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Perry King
Actor, Director
Born April 30, 1948 (74 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2018 | The Divide · as Sam Kincaid |
| 2015 | Eyewitness · as Sheriff Lee Decker |
| 2013 | Newsreaders (TV Series) · as Mayhew Ketchup |
| 2012 | Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood · as Ran'l McCoy |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) · as Warren Persky |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Greg Bauer |
| 2007 | Framed for Murder · as Jason |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Curtis Jones |
| 2006 | Big Love (TV Series) · as Congressman Clark Paley |
| 2005 | The Perfect Neighbor · as William Costigan |
| 2005 | Home for the Holidays · as Cooper |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow · as President Blake |
| 2004 | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy · as Han Solo |
| 2004 | Stranger at the Door · as Greg Norris |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Stan Williams |
| 2003 | Eve (TV Series) · as Councilman Jackson Bridgewater |
| 2002 | Another Pretty Face · as Unknown |
| 2002 | Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Walter Mulligan |
| 2001 | The Perfect Wife · as Dr. Robert Steward |
| 2000 | Titans (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Her Married Lover · as Richard Mannhart |
| 1998 | The Adventures of Ragtime · as Jerry Blue |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as John Marshall |
| 1997 | Their Second Chance · as Larry |
| 1996 | Face of Evil · as Russell Polk |
| 1996 | Hijacked: Flight 285 · as Frank Leyton |
| 1996 | Spin City (TV Series) · as Tom Crandall |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | She Led Two Lives · as Jeffrey Madison |
| 1993 | A Stranger in the Mirror · as Toby Temple |
| 1993 | Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (TV Series) · as Bus Driver |
| 1993 | Jericho Fever · as Michael Whitney |
| 1993 | Almost Home (TV Series) · as Brian Morgan |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | A Cry in the Night · as Erich |
| 1992 | Melrose Place (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | The Torkelsons (TV Series) · as Brian Morgan |
| 1991 | Switch · as Steve Brooks |
| 1990 | Kaleidoscope · as John Chapman |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Logger |
| 1989 | Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer · as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer |
| 1989 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz · as Philip Weber |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Perfect People · as Ken Laxton |
| 1987 | I'll Take Manhattan (TV Series) · as Cutter Amberville |
| 1985 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (TV Series) · as Samson |
| 1984 | The Wandering Company · as Dale Sword |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Cody Allen |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Doug |
| 1982 | Class of 1984 · as Andrew Norris |
| 1982 | The Clairvoyant · as Paul 'Mac' McCormack |
| 1979 | Search and Destroy · as Kip Moore |
| 1979 | Love's Savage Fury · as Col. Zachary Willis |
| 1979 | The Cracker Factory · as Dr. Edwin Alexander |
| 1978 | A Different Story · as Albert Walreavens |
| 1977 | The Choirboys · as Baxter Slate |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | Lipstick · as Steve Edison |
| 1975 | Mandingo · as Hammond Maxwell |
| 1975 | The Wild Party · as Dale Sword |
| 1974 | The Lords of Flatbush · as Chico Tyrell |
| 1974 | Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney · as Joel Delaney |
| 1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five · as Robert |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Jay Farraday |