| Cooper Barrett | |
|---|---|
| General Hospital character | |
| Portrayed by | Jason Gerhardt |
| Duration | 2007–08 |
| First appearance | January 26, 2007 |
| Last appearance | January 28, 2008 |
| Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. |
| Introduced by | Jill Farren Phelps |
| Classification | Former, regular |
| Profile | |
| Aliases | Three |
| Occupation | Police Officer Spy for Sonny Corinthos Security guard at Metro Court Hotel Criminal with Jerry Jacks Iraqi soldier |
Cooper "Coop" Barrett is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He was portrayed by Jason Gerhardt from 2007 until the character was killed off the show in 2008.
Cooper arrives in Port Charles in January 2008 as "Three," one of the seven assailants that take the Metro Court Hotel hostage. He bonds with Maxie Jones while they two are trapped in the hotel vault during the crisis. After the hotel explodes, Maxie sneaks Coop out and hides his part in the hostage crisis. She helps him get a job working security at the same hotel until Sonny Corinthos finds out he was one of the hostage takers. Sonny coerces Coop into becoming a cop at the PCPD to feed Sonny and Jason information. Cooper and Maxie begin dating, but face tough times when Maxie cheats on him with Logan Hayes. Cooper is found dead in January 2008. It is initially believed to have been a suicidal hanging and that Cooper was the Text Message Killer, but it is later revealed that Cooper was murdered by the real killer, Diego Alcazar.
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