Profile: Will Tippin

Immediately after Bradley Cooper graduated from the honors English
program at Georgetown University in 1997, he moved to New York City to
enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Actors Studio Drama
School at the New School University. There, with the guidance of such
mentors as Ellen Burstyn, Susan Batson and Elizabeth Kemp, Cooper developed
his stage work, culminating with his thesis performance as John Merrick in
Bernard Pomerance?s "The Elephant Man," performed in New York?s Circle in the Square.

While still in school, Cooper began his professional career, appearing
opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in "Sex and the City" and in the series, "The
Beat." His weekends were spent with LEAP (Learning through the Expanded
Arts Program), a non-profit organization that teaches acting and movement
to inner city school children.

The summers took him all across the globe, from kayaking in British Columbia
with Orca Whales to ice climbing in the Peruvian Andes, while hosting
Lonely Planet?s "Extreme Treks in a Wild World" for the Discovery Channel.

Cooper had to skip his graduation ceremony from the Actor?s Studio in order
to star in his first feature film, "Wet Hot American Summer," opposite
Janeane Garofolo, David Hyde Pierce and Molly Shannon. After finishing his
second feature, "Carnival Knowledge," Cooper?s plans to relocate to Los
Angeles were delayed when Darren Star hired him to star in the series, "The
$treet," opposite Jennie Garth, Tom Everett Scott, Adam Goldberg and Jennifer Connelly.

Cooper went on to win the role of young law student Gordon Pinella in the
film, "Changing Lanes," starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson; and
also stars as Travis Paterson in "My Little Eye," which will be released in 2002.

Cooper finally decided that it was time to forgo his other New York projects
and move to Los Angeles when he was cast in "Alias." Although he lives in
LA, he will never abandon his New York nightly ritual of watching Charlie
Rose, while finishing off a pint of Cherry Garcia ice cream.