Dominic Cooper
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Cooper in 2009
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Dominic Edward Cooper 2 June 1978 Greenwich, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Dominic Edward Cooper (born 2 June 1978) is an English actor. He has worked in television, film, theatre and radio, in productions including Starter for 10 and The History Boys (both 2006), Mamma Mia! and The Duchess (both 2008), The Devil's Double and Captain America: The First Avenger (both 2011), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Dracula Untold (2014), Agent Carter (2015–16), and Warcraft (2016). He currently portrays Jesse Custer on the AMC show Preacher (2016–present).
Cooper was born and brought up in Greenwich, London, the son of Julie (née Heron), a nursery school teacher, and Brian Cooper, an auctioneer. His maternal great-grandfather was film enthusiast E. T. Heron, who published The Kinematograph Weekly. He attended John Ball Primary School in Blackheath, London, followed by Thomas Tallis School in nearby Kidbrooke, then trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2000.
He first worked in television and film before making his stage debut in Mother Clap's Molly House at the National Theatre in 2001. Cooper was involved in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys from its first reading. He also toured with the production to Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong as well as appearing in the radio and film adaptations of the play. He has had notable roles in the Royal National Theatre's adaptation of the His Dark Materials trilogy where he played the lead character Will Parry, the TV series Down To Earth and Sense & Sensibility.
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