Xander's father was a painter and his mother a school teacher who sewed, providing him with costumes .
Is an accomplished painter, sculptor, and make-up artist. In fact, he designed his own makeup on "24" when his character was suffering from the deteriorating effects of radiation sickness.
Both he and wife Sarah Clarke have played turncoat government agents assisting in a presidential assassination: Berkeley in the film Air Force One , and Clarke in the TV series "24" . They both were in the first two seasons of "24" , although they rarely, if at all, shared scenes.
He and Glenn Morshower both made guest appearances on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" as Las Vegas sheriffs. They also both had recurring roles on "24" , and they also starred together in Air Force One .
Appears with Carlos Bernard (who makes his film debut) in The Killing Jar . Bernard later played one of his subordinates on the TV series "24" .
Appeared again with "24" co-star Reiko Aylesworth in Magma: Volcanic Disaster . In "24," they played boss and subordinate, in "Magma"; they played husband and wife (they were both killed off on "24" by that time).
Daughter Olwyn Harper was born on September 23, 2006.
Daughter Rowan was born in 2010.
He has made guest appearances on both "The Twilight Zone" and "The Twilight Zone" .
Appeared as "Tzar Nicolas II" in the play "Grand Delusion" (written by David Rock ) with Amanda Detmer and Kurt Fuller.
As of 2015, has appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Few Good Men and Apollo 13 .
Was in two movies that had a two-word title, the second of which was "time": Short Time and Small Time .
