Cooper has made several appearances on British television, such as a recurring role on the soap opera Coronation Street, I'd Do Anything and 999. His on-screen debut was in the 2003 film, Bright Young Things. He also featured in Mamma Mia! in 2008.
In 2008, he moved to Los Angeles where he quickly started working on many of the US's biggest shows including Desperate Housewives, CSI:NY, Touch and Blackish. His biggest role on prime time network TV came when he was cast on the hit TV series Person of Interest playing MI6 spy Young Greer. The elder John Greer is portrayed by the British actor John Nolan (cousin of Christopher Nolan).
In 2013, Cooper co-wrote and released his debut single "Hypnotized" through Inspire U records. The song played on many of the UK's major stations. The song can be heard in the feature film Kushuthara: Pattern of Love.
In February 2016, whilst shooting The Temple in Bhutan, Cooper visited the Neyphug (Heyphug) Monastery & School for orphaned and underprivileged boys. The site had been severely hit by an earthquake. Neyphug is a charitable organisation that supports a monk community with a 450-year Buddhist history in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
