Sam Cooper

Samuel "Sam" Cooper is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, portrayed by Forest Whitaker. He is the Unit Chief within the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia, who works with a non-traditional team called Red Cells. He first appeared in the Criminal Minds episode The Fight in the fifth season.

Background

David Rossi from Criminal Minds says that he knew Cooper for twenty years. It is also quite clear that he and Aaron Hotchner, also from Criminal Minds, have a past as well, but the matter remains moot.

Criminal Minds

In the episode "The Fight", he calls Hotch to come to Washington, D.C. to discuss with him about a case that seems related to a disappearance of a father and a daughter, saying that he has a theory. When Hotch asks him why he is going by Strauss' orders not to work on the case with Hotch's team, Cooper says that they are missing and no one is looking for them.

As Hotch's team worked with the SFPD, Cooper and his team worked in a warehouse, and sometimes Hotch's teammembers would pop in once in a while for more clues. He even goes with Hotch to interview the wife of the missing husband and his daughter.

Sam Cooper (American football)

Samuel VanVoorhis Cooper (February 1, 1909 – August 22, 1998) was an American football tackle who played one season in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college football at Geneva College. He attended Monongahela High School and graduated from Mars High School in Mars, Pennsylvania. After playing in the NFL, Cooper went on to become superintendent of a boys' home, a teacher, coach, and principal. He also worked at a steel company and operated a farm with his wife.

References

External links