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THE INTERVIEW
The Hangover
ooper graduated from Georgetown University in 1997
and the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Actors A Star is Born
Studio Drama School at New School University in 2000.
C While studying he took small roles such as hosting the
Discovery Channel show Treks in a Wild World, and he also taught acting
to inner-city children through the Learning through the Expanded Arts
Program.
His sensitive portrayal of abusers of alcohol, like those of his characters
in The Hangover trilogy, Limitless, Burnt and A Star is Born, are rooted
in his own story. Cooper stopped drinking when he was 29, saying it
would have destroyed his life. Cooper has been in a relationship with
Irina Shayk since 2015. They have a daughter, Lea De Seine Shayk
Cooper born in 2017.
Cooper supports several organizations that help people fight cancer.
He is a member of the board of directors for the charity Hole in the
Wall Gang Camp, a non-profit organization that serves people coping
with cancer and he helped launch the Parker Institute for Cancer
Immunotherapy, among his other charitable projects.
Cooper’s net worth in 2017 was estimated to be $100 million according
to the website CelebrityNetWorth, making him the fourth highest-paid
actor in the world that year, as noted in Forbes. Audiences and box
offices worldwide hope there is much more to come.
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