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Anderson Cooper

Highest Rated: 100% Citizen Penn (2020)

Lowest Rated: 32% Chappie (2015)

Birthday: Jun 3, 1967

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

TV news journalist, Anderson Cooper became best known for hosting a nightly news program on CNN, "Anderson Cooper 360" (CNN, 2003- ), which covered a wide-range of topics relating to the day's most newsworthy events. Born and raised in New York City, Cooper was practically born into the public spotlight. His mother was the camera-loving heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, who would often take young Anderson with her whenever she made public appearances. When he was 3 years-old in 1970, Cooper made his first appearance on "The Tonight Show" (NBC, 1954- ), alongside his mother, and from the ages of 10 to 13 Cooper worked as a child model for companies like Calvin Klein and Macy's. When it came time to enter college, Cooper enrolled at Yale. It was there that he studied political science. After earning his bachelor's degree in 1989, Cooper, who had always considered himself a "news junkie," tried to get in on the ground floor at a major news organization. He took an entry level job answering phones at ABC but quickly found the job to be a dead end. Cooper then left ABC and took a job as a fact checker for the youth-oriented news agency Channel One. After a short time working at Channel One, it dawned on Cooper that he could shoot news segments on his own and sell them to the company. With that proactive mindset, he began traveling the world and covering some of the most important news events of the day, including the genocide in Rwanda. Cooper became such a fixture on Channel One that it was only a matter of time before a broadcast news organization came calling. He was hired as a news correspondent by ABC in 1995 and worked at the company for the next five years. By 2000, however, Cooper felt burned out and decided to take his career in a different direction. He began hosting the reality TV game show "The Mole" (ABC, 2001-08), and kept the job for two season. Then the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks happened, and Cooper felt compelled to return to journalism. He was hired by CNN in 2001 and by 2003 was hosting the nightly news program "Anderson Cooper 360." Cooper stayed with CNN throughout the 2000s and 2010s, where he covered some of the most important news stories of the day, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Donald Trump's shocking upset during the 2016 presidential election. In addition to his work with CNN, in 2007 Cooper also began working as a correspondent for "60 Minutes" (CBS, 1968- ), where his segments covered everything from celebrity profiles to long-form investigative journalism.

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Highest rated movies

100% Citizen Penn
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88% 41% A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Watchlist
67% 73% Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
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32% 56% Chappie
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100% Planet in Peril
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% 41% A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Self - 2021
100% No Score Yet Citizen Penn Self - 2020
67% 73% Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper Self,
Executive Producer
- 2016
32% 56% Chappie Self $31.6M 2015
No Score Yet 100% Planet in Peril Unknown (Character) - 2007

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Minutes Correspondent 1996 2008-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper Creator,
Host
2023-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Unknown (Character),
Guest,
Self
2012-2023
No Score Yet 12% Generation Gap Guest 2022
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014-2017 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2020-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jeopardy! Unknown (Guest Star),
Host
2012 2021
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2012 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2018
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Minutes Sports Correspondent 2013-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2016
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Injustice Files Correspondent 2012 2014-2015
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2013-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2012 2014
85% 76% The Simpsons Himself (Guest Voice) 2013
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Guest Star) 2011 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2011-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins & Secrets Correspondent 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2005 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2007 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Conan O'Brien Guest 2007-2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2005 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mole Host 2001-2002