Xander Berkeley

Berkeley in 2016, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Alexander Harper Berkeley

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 16, 1955

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, small amount of German

Xander Berkeley is an American actor. His roles include the films Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Candyman (1992), Heat (1995), Barb Wire, Air Force One, Gattaca, and Shanghai Noon, the series 24, The Mentalist, The Booth at the End, Nikita, and The Walking Dead, and the made-for-tv movie L.A. Takedown.

He was raised in New Jersey. Xander is married to actress Sarah Clarke, with whom he has two children.

He has said:

I’m Primarily Scottish (my Pagan side) and English (the Puritan). #Salem helps to show how we’re all #Heathen half breeds!

Xander’s paternal grandfather was named Theodore Ira Berkeley. Theodore was born in New York.

Xander’s paternal grandmother was Madge Warner (the daughter of Edward Delano Warner and Annie Elizabeth Warren). Madge was born in New York. Edward was the son of Alexander Hamilton Warner and Agnes McMurdie. Annie was the daughter of Dura Warren and Meliatiah Child.

Xander’s maternal grandfather was Lloyd Andrew Harper (the son of Andrew G. Harper and Alice Amelia Loretz). Lloyd was born in Arkansas. Andrew was the son of William A. Harper and Lucy Ann Rich. Alice was the daughter of John F. Loretz and Mary Caroline Shuford.

Xander’s maternal grandmother was Harriet Wright Mills (the daughter of Herbert Charles Mills and Elizabeth McDonald). Harriet was born in Texas. Elizabeth was the daughter of Scottish parents, William McDonald, who was born in Kincardineshire, and Margaret Shearer, who was born in Aberdeenshire.

Sources: Genealogy of Xander Berkeley – https://gw.geneanet.org

Xander’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Xander’s paternal grandfather, Theodore Ira Berkeley, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org