Xander Berkeley's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) 24 George Mason Nikita Percy Pure 24 (UK) Phone Guest… Xander Berk… Three Warden Partners Christophe … Players Marcus Flint

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Faster 2010 - Kick-Ass 2009 - Year One 2009 - Women in Trouble 2008 - Taken 2007 - Fracture 2005 - Deepwater 2005 - North Country 2005 - Drop Dead Sexy 2004 - In Enemy Hands 2001 - Storytelling 2001 - The Man from Elysian Fields 2000 - Shanghai Noon 2000 - Timecode 1999 - The Cherry Orchard 1998 - Phoenix 1997 - Amistad 1997 - Air Force One 1997 - Breast Men 1997 - One Night Stand 1997 - Gattaca 1996 - Barb Wire 1996 - Bulletproof 1996 - The Rock 1996 - Poison Ivy II 1995 - Heat 1995 - Apollo 13 1995 - Leaving Las Vegas 1992 - A Few Good Men 1991 - Billy Bathgate 1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1990 - The Rookie 1990 - The Guardian 1990 - The Grifters 1990 - Internal Affairs 1990 - Short Time 1989 - The Fabulous Baker Boys 1988 - Tapeheads 1987 - Straight to Hell 1985 - Volunteers 1982 - Tag: The Assassination Game 1981 - Mommie Dearest

BIOGRAPHY:

Xander Berkeley was born on December 16, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, though he lived most of his life in New Jersey. He began acting as a child at a local experimental theater and made his first big-screen appearance in Mommie Dearest (1981). By the mid-'80s roles were coming in fast. He was Tom Hanks' roommate in Volunteers (1985), and in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) he played John Connor's foster parent. He was Capt. Whitaker in Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men (1992), and gave a good performance as Henry Hurt in Apollo 13 (1995). He had a great role as turncoat Secret Service agent Gibbs in Air Force One (1997), and most recently has been doing a standout turn as George Mason in the TV series "24" (2001), a role that has brought him critical acclaim. Like many other actors, in the future he would like to take up directing.


TRIVIA:

• Appeared with wife 'Sarah Clarke (I)' (qv) in the first two seasons of _"24" (2001)_ (qv) (although they rarely, if at all, shared scenes).
• Characters he plays are frequently arrogant and unsympathetic and often killed off.
• Characters he plays are frequently killed in plane crashes; in _The Rookie (1990)_ (qv), _Air Force One (1997)_ (qv), and _"24" (2001)_ (qv)
• Daughter Olwyn Harper was born on September 23rd 2006.
• Appeared again with _"24" (2001)_ (qv) co-star 'Reiko Aylesworth' (qv) in _Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006) (TV)_ (qv). In "24," they played boss and subordinate, in "Magma"; they played husband and wife (they were both killed off on "24" by that time).
• Appears with 'Carlos Bernard' (qv) (who makes his film debut) in _The Killing Jar (1997)_ (qv). Bernard later played one of his subordinates on the TV series _"24" (2001)_ (qv).
• A skilled make-up artist, he designed his own make up on _"24" (2001)_ (qv) when his character was suffering from the deteriorating effects of radiation sickness.
• Is an accomplished painter and sculptor.