Dominic Cooper Biography

Dominic Cooper is an English actor famous for starring as Jesse Custer on AMC’s Preacher from 2016 to 2019 and the young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe appearing in Captain America: The First Avenger and ABC’s Agent Carter from 2015 to 2016. He also appeared in Mamma Mia! in 2008 and its sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again in 2018.

Dominic Cooper Age

Cooper was born Dominic Edward Cooper on June 2, 1978, in Greenwich, London, England. He is 46 years old as of 2024. Cooper celebrates his birthday on June 2nd.

Dominic Cooper Height

Cooper stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 9½ inches.

Dominic Cooper Family

Cooper was born to Julie Heron and Brian Cooper in Greenwich, London. Raising him in Greenwich, his mother worked as a nursery school teacher while his father worked as an auctioneer. Besides Cooper, the couple had two other sons, Simon and Nathan. Nathan is a musician in the band The Modern. Further, he has a half-brother named James and a half-sister named Emma. E. T. Heron, his great-grandfather, was a film enthusiast who printed The Kinematograph Weekly.

Dominic Cooper Relationships/Girlfriend

Cooper has been in a relationship with actress Gemma Chan since 2018. Gemma is an English actress and a Worcester College graduate. She was born on November 29, 1982, in London, England, and is 41 years old as of 2024. She started acting during the late 2000s and rose to stardom for her role in Channel 4’s Humans (2015–2018), and gained fame with her 2018 roles in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots. In October 2018, the couple went to the People’s Vote March and expressed their support for a second Brexit referendum. They live in London.

Previously, he was in a relationship with Irish actress Ruth Negga(from 2010 to 2016) and American actress Amanda Seyfried(from 2008 to 2009). Ruth and Copper met in 2009 on the set of the National Theatre’s production of Phèdre. Moreover, they co-starred in other projects like Hello Carter, Warcraft, and Preacher. Before their split, they lived together in London’s Primrose Hill. Even though they broke up in 2016, their breakup was first reported in April 2018.

Dominic Cooper Amanda Seyfried

Cooper and Seyfried were romantically linked from 2008 to 2009. During this time, they had an on-and-off relationship. Besides a romantic relationship, they co-starred as a couple in Mamma Mia! and its 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. In Mamma Mia!, he portrayed Sky Rymand while she starred as Sophie Sheridan. Additionally, they are engaged and he helps her to design a website for the hotel, Villa Donna in Greece. In Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, they recur their roles with the film following the events surrounding their wedding. Despite their breakup, Copper and Seyfried remain friends.

Dominic Cooper Net Worth

Cooper has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a journalist.

Dominic Cooper James Corden

Dominic and James Corden shared a flat until James began a family with his wife, Julia Carey. Aside from being flatmates, he introduced James to Julia, whom he had known for years. At the time, she worked at Save the Children. Dominic and James co-starred in The History Boys and Starter for 10. Further, he serves as the godfather of Max, Corden’s first child.

Dominic Cooper Captain America/MCU

Cooper starred as the young Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011. Howard is a talented inventor and engineer who founded Stark Industries. During World War II, Howard participated in the super-soldier program that changed Steve Rogers into Captain America to help the United States’ war endeavors. Howard worked with Erskine, Colonel Chester Phillips, and British MI6 agent Peggy Carter on the program. The father of Tony Stark(Iron Man), he also helps to create Captain America’s shield.

Dominic Cooper Preacher

Cooper starred as Jesse Custer on AMC’s Preacher from 2016 to 2019. Jesse is the son of U.S. Marine and preacher John Custer and Christina L’Angelle. Christina, his mother, leaves him with his father to run away from her problematic family. When he was 9, he saw his father’s murder at the hands of his grandmother’s henchmen. He gains powers to command others known as The Word of God after he is injected with a supernatural entity known as Genesis. Working as a preacher in Annville, he struggles with reconciling his faith and the chaos surrounding him.

Dominic Cooper Instagram

Cooper has an active Instagram account that has over 245K followers.

Dominic Cooper Education

Cooper studied at John Ball Primary School in Blackheath, London before joining Thomas Tallis School in nearby Kidbrooke. Following his time in Kidbrooke, he underwent acting training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). In 2000, he graduated with a degree in Professional Acting. In college, he was banned from the school’s last-year musical for having no rhythm, pushing him to perform in end-of-year play instead.

Dominic Cooper Career

Cooper began working in TV and film before he debuted his stage career in Mother Clap’s Molly House at the National Theatre in 2001. He also starred as Dakin in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. Additionally, he toured with the production on Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong. He also made appearances in the radio and film adaptations of the play.

Cooper had significant roles in the His Dark Materials trilogy at the  Royal National Theatre. There, he starred as the lead character, Will Parry. Additionally, he starred in the TV series, Down To Earth and Sense & Sensibility.

In 2008, he starred as Sky in Mamma Mia!, a role that made him sing multiple songs. That same year, he starred in The Duchess opposite Keira Knightley, playing the role of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. The following year, he starred in An Education and Freefall. He also starred as Hippolytus in the play, Phèdre, at the National Theatre alongside Helen Mirren and Margaret Tyzack.v.

Cooper starred as rock drummer Ben in Tamara Drewe in 2010. The following year, he starred in the leading roles of Latif Yahia and Uday Hussein in The Devil’s Double. Moreover, he starred as Milton H. Greene in My Week with Marilyn and Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger.

In 2012, he starred as vampire Henry Sturges in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. During this time, he joined the unproduced Albert Hughes project Motor City where he had the lead role. In February 2012, he replaced Clive Owen in Cities and left Motor City. However, Cities was canceled after delays in production.

2014 to present;

In 2014, Cooper starred as the main antagonist in Need for Speed and Dracula Untold. Further, he portrayed Ian Fleming, James Bond author, in Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond. After starring in Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011, he reprised the role in the Marvel One-Shot Agent Carter two years later. In 2015 and 2016, he reprised the role in a TV series of the same name. He starred in Miss You Already and The Lady in the Van in 2015.

Cooper starred as Jesse Custer on AMC’s Preacher. He also co-starred in Warcraft, which was released in June 2016. Later, in 2016, he appeared in the West End revival of The Libertine at the Haymarket Theatre. In the play, he portrayed John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. In 2018, he recurred the role of Sky in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. He will star as Havlock in The Last Frontier and Seamus in Cry from the Sea.

Dominic Cooper Movies and TV Shows

Cooper has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as

• From Hell
• The Gentleman Thief
• Sparkling Cyanide
• The Escapist
• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
• Dead Man Down
• Summer in February
• Sense and Sensibility
• Reasonable Doubt
• Dracula Untold
• Stratton
• Spy City
• What If…?
• The Escape
• That Dirty Black Bag
• The Princess
• The Gold
• My Lady Jane
• Suspect