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Bed of Lies (1992)

Bed of Lies poster
Directed by
William A. Graham
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman discovers that her husband has been leading a double life. She must confront the lies and secrets that threaten her family.

dramatictenseslow-burnemotionalseriousgrittysombersuspenseful

What happens

Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. Having debuted as a stage actor, his television breakthrough was as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). He has appeared in major Hollywood films, including A Time to Kill (1996), October Sky (1999), American Beauty (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), Capote (2005), Syriana (2005), The Kingdom (2007), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), The Town (2010), The Muppets (2011), Live by Night (2016), Cars 3 (2017), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Little Women (2019). He won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation. Cooper also played a leading role in the historical political thriller Breach (2007), as FBI agent and traitor Robert Hanssen. He played Daniel Sloan in the 2012 political thriller The Company You Keep, and Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He portrayed Al Templeton on the 2016 Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including on Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo (2010). Cooper's accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and three Satellite Awards. In 2017, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in A Doll's House, Part 2. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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