging for the camera offering reaction shots to nothing 86 nevertheless like its preceding entries the film was a commercial success grossing $362 million worldwide and remains one of Cooper's highest grossing releases 87 later that year he took on the supporting role of an unhinged FBI agent in David O Russell's crime comedy drama American Hustle inspired by the fbep scam sting operation the film is set against the backdrop of political corruption in 1970s New Jersey it also starred Christian Bale Amy Adams Jeremy rener and Jennifer Lawrence 88 American Hustle was a critical and Commercial Success with global revenues of 21.1 million 889 Kim Newman of Empire wrote Cooper is stuck with the least rewarding role but keeps finding brilliant little bits of business to hold the attention and praised Cooper's spot impersonations of his overly cautious but smart boss 90 Cooper was nominated for an Academy Award bafta award critic's Choice movie award and a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor but did not win any 91 Cooper at the French premiere of American Hustle in 2014 Cooper reunited with Lawrence in the Suzanne beer directed drama Serena an adaptation of Ron rash's period novel the pair start as a married couple who become involved in criminal activities after realizing that they cannot bear children 92 the picture was filmed in 2012 but was released in 2014 to negative reviews and poor box office Returns 9394 the cambered times Jake Wilson stated Cooper once again proves his value as a leading man who approaches his roles like a character actor 95 and 2014 Cooper provided the voice of Rocket Raccoon in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy 96 he returned to Broadway for the 2014 run of the Elephant Man as the severely deformed Joseph Merrick Michael coveny of Watson stage.com wrote of his performance Cooper avoids every trap of disability acting by suffusing this outer appearance with soul and passion it's a wonderful and very moving display 97 he garnered a nomination for the Award for best actor in a play 98 also in 2014 Cooper Co produced and starred as United States Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle an American Sniper a biographical War drama directed by Clint Eastwood 99 the film tells the story of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history and is Loosely based on the aonomus Memoir to appear to be as large as Kyle Cooper underwent extensive training and followed a rigorous diet gaining 40 lb 18 kg of muscle 100 Cooper's preparation also included lessons with a vocal coach and studying footage of Kyle 101 to learn how to use a rifle the actor trained with US Navy SEAL veteran Kevin LAX who served with Kyle 1002 the film 1003 in Cooper's performance received generally positive reviews the critic for variety wrote an excellent performance from a bulked up Bradley Cooper this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychologic iCal toll exacted on the front lines 104 similar sentiments were echoed by USA today's Claudia Puig who asserted it's clearly Cooper's show substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas draw Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence intensity and vulnerability 105 American Sniper earned $547 million worldwide to become Cooper's highest grossing liveaction film and the third highest grossing R rated film of all time 8716 C won an MTV movie award for best male performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor the film was nominated for Best Picture 107 108 with these nominations Cooper became the 10th actor in history to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting in three consecutive years a none of Cooper's films released in 2015 Aloha burnt or Joy fared well at the box office 87 he starred in Cameron Crow Aloha with Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams 110 the project was the subject of controversy after the media Action Network for asian-americans accused the filmmakers of whitewashing the cast 101 despite the backlash he was nominated for Choice movie actor comedy at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards 112 in John Wells drama burnt Cooper played a chef who decides to regain his former glory after drug abuse takes a toll on his career while the film was criticized for its overdone cliches 113 John fros of the Hollywood W reporter said Cooper gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie's laziness almost 114 his supporting role in the biopic Joy reunited him with David O Russell and Lawrence 115 in 2016 he had a voice cameo in the Thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane and played a supporting part in war dogs co-produced under his and Todd Phillips's production company joint effort 116 ew and 17 in 2017 Cooper and voiced Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy VA two American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical War drama film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood and written and executive produced by Jason Hall based on the Memoir American Sniper the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in US military history 2012 by Chris Kyle with Scott mccuan and Jim defis the film follows the life of Kyle who became the deadliest Marksman in US military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense five while Kyle was celebrated for his military successes his tours of Duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family life it stars Bradley Cooper as Kyle and Sienna Miller as his wife tea with Luke Grimes Jake mcdorman Corey Hardrick Kevin LAX naid nean and car o Donal in supporting roles American Sniper premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on no November 11th 2014 and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25th 2014 followed by a wide release on January 16 2015 it received mostly positive reviews with praise for Cooper's lead performance and Eastwood's Direction although it also attracted some controversy over its portrayal of both the Iraq War and Kyle himself the film grossed over $547 million worldwide making it the 13th highest grossing film of 2014 the highest grossing film with a wide release during the month of January and Eastwood's highest grossing film to date citation needed at the 87th Academy Awards American Sniper received six nominations including best picture best adapted screenplay and best actor for Cooper ultimately winning one for best sound editing growing up in Texas Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer years later Chris has become a ranch hand and Rodeo Cowboy and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man after telling her to leave he is mowing it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 Embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy he qualifies for special training and becomes a sniper with US Navy Seals Chris meets tus dud Baker at an Irish pub in San Diego and the two soon marry he is sent to Iraq after the September 11th attacks his first kills are a woman and boy who attacked his Marines on patrol with a Russian made rkg 3 anti-tank grenade Chris is visibly upset by the experience but later earns the nickname legend for his many kills assigned to hunt for the al-Qaeda leader Abu muab alz arkawi Chris interrogates a family whose father offers to lead the seals to the butcher Al Zara is second in command the plan goes arai when the butcher captures the father and his son killing them while Chris is pinned down by a sniper this sniper goes by the name Mustafa and is an Olympic big games medalist from Syria meanwhile the insurgents issue a bounty on Chris Chris returns home to his wife and the birth of his son he is distracted by memories of his War experiences and by Tea's concern for them as a couple she wishes he would focus on his home and family Chris leaves for a second tour and is promoted to chief petty officer involved in a shootout with the butcher he helps in killing him when he returns home to a newborn daughter Chris becomes increasingly distant from his family on Chris's third tour Mustafa seriously injures a unit member Ryan Big's job and the unit is evacuated back to base when they decide to return to the field and continue the mission another seal Mark Lee is killed by gunfire guilt compels Chris to undertake a fourth tour and TAA tells him she may not be there when he returns back in Iraq Chris is shocked to learn bigles died in surgery to repair the wounds he sustained assigned to kill Mustafa who is has been sniping US Army combat engineers building a barricade Chris's sniper team is placed on a rooftop inside enemy territory Chris spots Mustafa and takes him out with a risky longdistance shot at 2100 yd W 920m but this exposes his team's position to numerous armed insurgents in the midst of the gunfight and low on ammunition Chris tearfully calls tea and tells her he is ready to come home a sandstorm provides concealment for a chaotic Escape in which he is injured and almost Left Behind after Chris gets back stateside on edge and unable to adjust fully to civilian life he is asked by a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist if he is haunted by all the things he did in war when he replies it is all the guys he couldn't save that haunt him the psychiatrist encourages him to help severely wounded veterans in the VA hospital after that Chris gradually begins to adjust to home life years later on February 2nd 2013 Chris says goodbye to his wife and family as he leaves in good spirits to spend time with Eddie Ray ralth a veteran suffering from PTSD at a shooting range an on-screen subtitle reveals that Chris was killed that day by ralth followed by archive footage of crowds standing along the highway for his funeral procession Mor areon attending his memorial service on May 24th 2012 it was announced that Warner Bros had acquired the rights to the book with Bradley Cooper set to produce and star in the screen adaptation nine Cooper had thought of Chris Pratt to play Kyle but Warner Bros agreed to buy it only if Cooper would star 10 in September 2012 David O Russell said he was interested in directing the film 11 on February 2nd 2013 Chris Kyle was murdered on May 2nd 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg would direct 12 Spielberg had read Kyle's book though he desired to have a more psychological conflict present in the screenplay so an enemy sniper character could serve as the Insurgent sharpshooter who was trying to track down and kill Kyle Spielberg's ideas contributed to the development of a lengthy screenplay approaching 160 Pages due to Warner Bros budget constraints Spielberg felt he could not bring his vision of the story to the screen 13 on August 5th 2013 Spielberg dropped out of directing 14 on August 21st 2013 it was reported that Clint Eastwood would instead direct the film 15 casting on March 14th 2014 Sienna Miller joined the cast 16 on March 16th 2014 Kyle gner was cast 17 as was Cory Hardrick on March 18th 2014 18 on March 20th 2014 Navid ngaben Eric Close Eric ladin Ray gigos and Jake mcdorman also joined the cast 1920 as did Luke Grimes and Sam joer on March 25th 2014 202022 Kevin LAX a former Navy SEAL was also cast and served as a technical advisor 23 another former Navy SEAL Joel Lambert also joined the film portraying a Delta sniper 24 on June 3rd Max Charles was added to the cast to portray Kyle's son Colton Kyle 25 filming principal photography began on March 31st 2014 in Los Angeles 26 witty additional filming in Morocco 27 on April 23rd the Los Angeles Times reported that 10 days of filming set in an Afghan Village was set to begin at the blue cloud Movie Ranch in the Santa Clarita area 28 on May 7th shooting of the film was spotted around El Centro a milk factory was used as the abandoned date Factory which insurgents Clos in on from all directions at the climax of the film 29 to 30 the pier and bar scenes were filmed in Seal Beach California 31 cinematographer Tom Stern shot the film with a re Alexa XT digital cameras and Panavision c e and G Series anamorphic lenses 32 the film is Eastwood second to be shot digitally after Jersey Boys 33 music there is no music by credit on this film Clint Eastwood who has composed the scores for most of his films since Mystic River 23 is credited as the composer of Tea's theme Joseph s debiec is credited as composer of additional music and as music editor 34 at 35 the film also features the song Someone Like You by Van Morrison with which plays during the wedding scene and the funeral by ano moricone Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5th 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker he is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy film award and two Grammy Awards in addition he has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards six Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award kooper appeared on the Forbes celebrity 100 list three times and on times list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 his films have grossed $13 billion worldwide and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest paid actors four times Cooper began his television and film career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series Sex and the City in 2000 he enrolled in the master of Fine Arts MFA program at the actor Studio shortly after he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 and gained some recognition as will in the television series Alias 20012 2006 after his role in the show was demoted he began to have career doubts however he quickly gained additional recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film Wedding Crashers 2005 Cooper had his breakthrough in The Hangover 2009 a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 his career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 C coer found greater success with the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and the war by a piic American Sniper 2014 which he also produced in 2014 he portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway Revival of the Elephant Man and began voicing rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Cooper produced wrote directed and starred in the musical romance A Star is Born 2018 he won a bafta award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films as billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its chart topping lead single shallow he has since produced The Thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare alley 2021 and co- wrote and directed The biographical drama Maestro 2023 in which he also starred as Leonard Bernstein Cooper was named People magazine sexiest man alive in 2011 he supports several Charities that help fight cancer Cooper was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito and has a daughter from his relationship with Mar arena shake Cooper was born on January 5th 1975 in Abington Township Pennsylvania to near Philadelphia and grew up in the nearby communities of jenin town and ryal 345 his mother Gloria na campono six worked at KV which was then Philadelphia's NBC affiliate three his father Charles Cooper worked as a stock broker for Merill Lynch six Cooper's father was of Irish descent while his mother is of Italian ancestry from abuso and Naples seven he has an older sister Holly eight he had Coloma in his ear soon after his birth and punctured his eardrum when he started diving at an early age nine photo of the actor Studio the actor Studio where Cooper trained to be an actor describing himself as a child Cooper has said I never lived the life of O you're so good-looking people thought I was a girl when I was little because I look like a girl maybe because my mother would keep my hair really long teny excelled at basketball and enjoyed cooking I used to have buddies come over after kindergarten and I'd cook them food I prided myself and taking whatever was in the fridge and turning it into lasagna 11 he initially wanted to attend Valley Forge Military Academy and moved to Japan to become a ninja 12 at an early age his father introduced him to films like the Elephant Man eight which inspired him to be an actor 13 coming from a family of non-actors Cooper says his parents initially wanted him to pursue a career in finance and were against acting but they eventually changed their perceptions when they saw Cooper play the part of Joseph Merrick in an excerpt from the play The Elephant Man 814 while attending germant toown Academy he worked at the Philadelphia Daily News 15 he says that in school he was neither the smartest person nor the coolest kid and really didn't have anything going on 16 after graduating from high school in 1993 Cooper attended Villanova University for one year before transferring to Georgetown University where he majored in English and minored in French W 718 Cooper graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts with honors 5019 he was a member of the Georgetown Hoya rowing team and acted with nomadic theater 2021 while at Georgetown Cooper became fluent in French and spent 6 months as an exchange student in AES and provance France 22 in his television debut Sex and the City in 1999 he made a brief appearance opposite Sarah Jessica Parker 23 Cooper later served as a presenter on the tourism series Globe treer 2000 which took him to such places as Peru and Croatia and had a recurring role in the short-lived series the street 9242 Cooper had been interested in a career in diplomacy when he auditioned for the master class graduate degree at the actor studio and was selected by James Lipton 26 in 2000 he received an MFA in acting from the ACT Studio drama school at the new school in New York City 27 there he trained with the coach Elizabeth Kamp of whom he says I was never able to relax in my life before her she advised him on many of his films 28 while studying in New York City Cooper worked as a dorant at the Morgans Hotel three and briefly interacted with Robert dairo and Shawn Penn in question and answer Master Class sessions which were later featured episodes of inside the actor Studio Cooper missed his MFA graduation ceremony to film Wet Hot American Summer 2001 an ensemble comedy that marked his cinematic debut taking place at a fictional summer camp in 1981 the film had him play Ben a counselor and the love interest of Michael Ian Black's character 29 although the film was critically and commercially unsuccessful it has since developed a cult following Cooper reprised the role in the film's prequel Wet Hot American Summer first day of camp 2015 an 8 episode Netflix series The 30 in the television series Alias 200126 Cooper achieved some success with the role of will tippen a local reporter for a newspaper and the best friend of Jennifer Garner's character Sydney Bristo 23 Garner was one of the first people he met in Los Angeles and was in Cooper's words very maternal she wanted to take care of me make sure I was okay all the time 31 a writer for complex networks called his character arguably the heart of season 1 32 as his screen time began to decrease Cooper grew frustrated although he would work only 3 days he requested Creator JJ Abrams to write his character off the show 33 shortly after his conversation with Abrams Cooper tore his Achilles tendon while playing basketball during his recovery he considered quitting acting permanently though in 2004 he was cast in Wedding Crashers 2005 33 during this period he acted in the TN two psychological Thriller changing lanes the scenes in which he appeared were edited out of the Final Cut of the film but are featured on the film's DVD and Blu-ray releases 34 35 other roles included in bending all the rules tn2 36 the short-lived TV series mismatch 2003 37 the television film I want to marry Ryan Banks 2004 and the WB series Jack and Bobby 24 2005 38 Cooper at an event for the midnight meet train in 2007 Cooper's career prospects improved with more prominent role in David dobkins comedy Wedding Crashers alongside Owen Wilson Vince vaugh and Rachel McAdams five in the film he played sack Lodge the competitive arrogant and aggressive boyfriend of CLA McAdams a role he described as kind of a sociopath 39 Cooper believed the antagonistic character changed people's perception of him as he had previously played the nice guy 40 with a production budget of $40 million the film grossed over $285 million wor worldwide 41 in September 2005 Fox debuted the sitcom Kitchen Confidential Based On A Memoir by Chef Anthony berdan with Cooper in the leading role despite positive reviews for the series the show was cancelled after only four episodes due to low ratings 4243 in March 2006 Cooper starred as pipio in 3 days of rain on Broadway with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd 44 this was followed by minor roles in the romantic comedy failure to launch 26 and the satirical comedy The Comebacks 2007 38 Cooper next appeared in the fifth season of Nip Tuck 27 as Aiden Stone a television star on the fictional show hearts and scales in 2008 he played the lead in older than America 38 and appeared in a production of Teresa rebec's play the understudy at the Williamstown theater Festival alongside Christen Johnston 45 between his small roles of best friend to the main character in the 28 comedies Yes Man and the rocker the 38 Cooper landed the lead role in the rui kameir directed horror film The Midnight meet train 2008 based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name playing the dark character of a freelance photographer who tries to track down a serial killer was a departure from Cooper's previous comedic roles and an experience he found enjoyable the film received positive reviews from critics though it earned little at the box office 46 29 2012 breakthrough Cooper at the premiere of The Hangover in 2009 Cooper's breakthrough role came in Todd Phillips comedy The Hangover 2009 ad80 played Phil winck one of three friends Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis to wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night The Hangover was a commercial success and finished as among the highest grossing R-rated films in the United States 47 out Scott of the New York Times wrote Mr Cooper offers the most interesting variation on an old standard playing his aggressive cocky frat boy with a snarl of Rage that masks an anxiety as hard to account for as it is to miss 48 for his performance Cooper received an award at the 13th Hollywood film festival and his first nomination for the MTV Movie Awards best comedic performance 49 or50 The Daily Telegraph opined that the film's success turned Cooper into a Bonafide leading man eight nevertheless Cooper stated in a 2011 interview with shave it's the same I mean look more doors have been opened for sure but it's not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered 51 Cooper then hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest TV on the radio portraying actor Christian Bale in one sketch 52 and appeared in a supporting role in the film He's Just Not That Into You 53 also in 2009 Cooper was featured in the psychological horror Case 39 a delayed production that had been filmed into 2006 54 he paired with Sandra Bullock in The Comedy All About Steve a film that was panned by critics failed to attract a wide audience and earned them a golden raspberry award for worst screen combo 5556 following a role in one of 11 segments of the Anthology film New York I love you 29 36 Cooper appeared in The Ensemble romantic comedy Valentine's Day 2010 directed by Gary Marshall and co-starring with Julia Roberts the film was a commercial success grow grossing over $215 million worldwide 57 he then starred in The Comedy Brothers Justice and as the fictional character Templeton Faceman PE in the feature film version of The A Team alongside Liam niss Quinton Jackson and charlot O Copley to prepare for the role he abstained from consuming sugar salt and flour and underwent grueling workouts 58 the film released to negative reviews and poor box office returns 5960 Tim Roby of the Daily Telegraph wrote Cooper confirms his credentials as perhaps the most smugly narcissistic performer 61 while Nev Pierce of Empire credited both Cooper and Copley for acing Swagger and Insanity respectively who best both capture and yet reforge their iconic characters 62 Cooper appeared as guest host of WWE Raw in June 2010 63 Cooper at the 2011 San Diego ComicCon in 2011 Cooper starred in the Techno Thriller Limitless based on the 21 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glenn in the Neil Berger directed film he played a struggling writer who is introduced to a new Tropic drug that gives him the ability to fully utilize his brain and vastly improve his lifestyle 64 the box office website Box Office Mojo was apprehensive of the film's financial prospects but it emerged as a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $ 161 million 6566 a writer for variety set of Cooper's performance that he makes further strides toward major stardom spelling excellent early spring returns and sov vid play 67 greater Commercial Success followed with the comedy sequel The Hangover Part Roman 2 2011 which earned over $580 million worldwide 68 reviews for the film were generally negative 69 but Mary Pauls of Time Magazine complimented Cooper writing that the actor gives a knowing performance he's both the peacock and the parody of one he's blessed with good looks and fantastic timing the kind that makes every line funnier even the smallest sides 70th to 38th People's Choice Awards he was nominated for favorite comedian