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.