Oliver Cooper

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Oliver Cooper
Born1989or1990(age 34–35)
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Oliver Cooper (born 1989or1990) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Costa in the 2012 comedy film Project X , as Levon on the comedy-drama series Californication , as Wheeler on the cult Amazon series Red Oaks and as David Berkowitz (a.k.a. "The Son of Sam") on the critically-acclaimed Netflix series Mindhunter .

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Early life

Cooper was born in Sylvania Township, Ohio, where he attended Sylvania Northview High School. He grew up with his parents, Wendy and Mike, and two older siblings, a brother (Jason) and a sister (Nikki). At age 17, Cooper performed stand up comedy in Toledo, Ohio. After high school, he attended Arizona State University for one year. He then dropped out of college to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles. [1] Cooper is Jewish. [2]

Career

At the age of 20, Cooper was offered one of the lead roles in the film Project X. He, Thomas Mann and Jonathan Daniel Brown were three unknown actors when cast in the film. However, Mann had a role in the indie film It's Kind of a Funny Story. Cooper got the audition because of his friend, Shaun Weiss. [3] In addition, for his role in Project X, he was nominated for two MTV awards. [4]

In 2013, he appeared in the film Runner, Runner .

In 2019 he appeared in the second season of the Netflix series Mindhunter as serial killer David Berkowitz. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2011Rick WhiteRickShort
2012Marriage Drama with Virginia MadsenDusty/SteveShort
2012 Project X Costa (Oliver)
2013 The Hangover Part III Pharmacy Assistant
2013 Runner Runner Andrew Cronin
2013Four DogsOliver
2014 Burying the Ex Travis
2015 Mojave Nick
2016 Office Christmas Party Drew
2018 The Front Runner Joe Trippi
2020 Echo Boomers Stewart
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Dr. Egon Spengler Body double
2023 Clawfoot Samuel
2023 Helen's Dead Garret
2023RDavid Winkler
2024Sleuthhound ScrewballMatthew

Television

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2009 iCarly KatoEpisode: ¨iDate a Bad Boy¨
2014–2017 Red Oaks Wheeler25 episodes
2014 Californication LevonSeason 7
2016 MacGyver RalphEpisode: "Awl"
2017 The Goldbergs Other AdamEpisode: "The Kara-te Kid"
2017 White Famous TMZ GuyEpisode: "Scandal"
2019 Valley of the Boom Todd Krizelman
2019 Mindhunter David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz 1 Episode

Web series

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2017 Good Game Steamin' Semen

Awards and nominations

YearTitleWorkResult
2012 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Project XNominated
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Nominated

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