Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper is a British actor whose career moves comfortably between stage, television and film. Born and raised in Greenwich, London, he trained in Professional Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2000. Early work on screen was followed by his 2001 stage debut in Mother Clap's Molly House at the National Theatre. A defining early role came with Alan Bennett's The History Boys. Cooper played Dakin from the play's first reading, touring with the production to Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong before appearing in its radio and film adaptations. His theatre work also includes playing Will Parry in the National Theatre adaptation of His Dark Materials, Hippolytus in Phèdre and John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in a West End revival of The Libertine. On film, Cooper has shown a useful ability to shift tone without losing his direct, energetic presence. He sang as Sky in Mamma Mia!, played Charles Grey in The Duchess and appeared in An Education, Tamara Drewe and My Week with Marilyn. The Devil's Double gave him the demanding dual leading roles of Latif Yahia and Uday Hussein, while Need for Speed and Dracula Untold placed him firmly in antagonist territory. Cooper joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger, later returning for the Marvel One-Shot Agent Carter and the television series of the same name. He also portrayed James Bond author Ian Fleming in the miniseries Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond and took the lead role of Jesse Custer in AMC's Preacher. Other screen appearances include Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Miss You Already, The Lady in the Van and Warcraft. In 2018, he returned as Sky for the Mamma Mia! sequel. That mix of musical romance, period drama, comic-book adventure and substantial stage work captures the shape of Cooper's career: varied, restless and grounded in performance rather than any single screen persona.