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Follow on Google News |  Xander Berkeley To Guest On The Jimmy Star Show Wednesday September 24, 2014Incredibly cool actor/artist Xander Berkeley will be a guest on The Jimmy Star Show live radio/tv show Wednesday September 24th, 2014 from 3-5 pm ET | 12-2 pm PT at w4cy.com Radio | Visit www.jimmystarshow.com
Xander Berkeley on The Jimmy Star Show Xander's father was a painter and his mother a school teacher who sewed, providing him with costumes (his preference over toys). School plays and Community Theater were next. An experimental theater troupe in the area (which was an off shoot from Joseph Chaikin's Open Theater in New York) took Xander under their wing when he was 16. He credits this group for shaping him as both a person and an actor, committed to taking risks and remaining open to the unknown. Xander went to Hampshire College, the progressive brainchild of Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst, and the University of Massachusetts. He would continue in the theater at Hampshire, studying and doing plays at each of the other schools, all of which were there in the area. A move to New York after college brought him access to private teachers from the Royal Academy of the Arts, the Moscow Arts Theater and HB Studios. Later in Los Angeles Xander would spend time with Lee Strasberg at The Actor's Studio during the last years of his life. Xander worked in Regional and Repertory Theaters in addition to Off Broadway while living in New York, but despite a classically trained theater background, he was increasingly drawn to the subtleties of film acting. A play written by the great southern novelist Reynolds Price called "Early Dark" had such a cinematic feel to it, that an agent saw the film acting potential in Xander and encouraged him to make the move out west. Soon "Mommy Dearest" provided Xander with his film debut in the role of Christopher Crawford, and simultaneously gave his career a slightly cultish twist. Alex Cox with "Sid and Nancy" James Cameron- "Terminator 2", Bernard Rose- "Candyman", Todd Haynes- "Safe", Mike Figgis- "Leaving Las Vegas", Andrew Nicol- "Gattaca" all helped to further associate Xander as an actor in his own rather unusual category. Xander's choices were often determined by the opportunity to learn from directors he admired, certainly all those listed above fell into that category. Clint Eastwood_The Rookie, Ron Howard- "Apollo 13", Rob Reiner- "A Few Good Men", Michael Mann- "Heat", Wolfgang Peterson- "Air Force One" Steven Speilberg-"Amistad" From obscure independent movies where Xander could play lead roles to the big budget studio movies where he might often play smaller character driven parts, an education was taking place. Just as working with older directors like Michael Cacoyanis on "The Cherry Orchard" and Robert M.Young on "Human Error" brought insights to ways of working that are being lost in pop cultures tendency to slide toward slickness. Not to mention bringing him to places like Bulgaria and China along the way. In 2001 an offer came in to play a part on a TV pilot called "24". It was another shady agent type, and reluctant to repeat his performance from Air Force One as the turncoat secret serviceman, Xander almost passed on the job. Fortunately for him, he said yes. He met his future wife, Sarah Clarke during the first day of filming. His character, George Mason, was just a guest star in the pilot, but the producers liked what Xander brought to it and continued to write more episodes for him. By the second season it had become perhaps the most interesting, leveled character Xander had ever gotten to play. Sarah and Xander were married in 2002 and had their daughters, Olwyn in 2006 and Rowan in 2010. Other favorite roles of late have been Arlen, the middle management dweeb in Niki Caro's "North Country", and the Irish hooligan/railway foreman in David Von Anchen's "Seraphim Falls" and more recently, The King of Sodom in the Harold Ramis' "The Year One", Sonny in David Pomes' "Cook County", the recovering meth head coming out of prison to discover the life he had left (and destroyed), and crazy Uncle Doug in David Wike's "Out There". The Jimmy Star Show is pleased to showcase the expertise and talent of Xander Berkeley and all anticipate a fun and informative time talking with him about his career and the entertainment industries at large.. Join King of Cool Jimmy Star, Cool Man about Town Ron Russell, and Hollywood Vixen Deidra Sarego as they have a playful and sometimes wild time with the talented featured guest! To hear Xander Berkeley live on The Jimmy Star Show tune in to W4CY Radio on Wednesday September 24th, 2014 from 3-5 pm ET and 12-2 pm PT online at www.w4cy.com from anywhere in the world. The Jimmy Star Show is a Russell Star Production. The Jimmy Star Show only promotes guests and talents held in regard by executive producer Jimmy Star. The Jimmy Star Show is recorded live at the W4CY Radio station in Wellington, Florida. W4CY Radio is available through worldwide streaming live online via iTunes Radio or at w4cy.com and affiliates around the globe. W4CY Radio is brought to listeners by The Intertainment Network, and is ranked 13th in the world for internet talk radio listeners in over 190 countries. Follow The Jimmy Star Show on Twitter @JimmyStarShow The Jimmy Star Show is sponsored by The Spectra Music Group, the largest indie record label in the world. Spectra Music Group www.SpectraMusicGroup.com Arcadium Entertainment- LGBTQ TV www.LGBTQ.TV Beacon Audio Books-The Largest Audio Book Distributor In The World. http://www.BeaconAudioBooks.com The official site for W4CY Radio may be found at http://www.w4cy.com The official site for the Jimmy Star Show may be found at http://www.JimmyStarShow.com The official site for Xander Berkeley may be found at http://www.XanderBerkeley.net For The Jimmy Star Show Podcast rebroadcast of past live shows visit http://www.jimmystarshow.com The Jimmy Star is syndicated and can be heard on the following radio stations: http://www.W4CYradio.com in Wellington, Florida http://www.WROMradio.net in Detroit, Michigan http://www.PlanetRadioNetwork.com in Los Angeles, New York, London and Ontario http://www.Jackaloperadio.com in Kansas City, Missouri http://www.76StreetNetwork.com, Nebraska http://www.BadTomato.FM Washington, DC http://www.MonsterFmRadio.com New York http://www.K4HD.com Los Angelesm, CA The Jimmy Star Show can be seen on the following networks: ROKU Television LGBTQ.TV End
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