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| name        = Bradley Cooper
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| birth_name  = Bradley Charles Cooper
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1975|1|5}}
| birth_place = [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/10/30/bradley-cooper-shares-extremely-important-message-urging-pennsylvanians-to-vote/ |title=Bradley Cooper Shares 'Extremely Important' Message Urging Pennsylvanians To Vote |quote=I was born in Abington. I grew up in Montgomery County. |date=October 30, 2020 |publisher=CBS Philly |access-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207214845/https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/10/30/bradley-cooper-shares-extremely-important-message-urging-pennsylvanians-to-vote/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[The New School]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
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| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Jennifer Esposito]]|2006|2007|end=divorced}}
| works        = [[List of Bradley Cooper performances|Full list]]
| awards       = [[List of awards and nominations received by Bradley Cooper|Full list]]
| partner      = [[Zoe Saldaña]]<br />(2011–2013)<br />[[Irina Shayk]]<br />(2015–2019)
| children     = 1
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'''Bradley Charles Cooper''' (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker.<!--Note:Do not put singer as his occupation just because he portrayed one in a film.--> He is the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Bradley Cooper|various accolades]], including a [[British Academy Film Award]] and two [[Grammy Awards]], in addition to nominations for twelve [[Academy Awards]], six [[Golden Globe Awards]], and a [[Tony Award]]. Cooper appeared on the [[Celebrity 100|''Forbes'' Celebrity 100]] three times and on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2015. [[List of Bradley Cooper performances|His films]] have grossed $13{{nbsp}}billion worldwide and he has been placed four times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors.

Cooper enrolled in the [[Master of Fine Arts|Master of Fine Arts (MFA)]] program at the [[Actors Studio]] in 2000 after beginning his career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series ''[[Sex and the City]]''. He made his film debut in the comedy ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' (2001), and gained some recognition as [[Will Tippin]] in the television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' (2001–2006). After his role in the show was demoted, he began to have career doubts but gained some recognition with a supporting part in the comedy film ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'' (2005). He had his breakthrough in ''[[The Hangover]]'' (2009), a critically and commercially successful comedy that spawned two sequels in [[The Hangover Part II|2011]] and [[The Hangover Part III|2013]], and his career progressed with starring roles in ''[[Limitless (film)|Limitless]]'' (2011) and ''[[The Place Beyond the Pines]]'' (2012).

Cooper found greater success with the romantic comedy ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'' (2012), the black comedy ''[[American Hustle]]'' (2013), and the war biopic ''[[American Sniper]]'' (2014), which he also produced. In 2014, he portrayed [[Joseph Merrick]] in a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival of ''[[The Elephant Man (play)|The Elephant Man]]'' and began voicing [[Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Rocket]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. In 2018, Cooper produced, wrote, directed, and starred in the musical romance ''[[A Star Is Born (2018 film)|A Star Is Born]]''. He won a [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|BAFTA Award]] and two Grammys for his contributions to its U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] number one [[A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)|soundtrack]] and its chart-topping lead single "[[Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)|Shallow]]". He has since produced the thrillers ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (2019) and ''[[Nightmare Alley (2021 film)|Nightmare Alley]]'' (2021), and directed the biographical drama ''[[Maestro (2023 film)|Maestro]]'' (2023), in which he also starred as [[Leonard Bernstein]].

Cooper was named ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine's [[Sexiest Man Alive]] in 2011. He supports several charities that help fight cancer. Cooper was briefly married to actress [[Jennifer Esposito]], and has a daughter from his relationship with model [[Irina Shayk]].

==Early life==
Cooper was born on January 5, 1975, in [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington Township]], near [[Philadelphia]], and grew up in the nearby communities of [[Jenkintown, Pennsylvania|Jenkintown]] and [[Rydal, Pennsylvania|Rydal]].<ref name="GQ"/><ref name="nyt2011">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/movies/bradley-cooper-in-the-hangover-part-ii-and-limitless.html |title=Don't Take This Hunk at Face Value |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 10, 2011 |first=Jonah |last=Weiner |access-date=January 5, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116020339/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/movies/bradley-cooper-in-the-hangover-part-ii-and-limitless.html |archive-date=January 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name="biography" /> His mother, Gloria (née Campano),<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2011/03/18/Bradley-Cooper-s-the-lead-his-idol-s-the-co-star/stories/201103180183 |title=Bradley Cooper's the lead; his idol's the co-star |first=Carrie |last=Rickey |date=March 18, 2011 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926001456/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2011/03/18/Bradley-Cooper-s-the-lead-his-idol-s-the-co-star/stories/201103180183 |archive-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> worked at [[KYW-TV]], which was then Philadelphia's [[NBC]] affiliate.<ref name="GQ">{{cite web |title=The GQ Cover Story: Bradley Cooper Is A-List Now, Bro |first=Zach |last=Baron |url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201401/bradley-cooper-cover-story-january-2014 |work=[[GQ]] |date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=August 31, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518063227/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201401/bradley-cooper-cover-story-january-2014 |archive-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> His father, Charles Cooper, worked as a [[stockbroker]] for [[Merrill Lynch]].<ref name=":1" /> Cooper's father was of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent, while his mother is of [[Italians|Italian]] ancestry (from [[Abruzzo]] and [[Naples]]).<ref name="metro-uk">{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2012/11/19/bradley-cooper-daniel-day-lewis-told-me-he-liked-the-hangover-501100 |title=Bradley Cooper: Daniel Day-Lewis told me he liked 'The Hangover' |last=O'Toole |first=Lesley |date=November 19, 2012 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=December 2, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108115611/http://metro.co.uk/2012/11/19/bradley-cooper-daniel-day-lewis-told-me-he-liked-the-hangover-501100/ |archive-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref> He has an older sister, Holly.<ref name="telegraph" /> He had [[cholesteatoma]] in his ear soon after his birth, and punctured his eardrum when he started diving at an early age.<ref name="thr2012">{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/bradley-cooper-evolution-leading-man-the-hangover-367781 |title=Bradley Cooper: The Serious Evolution of a Leading Man |date=September 5, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 19, 2016 |author=Galloway, Stephen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204074251/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bradley-cooper-evolution-leading-man-the-hangover-367781 |archive-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Actors-studio crop.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=photo of The Actors Studio|The [[Actors Studio]], where Cooper trained to be an actor]]

Describing himself as a child, Cooper has said: "I never lived the life of 'Oh, you're so good-looking'. People thought I was a girl when I was little, because I looked like a girl{{snd}} maybe because my mother would keep my hair really long."<ref name="huffington">{{cite news |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/bradley-cooper-i-used-to_n_596130.html |title=Bradley Cooper: I Used To Look Like A Girl, Didn't Date Jennifer Aniston |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=August 22, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918020239/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/bradley-cooper-i-used-to_n_596130.html |archive-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> He excelled at basketball, and enjoyed cooking: "I used to have buddies come over after kindergarten and I'd cook them food. I prided myself in taking whatever was in the fridge and turning it into lasagna."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Must List 2005: Bradley Cooper |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/06/17/must-list-2005-bradley-cooper |access-date=August 22, 2016 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 17, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107085651/http://www.ew.com/article/2005/06/17/must-list-2005-bradley-cooper |archive-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref> He initially wanted to attend [[Valley Forge Military Academy and College|Valley Forge Military Academy]] and move to Japan to become a [[ninja]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bradley Cooper begged his dad to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/Bradley-Cooper-begged-his-dad-to-send-him-to-Valley-Forge-Military-Academy.html |publisher=[[Philadelphia Media Network]] |access-date=August 22, 2016 |date=April 17, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825174438/http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/Bradley-Cooper-begged-his-dad-to-send-him-to-Valley-Forge-Military-Academy.html |archive-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> At an early age, his father introduced him to films like ''[[The Elephant Man (film)|The Elephant Man]]'',<ref name="telegraph"/> which inspired him to be an actor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Eun Kyung |title=Bradley Cooper on 'The Elephant Man:' It's why I became an actor |url=http://www.today.com/popculture/bradley-cooper-elephant-man-its-why-i-became-actor-1D80231082 |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]] |access-date=August 29, 2016 |date=October 21, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911180311/http://www.today.com/popculture/bradley-cooper-elephant-man-its-why-i-became-actor-1D80231082 |archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> Coming from a family of non-actors, Cooper says his parents initially wanted him to pursue a career in finance and were against acting, but they eventually changed their perceptions when they saw Cooper play the part of [[Joseph Merrick]] in an excerpt from the play ''[[The Elephant Man (play)|The Elephant Man]]''.<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="weltbild">{{cite web |last1=Wortmann |first1=Thorsten |title=Bradley Cooper: Die illustrierte Biografie |pages=15 |url=https://www.weltbild.de/media/txt/pdf/9783862654734-117507805-bradley-cooper.pdf |access-date=February 2, 2022 |publisher=[[Weltbild Publishing Group]] |language=German |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316171004/https://www.weltbild.de/media/txt/pdf/9783862654734-117507805-bradley-cooper.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

While attending [[Germantown Academy]], he worked at the ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]''.<ref name=jenkintown>{{cite news |url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20090526_Hangin__with_Mr__Cooper__Jenkintown_native_Bradley_Cooper_stars_in_the_hilariously_dirty__quot_The_Hangover_quot_.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527212726/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090526_Hangin__with_Mr__Cooper__Jenkintown_native_Bradley_Cooper_stars_in_the_hilariously_dirty__quot_The_Hangover_quot_.html |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |title=Hangin' with Mr. Cooper: Jenkintown native Bradley Cooper stars in the hilariously dirty "The Hangover" |work=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |last=Gross |first=Dan |date=May 26, 2009 |access-date=May 29, 2009}}</ref> He says that in school he was neither "the smartest person" nor "the coolest kid" and "really didn't have anything going on!"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rys |first1=Richard |title=Exit Interview: Bradley Cooper |url=http://www.phillymag.com/articles/exit-interview-bradley-cooper/ |access-date=September 3, 2016 |work=[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]] |date=January 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919124430/http://www.phillymag.com/articles/exit-interview-bradley-cooper/ |archive-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> After graduating from high school in 1993, Cooper attended [[Villanova University]] for one year before transferring to [[Georgetown University]], where he [[Academic major|majored]] in [[English studies|English]] and [[Academic minor|minored]] in [[French language|French]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/bradley-cooper-says-directorial-debut-mirrored-goal-to-get-into-georgetown/ |title=Bradley Cooper Says Directorial Debut Mirrored Goal to Get Into Georgetown |date=September 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Photos: 5 celebrities born in Philadelphia area – The Delaware County Daily Times Media Center |url=http://media.delcotimes.com/2016/01/06/photos-5-celebrities-born-in-philadelphia-area/#1 |access-date=October 4, 2016 |work=[[Delaware County Daily Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005122949/http://media.delcotimes.com/2016/01/06/photos-5-celebrities-born-in-philadelphia-area/ |archive-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> Cooper graduated in 1997 with a [[Bachelor of Arts#United States|Bachelor of Arts]] with honors.<ref name="biography"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetown.edu/story/1242664588541.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225232757/http://www.georgetown.edu/story/1242664588541.html |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |publisher=[[Georgetown University]] |date=September 3, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |title=Bradley Cooper Comes Back to Georgetown}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Georgetown Hoyas]] rowing team and acted with [[Nomadic Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bradley-cooper-interview-0611-4 |title=Dinner with Bradley |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date=June 9, 2011 |first=Lisa |last=Taddeo |author-link=Lisa Taddeo |access-date=January 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715195623/http://www.esquire.com/features/bradley-cooper-interview-0611-4 |archive-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/03/bradley-cooper-speaks-in-gaston-campus-population-swoons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314065811/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/09/03/bradley-cooper-speaks-in-gaston-campus-population-swoons |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |title=Bradley Cooper speaks in Gaston, campus population swoons |work=Georgetown Voice |date=September 3, 2010 |access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> While at Georgetown, Cooper became fluent in [[French language|French]] and spent six months as an exchange student in [[Aix-en-Provence]], [[France]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-20h/bradley-cooper-la-coqueluche-de-hollywood-sur-le-plateau-de-tf1-6510828.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528095923/http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-20h/bradley-cooper-la-coqueluche-de-hollywood-sur-le-plateau-de-tf1-6510828.html |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |title=Bradley Cooper : la coqueluche de Hollywood sur le plateau de TF1 |work=[[TF1]] |date=May 30, 2011 |access-date=May 30, 2011 |language=fr}}</ref> In his television debut, ''[[Sex and the City]]'' in 1999, he made a brief appearance opposite [[Sarah Jessica Parker]].<ref name="tca">Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 2011.</ref> Cooper later served as a presenter on the tourism series ''[[Globe Trekker]]'' (2000), which took him to such places as [[Peru]] and [[Croatia]], and had a recurring role in the short-lived series ''[[The Street (2000 TV series)|The Street]]''.<ref name="thr2012" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pilotguides.com/hosts/bradley-cooper/ |title=Bradley Cooper – The Official Globe Trekker Website – Pilot Guides |publisher=Pilot Film & Television Productions Ltd. |access-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161214044108/http://www.pilotguides.com/hosts/bradley-cooper/ |archive-date=December 14, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EOnline">{{cite web |last=Heller |first=Corinne |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/661007/bradley-cooper-from-alias-to-aloha-bleach-blond-star-gushes-about-his-1st-big-tv-role-in-tbt-video-watch |title=Bradley Cooper, From Alias to Aloha: Bleach-Blond Star Gushes About His 1st Big TV Role in TBT Video – Watch! |publisher=[[E!|E! Online]] |date=May 28, 2015 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127004443/http://www.eonline.com/news/661007/bradley-cooper-from-alias-to-aloha-bleach-blond-star-gushes-about-his-1st-big-tv-role-in-tbt-video-watch |archive-date=November 27, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Cooper had been interested in a career in [[diplomacy]] when he auditioned for the [[master class]] graduate degree at the [[Actors Studio]] and was selected by [[James Lipton]].<ref name="bravotv"/> In 2000, he received an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in acting from the [[Actors Studio Drama School]] at [[The New School]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newschool.edu/alumni/news-notes/news/drama.aspx |title=Alumni News |date=May 2010 |work=[[The New School]] |access-date=August 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811203128/http://www.newschool.edu/alumni/news-notes/news/drama.aspx |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> There, he trained with the coach [[Elizabeth Kemp]] of whom he says: "I was never able to relax in my life before her." She advised him on many of his films.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Tatiana |title=How Bradley Cooper's Acting Coach Taught Him to "Relax" |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-bradley-coopers-acting-coach-774631 |access-date=August 30, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 18, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011205243/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-bradley-coopers-acting-coach-774631 |archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> While studying in [[New York City]], Cooper worked as a [[Doorman (profession)|doorman]] at the [[Morgans Hotel]],<ref name="GQ"/> and briefly interacted with [[Robert de Niro]] and [[Sean Penn]] in question-and-answer master class sessions, which were later featured episodes of ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]''.<ref name="bravotv">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg3k1tZgaQ0 |title=Interview with James Lipton – James Lipton tells his favorite "Inside the Actors Studio" moments |date=July 1, 2016 |publisher=[[Steve Adubato Jr.|Steve Adubato]] |access-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904155316/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg3k1tZgaQ0 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===2001–2008: Early roles===
Cooper missed his MFA graduation ceremony to film ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' (2001), an ensemble comedy that marked his cinematic debut. Taking place at a fictional summer camp in 1981, the film had him play Ben, a counselor and the love interest of [[Michael Ian Black]]'s character.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Collis |first1=Clark |title='Wet Hot American Summer': The crazy story behind the cult classic |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/06/24/wet-hot-american-summer-crazy-story-behind-cult-classic/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 24, 2011 |language=en}}</ref> Although the film was critically and commercially unsuccessful, it has since developed a [[cult following]]. Cooper reprised the role in the film's prequel ''[[Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp]]'' (2015), an eight-episode [[Netflix]] series.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/28/wet-hot-american-summer |title=Wet Hot American Summer: the obscure cult favourite is about to get a TV reboot |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 28, 2015 |access-date=August 21, 2016 |author=Mumford, Gwilym |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815043041/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/28/wet-hot-american-summer |archive-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref>

In the television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' (2001–2006), Cooper achieved some success with the role of [[Will Tippin]], a local reporter for a newspaper and the best friend of [[Jennifer Garner]]'s character, [[Sydney Bristow]].<ref name="tca" /> Garner was one of the first people he met in Los Angeles and was, in Cooper's words, "very maternal{{nbs}}... She wanted to take care of me, make sure I was okay all the time."<ref>{{cite news |title=Jennifer Garner: A Master of Motherhood |url=http://okmagazine.com/get-scoop/jennifer-garner-master-motherhood/ |access-date=July 3, 2017 |work=[[OK!]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170703082255/http://okmagazine.com/get-scoop/jennifer-garner-master-motherhood/ |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |date=December 9, 2009}}</ref> A writer for [[Complex Networks]] called his character "arguably the heart of [[Alias (season 1)|Season{{nbs}}1]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tharpe |first1=Frazier |title='Alias', One of the Aughts' Most Underrated TV Shows, Is Finally Streaming Again |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2020/05/alias-amazon-prime-streaming-jj-abrams-jennifer-garner |publisher=[[Complex Networks]] |access-date=March 18, 2022 |date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> As his screen time began to decrease, Cooper grew frustrated. Although he would work only three days, he requested creator [[J. J. Abrams]] to write his character off the show.<ref name="quitalias">{{cite news |last1=Fernández |first1=Alexia |title=Why Bradley Cooper Begged J.J. Abrams to Write Him Out of Alias at the Start of His Career |url=https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-asked-written-off-alias/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |work=People |date=January 17, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Shortly after his conversation with Abrams, Cooper tore his [[Achilles tendon]] while playing basketball. During his recovery, he considered quitting acting permanently, though in 2004, he was cast in ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'' (2005).<ref name="quitalias" /> During this period, he acted in the 2002 psychological thriller ''[[Changing Lanes]]''. The scenes in which he appeared were edited out of the final cut of the film, but are featured on the film's DVD and Blu-ray releases.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/693650?view=cast |title=BFI Film & TV Database: ''Changing Lanes'' 2002 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=August 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232020/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/693650?view=cast |archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/changing-lanes/9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110001207/http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/changing-lanes/9 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |title=''Changing Lanes'' DVD Review |last=Gonzalez |first=Ed |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=August 27, 2002 |access-date=August 28, 2011}}</ref> Other roles included in ''[[Bending All the Rules]]'' (2002),<ref name="cooper tomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bradley_cooper/ |title=Bradley Cooper |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=October 4, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008214358/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bradley_cooper/ |archive-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> the short-lived TV series ''[[Miss Match]]'' (2003),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvguide.com/tvshows/miss-match-2003/episode-5-season-1/i-got-you-babe/100301 |title=Watch Miss Match Season 1, Episode 5: I Got You Babe |work=TV Guide |access-date=November 24, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125173906/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/miss-match-2003/episode-5-season-1/i-got-you-babe/100301 |archive-date=November 25, 2015}}</ref> the television film ''[[I Want to Marry Ryan Banks]]'' (2004) and the [[WB Television Network|WB]] series ''[[Jack & Bobby]]'' (2004–2005).<ref name="tribute"/>
[[File:BradleyCooperCCJuly07.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cooper at an event for ''[[The Midnight Meat Train]]'' in 2007]]

Cooper's career prospects improved with a more prominent role in [[David Dobkin (director)|David Dobkin]]'s comedy ''Wedding Crashers'' alongside [[Owen Wilson]], [[Vince Vaughn]] and [[Rachel McAdams]].<ref name="biography">{{cite web |title=Bradley Cooper |url=http://www.biography.com/people/bradley-cooper-547062 |publisher=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=August 21, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901195932/http://www.biography.com/people/bradley-cooper-547062 |archive-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> In the film, he played Sack Lodge, the competitive, arrogant and aggressive boyfriend of Claire (McAdams), a role he described as "kind of a sociopath".<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper |url=http://www.people.com/people/bradley_cooper/biography |access-date=August 26, 2016 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829122532/http://www.people.com/people/bradley_cooper/biography |archive-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref> Cooper believed the antagonistic character changed people's perception of him, as he had previously played the "nice guy".<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper Says 'Wedding Crashers' Role Changed His Reputation |url=http://okmagazine.com/get-scoop/bradley-cooper-says-wedding-crashers-role-changed-his-reputation |access-date=August 21, 2016 |work=OK! |date=March 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150123094102/http://okmagazine.com/get-scoop/bradley-cooper-says-wedding-crashers-role-changed-his-reputation |archive-date=January 23, 2015}}</ref> With a production budget of $40{{nbs}}million, the film grossed over $285{{nbs}}million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wedding Crashers (2005) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=weddingcrashers.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 22, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606170423/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=weddingcrashers.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref> In September 2005, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] debuted the sitcom ''[[Kitchen Confidential (TV series)|Kitchen Confidential]]'', based on a memoir by chef [[Anthony Bourdain]], with Cooper in the leading role. Despite positive reviews for the series, the show was canceled after only four episodes due to low ratings.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adalian |first=Josef |title='OC' sees new slot amid Fox sked shakeup |url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117935016 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 21, 2005 |page=3 |access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Adalian |first=Josef |title=Alphabet has Star quality |url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117935067 |work=Variety |date=December 21, 2005 |page=1 |access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

In March 2006, Cooper starred as Pip/Theo in ''[[Three Days of Rain]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] with [[Julia Roberts]] and [[Paul Rudd]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben |title=Three Days of Rain – Review – Theater |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/20/theater/reviews/20rain.html |access-date=August 31, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016001917/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/20/theater/reviews/20rain.html |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by minor roles in the romantic comedy ''[[Failure to Launch]]'' (2006) and the satirical comedy ''[[The Comebacks]]'' (2007).<ref name=tribute>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/bradley-cooper/13310/ |title=Bradley Cooper biography |work=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date=November 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220218/http://www.tribute.ca/people/bradley-cooper/13310/ |archive-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> Cooper next appeared in the fifth season of ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' (2007) as Aidan Stone, a television star on the fictional show ''Hearts 'N Scalpels''. In 2008, he played the lead in ''[[Older than America]]'',<ref name="tribute"/> and appeared onstage in a production of [[Theresa Rebeck]]'s play ''The Understudy'' at the [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]] alongside [[Kristen Johnston]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/29/the_understudy_combines_comedy_and_kafka_in_williamstown/ |title='The Understudy' combines comedy and Kafka in Williamstown |last=Kennedy |first=Louise |date=July 28, 2008 |access-date=August 29, 2011 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224812/http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/29/the_understudy_combines_comedy_and_kafka_in_williamstown/ |archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Between his small roles of best friend to the main character in the 2008 comedies ''[[Yes Man (film)|Yes Man]]'' and ''[[The Rocker (film)|The Rocker]]'',<ref name="tribute"/> Cooper landed the lead role in the [[Ryuhei Kitamura]]-directed horror film ''[[The Midnight Meat Train]]'' (2008), based on [[Clive Barker]]'s 1984 [[Books of Blood#The Midnight Meat Train|short story of the same name]]. Playing the dark character of a freelance photographer who tries to track down a serial killer was a departure from Cooper's previous comedic roles and an experience he found enjoyable. The film received positive reviews from critics, though it earned little at the box office.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204349404578100900651413248 |title=The Sexiest Bipolar Man Alive |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=November 1, 2016 |author=Dodes, Rachel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220209/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204349404578100900651413248 |archive-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>
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===2009–2012: Breakthrough===
[[File:Bradley Cooper (3699322472) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Cooper at the premiere of ''[[The Hangover]]'' in 2009]]

In 2009, Cooper hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with musical guest [[TV on the Radio]], portraying actor [[Christian Bale]] in one sketch,<ref>{{cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt |url=https://tvguide.com/news/snl-baldwin-jonas-1002533/ |title=''SNL'' Valentine to You: Alec Baldwin and the Jonas Brothers |work=TV Guide |date=February 6, 2009 |access-date=November 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073714/http://www.tvguide.com/news/snl-baldwin-jonas-1002533/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> and appeared in a supporting role in the film ''[[He's Just Not That Into You (film)|He's Just Not That Into You]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allmovie.com/movie/hes-just-not-that-into-you-v393740/cast-crew |title=He's Just Not That Into You (2009) – Cast and Crew |publisher=[[AllMovie]] |access-date=November 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208154005/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/hes-just-not-that-into-you-v393740/cast-crew |archive-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> Cooper's breakthrough role came in [[Todd Phillips]]' comedy ''[[The Hangover]]'' (2009).<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Ricki |title=Post-Hangover bliss: Bradley Cooper interview |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9691230/Post-Hangover-bliss-Bradley-Cooper-interview.html |access-date=August 19, 2016 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926160021/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9691230/Post-Hangover-bliss-Bradley-Cooper-interview.html |archive-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> He played Phil Wenneck, one of three friends ([[Ed Helms]] and [[Zach Galifianakis]]) to wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas with [[Retrograde amnesia|no memory]] of the previous night. ''The Hangover'' was a commercial success and finished as among the highest-grossing [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|R-rated]] films in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm |title=Top Grossing R Rated Movies |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820163450/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Mr. Cooper{{nbs}}... offers the most interesting variation on an old standard, playing his aggressive, cocky frat boy with a snarl of rage that masks an anxiety as hard to account for as it is to miss."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=A. O. |title=Dudes Doing Vegas in Todd Phillips's Comedy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05hang.html |access-date=August 18, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=June 4, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802173041/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05hang.html |archive-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> For his performance Cooper received an award at the 13th [[Hollywood Film Festival]] and his first nomination for [[MTV Movie Awards]] ([[MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance|Best Comedic Performance]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodfest.com/2009/10/hollywood-fest-honors-julianne-moore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228232326/http://hollywoodfest.com/2009/10/hollywood-fest-honors-julianne-moore/ |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Hollywood Fest Honors Julianne Moore |publisher=[[Hollywood Film Festival]] |date=October 10, 2009 |access-date=August 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2010/ |title=2010 Movie Awards Winners |format=select "Winners" tab |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331225625/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2010/ |archive-date=March 31, 2010}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' opined that the film's success turned Cooper into "a bona fide leading man".<ref name="telegraph"/> Nevertheless, Cooper stated in a 2011 interview with ''[[Shave (magazine)|Shave]]'': "It's the same. I mean, look, more doors have been opened for sure, but it's not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered."<ref name="shavemagazine">{{cite web |url=http://www.shavemagazine.com/entertainment/Interview-Bradley-Cooper |title=Interview: Bradley Cooper |website=ShaveMagazine.com |first=Rameez |last=Karim |access-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527053810/http://www.shavemagazine.com/entertainment/Interview-Bradley-Cooper |archive-date=May 27, 2011}}</ref>

Also in 2009, Cooper featured in the psychological horror ''[[Case&nbsp;39]]'', a delayed production that had been filmed in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sperling |first1=Nicole |title=Renee Zellweger/Bradley Cooper film 'Case 39' finally gets a release date |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/08/19/renee-zellwegerbradley-cooper-film-case-39-finally-gets-a-release-date |access-date=August 24, 2016 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313102855/http://ew.com/article/2010/08/19/renee-zellwegerbradley-cooper-film-case-39-finally-gets-a-release-date/ |archive-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> He paired with [[Sandra Bullock]] in the comedy ''[[All About Steve]]'', a film that was panned by critics, failed to attract a wide audience and earned them a [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=allaboutsteve.htm |title=All About Steve |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713194338/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=allaboutsteve.htm |archive-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.razzies.com/history/09winners.asp |title=30th Annual Golden Raspberry ("Razzie") Award "Winners" |publisher=[[Razzie Awards]] |access-date=February 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517093309/http://www.razzies.com/history/09winners.asp |archive-date=May 17, 2014}}</ref> Following a role in one of eleven segments of the anthology film ''[[New York, I Love You]]'' (2009),<ref name="cooper tomatoes"/> Cooper appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy ''[[Valentine's Day (2010 film)|Valentine's Day]]'' (2010), directed by [[Garry Marshall]], co-starring with [[Julia Roberts]]. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $215{{nbs}}million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=valentinesday.htm |title=Valentine's Day (2010) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 8, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120175142/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=valentinesday.htm |archive-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref> He then starred in the comedy ''[[Brother's Justice]]'' and as the fictional character [[Templeton "Faceman" Peck]] in the feature film version of ''[[The A-Team (film)|The A-Team]]'' alongside [[Liam Neeson]], [[Quinton Jackson]], and [[Sharlto Copley]]. To prepare for the role, he abstained from consuming sugar, salt and flour, and underwent grueling workouts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper just too good |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bradley-cooper-just-too-good/142894 |access-date=August 19, 2016 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=November 18, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820185423/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bradley-cooper-just-too-good/142894 |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> The film released to negative reviews and poor box office returns.<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/a_team/ |title=The A-Team |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810104749/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_team/ |archive-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The A-Team (2010) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ateam.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812135452/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ateam.htm |archive-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> Tim Robey of ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote: "Cooper confirms his credentials as perhaps the most smugly narcissistic performer,"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/7916797/The-A-Team-review.html |title=The A-Team, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=July 29, 2010 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |author=Robey, Tim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009010631/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/7916797/The-A-Team-review.html |archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> while Nev Pierce of ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' credited both Cooper and Copley for "acing swagger and insanity respectively, who best both capture and yet re-forge their iconic characters".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://empireonline.com/movies/team/review/ |title=The A-Team review |work=Empire |date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |author=Pierce, Nev |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729185635/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/team/review/ |archive-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Cooper appeared as [[List of WWE Raw guest hosts|guest host]] of ''[[WWE Raw]]'' in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/07/the-a-team-hosts-wwes-first-ever-raw-viewers-choice-night/53361 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610063946/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/07/the-a-team-hosts-wwes-first-ever-raw-viewers-choice-night/53361 |archive-date=June 10, 2010 |title=The A-Team Hosts WWE's First Ever Raw Viewer's Choice Night |first=Bill |last=Gorman |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |date=June 7, 2010 |access-date=July 16, 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Bradley Cooper and Alex Proyas at SDCC 2011 (5967418430) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cooper at the 2011 [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]]]

In 2011, Cooper starred in the [[techno-thriller]] ''[[Limitless (film)|Limitless]]'', based on the 2001 novel ''[[The Dark Fields]]'' by [[Alan Glynn]]. In the [[Neil Burger]]-directed film, he played a struggling writer who is introduced to a [[nootropic]] drug that gives him the ability to fully utilize his brain and vastly improve his lifestyle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Limitless |url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/limitless-2011 |access-date=November 1, 2016 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=March 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021104944/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/limitless-2011 |archive-date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> The box office website [[Box Office Mojo]] was apprehensive of the film's financial prospects, but it emerged as a commercial success with a worldwide gross of $161{{nbs}}million.<ref>{{cite web |title=March 2011 Preview |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3099&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119082856/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3099&p=.htm |archive-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Limitless (2011) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darkfields.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116063637/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darkfields.htm |archive-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> A writer for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said of Cooper's performance that he "makes further strides toward major stardom, spelling excellent early spring returns and socko vid play".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koehler |first1=Robert |title=Review: 'Limitless' |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/limitless-1117944818/ |access-date=August 19, 2016 |work=Variety |date=March 15, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823030648/http://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/limitless-1117944818/ |archive-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref> Greater commercial success followed with the comedy sequel ''[[The Hangover Part&nbsp;II]]'' (2011), which earned over $580{{nbs}}million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hangover2.htm |title=The Hangover Part II (2011) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 8, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109060907/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hangover2.htm |archive-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> Reviews for the film were generally negative,<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hangover_2 |title=The Hangover Part II |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020160517/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hangover_2 |archive-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> but Mary Pols of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine complimented Cooper, writing that the actor "gives a knowing performance: he's both the peacock and the parody of one. He's blessed with good looks and fantastic timing, the kind that makes every line funnier, even the small asides."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pols |first1=Mary |title=The Hangover Part II: The Wolf Pack Is Back, and This Time They've Brought a Monkey |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/25/the-hangover-part-ii-review/ |access-date=August 19, 2016 |magazine=Time |date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028054414/http://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/25/the-hangover-part-ii-review/ |archive-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref> At the [[38th People's Choice Awards]], he was nominated for Favorite Comedic Movie Actor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2012 |title=People's Choice Awards 2012 Nominees & Winners |publisher=[[People's Choice Awards]] |access-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175611/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The year 2012 saw Cooper star in four films: ''[[The Words (film)|The Words]]'', ''[[Hit and Run (2012 film)|Hit and Run]]'', ''[[The Place Beyond the Pines]]'', and ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''. The mystery drama ''The Words'' failed commercially, as did the action comedy ''Hit and Run''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Words (2012) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=words2012.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905124439/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=words2012.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hit and Run (2012) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hitandrun.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708030744/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hitandrun.htm |archive-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> In [[Derek Cianfrance]]'s critically acclaimed crime drama ''The Place Beyond the Pines'',<ref>{{cite web |title=The Place Beyond The Pines |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_place_beyond_the_pines_2012/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709200212/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_place_beyond_the_pines_2012/ |archive-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> Cooper played a rookie police officer, a role Cianfrance specifically wrote for him. The director drove five hours to [[Montreal]] to meet with Cooper to convince him to take on the role. Cianfrance described Cooper's character as someone "paraded as a hero{{nbs}}... But inside him corruption is going on, conflict is raging inside, guilt and shame are buried."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Anne |title=Q & A: Director Cianfrance Talks 'The Place Beyond the Pines', Gosling and Cooper, Long Takes and 'Psycho' |url=https://indiewire.com/2013/08/q-a-director-cianfrance-talks-the-place-beyond-the-pines-gosling-and-cooper-long-takes-and-psycho-196535/ |work=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=August 18, 2016 |date=August 16, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822152402/http://www.indiewire.com/2013/08/q-a-director-cianfrance-talks-the-place-beyond-the-pines-gosling-and-cooper-long-takes-and-psycho-196535/ |archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> A reviewer for ''[[The Independent]]'' credited Cooper for "excelling as an archetype, the principled man who is personally rather dislikeable", adding, "I never imagined this actor capable of such layered character work."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Anthony |title=Film review: Ryan Gosling lends The Place Beyond the Pines its |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-ryan-gosling-lends-the-place-beyond-the-pines-its-headlong-fatalistic-charge-8569195.html |access-date=August 18, 2016 |work=The Independent |date=April 12, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818195554/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-ryan-gosling-lends-the-place-beyond-the-pines-its-headlong-fatalistic-charge-8569195.html |archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> Despite positive reviews, the film had moderate box office returns.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=placebeyondthepines.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904200954/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=placebeyondthepines.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>

Cooper starred with [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Jennifer Lawrence]] in [[David O. Russell]]'s romantic comedy-drama ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'', an adaptation of [[Matthew Quick]]'s serio-comic [[The Silver Linings Playbook|novel of the same name]]. He was cast as a divorced man with [[bipolar disorder]], a former teacher who finds companionship in a young, depressed widow (Lawrence). Cooper was initially skeptical about playing the part which he thought was out of his depth, but he later accepted the role inspired by Russell's confidence in him.<ref name="telegraph"/> The director was impressed with his performance in ''Wedding Crashers'', citing his "good bad-guy energy" and unpredictability as justification for casting;<ref>{{cite news |author=Whipp, Glenn |date=December 1, 2012 |title=''Silver Linings Playbook'': Bradley Cooper's good 'bad guy energy' |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-bradley-cooper-david-o-russell-silver-linings-bad-guy-energy-20121130,0,771333.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526111848/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-bradley-cooper-david-o-russell-silver-linings-bad-guy-energy-20121130%2C0%2C771333.story |archive-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref> he also thought Cooper would be able to demonstrate emotion and vulnerability onscreen.<ref>{{cite news |title=David O. Russell, 'Silver Linings Playbook' Director, On Reinventing Bradley Cooper And Robert De Niro |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/david-o-russell-silver-linings-playbook_n_2204837.html |access-date=August 18, 2016 |work=HuffPost |date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922194404/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/david-o-russell-silver-linings-playbook_n_2204837.html |archive-date=September 22, 2016}}</ref> To prepare, Cooper took dance training with choreographer [[Mandy Moore (choreographer)|Mandy Moore]], who describes Cooper as having "some real natural dancing ability".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shira |first1=Dahv |title=Behind the Scenes: How Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence Learned to Dance |url=https://people.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper-jennifer-lawrence-dance-scene-in-silver-linings-playbook/ |access-date=February 24, 2019 |work=People |date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921020620/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20652122%2C00.html |archive-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> The film was a box-office success, earning $236.4{{nbs}}million on a production budget of $21{{nbs}}million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Silver Linings Playbook |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=silverliningsplaybook.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203508/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=silverliningsplaybook.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote that Cooper "seizes the juiciest role of his career and meets every comic and dramatic challenge. There's an ache in his funny, touching and vital performance that resonates."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title=Silver Linings Playbook |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/silver-linings-playbook-20121115 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819043256/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/silver-linings-playbook-20121115 |archive-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> For his performance, he earned an [[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2013/ |title=2013 Movie Awards Winners |format=select "Winners" tab |publisher=MTV |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530070626/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2013/ |archive-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> and nominations for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="silver linings">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/oscars-2013-winners-list-from-the-academy-awards-20130224 |title=Oscars 2013: Winners List From the Academy Awards |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 24, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301012407/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/oscars-2013-winners-list-from-the-academy-awards-20130224 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}<br>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/14/golden-globes-2013-winners-list |title=Golden Globes 2013: full list of winners |newspaper=The Guardian |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193820/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/14/golden-globes-2013-winners-list |archive-date=August 8, 2016}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/race/sag-awards-2013-complete-list-415699 |title=SAG Awards 2013: Complete List of Winners |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221011516/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/sag-awards-2013-complete-list-415699 |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===2013–2017: Established actor===
In 2013, Cooper reprised his role as Phil Wenneck in the third and final installment of [[The Hangover (film series)|''The Hangover'' trilogy]], ''[[The Hangover Part&nbsp;III]]'', which was poorly reviewed by critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/grown_ups_2/news/1929621/vote_for_the_2013_razzie_awards_worst_screen_combo/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |title=Vote for the 2013 Razzie Awards Worst Screen Combo |access-date=February 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302044219/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grown_ups_2/news/1929621/vote_for_the_2013_razzie_awards_worst_screen_combo/ |archive-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> The critic for ''The Independent'' argued that Cooper was "reduced to mugging for the camera, offering reaction shots to nothing".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Anthony |title=Film review: The Hangover Part III – it tries hard to be funny but |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-the-hangover-part-iii-it-tries-hard-to-be-funny-but-fails-to-raise-a-solitary-guffaw-8630065.html |access-date=August 18, 2016 |work=The Independent |date=May 24, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828191534/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-the-hangover-part-iii-it-tries-hard-to-be-funny-but-fails-to-raise-a-solitary-guffaw-8630065.html |archive-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> Nevertheless, like its preceding entries, the film was a commercial success, grossing $362{{nbs}}million worldwide, and remains one of Cooper's highest-grossing releases.<ref name="mojo"/> Later that year, he took on the supporting role of an unhinged [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent in David O. Russell's crime comedy-drama ''[[American Hustle]]''. Inspired by the FBI's [[Abscam]] sting operation, the film is set against the backdrop of political corruption in 1970s New Jersey. It also starred Christian Bale, [[Amy Adams]], [[Jeremy Renner]] and Jennifer Lawrence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thewrap.com/american-hustle-jennifer-lawrence-amy-adams-christian-bale-bradley-cooper |title=Jennifer Lawrence Steals the Show in 'American Hustle' First Screening |website=[[TheWrap]] |date=November 25, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |author=Pond, Steve |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803081722/http://www.thewrap.com/american-hustle-jennifer-lawrence-amy-adams-christian-bale-bradley-cooper/ |archive-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref> ''American Hustle'' was a critical and commercial success with global revenues of $251.1{{nbs}}million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=davido2013.htm |title=American Hustle |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418185419/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=davido2013.htm |archive-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref> [[Kim Newman]] of ''Empire'' wrote: "Cooper is stuck with the least rewarding role, but keeps finding brilliant little bits of business to hold the attention," and praised "[Cooper's] spot impersonations of his overly cautious (but smart) boss".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://empireonline.com/movies/american-hustle/review/ |title=American Hustle Review |work=Empire |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |author=Neman, Kim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912143448/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/american-hustle/review/ |archive-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> Cooper was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA Award]], [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor|Critics' Choice Movie Award]], and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor]], but did not win any.<ref name="hustle">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/showbiz/oscars-2014-winners-list/ |title=Oscars 2014: Winners list |work=CNN |date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094411/http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/showbiz/oscars-2014-winners-list/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live}}<br>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/16/baftas-2014-winners-full-list |title=Baftas 2014: full list of winners |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 16, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808170403/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/16/baftas-2014-winners-full-list |archive-date=August 8, 2016}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/2014-critics-choice-awards-winners-671707 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: The Winners |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 16, 2014 |access-date=November 29, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017063852/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2014-critics-choice-awards-winners-671707 |archive-date=October 17, 2014}}<br>{{cite web |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list-story.html |title=Golden Globes 2014: The complete list of nominees and winners |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 12, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612182038/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list-story.html |archive-date=June 12, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Bradley Cooper avp 2014 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Cooper at the French premiere of ''[[American Hustle]]'' in 2014]]

Cooper reunited with Lawrence in the [[Susanne Bier]]-directed drama ''[[Serena (2014 film)|Serena]]'', an adaptation of [[Ron Rash]]'s period novel. The pair starred as a married couple who become involved in criminal activities after realizing that they cannot bear children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |last2=Brodesser-Akner |first2=Claude |title=Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence Reteam for ''Serena'' |url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2012/01/bradley-cooper-jennifer-lawrence-reteam-for-serena.html |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=January 30, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131185843/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2012/01/bradley-cooper-jennifer-lawrence-reteam-for-serena.html |archive-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> The picture was filmed in 2012, but was released in 2014 to negative reviews and poor box office returns.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.screendaily.com/new-susanne-bier-project-revealed/5063045.article |title=New Susanne Bier project revealed |work=[[Screen Daily]] |author=Jorn Rossing Jensen |date=October 30, 2013 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011172031/http://www.screendaily.com/new-susanne-bier-project-revealed/5063045.article |archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://vulture.com/2015/03/how-did-serena-go-straight-to-vod.html |title=Why Did This Movie Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper Go Straight to VOD? |work=New York |date=March 11, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |author=Sternbergh, Adam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819235816/http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/how-did-serena-go-straight-to-vod.html |archive-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Canberra Times]]''{{'}} Jake Wilson stated: "Cooper once again proves his value as a leading man who approaches his roles like a character actor."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Jake |title=Serena review: Jennifer Lawrence in her element in haunting, imperfect melodrama |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/serena-review-jennifer-lawrence-in-her-element-in-haunting-imperfect-melodrama-20141201-11xjm3.html |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=The Canberra Times |date=December 1, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915041128/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/serena-review-jennifer-lawrence-in-her-element-in-haunting-imperfect-melodrama-20141201-11xjm3.html |archive-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, Cooper provided the voice of [[Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Rocket Raccoon]] in the [[Marvel Studios]] film ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/story/21107/official_bradley_cooper_to_voice_rocket_raccoon_in_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy |title=Official: Bradley Cooper to Voice Rocket Raccoon in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy |publisher=[[Marvel Studios]] |date=August 30, 2013 |access-date=August 30, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228082518/http://marvel.com/news/movies/2013/8/30/21107/official_bradley_cooper_to_voice_rocket_raccoon_in_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy |archive-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> He returned to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] for the 2014 run of ''The Elephant Man'' as the severely deformed [[Joseph Merrick]]. Michael Coveney of [[Whatsonstage.com]] wrote of his performance: "Cooper avoids every trap of 'disability' acting by suffusing this outer appearance with soul and passion. It's a wonderful, and very moving, display."<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper in The Elephant Man – what the critics said |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/01/bradley-cooper-the-elephant-man-theatre-london |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=The Guardian |date=June 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920181336/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/01/bradley-cooper-the-elephant-man-theatre-london |archive-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> He garnered a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/tony-awards-nominations-announced-791965 |title=Tony Awards Nominations Announced |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=April 28, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429114523/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tony-awards-nominations-announced-791965 |archive-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>

Also in 2014, Cooper co-produced and starred as [[United States Navy SEAL]] sniper [[Chris Kyle]] in ''[[American Sniper]]'', a biographical war drama directed by [[Clint Eastwood]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/clint-eastwood-talks-direct-american-611186 |title=Clint Eastwood in Talks to Direct 'American Sniper' |date=August 21, 2013 |first=Borys |last=Kit |access-date=October 25, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112063345/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/clint-eastwood-talks-direct-american-611186 |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> The film tells the story of Kyle, who became the deadliest [[marksman]] in US military history, and is loosely based on the [[American Sniper (book)|eponymous memoir]]. To appear to be as large as Kyle, Cooper underwent extensive training and followed a rigorous diet, gaining {{convert|40|lb|kg}} of muscle.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weisman |first1=Aly |title=Here's The Intense Training Bradley Cooper Went Through To Gain 40 Pounds Of Muscle For 'American Sniper' |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/how-bradley-cooper-gained-weight-for-american-sniper-2015-1?IR=T |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=August 20, 2016 |date=January 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211516/http://www.businessinsider.com/how-bradley-cooper-gained-weight-for-american-sniper-2015-1?IR=T |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper's preparation also included lessons with a vocal coach, and studying footage of Kyle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |title=How Bradley Cooper transformed himself into Chris Kyle, 'American Sniper' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/01/20/how-bradley-cooper-trained-for-the-role-of-chris-kyle-in-american-sniper/ |access-date=August 20, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 20, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915122409/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/01/20/how-bradley-cooper-trained-for-the-role-of-chris-kyle-in-american-sniper/ |archive-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> To learn how to use a [[rifle]], the actor trained with US Navy SEAL veteran [[Kevin Lacz]], who served with Kyle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Porreca |first1=Brian |title=Inside 'American Sniper': How Clint Eastwood Cast a Real Navy SEAL |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/inside-american-sniper-how-clint-761807 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 16, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823111430/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/inside-american-sniper-how-clint-761807 |archive-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref> The film,<ref>{{cite web |title=American Sniper |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_sniper/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011050756/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_sniper/ |archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> and Cooper's performance, received generally positive reviews. The critic for ''Variety'' wrote, "an excellent performance from a bulked-up Bradley Cooper, this harrowing and intimate character study offers fairly blunt insights into the physical and psychological toll exacted on the front lines."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Justin |title=Film Review: 'American Sniper' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-american-sniper-1201354123/ |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=Variety |date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809220714/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-american-sniper-1201354123/ |archive-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref> Similar sentiments were echoed by ''[[USA Today]]''{{'}}s [[Claudia Puig]] who asserted, "It's clearly Cooper's show. Substantially bulked up and affecting a believable Texas drawl, Cooper embodies Kyle's confidence, intensity and vulnerability."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Puig |first1=Claudia |title=Bradley Cooper's aim is true in 'American Sniper' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/12/23/american-sniper-review/19157153/ |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820080515/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/12/23/american-sniper-review/19157153/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> ''American Sniper'' earned $547{{nbs}}million worldwide to become Cooper's highest-grossing live-action film and the third highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=bradleycooper.htm |title=Bradley Cooper |access-date=August 20, 2016 |website=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320091501/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=bradleycooper.htm |archive-date=March 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm |title=Domestic grosses by MPAA rating |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820163450/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=R&p=.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> Cooper won an [[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance|MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance]], and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor; the film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015 |title=The 87th Academy Awards (2015) Nominees and Winners |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=November 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201224651/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2015 |archive-date=December 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6531493/mtv-movie-awards-2015-winners-list |title=MTV Movie Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 12, 2015 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513154748/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6531493/mtv-movie-awards-2015-winners-list |archive-date=May 13, 2016}}</ref> With these nominations, Cooper became the tenth actor in history to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting in three consecutive years.{{efn|Other actors who have received nominations in three consecutive years include: [[Spencer Tracy]], [[Gary Cooper]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Richard Burton]], [[Jack Nicholson]], [[William Hurt]], and [[Russell Crowe]], while [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Al Pacino]] received nominations in four consecutive years. All but Burton won at least once.<ref name="sniper">{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-bradley-cooper-becomes-10th-764070 |title=Oscars: Bradley Cooper Becomes 10th Actor Ever To Score Three-Peat Nomination |first=Austin |last=Siegemund-Broka |date=January 15, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124030835/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-bradley-cooper-becomes-10th-764070 |archive-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>|name=sniper}}

None of Cooper's films released in 2015{{snd}}''[[Aloha (2015 film)|Aloha]]'', ''[[Burnt (film)|Burnt]]'', or ''[[Joy (film)|Joy]]''{{snd}}fared well at the box office.<ref name="mojo"/> He starred in [[Cameron Crowe]]'s ''Aloha'' with [[Emma Stone]] and [[Rachel McAdams]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2012/10/bradley-cooper-in-talks-to-star-with-emma-stone-in-cameron-crowe-directed-pic |title=Bradley Cooper In Talks To Star With Emma Stone In Cameron Crowe-Directed Pic |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=October 25, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194456/http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/bradley-cooper-in-talks-to-star-with-emma-stone-in-cameron-crowe-directed-pic/ |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> The project was the subject of [[Aloha (2015 film)#Whitewashing controversy|controversy]] after the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans accused the filmmakers of [[Whitewashing in film|whitewashing]] the cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/cameron-crowes-deep-tiki-criticized-depicting-797794 |title=Cameron Crowe's 'Deep Tiki' Criticized for Depicting "Whitewashed" Hawaii |date=May 23, 2015 |first=Ryan |last=Gajewski |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713160422/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cameron-crowes-aloha-criticized-depicting-797794 |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the backlash, he was nominated for [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy|Choice Movie Actor{{snd}}Comedy]] at the [[2015 Teen Choice Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Teen Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Full List |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/teen-choice-awards-winners-2015-full-list-1201571268/ |access-date=April 7, 2016 |work=Variety |date=August 16, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110215656/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/teen-choice-awards-winners-2015-full-list-1201571268/ |archive-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> In [[John Wells (filmmaker)|John Wells]]' drama ''[[Burnt (film)|Burnt]]'', Cooper 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",<ref>{{cite web |title=Burnt |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/burnt/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527013637/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/burnt |archive-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref> Jon Frosch of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' said: "[Cooper] gives a fully engaged performance that almost makes us want to forgive the movie's laziness. Almost."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frosch |first1=Jon |title='Burnt': Film Review |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/review/burnt-film-review-833139 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 21, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503214839/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/burnt-film-review-833139 |archive-date=May 3, 2016}}</ref> His supporting role in the biopic ''Joy'' reunited him with David O. Russell and Lawrence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collin |first1=Robbie |title=Joy review: 'Jennifer Lawrence's brilliant fairy tale' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/14/joy-review-jennifer-lawrences-brilliant-fairy-tale/ |access-date=August 21, 2016 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=December 31, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802192749/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/14/joy-review-jennifer-lawrences-brilliant-fairy-tale/ |archive-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he had a voice [[cameo appearance|cameo]] in the thriller ''[[10 Cloverfield Lane]]'', and played a supporting part in ''[[War Dogs (2016 film)|War Dogs]]'', co-produced under his and Todd Phillips's production company Joint Effort.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper makes an unexpected appearance in 10 Cloverfield Lane |url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/13/bradley-cooper-makes-an-unexpected-appearance-in-10-cloverfield-lane-5748775/ |access-date=August 21, 2016 |work=Metro |date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822012935/http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/13/bradley-cooper-makes-an-unexpected-appearance-in-10-cloverfield-lane-5748775/ |archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bradley Cooper Explains His 'War Dogs' Look |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bradley-cooper-explains-war-dogs/story?id=41461232 |work=[[ABC News]] |access-date=August 21, 2016 |date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820235451/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bradley-cooper-explains-war-dogs/story?id=41461232 |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Cooper again voiced Rocket Raccoon, in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]''.<ref name="GotGV2">{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/25742/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy_vol_2 |title=Marvel Studios Begins Production on Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' |publisher=Marvel Comics |date=February 17, 2016 |access-date=February 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619111927/http://marvel.com/news/movies/25742/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_guardians_of_the_galaxy_vol_2 |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2018–present: Professional expansion===
After reprising the role of Rocket Raccoon in ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018),<ref>{{cite web |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |url=https://slashfilm.com/avengers-infinity-war-cast/ |title=Which Characters Will (And Won't) Appear in 'Avengers: Infinity War' |publisher=[[/Film]] |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213832/http://www.slashfilm.com/avengers-infinity-war-cast/ |archive-date=June 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper directed his first film, ''[[A Star Is Born (2018 film)|A Star Is Born]]'', a remake of the 1937 [[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|film of same name]]. Cooper 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |title=First Look at Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in 'A Star Is Born' |journal=Variety |date=April 17, 2017 |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-star-is-born-photo-1202032227/ |access-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426225059/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-star-is-born-photo-1202032227/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> Having long aspired to direct a film, Cooper was keen on making a love story. People had warned him against directing a third remake, and he feared the film would end his directing career if it failed.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='A Star Is Born': Our intimate conversation with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/31/a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-interview/ |access-date=September 2, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 31, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901112537/https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/31/a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-interview/ |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[75th Venice International Film Festival]] in August 2018, and was released worldwide in October to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Venice: Lady Gaga on Bradley Cooper Bringing Out Her "Vulnerability" for 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-acting-debut-bradley-coopers-a-star-is-born-venice-film-festival-1138897 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831160321/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-acting-debut-bradley-coopers-a-star-is-born-venice-film-festival-1138897 |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_star_is_born_2018/ |title=A Star Is Born (2018) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014154912/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_star_is_born_2018/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> On Cooper's direction, [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that "to say that [Cooper] does a good job would be to understate his accomplishment" and that he "gets right onto the high wire".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gleiberman |first1=Owen |title=Venice Film Review: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-1202922858/ |access-date=September 2, 2018 |work=Variety |date=August 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901111449/https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-1202922858/ |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Brian Tallerico, writing for [[RogerEbert.com]], said Cooper "does some of the best work of his career" and gives "an excellent performance", praising his singing abilities and chemistry with Gaga.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tallerico |first1=Brian |title=A Star Is Born Movie Review & Film Summary (2018) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-star-is-born-2018 |publisher=RogerEbert.com |access-date=October 19, 2018 |language=en |date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910120824/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-star-is-born-2018 |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film earned over $436{{nbs}}million at the box office against a production budget of $36{{nbs}}million.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Star is Born (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2164360705/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028221401/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2164360705/ |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
[[File:Star Is Born 02 (31066433638) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cooper at the premiere of ''[[A Star Is Born (2018 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' in 2018. He starred, co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and contributed to its [[A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)|soundtrack]].]]

Cooper spent nearly four years working on the project, including spending five days a week taking voice, piano, and guitar lessons for six months in preparation for the role.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born-interview |title=Bradley Cooper on Making A Star Is Born, Against the Odds |publisher=[[W Magazine]] |date=October 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/movies/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born.html |title=Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile |first=Taffy |last=Brodesser-Akner |date=September 27, 2018 |access-date=April 4, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330192055/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/movies/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born.html |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> He and Gaga co-wrote and produced most of the songs on the [[A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)|soundtrack for ''A Star Is Born'']], which she insisted they record live. Cooper undertook vocal training for 18 months to prepare, including with the help of vocal coach [[Roger Love]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Hilary |title=Bradley Cooper Calls Lady Gaga's 'A Star Is Born' Performance 'A Revelation' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8363332/bradley-cooper-interview-a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-tribeca-film-festival |access-date=September 4, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |date=April 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623220247/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8363332/bradley-cooper-interview-a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-tribeca-film-festival |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a14326780/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-star-is-born-photo/ |title=Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Duet in a New 'A Star Is Born' Photo |last=Gonzales |first=Erica |date=December 6, 2017 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US |access-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125091556/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a14326780/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-star-is-born-photo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The album contains elements of [[blues rock]], [[Country music|country]] and [[bubblegum pop]].<ref name="TWP"/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' says its lyrics are about wanting change, its struggle, love, romance, and bonding, describing the music as "timeless, emotional, gritty and earnest. They sound like songs written by artists who, quite frankly, are supremely messed up but hit to the core of the listener."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bliss |first1=Karen |title=Lady Gaga Praises 'A Star Is Born' Co-Star Bradley Cooper's Talents at Toronto Premiere: 'He Sings From His Soul' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8474564/lady-gaga-praises-a-star-is-born-co-star-bradley-cooper-toronto |access-date=October 19, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911064138/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8474564/lady-gaga-praises-a-star-is-born-co-star-bradley-cooper-toronto |archive-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> The album's release coincided with the film's, and it contains 34 tracks, including 19 original songs. It received generally positive reviews from critics;<ref>{{cite web |title=A Star Is Born [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-star-is-born-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/lady-gaga/details |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 15, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018030059/https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-star-is-born-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/lady-gaga/details |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Mark Kennedy of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it a "five-star marvel" and Ben Beaumont-Thomas of ''[[The Guardian]]'' termed it an "instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might".<ref name="TWP">{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Mark |title=Review: 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack is a five-star marvel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/review-a-star-is-born-soundtrack-is-a-five-star-marvel/2018/10/04/6956aef2-c7e2-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html |date=October 4, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005030735/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/review-a-star-is-born-soundtrack-is-a-five-star-marvel/2018/10/04/6956aef2-c7e2-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/05/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper |title=A Star Is Born soundtrack review – instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=October 5, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014210839/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/05/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Commercially, the soundtrack reached number one in the US, Ireland and the UK.<ref>US: {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8479831/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-no-1-debut-billboard-200 |title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart |magazine=Billboard |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 14, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014231442/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8479831/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-no-1-debut-billboard-200 |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}<br>Ireland: {{cite web |title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association |url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2 |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |access-date=October 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010923075538/http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2 |archive-date=September 23, 2001 |url-status=live}}<br>UK: {{cite web |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=October 14, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830181650/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The record's lead single, "[[Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)|Shallow]]", was released that September<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gotrich |first1=Lars |title=Hear 'Shallow,' Lady Gaga's Slow-Burning Power Ballad From 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/27/652124946/hear-shallow-lady-gaga-s-slow-burning-power-ballad-from-a-star-is-born |publisher=NPR |date=September 27, 2018 |access-date=October 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010040331/https://www.npr.org/2018/09/27/652124946/hear-shallow-lady-gaga-s-slow-burning-power-ballad-from-a-star-is-born |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and reached number one in the US, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK.<ref>Australia: {{cite web |url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-hit-1-with-shallow |title=Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hit No. 1 with Shallow |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101819/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-hit-1-with-shallow |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}<br>Ireland: {{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jack |title=Official Irish Singles Chart: Lady Gaga scores her sixth Irish Number 1 single with Bradley Cooper duet Shallow |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-irish-singles-chart-lady-gaga-scores-her-sixth-irish-number-1-single-with-bradley-cooper-duet-shallow__24432/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014225611/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-irish-singles-chart-lady-gaga-scores-her-sixth-irish-number-1-single-with-bradley-cooper-duet-shallow__24432/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}<br>Switzerland: {{cite web |title=Hitparade.ch – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow |url=http://swisscharts.com/song/Lady-Gaga-&-Bradley-Cooper/Shallow-1799181 |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=October 16, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016212312/http://swisscharts.com/song/Lady-Gaga-%26-Bradley-Cooper/Shallow-1799181 |archive-date=October 16, 2018}}<br>UK: {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/54373/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper/ |title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper > Full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172024/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/54373/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper/ |archive-date=October 9, 2018 |url-status=live}}<br>US: {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bradley-cooper/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Bradley Cooper Chart History (Hot 100) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013023151/https://www.billboard.com/music/bradley-cooper/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

For the film, Cooper received a [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director]] and two Golden Globe nominations, for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Drama]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lewis |first1=Harry |title='Green Book' Named Best Film by National Board of Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/green-book-named-best-film-by-national-board-review-1164206 |access-date=November 28, 2018 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 27, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127224920/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/green-book-named-best-film-by-national-board-review-1164206 |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2019-1203082075/ |title=Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List |date=December 6, 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206150822/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2019-1203082075/ |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper earned two [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nominations for "Shallow": [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance]] (winning the latter). The soundtrack as a whole received seven Grammy nominations across two different ceremonies.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8489045/2019-grammy-nominees-full-list |title=Grammys 2019 Nominees: The Complete List |last=Lynch |first=Joe |access-date=December 14, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209194102/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8489045/2019-grammy-nominees-full-list |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[72nd British Academy Film Awards]], ''A Star Is Born'' received seven nominations, five of which were for Cooper: [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]], Best Actor in a Leading Role, [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Film Music]], winning only the last of these. As a result, Cooper became the first person with five nominations in a single ceremony in BAFTA's history.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The BAFTA Nominations Are In, and Bradley Cooper Just Made History |magazine=Vogue |date=January 9, 2019 |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/bafta-nominations-2019-bradley-cooper-makes-history |access-date=January 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123071450/https://www.vogue.com/article/bafta-nominations-2019-bradley-cooper-makes-history |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper was also nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/oscar-nominations-2019-list-1203112405/ |title=Oscar Nominations 2019: The Complete List |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 22, 2019 |access-date=January 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123013343/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/oscar-nominations-2019-list-1203112405/ |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> He later remarked that he was "embarrassed" by his failure to gain a [[Academy Award for Best Director|directing nomination]] at the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/02/bradley-cooper-oscars-best-director-snub |title=Bradley Cooper Felt "Embarrassed" by Oscar Best-Director Snub |last=Desta |first=Yohana |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 6, 2019 |language=en |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227035916/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/02/bradley-cooper-oscars-best-director-snub |url-status=live}}</ref>

Cooper next reunited with Clint Eastwood in ''[[The Mule (2018 film)|The Mule]]'' (2018), a crime film based on the life of [[World War II]] veteran [[Leo Sharp]] in which Cooper played a [[DEA]] agent.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/clint-eastwood-bradley-cooper-mule-trailer-1202969842/ |title=Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper Reunite in Trailer for Drug Drama 'The Mule' |work=Variety |first=Dave |last=McNary |date=October 4, 2018 |access-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008075532/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/clint-eastwood-bradley-cooper-mule-trailer-1202969842/ |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Cooper co-produced Todd Phillips's psychological thriller ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'', starring [[Joaquin Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/joker-movie-cast/#images |title=Full 'Joker' Cast List Reveals Shea Whigham, Glenn Fleshler, and More |date=September 17, 2018 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918032854/http://collider.com/joker-movie-cast/#images |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> It grossed over $1{{nbs}}billion worldwide, making it the [[List of highest-grossing R-rated films|highest-grossing R-rated film]] of all time, and earned him nominations for an Academy Award for Best Picture and a BAFTA Award for Best Film.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/movies/oscar-nominations-academy-awards.html |title=Oscar Nominations 2020: 'Joker' and 'Irishman' Lead the Nominees |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |work=The New York Times |date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114120904/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/movies/oscar-nominations-academy-awards.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/10/25/joker-highest-grossing-r-rated-film-ever/ |title='Joker' is now the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106163013/https://ew.com/movies/2019/10/25/joker-highest-grossing-r-rated-film-ever/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51013333 |title=Bafta Film Awards 2020: The nominations in full |work=BBC News |date=January 7, 2020 |access-date=January 8, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109033832/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51013333 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper returned as Rocket in ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019), which briefly became the highest-grossing of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |title=All Time Box Office: Worldwide Grosses |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423012551/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Both of Cooper's 2021 releases{{snd}}the coming-of-age comedy drama ''[[Licorice Pizza]]'' and the psychological thriller ''[[Nightmare Alley (2021 film)|Nightmare Alley]]''{{snd}}received critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite web |title=Licorice Pizza |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/licorice_pizza |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=January 15, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115033851/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/licorice_pizza |url-status=live}}<br>{{cite web |title=Nightmare Alley |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nightmare_alley_2021 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=January 15, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127174558/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nightmare_alley_2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> but fared poorly at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Licorice Pizza |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt11271038 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212183909/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt11271038/ |url-status=live}}<br>{{cite web |title=Nightmare Alley |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7740496 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218191119/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7740496/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In his eight-minute role of film producer [[Jon Peters]] in [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]'s ''Licorice Pizza'', Jenelle Riley of ''Variety'' found Cooper to be a "scene-stealer". Riley wrote he "somehow manages to be both absurd and menacing. It's the rare scene that is almost too intense to watch, yet you also don't want it to end."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Riley |first1=Jenelle |title=Why Limited Screen Time Shouldn't Prevent Bradley Cooper From Being an Oscar Frontrunner for 'Licorice Pizza' |url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/bradley-cooper-supporting-actor-consideration-oscar-licorice-pizza-1235131224/ |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=Variety |date=December 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223012755/https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/bradley-cooper-supporting-actor-consideration-oscar-licorice-pizza-1235131224/ |archive-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref> ''Nightmare Alley'', an adaption of [[William Lindsay Gresham]]'s [[Nightmare Alley (novel)|namesake novel]], cast Cooper as an ambitious carnival worker, for which he took boxing lessons and performed his first full frontal nude scene, which he found challenging. Owing to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the film took a long time to finish.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Kim |title=How Bradley Cooper had to be naked emotionally and physically in 'Nightmare Alley' |url=https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-business/bradley-cooper/licorice-pizza-nightmare-alley |publisher=[[KCRW]] |access-date=January 16, 2022 |language=en |date=January 14, 2022 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116193503/https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-business/bradley-cooper/licorice-pizza-nightmare-alley |url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing his films in 2021, critic Charles Bramesco opined Cooper gave "his most vulnerable and harrowing performance to date" in ''Nightmare Alley''.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |last1=Bramesco |first1=Charles |title=Bradley Cooper's Entire Career Has Been Leading Up to This Moment |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bradley-coopers-entire-career-leading-134925097.html |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |access-date=January 16, 2022 |date=December 23, 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116193502/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bradley-coopers-entire-career-leading-134925097.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper garnered a fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moreau |first1=Jordan |last2=Grantham-Philips |first2=Wyatte |title=Oscar Nominations 2022: The Complete List |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-oscar-nominations-list-nominees-1235172582/ |access-date=February 8, 2022 |work=Variety |date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208171926/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/2022-oscar-nominations-list-nominees-1235172582/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Cooper voiced Rocket in the 2022 [[Disney+]] series ''[[I Am Groot]]'' and special ''[[The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special]]'', and did so again in the 2023 film ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Wilson |date=July 22, 2022 |title='I Am Groot' Drops Trailer, Renewed For Five Additional Episodes |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/i-am-groot-trailer-vin-diesel-1235279375/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722212354/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/i-am-groot-trailer-vin-diesel-1235279375/ |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 23, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=November 23, 2022 |title=James Gunn Brings Hilarious, Holiday Hijinks in Instantly Classic 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Special: TV Review |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/tv-reviews/guardians-galaxy-holiday-special-review-1235439842/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124155501/https://variety.com/2022/tv/tv-reviews/guardians-galaxy-holiday-special-review-1235439842/ |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jirak |first=Jamie |date=November 18, 2022 |title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: James Gunn Teases Rocket's Emotional Ending (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-james-gunn-teases-rockets-emotional-ending-exclusive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119161615/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-james-gunn-teases-rockets-emotional-ending-exclusive/ |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref> The last of these focussed on Rocket's traumatic past. It led Jackson Weaver of [[CBC News]] to term Cooper "one of the few genuinely talented live actor turned voice actors".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cbc.ca/news/entertainment/guardians-of-the-galaxy-review-1.6832838 |first=Jackson |last=Weaver |website=[[CBC News]] |date=May 5, 2023 |title=Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is, depressingly, the best Marvel movie since Endgame |access-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514041213/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/guardians-of-the-galaxy-review-1.6832838 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper next directed, produced and co-wrote ''[[Maestro (2023 film)|Maestro]]'' (2023), a biographical drama about the relationship between composer [[Leonard Bernstein]] and his wife [[Felicia Montealegre Bernstein|Felicia Montealegre]], in which he also portrayed Bernstein opposite [[Carey Mulligan]]'s Montealegre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/maestro-first-look-bradley-cooper-leonard-bernstein-1234729434/ |title='Maestro' First Look: Bradley Cooper Is Leonard Bernstein in 'A Star Is Born' Follow-Up |last=Zilko |first=Christian |date=May 30, 2022 |website=Indiewire}}</ref> He was hired by filmmaker [[Steven Spielberg]] to direct the project after a screening of ''A Star is Born''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/amp/Entertainment_News/TV/2022/01/12/Bradley-Cooper-Late-Show-Maestro/7891641992764/ |title=Bradley Cooper says Steven Spielberg hired him to helm 'Maestro' |work=UPI |first=Wade |last=Sheridan |date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=August 20, 2023}}</ref> Controversy arose over Cooper's use of a [[Nose prosthesis|prosthetic nose]] to play Bernstein, which some considered an example of "[[Jewface]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/16/bradley-cooper-in-jewface-storm-after-leonard-bernstein-trailer-reveals-prosthetic-nose |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816153643/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/16/bradley-cooper-in-jewface-storm-after-leonard-bernstein-trailer-reveals-prosthetic-nose |title=Bradley Cooper in 'Jewface' storm after Leonard Bernstein trailer reveals prosthetic nose |date=August 16, 2023 |work=The Guardian |access-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper was defended by both Bernstein's children and the [[Anti-Defamation League]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Bradley Cooper Defended by Leonard Bernstein Family Over ''Maestro'' Prosthetic Nose |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 16, 2023 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bradley-cooper-leonard-bernstein-family-maestro-prosthetic-nose-1235567972/ |access-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817190341/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bradley-cooper-leonard-bernstein-family-maestro-prosthetic-nose-1235567972/ |archive-date=August 17, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |title=Bradley Cooper's Prosthetic Nose in 'Maestro' Is Not Antisemitic, Anti-Defamation League Says |magazine=Variety |date=August 21, 2023 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/bradley-cooper-prosthetic-nose-maestro-not-antisemitic-anti-defamation-league-1235701214/ |access-date=August 23, 2023}}</ref> Reviewing the film for [[BBC Culture]], Nicholas Barber wrote, "''Maestro'' confirms what was suggested by Cooper's directorial debut, ''A Star Is Born''. He has sky-high ambitions, and he has the technical virtuosity and big-hearted sincerity to fulfil those ambitions with flair".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barber |first=Nicholas |date=September 2, 2023 |title=Maestro review: Bradley Cooper's Bernstein biopic is a hit |publisher=[[BBC Culture]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230902-maestro-review-bradley-coopers-bernstein-biopic-is-a-hit |access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref> He earned two more BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his direction and performance, in addition to three more Academy Award nominations for his production, writing, and performance.<ref name="ggnom23">{{cite web |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=Golden Globe Nominations: 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer' Top Movie List; 'Succession' Leads Way In TV |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/golden-globe-nominations-2024-1235660995/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=December 11, 2023 |date=December 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first1=Alex |last1=Ritman |last2=Shafer |first2=Ellise |date=January 18, 2024 |title=BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'Oppenheimer' and 'Poor Things' Lead as 'Barbie' Falls Short |url=https://variety.com/2024/awards/global/bafta-film-awards-nominations-2024-1235876088/ |access-date=January 18, 2024 |work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/2024-oscar-nominations-list-1235801088/ |access-date=January 23, 2024}}</ref>

Cooper will next produce Phillips' sequel ''[[Joker: Folie à Deux]]'', starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/joker-2-image-joaquin-phoenix/ |title='Joker 2': Joaquin Phoenix Returns in First Look at Sequel (Photo) |website=TheWrap |first=Umberto |last=Gonzalez |date=December 10, 2022 |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Bradley Cooper, July 2009 (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cooper speaking during a United Service Organizations tour in 2009]]

Cooper's early years in the entertainment industry were marred with difficulties. When his role in the [[Alias (season 2)|second season]] of ''Alias'' was demoted to a minuscule part, he considered quitting show business.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-hustle-star-bradley-cooper-666231 |title=Bradley Cooper Wanted to 'Kill Myself' While Filming 'Alias' |date=December 17, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 21, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011182141/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/american-hustle-star-bradley-cooper-666231 |archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> His substance addiction and doubts about his career triggered thoughts of suicide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1065256/bradley-cooper-suicide-actor-wanted-to-kill-himself-because-of-early-career-doubt/#Qr93JmW5QWZtiqMK.99 |title=Bradley Cooper Suicide: Actor Wanted To 'Kill Himself' Because of Early Career Doubt |first=Gregory |last=Wakeman |date=December 17, 2013 |work=[[Inquisitr]] |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094204/http://www.inquisitr.com/1065256/bradley-cooper-suicide-actor-wanted-to-kill-himself-because-of-early-career-doubt/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Cooper credits his friend and fellow actor [[Will Arnett]] with helping him address his substance abuse and seek therapy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/entertainment/bradley-cooper-addiction/index.html |title=Bradley Cooper shares how Will Arnett helped him get sober |last=Garvey |first=Marianne |website=CNN |date=June 15, 2022 |access-date=June 16, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Cooper has [[Teetotalism|abstained]] from alcohol since 2004, remarking that it would have destroyed his life.<ref name="thr2012" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/cooper-booze-would-have-ruined-me-29849280.html |title=Cooper: Booze would have ruined me |date=December 18, 2013 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219030534/http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/cooper-booze-would-have-ruined-me-29849280.html |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{blockquote|I was at a party and deliberately bashed my head on the concrete floor{{snd}}like, 'Hey, look how tough I am!' And I came up, and blood dripped down. And then I did it again. I spent the night{{nbs}}... [in] [h]ospital with a sock of ice, waiting for them to stitch me up. I was so concerned what you thought of me, how I was coming across, how I would survive the day. I always felt like an outsider. I just lived in my head. I realized I wasn't going to live up to my potential, and that scared the hell out of me. I thought, 'Wow, I'm actually gonna ruin my life; I'm really gonna ruin it.'|Cooper|''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', September 2012<ref name="thr2012"/>}}

Cooper 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fromm |first=Emily |date=May 2, 2007 |title=Jennifer Esposito, Bradley Cooper Split |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jennifer-esposito-bradley-cooper-split/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108013648/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20037538%2C00.html |archive-date=January 8, 2011 |access-date=July 16, 2010 |work=People}}</ref> Regarding their short marriage, he explained, "It was just something that happened. The good thing is, we both realized it{{nbs}}... Sometimes you just realize it."<ref>{{cite news |date=March 16, 2011 |title=Bradley Cooper's Four-Month Marriage to Jennifer Esposito: "Things Happen!" |work=OK! |url=https://okmagazine.com/news/bradley-coopers-four-month-marriage-jennifer-esposito-things-happen/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721073220/https://okmagazine.com/news/bradley-coopers-four-month-marriage-jennifer-esposito-things-happen/ |archive-date=July 21, 2018}}</ref> Before his marriage to Esposito, he met [[Renée Zellweger]] while filming ''Case 39'' in 2006. The media speculated about the nature of their relationship in 2009, when the film was released. They reportedly broke up in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jordan |first1=Julie |date=March 18, 2011 |title=Bradley Cooper & Renée Zellweger Break Up |work=People |url=https://people.com/celebrity/renee-zellweger-bradley-cooper-split/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709224248/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20474988%2C00.html |archive-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zakarin |first=Jordan |date=March 16, 2011 |title=Bradley Cooper Talks Dating Renee Zellweger, Losing Virginity |work=HuffPost |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/bradley-cooper-talks-dati_n_836391.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319003509/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/bradley-cooper-talks-dati_n_836391.html |archive-date=March 19, 2011}}</ref> He dated actress [[Zoe Saldaña]] from December 2011 to January 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Nudd, Tim |date=January 3, 2013 |title=Buzz:Bradley Cooper & Zoe Saldana Split Again |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url=https://people.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper-zoe-saldana-split-report/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224125/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20661141%2C00.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> He subsequently began dating English model and actress [[Suki Waterhouse]] in March 2013; their relationship ended two years later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse Split |url=https://people.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper-and-suki-waterhouse-break-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721073308/https://people.com/celebrity/bradley-cooper-and-suki-waterhouse-break-up/ |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref> Cooper was in a relationship with Russian model [[Irina Shayk]] from April 2015 to June 2019.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 5, 2015 |title=Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk are dating |work=[[Hello (magazine)|Hello]] |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2015050525043/bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-dating/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041445/http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2015050525043/bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-dating/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk Split After 4 Years Together |url=https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-split/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607032532/https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-split/ |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=June 7, 2019 |website=People |language=en}}</ref> They have a daughter together, Lea de Seine, born in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |title=With A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper Is Going from Underdog to Superstar |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005071858/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/bradley-cooper-a-star-is-born-interview |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2018 |website=Wmagazine.com |date=October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Will the Real Irina Shayk Please Stand Up |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27610049/irina-shayk-interview-2019/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712171531/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27610049/irina-shayk-interview-2019/ |archive-date=July 12, 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |quote=Lea de Seine, who she reveals is named after Shayk's paternal grandmother, Galina. 'The second part is the Seine, like the river in Paris,' she explains, offering one of the few morsels she's willing to extend about her daughter.}}</ref>

Cooper and his family share a close bond. Two years after the death of his father from [[lung cancer]] in 2011, he relocated to Los Angeles with his mother.<ref name="LATM2">{{cite news |last1=Saad |first1=Nardine |date=April 16, 2013 |title=Bradley Cooper explains why he lives with his mom |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/16/entertainment/la-et-mg-bradley-cooper-mom-details-20130416 |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910134401/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/16/entertainment/la-et-mg-bradley-cooper-mom-details-20130416 |archive-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> He said that after his father's diagnosis "I was in a very lucky position because I was able to put everything on hold in all aspects of my life and completely focus on taking care of him." He has described the process of his father's treatment as "just simply overwhelming, incredibly stressful, complex and all consuming".<ref name="peopl">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Michael |date=April 14, 2016 |title=Bradley Cooper Gets Emotional About Losing His Dad to Cancer at Launch of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy |work=People |url=https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-gets-emotional-about-losing-his-dad-to-cancer/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921062035/http://www.people.com/article/bradley-cooper-emotional-losing-dad-cancer-sean-parker- |archive-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> He has since supported organizations that help fight cancer.<ref name="peopl" /> In June 2014, he joined the board of directors for the charity [[Hole in the Wall Gang Camp]], a non-profit organization that serves people coping with cancer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=June 4, 2014 |title=Bradley Cooper Joins Board of Directors for Paul Newman-Founded Charity |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/bradley-cooper-joins-board-of-directors-for-paul-newman-founded-charity-1201211446/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082754/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/bradley-cooper-joins-board-of-directors-for-paul-newman-founded-charity-1201211446/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, he participated in the launch of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy that works for cancer patients.<ref name="peopl" /> He served as an executive producer for [[Stand Up to Cancer]]'s Fifth Biennial Telecast, a primetime fundraising [[television special|special]] that aired in September.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roshanian |first1=Arya |date=September 9, 2016 |title=Hollywood's Biggest Stars Show Support at 'Stand Up to Cancer' Telecast |url=https://variety.com/2016/scene/vpage/stand-up-to-cancer-telecast-bradley-cooper-katie-couric-1201856577/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022091441/http://variety.com/2016/scene/vpage/stand-up-to-cancer-telecast-bradley-cooper-katie-couric-1201856577/ |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2016 |website=Variety}}</ref>

In 2009, Cooper took part in an [[Alzheimer's Association]] campaign that aimed to increase awareness about [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 24, 2009 |title=Purple-garbed stars support the fight against Alzheimer's |work=USA Today |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-23-alzheimers-celebrities_N.htm |url-status=live |access-date=August 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930191009/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-23-alzheimers-celebrities_N.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref> He is also one of the members of the Alzheimer's Association Celebrity Champions, an initiative launched for a similar purpose.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alzheimer's Association Celebrity Champions |url=https://www.alz.org/annual_report/downloads/celebrity-champions.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111830/https://www.alz.org/annual_report/downloads/celebrity-champions.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=August 30, 2016 |publisher=[[Alzheimer's Association]]}}</ref> In 2015, Cooper spoke at [[The National Geographic Society]] for the group Got Your 6 to help ensure military veterans are better represented in popular culture.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Bradley Cooper Among Panelists for 'Got Your 6' Event for Veterans in Entertainment |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/bradley-cooper-expected-to-speak-at-white-house-got-your-6-event-for-veterans-1201418917/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731231434/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/bradley-cooper-expected-to-speak-at-white-house-got-your-6-event-for-veterans-1201418917/ |archive-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref> Cooper is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and attended the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]] (when [[Hillary Clinton]] received the nomination for president) to hear then-president [[Barack Obama]] speak.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shoard |first1=Catherine |date=July 29, 2016 |title=Bradley Cooper criticised by American Sniper fans for supporting Hillary |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/29/bradley-cooper-american-sniper-hillary-clinton-dnc |url-status=live |access-date=August 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830231818/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/29/bradley-cooper-american-sniper-hillary-clinton-dnc |archive-date=August 30, 2016}}</ref> Following his role in ''American Sniper'', he clarified his political affiliation for those who assumed he was a conservative and that he regards Barack Obama as "an incredible president".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilstein |first1=Matt |date=August 3, 2016 |title=Bradley Cooper Doesn't Get DNC Uproar: Obama Was 'An Incredible President' |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/bradley-cooper-doesn-t-get-dnc-uproar-obama-was-an-incredible-president.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826215159/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/bradley-cooper-doesn-t-get-dnc-uproar-obama-was-an-incredible-president.html |archive-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> Cooper signed a letter calling for decisive action to stop [[climate change]] and [[biodiversity loss]].<ref>{{cite news |title=200 stars urge 'serious' action on climate change in letter to Le Monde |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180903-climate-change-environment-letter-artists-scientists-le-monde-binoche-france |access-date=December 20, 2023 |agency=France24 |publisher=Le Mond |date=September 3, 2018}}</ref>

Having grown up in Philadelphia, Cooper is a fan of the [[National Football League]]'s [[Philadelphia Eagles|Eagles]] and has made various appearances on behalf of the team besides his ''Silver Linings Playbook'' role. He voiced a snowball trying to make amends with [[Santa Claus]] in an [[ESPN]] promo which referenced an [[Philadelphia Eagles Santa Claus incident|infamous incident]] from the [[1968 Philadelphia Eagles season]], and has joined owner [[Jeffrey Lurie]] in his box at games, including the Eagles' [[Super Bowl LII|first Super Bowl victory]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 4, 2018 |title=Yep, Bradley Cooper really loves the Philadelphia Eagles |work=[[SBNation]] |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/2/1/16934598/super-bowl-52-bradley-cooper-philadelphia-eagles-fan |url-status=live |access-date=February 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204052337/https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/2/1/16934598/super-bowl-52-bradley-cooper-philadelphia-eagles-fan |archive-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

==Media image and artistry==
''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'s}} Bill Phelps describes Cooper as the "epitome of cool".<ref name="thr2012"/> While his friends found him to be a "sweet, exceptionally open man with the defensive, insecure person" before his alcoholism, [[Brian Klugman]] (''The Words''{{'}} co-director and a childhood friend) says of him, "There's nobody who's better liked."<ref name="thr2012"/> Todd Phillips (the director of ''The Hangover Trilogy'') believes that Cooper's on-screen persona strongly contradicts with his personality. "He is very vulnerable{{snd}}insecure is not the right word{{nbs}}... And there's a warmth to him you would never know."<ref name="thr2012"/> Contrary to Phillips, Cooper believes that his personality relates to acting: "I enjoy people, that makes this profession a lot easier, and I can sleep anywhere. That's a skill."<ref name="telegraph"/>

As part of a career analysis, Oliver Lyttelton of [[IndieWire]] observed that early in his career, Cooper was [[Typecasting|typecast]] as "weaselly boyfriends or best friends in mainstream comedies", but later emerged as one of Hollywood's most accomplished actors after starring in several successful films.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyttelton |first1=Oliver |title=From 'Alias' To 'American Sniper': How Bradley Cooper Became One Of Hollywood's Biggest Stars |url=https://indiewire.com/2015/01/from-alias-to-american-sniper-how-bradley-cooper-became-one-of-hollywoods-biggest-stars-268280/ |publisher=IndieWire |access-date=August 27, 2016 |date=January 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617132421/http://www.indiewire.com/2015/01/from-alias-to-american-sniper-how-bradley-cooper-became-one-of-hollywoods-biggest-stars-268280/ |archive-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref> Cooper is known for appearing in a range of films;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bissinger |first1=Buzz |title=Cover Exclusive: Bradley Cooper Speaks About his Struggle with Addiction |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/bradley-cooper-cover-addiction-american-sniper#3 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911101340/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/bradley-cooper-cover-addiction-american-sniper |archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> Phelps credited him for "opt[ing] for the challenging and provocative, the small and interesting, risking the laid-back image that propelled him to fame".<ref name="thr2012"/> ''[[The Daily Beast]]''{{'}}s Oliver Lyttelton similarly praised Cooper for stepping outside his comfort zone by accepting parts that might initially not seem like perfect matches.<ref name="beast">{{cite news |last1=Schager |first1=Nick |title=How Bradley Cooper Became the World's Biggest Movie Star |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/08/how-bradley-cooper-became-the-world-s-biggest-movie-star.html |access-date=August 27, 2016 |work=The Daily Beast |date=March 8, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709162318/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/08/how-bradley-cooper-became-the-world-s-biggest-movie-star.html |archive-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine wrote of Cooper's craft: "It's hard to make people, especially your friends, forget who you are onscreen. But Bradley's that good."<ref name="time">{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper: The World's 100 Most Influential People |url=http://time.com/3822978/bradley-cooper-2015-time-100/ |access-date=August 27, 2016 |magazine=Time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826055606/http://time.com/3822978/bradley-cooper-2015-time-100/ |archive-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Bradley Cooper TIFF 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cooper at the [[2012 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

Cooper cites actor [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as his favorite.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wakefield |first=Cassey |title=Bradley Cooper: The Whirlwind Life of an Ultimate Leading Man |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6qEyMoTK0sC |year=2011 |publisher=Ebook.GD Publishing |isbn=978-1-61323-025-1}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Films that had influences include the French romantic drama ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'' (1959), the coming-of-age feature ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]'' (1962), the war films ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978) and ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979), ''The Elephant Man'' (1980), and comedies featuring [[Richard Pryor]].<ref name="weltbild"/> Reviewing his performances in ''Licorice Pizza'' and ''Nightmare Alley'', critic Charles Bramesco likened Cooper's screen persona to [[Joseph Merrick]], a severely deformed man in the [[Victorian era]], whom Cooper played in the 2014 Broadway play ''The Elephant Man''. Bramesco wrote:
{{blockquote|[Merrick] declined external help and instead conjured a certain animalistic quality from within himself to be measured against his core humanity. That negotiation between civility and our baser impulses{{snd}}the ego versus the id, for the psychoanalytically inclined{{snd}}forms the foundation of Cooper's classical leading-man screen persona. One of our last true movie stars has spent the majority of his career reiterating the internal tension of the role he's clung to like Rosebud, coaxing out the troubled chaos from within put-together men.<ref name="yahoo"/>}}

Cooper's sex appeal has been picked up by several media outlets, including ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, which named him Sexiest Man Alive in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20315920_20545580,00.html |title=Bradley Cooper Is ''People''{{'}}s Sexiest Man Alive! |date=November 16, 2011 |work=People |last2=Triggs |first2=Charlotte |access-date=November 18, 2011 |first1=Alexis |last1=Chiu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118004636/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0%2C%2C20315920_20545580%2C00.html |archive-date=November 18, 2011}}</ref> He was initially uncomfortable with the accolade, but later found it funny.<ref name="telegraph"/> In a June 2011 interview with ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', Cooper said, "Fall in love with my looks, fine, but stay with me for my talent."<ref name="esquire">{{cite news |last1=Taddeo |first1=Lisa |title=Dinner with Bradley |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a10100/bradley-cooper-interview-0611/ |access-date=February 2, 2022 |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201145424/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a10100/bradley-cooper-interview-0611/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Also that year, he was dubbed International Man of the Year by ''[[GQ]]'' and appeared in [[AskMen]]'s 49 most influential men.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/874670-u2-and-matt-smith-among-winners-at-gq-men-of-the-year-awards |title=U2 and Matt Smith among winners at GQ Men of the Year awards |last=Harmsworth |first=Andrei |date=September 6, 2011 |newspaper=Metro |access-date=March 18, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223133733/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/874670-u2-and-matt-smith-among-winners-at-gq-men-of-the-year-awards |archive-date=December 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stephenson |first1=Alison |title=Steve Jobs tops AskMen's 49 most influential men list for 2011 |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/steve-jobs-named-the-worlds-most-influential-man-in-askmens-49-most-influential-men-list/story-e6frfmqi-1226169891436 |access-date=August 29, 2016 |website=[[News.com.au]] |date=October 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227035917/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/steve-jobs-named-the-worlds-most-influential-man-in-askmens-49-most-influential-men-list/news-story/623569b4a395075d3d59c04c7223448f |url-status=live}}</ref> He ranked tenth on ''Empire''{{'s}} list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars: The Top 20 |url=https://empireonline.com/movies/features/100-sexiest/ |access-date=August 29, 2016 |work=Empire |date=October 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828220419/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-sexiest/ |archive-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> He was one of the highest-paid actors in the world from 2013 to 2015 and in 2019, earning $28{{nbs}}million, $46{{nbs}}million, $41.5{{nbs}}million, and $57{{nbs}}million, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy |title=Bradley Cooper And Lena Dunham Top Our List Of Celebrity 100 Up and Comers |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/06/26/bradley-cooper-and-lena-dunham-top-our-list-of-celebrity-100-up-and-comers/ |access-date=August 27, 2016 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920222811/http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/06/26/bradley-cooper-and-lena-dunham-top-our-list-of-celebrity-100-up-and-comers/ |archive-date=September 20, 2016}}<br>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/08/04/the-worlds-highest-paid-actors-2015-robert-downey-jr-leads-with-80-million-haul/ |title=The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2015: Robert Downey Jr. Leads With $80 Million Haul |date=August 4, 2015 |work=Forbes |last1=Robehmed |first1=Natalie |access-date=August 22, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813124942/http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/08/04/the-worlds-highest-paid-actors-2015-robert-downey-jr-leads-with-80-million-haul/ |archive-date=August 13, 2016}}<br>{{cite news |last1=Pomerantz |first1=Dorothy |title=Bradley Cooper – In Photos: Hollywood's Highest Paid Actors 2014 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhem/bradley-cooper-16/ |access-date=August 28, 2016 |work=Forbes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813164912/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45ekhem/bradley-cooper-16/ |archive-date=August 13, 2016}}<br>{{cite news |last1=Berg |first1=Madeline |title=The Highest-Paid Actors 2019: Dwayne Johnson, Bradley Cooper And Chris Hemsworth |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/08/21/the-highest-paid-actors-2019-dwayne-johnson-bradley-cooper-and-chris-hemsworth/#66c8c7e92b96 |date=August 21, 2019 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |work=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823000456/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/08/21/the-highest-paid-actors-2019-dwayne-johnson-bradley-cooper-and-chris-hemsworth/#66c8c7e92b96 |archive-date=August 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked him first on their Celebrity 100: Ones To Watch list in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1723414/ellen-oscar-selfie-richest-celebs/ |title=Ellen's Oscar Selfie Breaks the $1 Billion Mark |date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2016 |author=Montgomery, James |publisher=[[MTV News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911060428/http://www.mtv.com/news/1723414/ellen-oscar-selfie-richest-celebs/ |archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, 2015 and 2019, he featured on [[Celebrity 100]], a list based on the income and popularity of celebrities, as selected annually by ''Forbes''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Cooper |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bradley-cooper/ |access-date=February 2, 2017 |work=Forbes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818061623/http://www.forbes.com/profile/bradley-cooper/ |archive-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> ''Time'' magazine named him one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2015.<ref name="time"/> Cooper's films have earned a total of $13{{nbs}}billion worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-acting/top-grossing-stars |publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>

==Acting credits and awards==
{{Main|List of Bradley Cooper performances|List of awards and nominations received by Bradley Cooper|l2=awards and nominations}}

Cooper has received one [[British Academy Film Award|BAFTA]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Film <nowiki>|</nowiki> Original Music in 2019 |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2019/film/original-music |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155911/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2019/film/original-music |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> one [[Screen Actors Guild Award]], and two [[Grammy Award]]s. He has been nominated for twelve [[Academy Awards]], six [[Golden Globe Awards]], and one [[Tony Award]]. According to the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and box-office website [[Box Office Mojo]], Cooper's most critically and commercially successful films include ''Wedding Crashers'' (2005), ''The Hangover'' (2009), ''Limitless'' (2011), ''Silver Linings Playbook'' (2012), ''American Hustle'' (2013), ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), ''American Sniper'' (2014) and ''A Star Is Born'' (2018).<ref name="mojo"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Bradley Cooper |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bradley_cooper/?sort_column=rating#moviesFilmography |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008214402/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bradley_cooper/?sort_column=rating |archive-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Among his stage roles, he has appeared in a Broadway revival of ''The Elephant Man'' (2014–2015), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.<ref name=":0" />

==Discography==
*''[[A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)|A Star Is Born]]'' (with [[Lady Gaga]]) (2018)

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