He grew up with his parents, Wendy and Mike, and two older siblings, a brother (Jason) and a sister (Nikki).
At age 17, Cooper performed stand up comedy in Toledo, Ohio.
[2] At the age of 20, Cooper was offered one of the lead roles in the film Project X.
He, Thomas Mann and Jonathan Daniel Brown were three unknown actors when cast in the film.
In 2019 he appeared in the second season of the Netflix series Mindhunter as serial killer David Berkowitz.