Owen Cooper

Owen Cooper, English actor

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Born: December 5, 2009
Age in 2026: 17
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Birth year: 2009

About Owen Cooper

Owen Patrick Cooper (born 5 December 2009) is an English actor. He gained international recognition for his debut role portraying teenaged 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 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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Career and life highlights

Cooper also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Televis.

The world when Owen Cooper was born

Owen Cooper was born in 2009. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 2009

#1 song"Boom Boom Pow" – Black Eyed Peas
Top movieThe Hurt Locker
Top TV showAmerican Idol
Best-selling bookThe Lost Symbol – Dan Brown

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentUsain Bolt sets 100m world record (9.58) at World Championships
Top headlineMichael Jackson dies
Technology milestoneBitcoin network goes live
Defining fadSnuggies
Notable inventionBitcoin network launches
World population6.79 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBarack Obama
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
U.S. population306.8M

2009 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Owen Cooper's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	2009	2026
Gas	$2.35	$3.45/gal
Average home	$172,100	$435,000
Average income	$58,580	$67,500
Minimum wage	$7.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$7.50	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.44	$0.73
Population	306.8M	341 million

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