Biography
Dominic Edward Cooper is an English actor. He was born on 2 June 1978 in Greenwich, London, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2000.
Cooper originated the role of Dakin in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys at the National Theatre in 2004; the production transferred to the West End and Broadway, and he appeared in the 2006 film adaptation. He played Sky in Mamma Mia! (2008) and its 2018 sequel, and Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and the series Agent Carter. He starred as Jesse Custer in the AMC series Preacher (2016–2019).
Cooper appeared as Edwyn Cooper in the BBC series The Gold (2023). Other credits include Band of Brothers (2001), An Education (2009) and My Week with Marilyn (2011).
