Perry King
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 Mentalist
Greg Bauer
Brothers and Sisters
Curtis Jones
Cannon
Cold Case
Stan Williams
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Ray (voice)
Melrose Place
Hayley Armstrong
Spin City
Tom Crandall
Hawaii Five-O
Rick
Hawaii Five-O
Jay Farraday
Tales from the Crypt
Roger
Drop Dead Diva
Warren Persky
Medical Center
Without a Trace
Walter Mulligan
Burke's Law
Richard Moss
The Outer Limits
Senator Richard Adams
Riptide
Cody Allen
Big Love
Congressman Clark Paley
Will & Grace
John Marshall
The Torkelsons
Brian Morgan
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Almost Home
Brian Morgan
The Sentinel
William Ellison
The Quest
The Trouble with Larry
Boyd Flatt
The Hitchhiker
Doug
The Last Convertible
Russ Currier
Eve
Jackson
The Day After Tomorrow
President Blake
Captains and the Kings
Rory Armagh
Titans
Richard Williams
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happiness Isn't Everything
Commander Gower
I'll Take Manhattan
Cutter Amberville
Switch
Steve Brooks
Mandingo
Hammond Maxwell
The Choirboys
Baxter Slate
Hijacked: Flight 285
Frank Leyton
Lipstick
Steve Edison
Class of 1984
Andrew Norris
The Lords of Flatbush
Chico Tyrell
Aspen
Lee Bishop
Slaughterhouse-Five
Robert
Home for the Holidays
Cooper
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Ran'l McCoy
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Mark
The Perfect Wife
Dr. Robert Steward
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Bad
L.T.
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Joel Delaney
Disaster at Silo 7
Maj. Hicks
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Philip Weber
Good King Wenceslas
Tunna
Framed for Murder
Jason
The Clairvoyant
Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Her Married Lover
Richard Mannhart
The Deadly Visitor
Jamie
The Wild Party
Dale Sword
Face of Evil
Russell Polk
The Adventures of Ragtime
Jerry Blue
Samson and Delilah
Samson (voice)
City in Fear
Lt. John Armstrong
Stranger at the Door
Greg Norris
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
John Macy
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Clint Barran
Golden Gate
Jordan Kingsley
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Charles Stoker
A Different Story
Albert Walreavens
The Cracker Factory
Dr. Edwin Alexander
The Perfect Neighbor
William Costigan
Eyewitness
Sheriff Lee Decker
The Hemingway Play
Hem
She Led Two Lives
Jeffrey Madison
A Stranger in the Mirror
Toby Temple
Foster & Laurie
Rocco Laurie
Kaleidoscope
John Chapman
Inmates: A Love Story
Roy Matson
Perfect People
Ken Laxton
The Divide
Sam Kincaid
Blood and Blackboards
The Knife and Gun Club
Dr. Matt Haley
Search and Destroy
Kip Moore
Jericho Fever
Michael Whitney
The Hasty Heart
Yank
Stranded
Nick MacKenzie
My Saga
Self
Big Truck and Sister Clare
Nephew Daniel
A Cry in the Night
Erich
Their Second Chance
Love's Savage Fury
Col. Zachary Willis
Only One Survived
Philip Asherton
Another pretty face
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer