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This article is about the American Actor. For the English industrial artist, see Luke Perry (artist).
Luke Perry 
February 14th 2004Born Coy Luther Perry III
October 11, 1966
Mansfield, Ohio, United StatesOccupation Actor Luke Perry (born Coy Luther Perry III; October 11, 1966)[1] is an American actor. Perry starred as Dylan McKay on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role he played from 1990–95, and then from 1998–2000. Much publicity was garnered over the fact that even though he was playing a sixteen-year-old when 90210 began, Perry was actually in his mid-twenties at the time. Perry returned to 90210 in 1998 (this time billed as a permanent "Special Guest Star") and remained with the series until its conclusion in 2000.
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Early life
Perry was born in Mansfield, Ohio[1] and raised in Fredericktown, Ohio, where he was the school mascot, the Fredericktown High School Freddie. His mother, Ann Bennett, was a homemaker, and his father, Coy Luther Perry, Jr., a steelworker.[2] Luke Perry has revealed he likes to go home annually for the Fredericktown Tomato Show,[3] an annual street fair.[citation needed]
Acting career
In an interview with Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990s, Perry said he auditioned for 215 acting jobs in New York before finally scoring a TV commercial. After appearing in the music video "Be Chrool To Your Scuel" for the band Twisted Sister alongside Alice Cooper, Perry's earliest roles were in the daytime soap operas Loving (1987–88) and Another World (1988–89).
Following this, he then won the role of brooding millionaire's son Dylan McKay on Fox's appealing teen drama, Beverly Hills, 90210. He had auditioned for the role of Steve Sanders, a role that went to actor Ian Ziering before being cast as Dylan McKay. While starring on 90210, Perry then won a supporting role in the original film version of the Joss Whedon-written Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992). Perry had already become a very popular teen idol in the early 1990s. Perry also starred in Terminal Bliss in 1992.
Perry starred as Lane Frost in 8 Seconds in 1994. In an attempt to find more mature roles, he decided to leave Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1995. In the same year, he took a part in the Italian movie Vacanze di Natale '95, playing himself. Although he announced that 90210 was behind him, his departure would eventually turn out to be for only three years. During that time, Perry starred in the independent film Normal Life opposite Ashley Judd, starred in the TV science fiction movie Invasion (1997), a Rodney King-era drama Riot (1997) and also had a small role in Luc Besson's science fiction adventure film The Fifth Element (1997). Even though Perry had left 90210 in 1995, he returned in 1998 due to financial reasons. Perry starred in the 1999 film Storm. He then went on to star in a 2002 television movie called The Triangle.
From 2001 to 2002, he starred in the HBO prison drama Oz, in which he performed a full frontal nude scene, as Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier. From 2002 to 2004, he starred in the post-apocalyptic TV series Jeremiah. In 2005 Perry was rumored to be in Day of the Dead 2: Contagium, but did not appear to be in the film. In 2006, Perry co-starred in the ensemble drama series Windfall, about a group of friends who win the lottery. The series ran for 13 episodes during the summer of 2006 on NBC. In 2007, he landed the role of Tommy "Santa" Santorelli on the film The Sandlot: Heading Home and in the 2008 western A Gunfighter's Pledge.
Perry appeared in the HBO series John from Cincinnati, which premiered on June 10, 2007, and ran for 10 episodes, with the series finale airing on August 12, 2007.
Perry also stars in the Swedish film Äntligen Midsommar (Finally Midsummer) which was released in the summer of 2009.
Guest work
Perry has done considerable voice-over work for various animated series, often playing himself. He played himself (as Krusty the Clown's half brother) in an episode of The Simpsons (1993). He voiced himself in an episode of Johnny Bravo, giving Johnny dating advice after Johnny saved him from a stampede of fan girls. Perry then voiced himself once again in an episode of Family Guy, where he was labeled as gay by Peter and sues the family. Peter tries to seduce Perry into revealing his homosexuality and fails. However, by the end of the episode Perry is seen with Mayor Adam West, about to engage in sex. His other voice work includes The Incredible Hulk, Biker Mice from Mars, Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, and The Night of the Headless Horseman.
Aside from his self-parodying role on Family Guy, Perry has also guest-starred as gay characters in the sitcoms Spin City (1997) and Will & Grace (2005). He appeared as Carter Heywood's ex-boyfriend who subsequently fell in love with a woman on Spin City, and played a geeky birdwatcher who caught the eye of Jack McFarland on Will & Grace. In 2005, Perry was reunited with former 90210 co-star Jennie Garth when he guest starred in What I Like About You, where he played a character who claimed he had been dating Kelly's best friend when he and Val (Jennie Garth) became romantically involved (clearly a parody of the 90210 "Brenda years"). He guest-starred as Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier in the HBO television series Oz. He was also featured in a full-frontal nudity scene in Oz. In 2008, Perry guest-starred as rapist Noah Sibert in the season premiere of the television series Law & Order: SVU.[4] He also guest-starred as cult leader Benjamin Cyrus in an episode of Criminal Minds. In late 2009, Perry starred in The Killers' music video for their fourth annual Christmas single "¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!".
The stage
Perry appeared on Broadway in 2001 in a revival of The Rocky Horror Show playing Brad Majors.[5]
In 2004 he appeared in the London production of When Harry Met Sally as Harry, alongside Alyson Hannigan as Sally.[6]
Personal life
Perry was married to Minnie Sharp from 1993 to 2003. The couple share joint custody of their two children, Jack (born June 15, 1997) and Sophie (born June 7, 2000).
Perry said of his role on Beverly Hills, 90210 as bad boy Dylan McKay, “I’m going to be linked with him until I die, but that’s actually just fine. I created Dylan McKay. He’s mine,” however he has revealed he will definitely not be reprising his role on the spin-off.[citation needed] “When you're in the professional acting business,” he begins, “you have to look into all these offers and I don't mean anything bad about it but creatively it's something I have done before and I don't know how it will benefit me if I do it again.” He finally revealed a major reason as to why he did not want to be part of this revival, citing the show's long-time producer Aaron Spelling. “The difference between CW bringing something back and Aaron Spelling doing something back is significant,” he says. “And I cannot do it without Aaron.” However, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling reprised their roles.
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Other notes 1991 Scorchers Ray Ray Alternative title: Jumper: Hot Lover 1992 Terminal Bliss John Hunter Buffy the Vampire Slayer Oliver Pike 1994 8 Seconds Lane Frost 1995 Vacanze di Natale '95 (Christmas Holidays '95) Himself 1996 Normal Life Chris Anderson American Strays Johnny 1997 The Fifth Element Billy Lifebreath Martin Devoe 1999 The Heist Jack The Florentine Frankie Storm Tracker Dr. Ron Young Alternative title: Storm Trackers
Direct-to-Video Release2000 Attention Shoppers Mark Pinnalore 2001 The Enemy Dr. Michael Ashton Dirt Attorney Alternative title: Dumber than Dirt 2002 Fogbound Bob 2003 Down the Barrel David Alternative title: Luxury of Love
Direct-to-Video Release2005 Dishdogz Tony 2007 The Sandlot: Heading Home Tommy 'Santa' Santorelli Alternative title: The Sandlot 3
Direct-to-Video ReleaseAlice Upside Down Ben McKinley 2009 Äntligen midsommar! Sam Alternative title: A Swedish Midsummer Sex Comedy Upstairs Ward Weaver Silent Venom Lt. Comdr. James O'Neill Direct-to-Video Release Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency The Cat 2010 Final Storm Silas Hendershot Direct to DVD release Hanna's Gold Cole awaiting release Good Intentions Chester Milford awaiting release Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 Voyagers! Union Prisoner Uncredited Role
Episode: The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln1987–1988 Loving Ned Bates 1988–1989 Another World Kenny 10 episodes 1990–1995, 1998–2000 Beverly Hills, 90210 Dylan McKay 200 episodes 1993 The Webbers Garbage Guy TV-Movie 1994–1995 Biker Mice from Mars Napoleon Brie Voice Role
6 episodes1996 Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm Sub-Zero Voice Role
13 episodes1996–1997 The Incredible Hulk Rick Jones Voice Role
4 episodes1997 Spin City Spence Episode: Kiss Me, Stupid Riot Boomer TV-Movie
Segment: EmptyInvasion Beau Stark TV-Movie 1998 Indiscreet Michael Nash TV-Movie 1999 The Night of the Headless Horseman Brom Bones Voice Role
TV-Movie1999, 2000 Pepper Ann Stewart Waldinger Voice Role
3 episodes2000 Johnny Bravo Luke Perry Luke Perry's Guide to Love 2001 Night Visions Dr. Michael Sears Episode: Now He's Coming Up the Stairs The Triangle Stu Sheridan TV-Movie 2001–2002 Oz Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier 10 episodes 2002 Johnson County War Harry Hammett TV-Movie 2002–2004 Jeremiah Jeremiah 35 episodes 2003 Clone High Ponce de León Voice Role
Episode: Litter Kills - Literally2005 Will & Grace Aaron Episode: The Birds & the Bees What I Like About You Todd 3 episodes Descent Dr. Jake Rollins TV-Movie Supernova Dr. Chris Richardson TV-Movie 2006 Windfall Peter Schaefer 13 episodes 2007 Biker Mice from Mars Napoleon Brie Voice Role
Episode: Once Upon a Time on Earth (2)John from Cincinnati Linc Stark 10 episodes 2008 A Gunfighter's Pledge Matt Austin TV-Movie Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Noah Sibert Episode: Trials Criminal Minds Benjamin Cyrus Episode: Minimal Loss A Very Merry Daughter Of the Bride Charlie TV-Movie 2009 Angel and the Badman Laredo TV-Movie The Storm Stillman Miniseries 2010 Leverage Dalton Rand Episode: The Future Job Generator Rex Jacob Episode: The Architect FCU: Fact Checkers Unit Luke 8 episodes 2011 Goodnight for Justice John Goodnight Pound Puppies Fang "Rebel Without A Collar" Awards and nominations
- 2001: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Attention Shoppers
- 2009: Nominated, "Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star" - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Land Award
- 2004: Nominated, "Favorite Male Teen Dream" - Beverly Hills, 90210
- 2007: Nominated, "Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good" - Beverly Hills, 90210
References
- ^ a b James Brady (2006-06-25). "In Step With... Luke Perry". PARADE. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_06-25-2006/In_Step_With. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/6/Luke-Perry.html
- ^ http://www.tomatoshow.com/
- ^ "Luke Perry to Guest on "Law & Order: SVU"". The Insiders. July 30, 2008. http://www.theinsider.com/news/1100294_Luke_Perry_to_Guest_on_Law_Order_SVU. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ Stephen M. Silverman (2001-06-29). "From 90210 to 10036: Perry on B'way". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,622159,00.html. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ^ "Hannigan Orgasmic over New Stage Role". People. 2004-01-08. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,627429,00.html. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
External links
Beverly Hills, 90210 Main characters Brandon Walsh · Brenda Walsh · Kelly Taylor · Steve Sanders · Andrea Zuckerman · Dylan McKay · David Silver · Donna Martin · Valerie Malone · Clare Arnold · Noah Hunter · Janet Sosna · Gina Kincaid · Scott Scanlon · Jesse Vasquez · Ray Pruit · Carly Reynolds · Matt Durning · Cindy Walsh · Jim Walsh · Nat BussichioCrew Episodes Spin-offs and continuity Melrose Place (1992–1999) · Models Inc. (1994–1995) · 90210 (2008–) · Melrose Place (2009–2010) · Beverly Hills, 90210 franchiseCategories:- 1965 births
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Mansfield, Ohio
- Actors from Ohio
- American soap opera actors
- American voice actors
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