CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with actor Robert Beltran. Robert is best known for his role of Commander Chakotay which he played for 7 seasons on Star Trek: Voyager. He got his acting start in the movie Zoot Suit and since then has been seen in Eating Raoul, Lone Wolf McQuade, Night of the Comet, Bugsy and Nixon to name a few. His TV credits include co-starring in Models Inc., recurring in Big Love and guest...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Kathe Mazur. Kathe is best known for her role as Deputy DA Hobbs, formerly on The Closer and now appearing in The Closer's spin-off series: Major Crimes. She has also been a series regular on Fox’s Misery Loves Company and has appeared on countless other shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, Alias, Monk , Private Practice, ER, Frasier, Close to Home, J...

Steve Cooper talks with comic Carl LaBove. Carl is an original founding member of "The Outlaws of Comedy", His powerful approach to stand up comedy has been filling theaters and clubs for over 30 years. At age nineteen he discovered stand up comedy with the man who would become his best friend, Sam Kinison. Together the two founded a Rock & Roll Comedy concept that would earn Billboard Magazines "...

Steve Cooper talks with writer/director/comic Mike Young. Mike has written and directed the movies A Stand Up Guy and My Man is a Loser. He is the creator and host of the “Young American Comedy Tour,” an international tour showcasing stand-up comedians. After performing at the Montreal Comedy Festival, Mike developed sitcoms with Warner Bros. and ABC. As a writer, Young has written a one-hour for...

Steve Cooper talks with writer Ivor Davis. Ivor first came to America in the early sixties and was appointed West Coast correspondent for the 4-million-a-day circulation London Daily Express in l963. His first big assignment came the following year: to hang out, travel with and get to know the four members of a new pop group from Liverpool who were tearing up the world with their music: the Beatle...

Steve Cooper talks with writer/host Phil Rosenthal. Phil is best known for being creator, writer and executive producer for Everybody Loves Raymond which he won 2 Emmys for. He also has written for the shows such as Coach, Baby Talk and The Man in the Family. He recently directed the documentary Exporting Raymond and is the host of the PBS series about food and travel titled I'll Have What Phil's...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Vanessa Cloke. Vanessa recently appeared in the Oscar nominated movie The Big Short. She has also guest starred on various TV series such as Treme, NCIS: New Orleans, Satisfaction, Wild Card, The Walking Dead, Powers and American Horror Story and was a series regular on USA's Common Law and can be seen in the soon to be released horror movie Mind Puppets. Sponsored by...

Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor Brian Scolaro. Brian is most known for his appearances on Conan, his half hour Comedy Central special Comedy Central Presents: Brian Scolaro, as Doug on Sullivan and Son, and as Stuart on FOX’s Stacked. He has had recurring roles on Kroll Show, Life and Times of Tim, Wizards of Waverly Place and has had guest roles on such shows as Bones, Dexter, Mad Men, Grey's...

Steve Cooper talks with actor/writer Matt Price. Matt has appeared on stage at UCB in many shows including ASSSCAT, Fucked Up & Illegal Videos, The Jersey Shore Recap Party, and Harold Night. He also produced and hosted a monthly storytelling show called Show & Tell and has performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the Toyota Comedy Festival in NYC, SketchFest in San Francisco, and the...

Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor/writer/producer/director Paul Provenza. Paul has been producing the hit live show Setlist that has been performed around the world in clubs and festivals. Some of the top comics from different countries perform a stand-up set not knowing the topics before they hit the stage. He is a very accomplished comic with over 100 TV appearances including The Tonight Show...

Steve Cooper talks with lawyer Tanya Acker. Tanya is an attorney and civil litigator and is best known as one of three judges on CBS Television Distribution’s new syndicated court program Hot Bench created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. She is an attorney at a Los Angeles law firm and is an experienced civil litigator who also advises clients on various transactional issues on pre-litigation conflict re...

Steve Cooper talks with comic/voice actor/writer/animator Ron Yavnieli. Ron trained at Cal Arts and Syracuse University and has worked with companies like Funny or Die, Bento Box, Disney, Warner Brothers, Machinima, Nintendo, College Humor, Nickelodeon and Nerdist over the years and continues producing original content. His original films have won awards at Worldfest Houston, Worldfest Flagstaff,...

Steve Cooper talks with TV writer Shawn Ryan. Shawn is best known for creating the hit FX series The Shield. He got his start in television when he entered and won the Norman Lear Playwriting award sponsored by Columbia Pictures Television (which has become Sony). Later he was a staff writer on the show Nash Bridges and served as a writer/producer on Angel. He was also the show runner for season 2...

Steve Cooper talks with comic Bruce Baum. Bruce became part of a small cadre of comedians performing at the Comedy Store in the 1970's that included David Letterman, Robin Williams and Jay Leno - a crew of comedians that ignited the comedy boom that began in the 1980's and continues today. Many of those comedians appeared in his student films and/or also appeared in his videos and short films whil...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Mackenzie Phillips. Mackenzie is an actress and singer best known for her roles in American Graffiti and as rebellious teenager Julie Cooper on the sitcom One Day at a Time. She is most recently known for her role on Disney channel’s science – fiction show So Weird. Mackenzie is the daughter of John Phillips, lead singer of the 60s band, The Mamas and the Papas. As a...

Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor/writer Melinda Hill. Melinda created, wrote, produced and starred in the web series Romantic Encounters with Melinda Hill, which was selected to screen at LA Web Fest, was nominated for an LA Weekly Web Award for “best comedy series” and was an IndieWire Critic’s Pick for “best comedy web series.” She also created the web series All Growz Up with Melinda Hill an...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Bill Brochtrup. Bill was originally cast for just two episodes of NYPD Blue during the show's second season. However, when his splendid portrayal of P.A.A. John Irvin won over the show's producers and audience alike, he was invited to reprise the very same role in comedy series Public Morals and two years later he returned to NYPD Blue as Irvin, and continued to be a...

Steve Cooper talks with drummer Rich Redmond. Rich is an influential touring/recording drummer/percussionist based in Nashville, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California. His versatile, dynamic, and rock solid drumming is the sound behind many of today’s top talents.  While he’s not in the studio or on tour Rich is motivating others with his CRASH Course for Success a meticulously crafted program tha...

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 rol...

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 recur...

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...

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 seaso...

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,...

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 th...

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 st...