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Oliver Cooper
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Oliver Cooper was born on December 2, 1989 in Toledo, Ohio. In 2009, at the age of 19, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actor and quickly landed an internship at CONAN. While taking an acting class, a fellow classmate told him that Warner Brothers was looking for fresh young faces to star in the Todd Phillips produced Project X and that Cooper would be perfect. With no representation, Oliver enlisted his friend, a former child star, Shaun Weiss, to help him secure an audition. Judd Apatow, who had worked with Weiss on Heavyweights, put in a call to the casting office. With a head shot taken on a cell phone camera, and against-all-odds, Cooper landed one of the lead roles in h…
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Oliver Cooper was born on December 2, 1989 in Toledo, Ohio. In 2009, at the age of 19, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actor and quickly landed an internship at CONAN. While taking an acting class, a fellow classmate told him that Warner Brothers was looking for fresh young faces to star in the Todd Phillips produced Project X and that Cooper would be perfect. With no representation, Oliver enlisted his friend, a former child star, Shaun Weiss, to help him secure an audition. Judd Apatow, who had worked with Weiss on Heavyweights, put in a call to the casting office. With a head shot taken on a cell phone camera, and against-all-odds, Cooper landed one of the lead roles in his very first audition. His debut performance as Costa earned him two MTV Movie Award nominations for Best Comedic Performance and Best On-Screen Dirtbag. Following up on the success of Project X, Oliver booked a supporting role in Runner Runner opposite Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck as well as a season arc on the popular Showtime series Californication as Levon, the illegitimate son of David Duchovny and Heather Graham's characters. In 2013 Cooper co-wrote and produced Four Dogs with his frequent collaborator Joe Burke who also directed the film. It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival to rave reviews and is available to stream on Amazon Prime. Shortly thereafter he developed a pilot for Comedy Central called The King of Chicago, which he co-wrote with Cody Oz and produced alongside Scott Stuber. Oliver has since gone on to star in many shows and movies highlighted by his role as Wheeler, the stoner with a heart of gold, in the three season Amazon series Red Oaks, produced by Steven Soderbergh and directed by David Gordon Green. In 2018 Cooper appeared in Jason Reitman's The Front Runner alongside Hugh Jackman as young campaign aid Joe Trippi; and as Todd Krizelman, co-founder of the globe.com in Matthew Carnahan's National Geographic mini series Valley Of The Boom. Oliver also made a memorable appearance in season 2 of David Fincher's critically acclaimed Netflix series, Mindhunter, as infamous serial killer David Berkowitz aka The Son of Sam.
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BODY OF WORK
Oliver Cooper's Filmography
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Soulm8te
as Ultima Robotix Technician
The Beach Player
as Zack
Dadda
as Cole
The Lemurian Candidate
as Stan
Stealing Pulp Fiction
as Dusty Hodgins
Burt
as Sammy
I Love You Forever
as Harrison
Baby Blue
as Moe
Sleuthhound Screwball
as Matthew
Clawfoot
as Samuel
As We Know It
as Bruce
Helen's Dead
as Garrett
R
as David Winkler
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Elton (uncredited)
The Cleaner
as Busboy
Beyond Paranormal
as Chaz
Take Me to Tarzana
as Charles
The Ultimate Playlist of Noise
as Dennis
Echo Boomers
as Stewart
The Swing of Things
as Ira
Desert Quarantine
as Jacob
The Front Runner
as Joe Trippi
Another Cancer Movie
as Phil
Office Christmas Party
as Drew
Burying the Ex
as Travis
Runner Runner
as Andrew Cronin
Four Dogs
as Oliver
The Hangover Part III
as Pharmacy Assistant
Project X
as Costa
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Desert Flowers
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You Always
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