Perry King

Known for ActingBorn 1948-04-30 (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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Adventures of Ragtime

The Quest

The Cowboy and the Movie Star

The Cracker Factory

The Hasty Heart

Golden Gate

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Eve

Captains and the Kings

The Mentalist

Foster & Laurie

The Torkelsons

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

Only One Survived

Stranded

Tales from the Crypt

Night of 100 Stars II

Drop Dead Diva

Inmates: A Love Story

Cold Case

The Last Convertible

Aspen

The Outer Limits

The Trouble with Larry

Without a Trace

Brothers and Sisters

The Sentinel

Disaster at Silo 7

Spin City

Big Love

Search and Destroy

Hawaii Five-O

Will & Grace

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

The Hemingway Play

Burke's Law

Riptide

The Day After Tomorrow

The Divide

Mandingo

Cannon

Face of Evil

Almost Home

Class of 1984

Slaughterhouse-Five

Bad

Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood