Perry King
Acting
Born: April 30, 1948 (age 78) · Alliance, Ohio, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
The Mentalist
2008
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Will & Grace
1998
Cold Case
2003
Class of 1984
1982
Spin City
1996
Without a Trace
2002
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Switch
1991
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Photos (7)
Movies (52)
The Day After Tomorrow
President Blake
Mandingo
Hammond Maxwell
The Perfect Wife
Dr. Robert Steward
Class of 1984
Andrew Norris
Switch
Steve Brooks
Bad
L.T.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Robert
The Lords of Flatbush
Chico Tyrell
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Joel Delaney
Kaleidoscope
John Chapman
The Choirboys
Baxter Slate
The Divide
Sam Kincaid
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Mark
Lipstick
Steve Edison
The Clairvoyant
Paul 'Mac' McCormack
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Cracker Factory
Dr. Edwin Alexander
Short Cut to Haifa
Nephew Daniel
Face of Evil
Russell Polk
Love's Savage Fury
Col. Zachary Willis
Hijacked: Flight 285
Frank Leyton
Disaster at Silo 7
Maj. Hicks
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
The Perfect Neighbor
William Costigan
Her Married Lover
Richard Mannhart
A Cry in the Night
Erich
The Adventures of Ragtime
Jerry Blue
Samson and Delilah
Samson (voice)
A Different Story
Albert Walreavens
Foster & Laurie
Rocco Laurie
A Stranger in the Mirror
Toby Temple
City in Fear
Lt. John Armstrong
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Ran'l McCoy
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Philip Weber
Perfect People
Ken Laxton
Only One Survived
Philip Asherton
Golden Gate
Jordan Kingsley
The Wild Party
Dale Sword
Home for the Holidays
Cooper
Framed for Murder
Jason
She Led Two Lives
Jeffrey Madison
Eyewitness
Sheriff Lee Decker
Good King Wenceslas
Tunna
Inmates: A Love Story
Roy Matson
The Hemingway Play
Hem
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Clint Barran
The Deadly Visitor
Jamie
Another pretty face
2002
Stranger at the Door
Greg Norris
Jericho Fever
Michael Whitney
Their Second Chance
1997
Search and Destroy
Kip Moore
TV Shows (32)
The Mentalist
Greg Bauer · 1 eps
Cold Case
Stan Williams · 1 eps
Melrose Place
Hayley Armstrong · 15 eps
Without a Trace
Walter Mulligan · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Rick · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Jay Farraday · 1 eps
Will & Grace
John Marshall · 1 eps
Spin City
Tom Crandall · 5 eps
The Outer Limits
Senator Richard Adams · 1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Curtis Jones · 1 eps
Big Love
Congressman Clark Paley · 3 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Roger · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Drop Dead Diva
Warren Persky · 1 eps
The Sentinel
William Ellison · 1 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Jake (voice) · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Doug · 1 eps
Eve
Jackson · 2 eps
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Randall (voice) · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Richard Moss · 1 eps
Riptide
Cody Allen · 56 eps
The Torkelsons
Brian Morgan · 13 eps
Titans
Richard Williams · 13 eps
Captains and the Kings
Rory Armagh · 8 eps
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
4 eps
Almost Home
Brian Morgan · 13 eps
The Trouble with Larry
Boyd Flatt · 7 eps
Aspen
Lee Bishop · 3 eps
The Quest
10 eps
The Last Convertible
Russ Currier · 3 eps
I'll Take Manhattan
Cutter Amberville · 4 eps
