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Bradley Cooper

Actor and producer, also director and writer · Born January 5, 1975 (51) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

BAFTA Award winner · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Oscar nominee · 8 other major award bodies

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 Time's 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 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 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 (2001–2006) and a supporting part in the comedy film Wedding Crashers (2005). Cooper's 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 film's U.S. Billboard 200 number one soundtrack and its Billboard Hot 100chart-topping 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 magazine's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 5, 1975 (51)
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also director and writer
Titles
70 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 32% in 30 days

What are Bradley Cooper's films like?

Across their 51 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 45 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 13 · Dark 14

A split, not a type: Grounded 22 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 9

Gentle 15 · Charged 16 · Intense 14

Steady 16 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 11

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 13

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 8

Casual 16 · Engaged 26 · Full focus 3

A split, not a type: Easy watch 16 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 14

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 18 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

31 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 12 of 31 analyzed roles.

Hero
12 of 31
Trickster
5 of 31
Ally
4 of 31
Shadow
3 of 31
Herald
3 of 31
Mentor
2 of 31
Threshold guardian
1 of 31
Shapeshifter
1 of 31
Show the 31 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Joyful
14
Absurd
13
Romantic
13
Melancholic
11
Other
72

How their films end · 13 with a twist

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet24
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bradley Cooper's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 51 of their 70 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (13).

Subscription and free streaming for Bradley Cooper's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 70 with a MovieCove page; 40 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Untitled Ocean's Prequel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Mr. Ocean

  • Outcome(2026)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Is This Thing On?(2025)

    Director · "B" Camera Operator · Producer · Screenplay · as Balls

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Superman(2025)

    as Jor-El

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Caregiving(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Insider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Sig selv

  • IF(2024)

    as Ice (voice)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Maestro(2023)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Leonard Bernstein

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • FDR(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • SmartLess: On the Road(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3(2023)

    as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Weathering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • I Am Groot(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Magnum Opus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Rocket (voice)

  • Thor: Love and Thunder(2022)

    as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Abbott Elementary(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Bradley Cooper

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • Nightmare Alley(2021)

    Producer · as Stanton Carlisle

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Licorice Pizza(2021)

    as Jon Peters

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Marvel Studios: Legends(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Rocket (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Joker(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Righteous Gemstones(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Elijah Gemstone

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Avengers: Endgame(2019)

    as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Mule(2018)

    as Agent Colin Bates

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • A Star Is Born(2018)

    Director · Additional Music · Producer · Screenplay · as Jackson Maine

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2(2017)

    as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • War Dogs(2016)

    Producer · as Henry Girard

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane(2016)

    as Ben (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Joy(2015)

    as Neil Walker

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Baby, Baby, Baby(2015)

    as Karl

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • Burnt(2015)

    as Adam Jones

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Limitless(2015)

    Show 22 episodes · Executive Producer · as Edward Morra

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ben

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • Aloha(2015)

    as Brian Gilcrest

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • American Sniper(2014)

    Producer · as Chris Kyle

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Serena(2014)

    as George Pemberton

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)

    as Rocket (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • American Hustle(2013)

    Executive Producer · as Richie DiMaso

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Making a Scene | 11 Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • The Hangover Part III(2013)

    as Phil Wenneck

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • The Place Beyond the Pines(2012)

    Stunts · as Avery Cross

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Le Débarquement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Silver Linings Playbook(2012)

    Executive Producer · as Pat Solatano Jr.

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Words(2012)

    Executive Producer · as Rory Jansen

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Hit and Run(2012)

    as Alex Dmitri

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Kaylien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Dad

  • The Hangover Part II(2011)

    as Phil Wenneck

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Limitless(2011)

    Executive Producer · as Edward Morra

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • OK! TV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The A-Team(2010)

    as Face

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Valentine's Day(2010)

    as Holden

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Case 39(2009)

    as Douglas J. Ames

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • All About Steve(2009)

    as Steve

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • The Hangover(2009)

    as Phil Wenneck

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Yes Man(2008)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • The Rocker(2008)

    as Trash

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • The Midnight Meat Train(2008)

    as Leon Kaufman

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Older Than America(2008)

    as Luke

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • The Comebacks(2007)

    as Cowboy

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Failure to Launch(2006)

    as Demo

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Kitchen Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 13 episodes · as Jack Bourdain

  • Wedding Crashers(2005)

    as Sack Lodge

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Whitaker

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Jack & Bobby(2004)

    Show 22 episodes · as Tom Wexler Graham

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • Touching Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · as OSC Agent Mark Rivers

  • I Want to Marry Ryan Banks(2004)

    as Todd Doherty

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Miss Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Gary Wagner

  • Nip/Tuck(2003)

    Show 4 episodes · as Aidan · as Aidan Stone

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • The Last Cowboy(2003)

    as Morgan Murphy

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Yoga Student / Satan

  • My Little Eye(2002)

    as Travis Patterson

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Alias(2001)

    Show 46 episodes · as Will Tippin

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • The $treet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 5 episodes · as Clay Hammond

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Whitaker

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Sex and the City(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Jake

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • WWE Monday Night RAW(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Bradley Cooper

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Ally (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as (voice)

  • Best of Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jack Platt

  • Untitled Danny McBride G.I. Joe Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Duke

  • Untitled Sean Penn Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Michael Fanone

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 87 titles, 82 of them dated from 1993 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutAward winNomination
19932026

Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 38 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 5 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 87: 69 only acting, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thDirecting4 of 87: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting4 of 87: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing16 of 87: 4 only producing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score87thMusic1 of 87: 0 only music, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 87: 1 only other crew, 2 with another role

87 titles, 13 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · acting2000s26 · acting2010s32 · 31 acting · 10 crew2020s21 · 17 acting · 7 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 26% of 50 roles
0106111621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 6 other major awards from 61 major nominations, 2013–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
  2. 2024
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Original)
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 4 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Director
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
  3. 2023
    • Venice award, nominated · Best Film
    • Venice award, nominated
  4. 2022
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  5. 2020
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Grammy Award, won · Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
  6. 2019
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Original Music
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Adapted)
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +5 other major bodies · 1 win and 8 nominations
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Adapted Screenplay
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Record of the Year
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Director
  7. 2018
    • Venice award, won · Collateral Award
  8. 2015
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor in an Action Movie
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 2014
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  2. 2013
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor in a Comedy
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Bradley Cooper's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 55; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Midcredits score across 70 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up32
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 70 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved13
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser33
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed17

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 43 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bradley Cooper's work okay for kids?

Across up to 40 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore39 titles8–82 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity40 titles16–67 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity40 titles35–89 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs37 titles28–78 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense37 titles9–83 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bradley Cooper work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bradley Cooper's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Todd Phillips shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers