Actor turned writer-director Scott Cooper debuted in Hollywood with a minor role in the spy-comedy Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). Subsequently, he appeared in supporting roles in films like Gods and Generals (2003) and Get Low (2009) before making his directorial debut with the acclaimed drama film Crazy Heart (2009), which he also wrote. The movie, which won its lead actor Jeff Bridges an Academy Award that year, also earned Cooper several accolades including a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination for Most Promising Filmmaker.
