Bradley Cooper Bio | Wiki
Bradley Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.
Bradley appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100 three times and on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. His films have grossed $11 billion worldwide and he has placed four times in annual rankings of the world’s highest-paid actors. Labeled a sex symbol by the media, Bradley was named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 2011.
Bradley Cooper Age
Bradley was born on January 5, 1975, in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, United States. He is 47 years old.
Bradley Cooper Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.85 m).
Bradley Cooper Family
He was born in Abington Township, near Philadelphia, to his parents Gloria and Charles Cooper. Bradley grew up in the nearby communities of Jenkintown and Rydal. His mother worked for the local NBC affiliate and his father worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch.
Bradley’s father was of Irish descent, while his mother is of Italian ancestry from Abruzzo and Naples. He has an older sister, Holly. He had cholesteatoma in his ear soon after his birth and punctured his eardrum when he started diving at an early age. At an early age, his father introduced him to films like The Elephant Man, which inspired him to be an actor.
Bradley Cooper Wife
Bradley became engaged to actress Jennifer Esposito in October 2006, and they married that December. In May 2007, she filed for divorce which was finalized in November. Bradley was in a relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk from April 2015 to June 2019. They have a daughter together, Lea de Seine, born in March 2017.
Bradley Cooper Education
While attending Germantown Academy, he worked at the Philadelphia Daily News. After graduating from high school in 1993, Bradley attended Villanova University for one year before transferring to Georgetown University, where he majored in English and minored in French. He graduated with honors from Georgetown in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was a member of the Georgetown Hoyas rowing team and acted with Nomadic Theatre.
Bradley Cooper The Hangover
Bradley’s breakthrough role came in Todd Phillips’ comedy The Hangover in 2009. He played Phil Wenneck, one of three friends to wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night. The Hangover was a commercial success and finished as among the highest-grossing R-rated films in the United States.
For his performance, Bradley received an award at the 13th Hollywood Film Festival and his first nomination for the MTV Movie Awards, Best Comedic Performance. The Daily Telegraph opined that the film’s success turned Cooper into “a bona fide leading man”.
Bradley Cooper Chef Movie
In John Wells’ drama Burnt, he played a chef who decides to regain his former glory after drug abuse takes a toll on his career. While the film was criticized for its “overdone clichés”, Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter said: ” Bradley gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie’s laziness. Almost.” His supporting role in the biopic Joy reunited him with David O. Russell and Lawrence.
Lady Gaga And Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born
Bradley directed his first film, A Star Is Born, a remake of the 1937 musical film of the same name. He starred in the film as an established singer, Jackson Maine, whose romance with a woman named Ally (played by Lady Gaga) becomes strained after her career begins to overshadow his.
Having long aspired to direct a film, Cooper was keen on making a love story. People had warned him against directing the third remake, and he feared the film would end his directing career if it failed. The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in August 2018 and was released worldwide in October to critical acclaim.
Bradley Cooper Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley, an adaption of William Lindsay Gresham’s namesake novel, cast Bradley as an ambitious carnival worker – boxing lessons and full-frontal nude scenes he found challenging. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film took a long time to finish.
Reviewing his films in 2021, critic Charles Bramesco opined Cooper gave “his most vulnerable and harrowing performance to date” in Nightmare Alley. Bradley garnered the fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film.
Bradley Cooper Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Bradley’s estimated net worth is $100 million.
Is Bradley Cooper Dating
News spread that Bradley has a new girlfriend: top political aide Huma Abedin. While Abedin isn’t in the entertainment industry, she’s talked to the press about her own life in the spotlight.