CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with actor Scott Lowell. Scott is best known for his role as Ted Schmidt in Showtime’s popular and critically acclaimed Queer as Folk for which he was twice nominated for a Prism Award. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998 and quickly found himself busy in a number of successful commercial campaigns, guest roles on sit-coms and a lead in a sci-fi television film. He has appeared on stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, A Noise Within, Pasadena Playhouse, The Furious Theatre Company, Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland,OR), in a number of independent films and on the television series Bones where he has appeared as Dr. Douglas Filmore in multiple episodes as well as many other series including CSI, Castle, CSI: NY, Heroes, NCIS, Criminal Minds and Leverage. He also has various voices in the animated series American Dad and recently appeared on Broadway and in London with Bradley Cooper in the stage production of The Elephant Man.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Joanna Going. Joanna appeared in soap opera roles in the late 1980s, most notably as Lisa Grady on Another World from 1987 to 1989. She went on to portray lead character Victoria Winters on the 1991 primetime series Dark Shadows. She later starred in short-lived television series Going to Extremes and guest-starred on Columbo, Spin City, The Outer Limits, and Law & Order. She has also starred in the number of feature films. She made her film debut in Wyatt Earp and later had major roles in Eden, Keys to Tulsa, Inventing the Abbotts, and Still Breathing. Her biggest role may be in the 1998 film version of Phantoms. In the 2000s, she starred in several television films and guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, and Mad Men. She also appeared opposite Sean Penn in the 2011 film The Tree of Life, her first role in a major motion picture since 2003's Runaway Jury. In 2014, Going starred as First Lady Tricia Walker in the second season of Netflix political series House of Cards. She later was cast in the DirecTV series Kingdom.

Steve Cooper talks with actor James Morrison. James I best known for his role as Bill Buchanan on Fox's hit series 24. He is a highly accomplished stage actor doing theatre for over 30 years and winning many awards including three Drama-Logue trophies in Los Angeles and recently directed the documentary Showing up. His numerous television credits including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Quantum Leap, L.A. Law, Frasier, Space: Above and Beyond, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, NCIS, The Mentalist, Suits, Hawthorne, Those Who Kill, Blue and Revenge and has appeared in films such as Catch Me If You Can, Raspberry Magic, Jarhead and Falling Down.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Amy Hill. Amy may be best known for her involvement on Margaret Cho's short-lived sitcom All-American Girl in the role of grandmother Yung-Hee better known as Grandma or Grandma Kim. A little after All-American Girl was cancelled she would later be cast in the role of Kay Ohara on Maybe This Time which would eventually lead her to be working and co-starring with TV legend Betty White and former All American Girl co-star Ashley Johnson. Some of her notable films that she starred in would be Max Keeble's Big Move, Big Fat Liar, The Cat in the Hat, Let's Go To Prison, Lilo & Stitch, and as Dr. Barrenbottom in 2013's Big Gay Love, but her most notable film role was as Sue in the film 50 First Dates. She has had many notable guest starring roles on shows such as Night Court, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, King of the Hill, The Sarah Silverman Program, and My Wife & Kids and has had many notable recurring roles on TV shows as well such as the lesbian daughter of D. L. Hughley's neighbor (played by Pat Morita) on The Hughleys, The upstairs neighbor of Monica and Rachel on Friends, Mrs. DePaulo on That's so Raven, Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures, Mrs. Hasagawa on Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Penny Candy on The Puzzle Place, Mah Mah the adopted mother of Francine on American Dad!, Dr. Lauren Brown on General Hospita, and Suji on The Naked Truth. In the final episode of season six of Seinfeld, she played the part of Frank Costanza's long lost girlfriend during his Korean War service.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Jerry Hauck. Jerry is an LA based actor who has been performing in TV, Film, and commercials for 30 years. His numerous sitcom credits include Murphy Brown, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, That 70’s Show, My Name Is Earl, The Middle and Hot in Cleveland. No stranger to dramatic TV as well, he has appeared in popular shows such as LA Law, ER, Six Feet Under, House M.D., Monk, and Scandal. His feature film credits include I'll Do Anything, Cobb, Garfield, Matchstick Men, and Saving Mr. Banks. Still busy as ever, this year he has been seen on True Detective, How To Get Away With Murder, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Blunt Talk, and the acclaimed docudrama, Soaked In Bleach.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Michael Bunin. Michael is an American actor perhaps best known for playing the role of Kenny on the TBS sitcom My Boys. A prolific and highly successful commercial actor during the early part of his career, starring in at least 50 national commercials, the transition to the single camera comedy on TBS was a natural and seamless next step. He has also guest starred on several hit TV shows including Scrubs, Bad Judge, Mad Men, Modern Family, Perception, iCarly, Rules of Engagement, Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Crisis and Masters of Sex.

Steve Cooper talks with comic Brian McDaniel. Brian can be seen in the new Entourage movie, as a regular contributor on CBS’ The Talk and of course he was a correspondent on TMZ for 8 years.

He grew up in Prince George's county Maryland, riding the bus to school where comedy was the ultimate factor in deciding social status. Mostly, he just tried to avoid being embarrassed by the popular kids and the foul­mouthed big­banged girls that followed them. But he was learning by osmosis, picking up on what was funny and what was just swagger, which jokes made everybody laugh, and which ones just unified the cool clique in their superiority. He couples this experience with the pop culture expertise of a TMZ veteran to write material that's incisive, ridiculous, and surprising that he performs all over the Los Angeles area and on the road.

Steve Cooper talks with writer/host/gossip columnist A.J. Benza. A.J. is a regular contributor to Playboy and Penthouse. He was New York City’s most celebrated gossip columnist in the 1990s, writing and editing both Hot Copy and Downtown columns for the Daily News (New York). He also continues to be a regular on the Howard Stern Sirius radio show. His television credits include hosting and producing E!’s Mysteries & Scandals, co-hosting Game Show Network’s highest-rated series, High Stakes Poker, and creating, producing, writing, and hosting his own late night talk show, A.J. After Hours. He recently released a critically acclaimed memoir title 74' and Sunny.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Richard Gunn. Richard is best known for his starring role in James Cameron's Dark Angel for which he won a People's Choice Award in his early 20's, after taking a break from the entertainment industry to live on a ranch for several years in his 30's, he is back and has now become a critic and fan favorite as the iconic hero Chief of Police John Sanders in the cable hit Granite Flats opposite Christopher Lloyd, Parker Posey, and Carey Elwes. He also had a recurring role on Hemlock Grove and has guest starred in many shows including The Mentalist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Dexter.