Is the first alumnus of the Actors Studio to be interviewed as a guest on Inside the Actors Studio (1994). Cooper can be seen in the audience in four episodes, one with guest Robert De Niro, and again with Sean Penn, and finally late into the interviews with Clint Eastwood and again with Gary Sinise, though if you blink you might miss it. Cooper put himself on tape to audition for a role as De Niro's son in Everybody's Fine (2009) (with his own mother playing the role of De Niro), but lost out to Sam Rockwell. Cooper eventually starred with De Niro in Limitless (2011), and again as father and son in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). The film was released to great critical acclaim, and both actors earned Academy Award nominations for their performances.
