Height6' (1.83 m)　　Mini Bio (1)　　Xander's father was a painter and his mother a school teacher who sewed, providing him with costumes (his preference over toys). School plays and Community Theater were next. An experimental theater troupe in the area (which was an offshoot from Joseph Chaikin's Open Theater in New York) took Xander under their wing when he was 16. He credits this group for shaping him as both a person and an actor, committed to taking risks and remaining open to the unknown. Xander went to Hampshire College, the progressive brainchild of Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst, and the University of Massachusetts. He would continue in the theater at Hampshire, studying and doing plays at each of the other schools, all of which were there in the area.　　Is an accomplished painter, sculptor, and make-up artist. In fact, he designed his own makeup on 24 (2001) when his character was suffering from the deteriorating effects of radiation sickness.　　Daughter Olwyn Harper was born on September 23, 2006.　　Daughter Rowan was born in 2010.　　He is of Scottish and English descent.　　Personal Quotes (6)　　I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.　　I don't look too far ahead.　　I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.　　Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.　　I'd better make hay while the sun shines.　　It's exciting that you've got an entire season to experience 24 hours of highly dramatically charged human experience. It allows for the close inspection of minutiae in behavior.