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Birth Name: Cooper Joseph Koch
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 16, 1996
Ethnicity: * father – Ashkenazi Jewish * mother – German, some Scottish, more distant English, Irish, Dutch, and French
Cooper Koch is an American actor. His roles include the films They/Them and Swallowed (2022), the series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story , and the music video for “Ordinary Girl.”
His father, Billy Koch, has worked behind-the-scenes in film. His mother, Kathy Kaehler/Koch, is a personal trainer, fitness professional, and author. His twin brother is editor Payton Koch, and his brother, Walker Koch, is a musician. Cooper is the grandson of film producer Hawk Koch, who was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars), from 1977 to 1979; and the great-grandson of producer and director Howard W. Koch.
Cooper’s uncle, Robby Koch, is married to Annie Meyers-Shyer, the daughter of director and screenwriter Nancy Meyers . Cooper’s great-uncle is businessperson, diplomat, and politician Alan Blinken, who was married to his great-aunt Melinda Koch. Alan is the uncle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken .
Cooper’s paternal grandfather is Howard Winchel “Hawk” Koch, Jr. (the son of Howard Winchel Koch and Ruth Pincus). Cooper’s grandfather Hawk was born in Los Angeles, California. Cooper’s great-grandfather Howard was the son of William Jacob Koch and Beatrice Winchel, who were the children of Russian Jewish parents. Cooper’s great-grandmother Ruth was born in California, the daughter of Joseph Pincus, who was a Polish Jewish immigrant; and of Sadie Schuster, who herself was born in New York, to Romanian Jewish parents. Ruth was the sister of Charles Pincus, a California dentist, who invented the dental veneer in 1928.
Cooper’s paternal grandmother is Rita Joy Litter (the daughter of Norman Litter and Elaine Olive Rose). Rita was born in California. Norman was born in Texas, the son of Polish Jewish parents, Benjamin/Ben Litter and Hanna/Anna Cherno. Cooper’s great-grandmother Elaine was born in Illinois, the daughter of Russian Jewish parents, Jackson J. Rose and Mildred/Millie Mendolsohn/Mendelson.
Cooper’s maternal grandfather was Fredric Harry Kaehler (the son of Harry M. Kaehler and Elsie Hermine Josephine Hamdorff). Fredric was born in Michigan, to German parents. Cooper’s great-grandmother Elsie was born in Altona, Hamburg, the daughter of Friedrick Hamdorff and Josephine Krug.
Cooper’s maternal grandmother was Janet Catherine Spohn (the daughter of Major Earle Wilbert Spohn and Jannette/Jean Williamson Spowart). Janet was born in Michigan. Earle was born Pinnebog, Huron, Michigan, and was of German, English, Irish, some Dutch, and distant French, ancestry. He was the son of Henry DeSota Spohn, whose parents were Canadian, from Wentworth, Ontario; and of May Brandow, who was also from Canada. Cooper’s great-grandmother Jannette was born in Pennsylvania, to Scottish parents, John Sinclair Spowart, from Saline, Fife, and Catherine Fowler Figgins, from Falkirk, Stirling.
Sources: Marriage record of Cooper’s paternal great-grandparents, Howard Winchel Koch and Ruth Pincus – https://www.familysearch.org
Social Security death record of Cooper’s paternal great-grandfather, Howard Winchel Koch – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Cooper’s paternal great-grandfather, Howard Winchel Koch – https://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of Cooper’s paternal great-grandparents, Norman Litter and Elaine Olive Rose – https://www.familysearch.org
Cooper’s paternal great-grandfather, Norman Litter, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Cooper’s paternal great-grandmother, Elaine Olive Rose, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Cooper’s maternal grandparents, Fredric Harry Kaehler and Janet Catherine Spohn – https://de.findagrave.com
Cooper’s maternal grandfather, Fredric Harry Kaehler, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Cooper’s maternal grandfather, Fredric Harry Kaehler – https://www.desmondfuneralhome.com
Cooper’s maternal grandmother, Janet Catherine Spohn, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Cooper’s maternal grandmother, Janet Catherine (Spohn) Kaehler – https://www.sullivanfuneraldirectors.com