Perry King
Actor
- Born
- April 30, 1948 (age 78) · Alliance, Ohio, USA
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.
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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.
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
May 26, 2004
Class of 1984
August 20, 1982
Slaughterhouse-Five
March 15, 1972
Switch
May 10, 1991
Mandingo
June 6, 1975
The Lords of Flatbush
May 1, 1974
Lipstick
April 2, 1976
Bad
May 4, 1977
The Possession of Joel Delaney
May 24, 1972
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
June 5, 2012
The Choirboys
December 23, 1977
The Wild Party
March 1, 1975
Acting61
- 2018The Divide as Sam Kincaid
- 2018My Saga as Self
- 2015Eyewitness as Sheriff Lee Decker
- 2012Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood as Ran'l McCoy
- 2007Framed for Murder as Jason
- 2006Blood and Blackboards
- 2005Home for the Holidays as Cooper
- 2005The Perfect Neighbor as William Costigan
- 2004Stranger at the Door as Greg Norris
- 2004The Day After Tomorrow as President Blake