Biography
Perry King, born Perry Firestone King, made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five. In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in the exploitation film Mandingo. Since the 1970s, he has appeared in dozens of feature films, television series and television movies. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars, but the role ultimately went to Harrison Ford. However, he played the character in the radio adaptations of Star Wars and both its sequels.
In 1984, King was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV movie The Hasty Heart. That same year, he landed the role of Cody Allen on the series Riptide.
In 1993, he starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel A Stranger in the Mirror, which is a roman à clef on Groucho Marx. In 1995, he portrayed the role of Hayley Armstrong on Melrose Place. He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and as the President of the United States in the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow.
King has made guest appearances on TV shows including Spin City, Will & Grace, Eve, and Cold Case.
Filmography
all 90
Movies 60
TV Shows 30
self 4
Voice 1
Sly (2023)
The Divide (2018)
My Saga (2018)
Eyewitness (2015)
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood (2012)
Drop Dead Diva (2009)
The Mentalist (2008)
Framed for Murder (2007)
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
Blood and Blackboards (2006)
Home for the Holidays (2005)
The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
Stranger at the Door (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Cold Case (2003)
Eve (2003)
Without a Trace (2002)
Another pretty face (2002)
The Perfect Wife (2001)
Titans (2000)
Her Married Lover (1999)
Will & Grace (1998)
The Cowboy and the Movie Star (1998)
The Adventures of Ragtime (1998)
Their Second Chance (1997)
Spin City (1996)
Face of Evil (1996)
The Sentinel (1996)
Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Good King Wenceslas (1994)
She Led Two Lives (1994)
Burke's Law (1994)
Jericho Fever (1993)
A Stranger in the Mirror (1993)
The Trouble with Larry (1993)
Almost Home (1993)
A Cry in the Night (1992)
Melrose Place (1992)
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
The Torkelsons (1991)
Switch (1991)
Only One Survived (1990)
Kaleidoscope (1990)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
The Knife and Gun Club (1990)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989)
Disaster at Silo 7 (1988)
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)
Perfect People (1988)
I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
Samson and Delilah (1986)
Stranded (1986)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)
Riptide (1984)
The Hasty Heart (1983)
The Hitchhiker (1983)
The Clairvoyant (1982)
The Quest (1982)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Golden Gate (1981)
Inmates: A Love Story (1981)
City in Fear (1980)
The Last Convertible (1979)
Search and Destroy (1979)
Love's Savage Fury (1979)
The Cracker Factory (1979)
A Different Story (1978)
The Choirboys (1977)
Aspen (1977)
Bad (1977)
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Lipstick (1976)
The Hemingway Play (1976)
Foster & Laurie (1975)
Mandingo (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974)
Deadly Visitor (1973)
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Big Truck and Sister Clare (1972)
Cannon (1971)
Medical Center (1969)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Happiness Isn't Everything
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GenderMale
Birthday1948-04-30 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceAlliance, United States of America
Height
MotherLouisa Elvira Perkins
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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