Bradley Cooper

Bradley Charles Cooper born January 5 1975 is an American actor and filmmaker He is the recipient of various accolades including a British Academy Film Award and three Grammy Awards In addition he has been nominated for twelve 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 grossed 13 billion worldwide and he has been ranked among the worlds highestpaid 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 Actors Studio Shortly after he made his film debut with a role in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer 2001 followed by roles as Will Tippin in the television series Alias 20012006 and a supporting part in the comedy film Wedding Crashers 2005 Coopers breakthrough came with the comedy The Hangover 2009 which also spawned sequels in 2011 and 2013 His career progressed with starring roles in Limitless 2011 and The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Cooper earned Academy Award nominations for his work in the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook 2012 the crime film American Hustle 2013 the war biopic American Sniper 2014 the musical romance A Star Is Born 2018 and the biographical drama Maestro 2023 For A Star Is Born which he also produced wrote and directed he won a BAFTA Award and two Grammys for his contributions to the films US Billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its Billboard Hot 100charttopping single Shallow He gained further recognition for voicing Rocket across six films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 He has since produced the thrillers Joker 2019 and Nightmare Alley 2021 On stage Cooper portrayed Joseph Merrick in a Broadway revival of The Elephant Man Cooper was named People magazines 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 with model Irina Shayk Description above from the Wikipedia article Bradley Cooper licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia