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Early life and education

Berkeley was born in Brooklyn and raised in New Jersey. He is of English and Scottish descent.² He attended Hampshire College,³ and worked in theaters at the Five Colleges, including Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst and the University of Massachusetts. He worked in regional and repertory theaters in addition to Off-Broadway in New York City. A casting agent spotted Berkeley in a play written by Reynolds Price called Early Dark and encouraged him to move to Hollywood.⁴

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.⁵ His later television roles included The X-Files,⁶ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER and Law & Order.

On screen, his first film role was as the adult version of Christopher Crawford, Christina Crawford's brother, in Mommie Dearest.⁷ He has appeared in North Country,⁸ Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Phoenix, Kick-Ass,⁹ A Few Good Men, The Rookie, Candyman, Apollo 13, Leaving Las Vegas, Gattaca, The Rock, Air Force One, Sid and Nancy,¹⁰ Amistad, Shanghai Noon,¹¹ Barb Wire¹² and Timecode. He appeared in the television film L.A. Takedown¹³ in 1989 and its 1995 acclaimed theatrical remake Heat,¹⁴ directed by Michael Mann. Several of his earlier roles were in films directed by Alex Cox.

In 2001, Berkeley became a recurring guest star (and later a series regular) on 24 in the role of George Mason, the head of the counter-terrorist unit.¹⁵ He portrayed the mysterious John Smith on the CBS drama Jericho.

In 2010, he received one of his best-known roles, Percy Rose on The CW action-thriller series Nikita.¹⁶ He portrayed the character as a series regular and de facto main antagonist of its first two seasons. He also played Sheriff Thomas McAllister on The Mentalist.¹⁷

Berkeley portrayed Gregory on AMC's The Walking Dead as a guest star in season six and a series regular in seasons seven and eight, with one additional appearance in the season nine premiere.¹⁸

In 2018, he portrayed Peter Lockwood, the father of Sam Lockwood on the fourth season of Supergirl.¹⁹

In 2023, he made a guest appearance as Captain Pellaeon in the third season of The Mandalorian, a role he reprised a year later for the animated Tales of the Empire.

Voice acting

Berkeley provides voice-work and voice-over for several animated series, such as Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Gargoyles and Teen Titans. He also voiced Quentin Beck / Mysterio on The Spectacular Spider-Man, Captain Atom in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and Dr. Kirk Langstrom in Son of Batman.²⁰

Awards

In 2013, Berkeley won the Streamy Award "Best Male Performance, Drama"²¹ for his starring role in the acclaimed web series The Booth at the End.²²

Personal life

An accomplished make-up artist, painter,²³ and sculptor,²⁴ Berkeley met actress Sarah Clarke on the set of 24 in 2001 and married her the following year.²⁵

Filmography

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Television

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External links

• Xander Berkeley at IMDb
• A conversation with Xander Berkeley (archived copy)
• Xander Berkeley Interview at www.reviewgraveyard.com

References

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16. Frederick, Brittany (February 10, 2011). "Interview: Xander Berkeley Is 'Nikita's' Bad Guy (But I Still Like Him)". Starpulse. Retrieved October 7, 2016. http://www.starpulse.com/interview-xander-berkeley-is-nikitas-bad-guy-but-i-still-like-him-1848034324.html ↩

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39. "Xander Berkeley (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 2, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Xander-Berkeley/ ↩

40. "Xander Berkeley (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 2, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Xander-Berkeley/ ↩

41. "Xander Berkeley (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 2, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Xander-Berkeley/ ↩

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