CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with actor Lombardo Boyar. Lombardo is set to return for his third season playing Navarro on the hit series Murder in the First. He  is a veteran of the US Army and was part of the 82nd Airborne Division. After he got out he decided to pursue acting. Some of his earlier notable performances include a brief part as convenience-store robber Ramon Garcia on Fox's 24, a starring role as burglar Eddie Tesoro in P.S. Your Cat is dead, his live-action performance as Sergio del Rio on Steven Bochco's Over There and guesting on a semi-regular basis as Chuy on The Bernie Mac Show. He has lent his voice to the movies Happy Feet and Happy Feet 2 and many other projects. He was one of the stars of The Joe Schmo Show and has appeared in numerous shows such as Southland, Cold Case, NCIS, Shameless, Breakout Kings, The Player, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and many others and has been seen in movies such as Some Kind of Beautiful, Big Ass Spider, Halfway to Hell and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Steve Cooper talks with actor James DuMont. James is one of the busiest performers in & out Hollywood, working in both feature films and television. He recently was the supporting lead role of J. Parnell Thomas in the autobiographical feature, Trumbo opposite Bryan Cranston, directed by Jay Roach and as WB Nowlin in the Hank Williams bio-pic I Saw The Light opposite Tom Hiddleston as well as recurring for a 2nd season on the F/X series American Horror Story. His numerous movie credits include Dallas Buyer's Club, The Butler, Along Came Polly, Jurassic World, Speed, Miss Congeniality 2 and Catch Me If You Can. He is also a familiar face to TV having recurring or guest starring roles in countless series such as Treme, Men on a Certain Age, The West Wing, Cold Case, Zoo, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ugly Betty, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Harry's Law, Rizzoli & Isles, Mad Men and many more.

Steve Cooper talks with actor/writer Paul Carafotes. Paul returns to CooperTalk to chat about his Charlie Bubbles children book series and play a few songs off his new CD, Sing With Charlie Bubbles. He is also well known for playing Harold Dyer on Knots Landing and since then he has appeared in numerous movies including All the Right Moves, Clan of the Cave Bear, Blind Date and Fight Club to name a few. He has also been seen on many TV shows including Castle, ER, CSI, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds and played the Man in the Overcoat on Damages. A man of many talents, he wrote and directed Club Soda which starred starred James Gandolfini, Lou Gosset Jr., Joe Mantegna and Michael Rispoli.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Phillip P. Keene. Phillip traveled the world, had different careers and went to UCLA before he got into the acting world. One of his first roles was a small part in the hit TV show The Closer which led to being a regular on the show for 7 seasons. His character Buzz Watson then transitioned to the spin-off of that show, Major Crimes which he has been on for four seasons. He has also been nominated for four Screen Actor Guild awards.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Eric Allan Kramer. Eric is best known for his roles as Bob Duncan on Good Luck Charlie and as Dave Rogers on The Hughleys. He made his acting debut in the television film The Gunfighters. He also starred in the 1990 film Quest for the Mighty Sword and played Thor in The Incredible Hulk Returns. Among his other notable film roles are parts in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, American Wedding and True Romance. A familiar face to TV he has been seen in countless shows that include Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men, Wizards of Waverly Place, Growing Pains, Cheers, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bob, NewsRadio, JAG, Roseanne, That 70's Show, Ellen, Monk, How I Met Your Mother, The King of Queens, My Name is Earl, Bones, Mike & Molly and NCIS: Los Angeles. 

Steve Cooper talks with actor Ed Asner. Ed is a television legend, the winner of seven acting Emmy Awards and has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, with 17 nods for a Primetime Emmy and three for the daytime award. He is primarily known for his roles as Lou Grant during the late 1970s and early 1980s on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and it's spin-off series Lou Grant making him one of the few television actors to portray the same leading character in both a comedy and a drama. His career has spanned almost 60 years and he has acted in over 350 projects including ground breaking mini-series, Roots and Rich Man, Poor Man, has lent his voice to the Oscar winning Up and even played Santa Claus in the hit Christmas movie Elf.           

Steve Cooper talks with actor Sharon Lawrence. Sharon is best known as her role as Sylvia Costas Sipowicz on NYPD Blue that garnered her three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. SHe got her start in acting on Broadway with a role in the revival of Cabaret and years later she returned to star in Chicago in the role of Velma Kelly. A familiar face to TV she has starred, co-starred or been a recurring character in countless series such as Cheers, Star Trek: Voyager, Fired Up, Ladies Man, Wolf Lake, Law & Order: SVU, Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, Monk, Grey's Anatomy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Mentalist, One Tree Hill, Drop Dead Diva, Rizzoli & Isles and Blunt Talk.

Steve Cooper talks with actor/comic Mary Lynn Rajskub. Mary Lynn is best known for her iconic performance as Chloe on FOX’s 24, which she reprised on 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY, the number-one rated show of 2014. She has also appeared in recurring arcs on 2 Broke Girls and Californication and has guest starred on various series including Modern Family, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Mentalist, Royal Pains, Grey's Anatomy, New Girl, Maron and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She was a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately and is a familiar face to the big screen with credits such as Safety Not Guaranteed, The Kings of Summer, Little Miss Sunshine, Magnolia, Julie & Julia and Punch Drunk Love. Recently she has been touring as a  stand-up comic headlining at clubs across the country.

Steve Cooper talks with comic Heather McDonald. Heather  just debuted her first Showtime special I Don’t Mean To Brag, which achieved record ratings on the network and is currently streaming on Netflix. She gained a throng of loyal fans as a staff writer and for her regular roundtable appearances on E!’s top rated show ‘Chelsea Lately’. She also starred in After Lately, a mockumentary series on E! for 3 successful seasons. As an author, her debut book (released June 2010), You’ll Never Blue Ball in this Town Again, spent seven weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, and climbed to the #1 position on Amazon’s Bestsellers in Entertainment list. She released her follow up to Blue Balls in February 2013 titled MY INAPPROPRIATE LIFE: Some Material Not Suitable for Small Children, Nuns, or Mature Adults which also became a national bestseller. On top of being a full-time writer and story producer for Chelsea Lately, She has also been a regular collaborator with the Wayans Brothers; serving as a writer on their features White Chicks and Dance Flick and was a featured performer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has been a guest star on the hit television series Frasier, Malcolm in the Middle, Reno 911 and Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh.