Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°.
In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for 60 Minutes on CBS News.
Born on June 3, 1967 (age 54 years), in New York, in the United States of America, Cooper graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989.
As a young journalist, he began travelling the world, shooting footage of war-torn regions for Channel One News.
At the age of three, Cooper was a guest on The Tonight Show on September 17, 1970, appearing with his mother.
| Year | Award | Organization | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Bronze Telly | Telly Awards | Coverage of famine in Somalia | Won | |
| 1997 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Coverage of Princess Diana’s funeral | Won | |
| 2001 | GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | 20/20 Downtown: “High School Hero” – report on high school athlete Corey Johnson. | Outstanding TV Journalism | Won |
| 2005 | Peabody Award | Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia | Coverage of Hurricane Katrina | Won | |
| National Headliner Award | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: “Wave of Destruction” – 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami coverage | Coverage of a Major News Event | Won | |
| 2006 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Charity Hospital” | Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Starving in Plain Sight” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “The Children: Part One and Part Two” | Best Story In a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated | |||
| Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | CNN for Coverage of the Tsunami Disaster in South Asia | Won | ||
| 2007 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Sago Mines” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “High Rise Crash” | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Lighting Direction & Scenic Design | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Black Market Infertility” | Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated | |||
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360：”9/11 Anniversary – Afghanistan: The Unfinished War” | Broadcast Television Networks, Cable Networks And Syndicators | Won | |
| 2008 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Unapproved Drugs” | Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Chicago Police Brutality” | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated | |||
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: “Bhutto Assassination” | Broadcast Television Networks, Cable Networks And Syndicators | Won | |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Michael Ware 2007 Coverage of Iraq” | Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Keeping Them Honest: Transparent Congress?” | Investigative Reporting | Won | |||
| GLAAD Media Awards | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: “The First Casualty” | TV Journalism – News Segment | Won | |
| 2009 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | 60 Minutes: “War against Women” | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story In a News Magazine | Won |
| CNN’s Coverage of the Democratic National Convention | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Nominated | |||
| CNN’s Coverage of Election Night 2008 | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story – Long Form | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | National Order of Honour and Merit | Government of Haiti | Reporting on 2010 Haiti earthquake | Awarded | |
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: “Inside the Battle Zone: Afghanistan” | Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event | Won | |
| 2011 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Haiti in Ruins” | Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Won |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Crisis in Haiti” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Won | |||
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | “Taliban” | Documentary or Series of Reports on the Same Subject | Won | |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Black or White: Kids on Race” | Investigative Reporting | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Amazing Animals: Smarter Than You Think” | Environmental Reporting | Won | |||
| Overseas Press Club Awards | Overseas Press Club | “Taliban” | Edward R. Murrow Award | Won | |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Haiti Earthquake” | David Kaplan Award | Won | |||
| GLAAD Media Awards | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: “Gay Teen Suicides” | Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine | Won | |
| 2012 | Peabody Award | Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication | CNN’s Reporting on the Arab Spring | Won | |
| Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Bullying: It Stops Here” | Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis | Won | |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Unrest Escalates in Egypt” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Nominated | |||
| CNN/CNNi Breaking News Simulcast: “Revolution in Egypt: President Mubarak Steps Down” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Won | |||
| National Headliner Awards | Press Club of Atlantic City | Anderson Cooper 360: “Egypt Uprising” | Coverage of a major news event | Won | |
| GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: “The ‘Sissy Boy’ Experiments” | Outstanding TV Journalism – News Magazine | Won | |
| Lew Klein Awards | Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication | Excellence Honoree | Awarded | ||
| 2013 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | 60 Minutes: “Three Generations of Punishment” | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story In a News Magazine | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture” | Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis | Won | |||
| CNN: “Election Night in America” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Won | |||
| CNN: “Israel/Gaza Conflict” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Nominated | |||
| GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | Vito Russo Award | Awarded | ||
| 2014 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Boston Bombing Victim Vows to Dance Again” | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Guns Under Fire: An AC360 Town Hall” | Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis | Nominated | |||
| CNN Newsroom: “CNN’s Coverage of Typhoon Haiyan” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long-Form | Nominated | |||
| 60 Minutes: “Cosmic Roulette” | Outstanding Writing | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “NYC Chokehold Death Protests” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story-Long-Form | Nominated[ |
| 2016 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Europe’s Refugee Crisis” | Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast | Won[99] |
| 60 Minutes: “Lumber Liquidators” | Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “#BeingThirteen: Inside the Secret World of Teens” | Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Police Under Fire” | Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis | Nominated | |||
| CNN Special Report: “CNN Debates Coverage” | Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form | Nominated | |||
| Yale Undergraduate Lifetime Achievement Award | Yale College Council | Awarded | |||
| 2017 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | 60 Minutes: “The Music of Zomba Prison” | Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine | Won |
| 60 Minutes: “The Brothers Rosenberg” | Outstanding Feature Story in a Newsmagazine | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Pulse Nightclub Massacre” | Outstanding Breaking News Coverage | Nominated | |||
| CNN: “Battle for Mosul” | Outstanding Breaking News Coverage | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Trump Accusers Speak Out with Anderson Cooper” | Outstanding Live Interview | Nominated | |||
| CNN Newsroom: “Pam Bondi Interview with Anderson Cooper” | Outstanding Live Interview | Nominated | |||
| 60 Minutes: “Little Jazz Man” | Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Trump University Fraud” | Outstanding Business, Consumer and Economic Report | Won | |||
| 60 Minutes: “The Music of Zomba Prison” | Outstanding Writing | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | CNN Worldwide Hurricane Coverage | Outstanding Breaking News Coverage | Nominated |
| Manchester Concert Attack | Outstanding Breaking News Coverage | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “NFL Town Hall: Patriotism, The Players and The President” | Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Anderson Cooper Interviews Janet Porter” | Outstanding Live Interview | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Faces of Grief: Sutherland Springs Pastor & Heather Melton” | Outstanding Live Interview | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Sally Yates and Anderson Cooper” | Outstanding Edited Interview | Nominated | |||
| 60 Minutes: “The Forger” | Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report | Nominated | |||
| 60 Minutes: “Brain Hacking” | Outstanding Business, Consumer and Economic Report | Nominated | |||
| GLAAD Media Award | GLAAD | Anderson Cooper 360: “The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub” | Outstanding Journalism Newsmagazine | Won | |
| Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism | Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication | Awarded | |||
| 2019 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | Anderson Cooper 360: “Undercover with Nigeria’s Pushermen” | Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast | Nominated |
| CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | Outstanding News Special | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Finding Hope: Battling America’s Suicide Crisis” | Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis | Won | |||
| 60 Minutes: “Stormy Daniels” | Outstanding Edited Interview | Nominated | |||
| 60 Minutes: “Into the Wild” | Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Report | Nominated | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “The Parkland Diaries” | Best Story in a Newscast | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Emmy Award | ATAS/NATAS | A Deadly Weekend in America | Outstanding Breaking News Coverage | Nominated |
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Anderson Cooper Interviews Facebook’s Monika Bickert” | Outstanding Live Interview | Nominated | |||
| 60 Minutes: “Mark Bradford” | Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Report | Won | |||
| Anderson Cooper 360: “Anderson Cooper Pays Tribute to his Mom, Gloria Vanderbilt” | Outstanding Writing | Nominated |
Is Anderson Cooper in a Relationship?
Yes, Anderson Cooper is said to be in a relationship with Benjamin Maisani Talk Co-Parenting Baby Wyatt.
Cooper and French businessman, Benjamin Maisani, dated for 10 years before breaking up in 2018. The two, however, have chosen to remain in each other’s lives.
On February 10, 2022, Cooper and Maisani announced that they had welcomed their second son, Sebastian Luke-Maisani-Cooper.
