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Bios:
Bradley Cooper
Biography:
Immediately
after Bradley Cooper graduated
from the Honors English program at Georgetown University in 1997,
he moved to New York City to enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts
program at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University.
There, with the guidance of such mentors as Ellen Burstyn, Susan
Batson and Elizabeth Kemp, Cooper developed his stage work, culminating
with his thesis performance as John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance's
"The Elephant Man," performed in New York's Circle in the Square.
While still in school, Cooper began his professional career, appearing
opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex
and the City and in the series The
Beat. His weekends were spent with LEAP (Learning through the
Expanded Arts Program), a non-profit organization that teaches acting
and movement to inner city school children. The summers took him
all across the globe, from kayaking in British Columbia with Orca
Whales to ice climbing in the Peruvian Andes, while hosting Lonely
Planet's "Extreme Treks in a Wild World" for the Discovery Channel.
Cooper had to skip his graduation ceremony from the Actor's Studio
in order to star in his first feature film, "Wet Hot American Summer,"
opposite Janeane Garofolo, David Hyde Pierce and Molly Shannon.
After finishing his second feature, "Carnival Knowledge," His plans
to relocate to Los Angeles were delayed when Darren Star hired him
to star in the series The
$treet, opposite Jennie Garth, Tom Everett Scott, Adam Goldberg
and Jennifer Connelly.
Cooper went on to win the role of young law student Gordon Pinella
in the film "Changing Lanes," starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L.
Jackson, and also stars as Travis Paterson in "My Little Eye," which
will be released in 2002.
Cooper finally decided that it was time to forgo his other New York
projects and move to Los Angeles when he was cast in "Alias." Although
he lives in LA, he will never abandon his New York nightly ritual
of watching Charlie Rose while finishing off a pint of Cherry Garcia
ice cream.
Television
Credits:
Alias as
The $treet as
Clay Hammond (2000)
The Beat as
NewsRadio
as "Jake" in episode: "They Shoot Single People, Don't They?" (original
airdate: 06/27/1999)
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