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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.
The roles that explain the career.
34 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Divide | Sam Kincaid | Film |
| 2018 | The Divide | Director | Film |
| 2012 | Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood | Ran'l McCoy | Film |
| 2007 | Framed for Murder | Jason | Film |
| 2005 | The Perfect Neighbor | William Costigan | Film |
| 2005 | Home for the Holidays | Cooper | Film |
| 2004 | Stranger at the Door | Greg Norris | Film |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | President Blake | Film |
| 2001 | The Perfect Wife | Dr. Robert Steward | Film |
| 1999 | Her Married Lover | Richard Mannhart | Film |
| 1994 | Good King Wenceslas | Tunna | Film |
| 1992 | A Cry in the Night | Erich | Film |
| 1992 | Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story | Mark | Film |
| 1991 | Switch | Steve Brooks | Film |
| 1990 | Kaleidoscope | John Chapman | Film |
| 1988 | Disaster at Silo 7 | Maj. Hicks | Film |
| 1987 | It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration | Himself | Film |
| 1986 | Samson and Delilah | Samson (voice) | Film |
| 1985 | The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There | Film | |
| 1984 | Riptide | Cody Allen | TV |
| 1984 | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | John Macy | Film |
| 1982 | Class of 1984 | Andrew Norris | Film |
| 1982 | The Clairvoyant | Paul 'Mac' McCormack | Film |
| 1980 | City in Fear | Lt. John Armstrong | Film |
| 1979 | The Cracker Factory | Dr. Edwin Alexander | Film |
| 1979 | Search and Destroy | Kip Moore | Film |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Baxter Slate | Film |
| 1977 | Bad | L.T. | Film |
| 1976 | Lipstick | Steve Edison | Film |
| 1975 | Mandingo | Hammond Maxwell | Film |
| 1975 | The Wild Party | Dale Sword | Film |
| 1974 | The Lords of Flatbush | Chico Tyrell | Film |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Joel Delaney | Film |
| 1972 | Slaughterhouse-Five | Robert | Film |
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