Background
Copeland was born in Akron, Ohio and grew up in Hayward, California and San Leandro, California.
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Career
Copeland has been the opening act for artists such as Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin and Ringo Starr. Foreign the past 18 years he has hosted a radio program for San Francisco radio station KGO (Department of Administration and Management). His program currently airs on Sunday afternoons.
On September 13, 2010, he began serving as host of "7 Live," a new hour-long, weekday program on KGO-television in San Francisco.
He is the father of three children, all of whom have followed him into show business. "The Waiting Period" In February 2012, Copeland premiered his second solo show entitled "The Waiting Period" at the Marsh in San Francisco.
The play is a memoir of Copeland"s battle with suicidal depression. The "waiting period" in the title, refers to California"s mandatory ten-day waiting period before Copeland could bring home the gun he had purchased for the purpose of ending his life.
The play received rave reviews from critics (as well as depression and suicide support groups and the mental health community) and currently plays to sold out crowds.
The message of the comedy/drama is for those suffering from debilitating depression and suicidal thoughts to "Tell Somebody" and ask for help before it"s too late. The play has been extended five times as of this writing. A book is forthcoming and talks are currently under way for a major motion picture based upon the work.
In 2006, Copeland was cast as the son of Morgan Freeman"s character in the Rob Reiner film The Bucket List, also starring Jack Nicholson.
