CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with actor/writer Stephen Tobolowsky. Stephen worked primarily in theater during his early career and wrote and directed a few plays including Two Idiots in Hollywood and True Stories. His film career took off in the 1980's thanks to roles in The Philadelphia Experiment, Nobody's Fool, Spaceballs and Mississippi Burning. Since then he has appeared in many popular movies including Bird on a Wire, Basic Instinct, Groundhog Day, Murder in the First, Mr. Magoo, The Insider, Memento, Freaky Friday, Garfield and Wild Hogs. He has also done a substantial amount of voice work, most recently taking on the role of Uncle Ubb in The Lorax. He has been even more prolific in television over the past few decades. He's appeared on a diverse range of shows including Seinfeld, Mad About You, Chicago Hope, The Practice and Curb Your Enthusiasm and has had recurring roles in CSI: Miami, Deadwood, Heroes, Glee and Californication.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Tim Bagley. Tim is one of the most sought-after character actors in the entertainment industry. He is most recognized for his roles as "Harold Krenshaw" on Monk and Larry on Will and Grace or as Dr. Pellagrino in Judd Apatow's films, This Is 40 and Knocked Up. He has been a series regular, recurred, or guest starred on countless television shows; Some notable TV highlights include his performances on Grimm,     Shameless, Southland, 1600 Penn, Zombieland, Two Broke Girls, Hot In Cleveland, $#*! My Dad Says, Desperate Housewives, Pushing Daisies and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Tim currently stars opposite Lisa Kudrow on Showtime's Web Therapy. Some film highlights include the upcoming psycho-thriler, Unpeacable, The Space Between, Employee of the Month, Finding Bliss, Operation Endgame, Accepted, The Day After Tomorrow, Happy Texas, Austin Powers 2 - The Spy Who Shagged Me and his first feature film The Mask.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Kathleen Rose Perkins. Kathleen is best known for playing Carol Rance on Showtime's critically acclaimed series, Episodes. A familiar face to TV she has had recurring roles in such shows as Help Me Help You, Trust Me, Gary Unmarried, 'Til Death and NCIS: Los Angeles and had guest star spots on Grey's Anatomy, Man Up, Private Practice, Castle, The Mentalist, Lie to Me, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, American Horror Story, Royal Pains and Person of Interests and many others. She also appeared in the movie The Island and will be in the upcoming Ben Affleck directed movie Gone Girl.

Steve Cooper talks with drummer Ray Luzier. Ray in currently the drummer for Korn. He started playing drums at age five and is a self-taught drummer. He graduated from the Musician’s Institute 1989 and returned a couple years later as an instructor teaching Rock-style drumming. Prior to Korn, he had played with an amazing list of musicians: David Lee Roth, Billy Sheehan, Robert and Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots), Richard Patrick, and many others. He became a full time member of Korn in 2008 after the departure of David Silveria.  He still teaches in his spare time by offering drum clinics. He also has a side project, the band KXM that also includes dUg Pinnick of King's X and George Lynch of Dokken and Lynch Mob fame.

Steve Cooper talks with radio host/voiceover actor/television personality Shadoe Stevens. Shadoe was the first program director of World Famous KROQ-FM. He created one of the first Alternative Rock formats in the country. As Vice President of Programming, he created a new music format that consisted of nothing but "cutting edge, exciting new music. Within 6 months it became a number one station. As a radio personality during this period, he won the Billboard Magazine Personality of the Year Award. After leaving radio for the worlds of television and film, in 1988, he was offered the position of hosting American Top Forty. Casey Kasem left the show, and Shadoe became the new host for the next 6 years. During this time, it became the most successful and widely syndicated radio show in the world. It was broadcast in 120 countries to an estimated 1 billion listeners every week. At the same time, he appeared on Hollywood Squares, which for three years was a top 5 syndicated show. As a regular on the show, he became a household name. The show continued in successful syndication for another three years. He starred in two network series for CBS, Loose Cannon and for four years the Top 20 series Dave's World. He has frequently been a guest star on a wide range of hit TV series including: Beverly Hills 90210, Baywatch, The Larry Sanders Show, Caroline in the City, Clueless, Burke's Law, Fast Track, and Sonny Spoon. As a voice-over artist, he has been the voice of Hollywood Squares, Comic Relief, the Grammy Awards, the Emmy Awards, and countless commercials. He is currently announcer for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Jeremy Ratchford. Jeremy is best known for playing Detective Nick Vera and the series Cold Case for 7 years. Originally from Canada he was also the lead in the series Blue Murder and has been seen in shows such as Night Heat, The Campbells, NYPD Blue, The Kids in the Hall, Fly Away Home, The Practice, JAG, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: Crime Investigation Scene, Hawaii Five-0, Shameless and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He was also in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award winning movie Unforgiven and will appear in Jersey Boys.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Mike Hagerty. Mike is known for playing comedic blue-collared workers, including recurring roles as building superintendent Mr. Treeger on Friends and the manager of the muffler shop on HBO's Lucky Louie. He was a regular on The George Carlin Show and Mob City and has had roles in many shows including The Wonder Years, Cheers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Grey's Anatomy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Entourage, Monk and Community. He has also been in a handful of movies including Wayne's World, Speed 2, Doctor Detroit, One Good Cop, Nothing in Common and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Joel Murray. Joel followed his older brothers, Brian Doyle Murray and Bill Murray's footsteps into the improv world of Chicago. He quickly booked a co-starring role in the movie One Crazy Summer and has been working ever since. He was a series regular in the shows Grand, Pacific Station, Love & War, Dharma & Greg and Still Standing. He has been a recurring character on Shameless and Mad Men as well as appearing on shows such as Cold Case, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Criminal Minds, My Boys, Desperate Housewives and Two and a Half Men. His also does voice work on many projects including the TV series Beethoven, the movie Monsters University and was Chester Cheetah for Cheetos for 12 years.

Steve Cooper talks with writer/philanthropist Sam Polk. Sam left Wall Street to do something more meaningful. He founded Groceryships, a non-profit that helps low-income families struggling with obesity, and is at work on a memoir and a documentary on restorative justice. He gained national attention for his essay in the New York Times, For the Love of Money about his money addiction and walking away from millions.

Steve Cooper talks with actor/host/writer Annabelle Gurwitch. As an actor Annabelle has appeared in over 50 TV series including Seinfeld, Dexter, Boston Legal and the Medium and also starred in the world premier of the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Marguiles, A Coney Island Christmas. As a host she has been seen on the shows Dinner and a Movie and Wa$ted and was an anchor for HBO's Not Necessarily the News. She has also been a panelist on such shows as Real Time with Bill Maher, Anderson Cooper, Fox and Friends, Show Biz Tonight and The Oprah Winfrey show. She has written essays for the Huffington Post, L.A. Magazine, Men's health and many more and she just released her third book, I See You Made An Effort.