Xander Berkeley
| Xander Berkeley | |
|---|---|
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Sarah Clarke and Berkeley on the set of 24 in 2002. | |
| Born |
Alexander Harper Berkeley December 16, 1955 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Clarke (m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
Alexander "Xander" Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles of George Mason on the political thriller series 24, Percy Rose on the action thriller series Nikita and Sheriff Thomas McAllister on the crime drama The Mentalist.
In films, he is known for having portrayed a wide range of supporting and character roles in The Fabulous Baker Boys, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Candyman, Apollo 13, Gattaca, Taken, Safe, Kick-Ass, Air Force One, Shanghai Noon, If These Walls Could Talk, Five, and Sid and Nancy.
He is also known for being the series lead of the web series The Booth at the End for which he received the Streamy Award for "Best Male Performance, Drama in 2013."
Early life and education
Berkeley was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 16, 1955, but has lived most of his life in New Jersey. He attended Hampshire College and worked in the theaters at the five college system which Hampshire was a part of, including Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and the University of Massachusetts. Berkeley worked in the Regional and Repertory Theaters in addition to Off Broadway while living in New York. A casting agent saw Berkeley in a play written by Reynolds Price called Early Dark, and encouraged him to move to Hollywood.[2]
Career
Berkeley began playing roles in 1981, with early appearances in M*A*S*H, Cagney & Lacey, Remington Steele, Miami Vice, Moonlighting and The A-Team. Although not becoming a household name, Berkeley's face was increasingly recognizable into the 1990s. His later television guest roles included The X-Files, CSI, ER, 24 and Law & Order.
On the big screen, Berkeley has appeared in North Country, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Mommie Dearest, Phoenix, Kick-Ass, A Few Good Men, The Rookie, Candyman, Apollo 13, Leaving Las Vegas, Gattaca, The Rock (uncredited), Air Force One, Sid and Nancy, Spawn, Amistad, Shanghai Noon, Barb Wire and Timecode. Berkeley has the distinction of appearing in both the made-for-television film L.A. Takedown in 1989 and its 1995 critically acclaimed theatrical remake Heat, both directed by Michael Mann. Several of his earlier roles were in films by director Alex Cox.
In 2001, Berkeley became a recurring guest star and later on as a series regular on 24 in the role of George Mason, the head of the Counter Terrorist Unit.
Berkeley has provided voices for animated series such as Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Teen Titans and Gargoyles. He voiced Quentin Beck/Mysterio in The Spectacular Spider-Man and Captain Atom in the animated movie Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.
He portrayed the mysterious John Smith on the CBS drama Jericho.
In 2010, he received one of his best known roles - that of Percy Rose in the CW action-thriller series Nikita. He portrayed the character as a series regular in the show's first two seasons as well as being the series' de facto main antagonist of its first two seasons.
In 2013, Berkeley won the Streamy Award for "Best Male Performance, Drama" his starring role in the acclaimed webseries, The Booth at the End.
Personal life
Berkeley is a painter and a sculptor, as well as a make-up artist. Berkeley met Sarah Clarke on the set of 24 in 2001, and married her the following year. Berkeley and Clarke live with their two daughters Olwyn Harper (born in 2006) and Rowan Amara (born in 2010) in Maine, previously in Los Angeles, California, where he works as a painter and sculptor when he is not acting.
Filmography
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | M*A*S*H | Marine | Episode: "Give 'Em Hell, Hawkeye" |
| 1981 | Open All Night | Medfly | Episode: "Centerfold" |
| 1982 | The Incredible Hulk | Tom | Episode: "A Minor Problem" |
| 1982 | McClain's Law | Peter | Episode: "To Save the Queen" |
| 1982 | Hart to Hart | Christopher Hawks | Episode: "Harts on Their Toes" |
| 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Eric Fromby | Episode: "Escape from Death Island" |
| 1983 | Remington Steele | Charlie | Episode: "Steele Crazy After All These Years" |
| 1983 | The Renegades | Gillette | Episode: "The Big Time" |
| 1983 | Cagney & Lacey | Maurice | Episode: "The Gang's All Here" |
| 1984 | Riptide | Taxi Driver | Episode: "The Hardcase" |
| 1984 | Falcon Crest | Buzz Whitehead | Episode: "Strangers" |
| 1984 | V | Isaac Henley | Episode: "Breakout" |
| 1983-84 | The A-Team | Sergeant Wilson/Baker | Episodes: "The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing" & "Showdown!" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Dave the Angry Comic | Episode: "Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library" |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Scalper | Episode: "Symphony in Knocked Flat" |
| 1988 | J.J. Starbuck | Robert 'Bobby' Tinch | Episode: "Rag Doll" |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Dr. Noah Fredericks | Episode: "Dr. Paradise" |
| 1987-89 | Miami Vice | Bailey/Tommy Lowell | Episodes: "Like a Hurricane" & "Victims of Circumstance" |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Carl Maxwell | Episode: "The Exotic Dancer Mystery" |
| 1990 | Wiseguy | Ray Spiotta | Episode: "Romp" |
| 1990 | Grand | Jeffrey | Episode: "The Chickens Come Home to Roost" |
| 1991 | Super Force | Dr. Landru | Episodes: "Come Under the Way: Part 2" & "There's a Light" |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Brett Bones | Episode: "Riverboat" |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dr. Hodge | Episode: "Ice" |
| 1994 | Good Advice (TV series) | Bernard | Episode: "A Chance of Showers" |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Dr. Carl Weschler | Episode: "Blondes Have More Fun" |
| 1995 | Partners | Christophe Nnngaarzh | Episode: "Why Are the Blumenthals Living in My House?" |
| 1995 | Pointman | J.W. Mainwaring | Episode: "'bout Money" |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Neil Wojak | Episode: "Genesis" |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits | Terry McCammon | Episode: "Falling Star" |
| 1997 | High Incident | Sergeant Hackworth | Episode: "No Money Down" |
| 1997 | Women: Stories of Passion | Jimbo | Episode: "Reading for Pleasure" |
| 1997 | Players | Marcus Flint | Episode: "Con Law" |
| 1998 | Three | Warden | Episode: "Breakout" |
| 1998 | ER | Detective Wilson | Episode: "Good Luck, Ruth Johnson" |
| 2001 | Wolf Lake | Carl | Unaired Pilot |
| 2001 | Going to California | Clay Shelton | Episode: "Lily of the Field" |
| 2002 | The Court | Keith Nolan | 3 episodes |
| 2001-03 | 24 | George Mason | 27 episodes |
| 2003 | The Twilight Zone | Harry Kellogg | Episode: "Pharaoh's Curse" |
| 2003 | Karen Sisco | Alvin Simmons | Episode: "The One That Got Away" |
| 2003-04 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sheriff Rory Atwater | 5 episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order | Clay Pollack | Episode: "Fluency" |
| 2006 | Women in Law | Campbell Knox | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006 | The West Wing | Franklin Hollis | Episode: "Institutional Memory" |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | George Pagolis | Episode: "Albatross" |
| 2007 | Standoff | Paul Fisk | Episode: "No Strings" |
| 2007 | Bones | Dr. Bankroft | Episode: "Intern in the Incinerator" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Rex Swarthmore | Episode: "Mad About You" |
| 2008 | Jericho | John Smith | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Wainy Days | Cornelius | Episode: "Rebecca" |
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Det. Hyde | Episode: "Memoriam" |
| 2009 | Medium | Mitchell Slocombe | Episode: "A Person of Interest" |
| 2009 | The Closer | Detective Curt Landry | Episode: "Waivers of Extradition" |
| 2010 | Three Rivers | 'Sarge' Harold Estes | Episode: "Status 1A" |
| 2010-12 | Nikita | Percy | Main role |
| 2010-12 | The Booth at the End | The Man | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Being Human | Liam McLean | 8 episodes |
| 2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Theodore Dent | Episode: "The Great Train Stoppery" |
| 2008-2013 | The Mentalist | Sheriff Thomas McAllister | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Justified | Charles Monroe | Episodes: "The Kids Aren't All Right" & "Good Intentions" |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys (TV series) | Col. Jonathan Foster | Episodes: "Yesterday" & "Tomorrow" |
| 2014-15 | Salem | Magistrate Hale | 14 episodes |
| 2015 | Aquarius | Police Commissioner | Episode: "Old Ego Is a Too Much Thing" |
| 2015 | Zoo | Ronnie 'Dogstick' Brannigan | 4 episodes |
| 2013-15 | Longmire | Jeremiah Rains | Episodes: "Death Came in Like Thunder" & "Hector Lives" |
| 2015 | Couch Surfing USA | Alistar | Unaired series |
| 2016 | The Walking Dead | Gregory | Episode: "Knots Untie" |
Voice acting
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-96 | Gargoyles | Coldsteel/Iago | Episodes: "Legion" & "Possession" |
| 1996 | Mighty Ducks | Phineas T. Viper | Episode: "Beak to the Future" |
| 1996 | The Tick | Octopaganini | Episode: "Tick vs. Europe" |
| 1997 | Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Hans | Episode: "Duckman and Cornfed in 'Haunted Society Plumbers'" |
| 1997 | Spawn | Mike Stewart/Priest | (unknown episodes) |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo | Maitre D'/Movie Star/Melvin | Episode: "Substitute Teacher/A Wolf in Chick's Clothing/Intensive Care" |
| 1997 | Superman | Sgt . Corey Mills | Episode: "Prototype" |
| 1996-97 | Life with Louie | Unknown voice | Episode: "Caddy on a Hot Tin Roof" & "Louie's Harrowing Halloween" |
| 1995-97 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Various voices | 12 episodes |
| 1997 | Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown voice | Episodes: "Bird of Prey" & "In Your Dreams" |
| 1999 | The Wild Thornberrys | Barking Deer #2/Stoat | Episodes: "Born to Be Wild" & "Show Me the Bunny" |
| 2001 | Batman Beyond | Dr. Chides | Episodes: "The Curse of the Kobra: Part 1" & "The Curse of the Kobra: Part 2" |
| 2001 | Justice League | General Brak/Dignitary/Soldier | Episodes: "The Enemy Below" & "The Enemy Below: Part II" |
| 2003 | Freelancer | Dexter Hovis | Video game |
| 2003 | Spider-Man | Mayor | Episode: "Spider-Man Dis-Abled" |
| 2004-05 | Teen Titans | Warp/Mento/General Immortus | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | The Batman | Paul | Episode: "Rumors" |
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Sinestro | Episode: "The Eyes of Despero!" |
| 2008-09 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Mysterio | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Sinestro | Video game |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Warden Morgg/Trukk | Episode: "...Nor Iron Bars a Cage" |
| 2014 | Beware the Batman | Manhunter/Paul Kirk | Episode: "Unique" |
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Mommie Dearest | Christopher Crawford (adult) |
| 1982 | Tag: The Assassination Game | Connally |
| 1985 | Volunteers | Kent Sutcliffe |
| 1986 | Sid and Nancy | Bowery Snax |
| 1987 | Omega Syndrome | |
| Straight to Hell | Preacher McMahon | |
| The Verne Miller Story | Cardogan | |
| Walker | Byron Cole | |
| 1988 | The Lawless Land | Ez Andy |
| Tapeheads | Ricky Fell | |
| Deadly Dreams | Jack Torme | |
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Lloyd |
| 1990 | The Gumshoe Kid | Monty Griswold |
| Internal Affairs | Rudy Mohr | |
| The Assassin | John Patrick Earl | |
| The Last of the Finest | Fast Eddie | |
| The Guardian | Detective | |
| Short Time | Carl Stark | |
| The Grifters | Lt. Pierson | |
| The Rookie | Blackwell | |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Todd Voight |
| Billy Bathgate | Harvey Preston | |
| For the Boys | Roberts, Vietnam | |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Mr. Marchat |
| Candyman | Trevor Lyle | |
| A Few Good Men | Capt. Whitaker | |
| 1993 | Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Second Man |
| 1994 | Caroline at Midnight | Joey Szabo |
| 1995 | The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Shakespeare |
| Safe | Greg White | |
| Apollo 13 | Henry Hurt | |
| Leaving Las Vegas | Cynical Cabbie | |
| Heat | Ralph | |
| 1996 | Poison Ivy II: Lily | Donald Falk |
| A Family Thing | Sunburned man | |
| Barb Wire | Alexander Willis | |
| Apollo 11 | Buzz Aldrin | |
| The Rock | Lonner (uncredited) | |
| Bulletproof | Gentry | |
| Driven | J.D. Johnson | |
| Persons Unknown | Tosh | |
| 1997 | The Killing Jar | Danny 'Figaretto' Evans |
| Air Force One | Secret Service Agent Gibbs | |
| One Night Stand | Charlie's Friend | |
| Gattaca | Dr. Lamar | |
| Amistad | Hammond | |
| Breast Men | Male Interviewer | |
| 1998 | The Truth About Juliet | George |
| Phoenix | Lt. Clyde Webber | |
| 1999 | Universal Soldier: The Return | Dr. Dylan Cotner |
| The Cherry Orchard | Yepihodov | |
| 2000 | Timecode | Evan Wantz |
| Shanghai Noon | Nathan Van Cleef | |
| 2001 | Storytelling | Mr. DeMarco ('Non-fiction') |
| China: The Panda Adventure | Dakar Johnston | |
| The Man from Elysian Fields | Virgil Koster | |
| 2003 | The Third Date | Tommy Tulip |
| The Stranger | Charly | |
| Quicksand | Joey Patterson | |
| 2004 | Below the Belt | Hanrahan |
| In Enemy Hands | Admiral Kentz (as Xander Berkley) | |
| The Last Full Measure | ||
| 2005 | Drop Dead Sexy | Harkness |
| Deepwater | Gus | |
| Standing Still | Jonathan | |
| North Country | Arlen Pavich | |
| 2006 | The Garage | Doc Ruppert |
| Champions | Uncle Doug | |
| Seraphim Falls | Railroad Foreman | |
| 2007 | Fracture | Judge Moran |
| 2008 | Cook County | Sonny |
| Taken | Stuart St. John | |
| The Toe Tactic | Dad | |
| 2009 | Sparks | Sid Harris |
| Year One | The King | |
| The Consultants | George | |
| Repo Chick | Aldrich De La Chasse | |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Captain Atom | |
| Path Lights | Father | |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Detective Vic Gigante |
| Bedrooms | Harry | |
| Luster | Detective Carter | |
| Below the Beltway | McMahon | |
| 2011 | Girl Walks into a Bar | Moe |
| Seeking Justice | Lieutenant Durgan | |
| 2014 | Son of Batman | Kirk Langstrom (voice) |
| Transcendence | Dr. Thomas Casey | |
| 2016 | Allegiant | Phillip |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Fire on the Mountain | Unknown role |
| 1989 | L.A. Takedown | Waingro |
| 1991 | Dillinger | Copeland |
| 1991 | Not of This World | Bruce MacNamara |
| 1991 | Murder in High Places | Wayne |
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Pete Zenner |
| 1992 | Deadly Matrimony | Kozolowski |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | James Blakemore |
| 1993 | Donato and Daughter | Russ Loring |
| 1993 | Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Second Man |
| 1994 | Roswell | Sherman Carson |
| 1996 | A Kidnapping in the Family | Curtis Harrison |
| 1996 | Within the Rock | Ryan |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | John Barrows |
| 1996 | For Hope | Date #4 |
| 1996 | Apollo 11 | Buzz Aldrin |
| 1996 | I'd Lie for You and That's the Truth | Bad guy |
| 1997 | Breast Men | Male Interviewer |
| 1998 | Winchell | Gavreau |
| 1999 | NetForce | Bo Tyler |
| 2006 | Magma: Volcanic Disaster | Peter Shepherd |
| 2007 | Alibi | Lt. Adam Molnar |
| 2009 | Inside the Box | Fred O'Brien |
| 2010 | Night and Day | Jay Graham |
| 2010 | Day One | Clarke |
| 2011 | Five | Peter Knowles |
| 2011 | Inside | Highway man |
| 2012 | Entanglement | Peter Keller |
| 2014 | Christmas Eve, 1914 | Charles Dunne |
References
External links
- Xander Berkeley at the Internet Movie Database
- Xander Berkeley at AllMovie
- A conversation with Xander Berkeley
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