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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-04-30
Place of birth
Alliance, Ohio, USA
Switch
1991
5.91
Class of 1984
1982
6.43
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
6.50
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
5.59
Framed for Murder
2007
3.40
Mandingo
1975
6.68
The Perfect Neighbor
2005
5.31
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
5.70
Bad
1977
6.35
The Choirboys
1977
5.29
Home for the Holidays
2005
5.90
City in Fear
1980
6.20
Search and Destroy
1979
6.80
Lipstick
1976
5.18
Her Married Lover
1999
2.83
Samson and Delilah
1986
5.50
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012
6.15
The Wild Party
1975
4.92
Disaster at Silo 7
1988
6.30
A Cry in the Night
1992
3.80
Kaleidoscope
1990
4.80
A Different Story
1978
5.33
The Perfect Wife
2001
4.40
Stranger at the Door
2004
4.60
Face of Evil
1996
5.83
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
5.30
She Led Two Lives
1994
4.00
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
6.54
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
4.00
Love's Savage Fury
1979
4.30
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
0.00
The Cracker Factory
1979
9.50
Sly
2023
7.23
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988
0.00
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Another pretty face
2002
6.00
Big Truck and Sister Clare
1972
5.00
The Hasty Heart
1983
0.00
Stranded
1986
6.00
Perfect People
1988
4.20
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989
1.00
Good King Wenceslas
1994
3.00
The Clairvoyant
1982
5.30
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
3.00
The Divide
2018
6.00
My Saga
2018
0.00
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998
9.00
The Deadly Visitor
1973
6.00
Jericho Fever
1993
5.00
Eyewitness
2015
5.10
Blood and Blackboards
2006
0.00
Inmates: A Love Story
1981
0.00
Golden Gate
1981
0.00
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
0.00
Foster & Laurie
1975
0.00
The Hemingway Play
1976
0.00
Only One Survived
1990
0.00
Their Second Chance
1997
3.00