English actor

Owen Cooper

Owen Patrick Cooper is an English actor. He gained international recognition for his debut role portraying teenage murder suspect Jamie Miller in the Netflix miniseries Adolescence (2025). For the role, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, making him the youngest male actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award. Cooper also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, making him the youngest winner in that category, and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for the same role.

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2009

December 5

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2000s

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Key dates

2009 Born

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633 Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.
1033 The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many.
1082 Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated, most likely by his brother, Berenguer Ramon II.

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The world in 2009

When Owen arrived

april 10 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
april 12 Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
april 13 A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.
april 3 Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.

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Walt Disney 1901–1966 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (born 1901) Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Arthur Currie 1875–1933 Canadian general (died 1933) Francisco Javier Arana 1905–1949 Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (died 1949) J. J. Cale 1938– American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) Jeroen Krabbé 1944– Dutch actor, director, and producer Johannes Heesters 1903–2011 Dutch-German entertainer (born 1903) John Jellicoe 1859–1935 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1935) Józef Piłsudski 1867–1935 Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1935)

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