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 91
Movies 60
TV Shows 31
self 4
Voice 1
Sly (2023)
The Divide (2018)
Eyewitness (2015)
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood (2012)
Drop Dead Diva (2009)
The Mentalist (2008)
Brothers and Sisters (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)
Spin City (1996)
Face of Evil (1996)
The Sentinel (1996)
Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
The Outer Limits (1995)
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)
Melrose Place (1992)
The Torkelsons (1991)
Switch (1991)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1991)
Only One Survived (1990)
Kaleidoscope (1990)
The Knife and Gun Club (1990)
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
Disaster at Silo 7 (1988)
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)
Perfect People (1988)
I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
Stranded (1986)
Riptide (1984)
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)
Foster & Laurie (1975)
Mandingo (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Big Truck and Sister Clare (1972)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Happiness Isn't Everything
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GenderMale
Birthday1948-04-30 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceAlliance, United States
Height
MotherLouisa Elvira Perkins
CitizenshipsUnited States
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