Luke Perry
Actor
Biography
Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (1966–2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. Perry also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale. He had guest roles on shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and Will & Grace, as well as a recurring role voicing Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk (1996–1997) from Marvel Comics, and also appeared in various films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 8 Seconds (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Final Storm, The Beat Beneath My Feet (2016), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which was his final feature performance and earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Perry died at the age of 52 from complications following a massive stroke.
As Director
Filmography
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as Wayne Maunder 2019
The Fifth Element
as Billy 1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Oliver Pike 1992
Christmas Vacation '95
as Luke Perry 1995
8 Seconds
as Lane Frost 1994
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
as Richard Steele 2015
The Sandlot: Heading Home
as Tommy Santorelli 2007
Alice Upside Down
as Ben McKinley 2007
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Self (archive footage) 2020
The Final Storm
as Silas Hendershot 2010
Supernova
as Dr. Chris Richardson 2005
Normal Life
as Chris Anderson 1996
The Triangle
as Stu Sheridan 2001
The Beat Beneath My Feet
as Steve 2014
Silent Venom
as Lt. Cmdr. James O'Neill 2009
Dudes & Dragons
as Lorash 2015
Love in Paradise
as Avery Ford 2016