Scot Cooper

About Scot Cooper

Who is it?: Actor, Director, Stunts
Birth Day: April 20, 1970
Birth Place:  East London, South Africa, South Africa
Birth Sign: Cancer
Alma mater: Hampden–Sydney College
Occupation: Actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Years active: 1998–present
Spouse(s): Jocelyne Cooper
Children: 2

Scot Cooper Net Worth

Scot Cooper was born on April 20, 1970 in  East London, South Africa, South Africa, is Actor, Director, Stunts. Scot Cooper is a blue eyed South African born actor of film, TV, & stage. A leading man with a great balance of American & English charm.Scot has worked alongside actors such as Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Rupert Friend, Gabriel Macht, and Aidan Gillen. He co-starred in the 4th season of the Emmy winning series Homeland, guest starred in the popular BBC series 'Jamillah and Aladdin', and the multi award winning film 'The World Unseen' which premiered at TIFF, with leading roles in the South African feature films 'Girl from Nowhere', and 'Reconnect'. He also has a supporting role in the franchise movie 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure.In 2013 Scot won Best Actor at the Cape Town 48hr Film Festival, with the film Five Minutes Till Noon which went on to win awards at Filmapalooza in New Orleans. Scot also won Best Actor at the 2015 Cape Town 48hr Film Festival. And in 2009 Scot Cooper was part of the ensemble award at the South African Film and Television Awards for 'The World Unseen'.Of English, Irish, Swedish, Welsh, & German ancestry. He has trained under world renowned Meisner teacher William Esper at the Esper Studio in New York, under acclaimed South African actress Aletta Bezuidenhout, & has a BA from the South African School of Motion Picture and Live Performance.A passion for film, and also theatre where he has received critical praise for his performance as Mr Darcy in 'Pride And Prejudice', the acclaimed American play 'Tape' by Stephen Belber, and his one man play 'Henry And The Sand' which he also wrote, and premiered at the world's 2nd largest theatre festival, the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.Scot has also appeared in over 60 TV commercials, which have aired in countries such as the USA, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and many others. Brands include BMW, Pepsi, Toro, Coors Light, Johnsons, Sargento, Advantix, Fererro Rocher, Go Compare, & Chase.Scot is based in Los Angeles
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Biography/Timeline

1988

Cooper was born in Abingdon, Virginia. He is a 1988 graduate of Abingdon High School. Cooper trained as an actor at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. He received both his undergraduate degree in 1992 and his Doctor of Humane Letters in 2014 from Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia.

2009

He made the switch to directing with 2009's Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film, released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, received widespread critical acclaim and a number of accolades, including the Academy Awards for Best Actor (Bridges) and Best Original Song.

2012

Relativity Media put the film, now titled Out of the Furnace, into production in 2012, with Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck leading the ensemble cast. Cooper directed the film, and shared writing credit with Ingelsby. DiCaprio and Scott remained as producers.

2014

In January 2014, Cooper became attached to rewrite and direct Black Mass, a crime drama based the book of the same name by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, described as the "true story of Billy Bulger, Whitey Bulger, FBI agent John Connolly and the FBI's witness protection program that was created by J. Edgar Hoover." Barry Levinson had previously been involved with the project. Johnny Depp, who had been on and off the project for a number of years, came back on board to play the infamous Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger, alongside Joel Edgerton as Connolly and Benedict Cumberbatch as Billy Bulger. The film was released in 2015.

2017

Cooper wrote, directed and produced the 2017 western Hostiles, based on a decades old manuscript by the late Screenwriter Donald E. Stewart. The film reteamed Cooper with his Out of the Furnace star, Bale, alongside Rosamund Pike. It had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, with US distribution rights picked up by Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures.