Perry King
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(60 total)
The Day After Tomorrow
as President Blake
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris
Switch
as Steve Brooks
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell
Lipstick
as Steve Edison
Bad
as L.T.
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens
Framed for Murder
as Jason
TV Shows
(32 total)
The Mentalist
as Greg Bauer
Tales from the Crypt
as Roger
Will & Grace
as John Marshall
Cold Case
as Stan Williams
Spin City
as Tom Crandall
Drop Dead Diva
as Warren Persky
Without a Trace
as Walter Mulligan
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Ray (voice)
The Outer Limits
as Senator Richard Adams
Brothers and Sisters
as Curtis Jones
Melrose Place
as Hayley Armstrong
Hawaii Five-O
as Rick
Hawaii Five-O
as Jay Farraday
Big Love
as Congressman Clark Paley
The Sentinel
as William Ellison
Riptide
as Cody Allen
The Hitchhiker
as Doug
Eve
as Jackson
