Biography

J. Barrett Cooper was born James Barrett Cooper to Dr. Robert G. Cooper and Irma Lucille (Huber) in Louisville, Kentucky on April 24, 1962. He is the fourth of five children. As a child he frequently went to the movies with his older sister Connie and watched his older brother Bob perform in college plays. He got the acting bug in the sixth grade production of Mrs. Fischer's A Christmas Carol taking on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. He began training with Walden Theatre, under Nancy Niles Sexton, where he developed his love of Shakespeare, appearing in seven full Shakespearean productions and two shortened versions, directing another (Macbeth) through out high school. He graduated from Southern Methodist University (84') with a BFA in Acting. He arrived in NYC in 1985 and after two years, left to attend the MFA/PAT program at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, Alabama. After two seasons in the program and receiving his MFA, he returned to NYC for four more futile years befo

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