 Cooper was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for his work on the Broadway production of "The History Boys".Additionally, he received nominations for the British Independent Film Award, British Film Critics' Circle Award, London Critics' Circle Film Award, and an Empire Award for his role in the film adaption of the play.In 2010, his film "An Education" received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture".