Biden meets with actor Bradley Cooper

Vice President Biden met with actor Bradley Cooper and director David Russell on Thursday to discuss mental health issues.

Biden's office tweeted out a photo of the meeting with "Silver Linings Playbook" star and director, noting: "VP Biden, Russell & Cooper agree on the importance of acceptance, understanding, and access to treatment for those with mental illness."

In the film, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, Cooper plays a man with a bipolar disorder trying to get his life back together. He was nominated for Best Actor. Russell was nominated for Best Director.

Final voting for the Academy Awards begins Friday and ends Feb. 19.

Biden has been working on mental-health issues as part of the administration's effort to reduce gun violence.

Russell, meanwhile, was on Capital Hill on Thursday to join a bipartisan group of senators in unveiling a mental-health bill that would strengthen treatment options at the community level.

And Cooper was in Washington last week for a press conference to bring attention to mental-health issues. He also visited patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

He said at the time: “If I can do one thing, it is to raise awareness, because I was ignorant before I did this movie.”

Bradley and Russell are the latest line of celebrities stopping in Washington during the Oscar campaign season. "Lincoln" director Steven Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the senators for a screening at the Capital.