Biography
- 1997
Acting Out
After graduating from Georgetown University, Cooper enrolls in the Actors Studio Drama School at The New School in New York City. While there, he lands bit parts in Sex and the City and 2001's Wet Hot American Summer.
- 2001
Girl's Best Friend
In the ABC drama Alias, Cooper plays superspy Sydney Bristow's (Jennifer Garner) best bud Will Tippin. "I would be crossing the street, and I would hear 'Hey, Will, I love your character. I love the show,'" he tells The Boston Herald. He stars on the show for three seasons, before his character is written off the series.
- 2005
Comedy Crasher
As Rachel McAdams's jerk fiancé–whom Cooper describes as "kind of a sociopath"–the actor goes toe-to-toe with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers. The hit comedy earns more than $200 million at the box office. That fall, Cooper returns to TV in the short-lived FOX series Kitchen Confidential.
- 2006
Broadway Bound
Cooper supports Julia Roberts in her stage debut on Broadway in the drama Three Days of Rain, with Paul Rudd. "For me, opening night was like walking on the moon. It felt...like another world," he tells ABC News.
Ready, Set, Wed
After a year of dating, Cooper and actress Jennifer Esposito secretly marry over the holidays. But only four months later, Esposito files for divorce, telling PEOPLE, "It is what it should be. You have to move on."
- 2009
Bradley's Breakthrough
Cooper becomes summer's breakout star with The Hangover, a surprise smash that goes on to become the third highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. "It is Mr. Cooper who 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," praised the New York Times.
A Details Man
With the success of The Hangover, Cooper takes center stage – even nabbing the cover of men's style magazine Details. "I'm not even funny at all," he insists in the issue. "That's what's so ironic."
Courting Costars
After costarring in January's He's Just Not That Into You, Cooper and Jennifer Aniston enjoy a dinner date in New York. But a month later, he and his Case 39 costar Renée Zellweger get cozy in Barcelona.
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- Name
- Bradley Cooper
- Date of Birth
- January 05, 1975
- Birth Place
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Relationships
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Renée Zellweger, girlfriend (July 2009 to present)
Cameron Diaz (linked in 2007)
Jennifer Esposito, ex-wife (December 2006 to April 2007)
