Perry King
Profession: Acting
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.
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.
Born on: Fri Apr 30 1948 at Alliance, Ohio, USA
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The Mentalist
20088.4/10
Without a Trace
20027.2/10
Melrose Place
19925.9/10
Cold Case
20037.8/10
Hawaii Five-O
19687.2/10
Will & Grace
19986.9/10
Brothers and Sisters
20067.1/10
The Outer Limits
19957.7/10
Spin City
19967/10
Big Love
20066.9/10
Cannon
19716.7/10
Tales from the Crypt
19898/10
Medical Center
19696.4/10
Drop Dead Diva
20097.7/10
The Sentinel
19967.2/10
The Hitchhiker
19836.3/10
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
19906.9/10
Burke's Law
19946.8/10
The Day After Tomorrow
20046.6/10
Eve
20038.5/10
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
19938/10
The Torkelsons
19918.2/10
Riptide
19846.8/10
Titans
20005.7/10
Almost Home
19936.3/10
Captains and the Kings
19768.8/10
Mandingo
19756.6/10
Aspen
19778/10
Switch
19915.9/10
Slaughterhouse-Five
19726.5/10
Class of 1984
19826.4/10
The Last Convertible
19798/10
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
19749/10
The Lords of Flatbush
19745.8/10
The Trouble with Larry
19937.5/10Happiness Isn't Everything
0/10
I'll Take Manhattan
19876.2/10
Lipstick
19765.3/10
The Choirboys
19775.5/10
Disaster at Silo 7
19887.3/10
Bad
19776.5/10
The Quest
198210/10
The Cracker Factory
19799.3/10
The Perfect Wife
20014.8/10
City in Fear
19805.7/10Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
19847/10
The Possession of Joel Delaney
19725.6/10
Golden Gate
19819/10
Hijacked: Flight 285
19965.6/10
Home for the Holidays
20056.1/10
Her Married Lover
19993.1/10
The Perfect Neighbor
20055.6/10
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
20126.1/10
Kaleidoscope
19904.6/10
Eyewitness
20155.1/10
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
19925.8/10
The Wild Party
19754.9/10Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
19880/10
The Clairvoyant
19825.6/10
Love's Savage Fury
19795.3/10
Short Cut to Haifa
19725/10
Good King Wenceslas
19944.4/10
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
19989.3/10
A Cry in the Night
19924.4/10
The Divide
20186.4/10
Search and Destroy
19797.1/10
A Stranger in the Mirror
19933.5/10
Samson and Delilah
19865.5/10
Face of Evil
19966.3/10
Framed for Murder
20073.8/10
Perfect People
19884.7/10
Foster & Laurie
19758.5/10
Their Second Chance
19975.3/10
She Led Two Lives
19944.8/10
The Hemingway Play
19767/10Stranded
19868/10
The Deadly Visitor
19736.4/10
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
19850/10
Inmates: A Love Story
19818/10
A Different Story
19785.3/10
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
19893.7/10The Knife and Gun Club
19904.3/10
The Adventures of Ragtime
199810/10
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
19884.3/10
Only One Survived
19908/10
Stranger at the Door
20045.2/10
Jericho Fever
19936/10The Hasty Heart
19839/10
Another pretty face
20024.7/10Blood and Blackboards
20060/10