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Perry King
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 Ma…
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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.
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2018
The Divide
Movie Sam Kincaid
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2018
My Saga
Movie Self
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2015
Eyewitness
Movie Sheriff Lee Decker
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2012
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Movie Ran'l McCoy
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2009
Drop Dead Diva
TV show Warren Persky
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2008
The Mentalist
TV show Greg Bauer
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2007
Framed for Murder
Movie Jason
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2006
Brothers and Sisters
TV show Curtis Jones
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2006
Big Love
TV show Congressman Clark Paley
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2006
Blood and Blackboards
Movie
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2005
Home for the Holidays
Movie Cooper
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2005
The Perfect Neighbor
Movie William Costigan
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2004
Stranger at the Door
Movie Greg Norris
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2004
The Day After Tomorrow
Movie President Blake
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Stan Williams
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2003
Eve
TV show Jackson
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2002
Without a Trace
TV show Walter Mulligan
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2002
Another pretty face
Movie
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2001
The Perfect Wife
Movie Dr. Robert Steward
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2000
Titans
TV show Richard Williams
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1999
Her Married Lover
Movie Richard Mannhart
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1998
Will & Grace
TV show John Marshall
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1998
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Movie Clint Barran
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1998
The Adventures of Ragtime
Movie Jerry Blue
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1997
Their Second Chance
Movie
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1996
Spin City
TV show Tom Crandall
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1996
Face of Evil
Movie Russell Polk
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1996
The Sentinel
TV show William Ellison
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1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
Movie Frank Leyton
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1995
The Outer Limits
TV show Senator Richard Adams
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1994
Good King Wenceslas
Movie Tunna
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1994
She Led Two Lives
Movie Jeffrey Madison
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1994
Burke's Law
TV show Richard Moss
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1993
Jericho Fever
Movie Michael Whitney
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1993
A Stranger in the Mirror
Movie Toby Temple
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1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
TV show Randall (voice)
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1993
The Trouble with Larry
TV show Boyd Flatt
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1993
Almost Home
TV show Brian Morgan
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1992
A Cry in the Night
Movie Erich
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1992
Melrose Place
TV show Hayley Armstrong
