Luke Perry - Bio, Age, Net Worth, Height, Divorce, Nationality, Body Measurement, Career

Luke Perry was a very talented and skillful American Television actor as well as a film actor. Luke Perry was famously known for his role in an American drama series, Beverly Hills, 90210. In the series, he portrayed the character of Dylan McKay in exactly two hundred episodes.

Early Life and Childhood

Luke Perry was born on October 11, 1966. As of 2020, he is currently 54 years old. His birth name is Coy Luther Perry II. He was born in the Mansfield, the state of Ohio. Perry was raised up n Ferdericktoen in spite of his birthplace as Mansfield. The names of his parents are Coy Luther Perry Jr. and Ann Bennett. Coy. Coy Luther Perry used to work as a steelworker. On the other hand, his mother was a housewife.

Caption: Luke Perry during his early age (Deadline)

Similarly, he belonged to American nationality with a mixed ethnicity that is English, Scottish, and Irish. Talking about his siblings, he had two sisters and a brother. They are Thomas Perry, Emily Bennett, and Amy Perry. Perry was 52 years old when he passed away. Also, his zodiac sign was Libra.

Besides, he had attended Fredericktown High School. Afterward, he completed his further graduation from the same institution. Later on, when he had to initiate and extend his acting career, he then shifted to Los Angeles, California.

Ultimately, he had finished his graduation in the year, 1984.

The versatile Film actor’s death

Sadly, the death date of Perry is on March 4, 2019. Moreover, he passed away in Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, Burbank, California, United States. The main reason for his death was that he had a massive stroke a week before his death. After a week of the stroke, he departed life in front of his family and friends.

Career and Professional life

In the initial phase of his career life, Luke Perry used to work in construction as a paver. He also used to work another similar kind of works for the expenses of his acting classes. During this time, he has also spent in cities like Huntington Beach, Long beach Downey, and Paramount.

Further, he had to struggle much to achieve success. He had to audition for more than two hundred acting jobs to land his first role in a commercial.

Preliminary Profession

To start with, he got involved in Voyagers. Also, he worked in ABC’s soap opera, Loving, and NBC’s Another World. Latterly, he played a role in Beverly Hills, 90210 in the 1990s. He then appeared in the drama, Scorchers (1991), and film, Terminal Bliss (1992), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Additionally, his projects included television shows such as The Simpsons (1993), Johnny Bravo (2000), and Family Guy (2000).

Filmography Career

In the bargain, Perry has also gained much reputation by working in films as well. Moreover, his movies were 8 Seconds (1994), Attention Shoppers (2000), Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise, Vacanze di Natale ’95’ (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), and Road Wing (2013), Descent, Redemption Road, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood(2019).

Furthermore, he got featured in the versatile films such as Normal Life (1996), Alice Upside Down (2007), The Final Storm (2010), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). In 2016, he worked in Dudes & Dragons.

Voice acting Career

Amazingly, he has contributed to the industry as a voice actor as well. Hence, he was a voice actor in Biker Mice From Mars (1994-95), Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996), The Incredible Hunk (1996-97), Pepper Ann (1999-2000). Other contributions were in Clone High (2003), and Pound Puppies (2011).

On top of that, he has portrayed Saint Stephen and Judas the disciple in Thomas Nelson’s audio Bible production, The Word of Promise (2009).

Further projects

In the year 2001, he made his appearance in The Rocky Horror Show. After three years, he worked in When Harry Met Sally in 2004. The televisions series, Oz (2001-02) was one of his most important projects on television. He participated in a drama, Jeremiah from the years 2002 and 2004. Consequently, he played a role in Windfall as well.

Astonishingly, he starred in John from Cincinnati (2007), Body of Proof (2012-13). Talking about television films and miniseries, he has been involved in Riot (1997), Supernova (2005), A Gunfighter’s Pledge (2008), and Love in Paradise (2016). Lastly, Riverdale was the last show in which he had appeared.

Also, he has appeared in the music video for the Twisted Sister song, Be Cool to Your Scull.

How many awards and nominations had he received?

Being among the most accomplished actors, Luke Perry has been nominated in several titles and has won the awards as well. In total, he has two wins and twelve nominations.

Detailly, he was the winner For Best Male TV Star in Bravo Otto Germany in the years 1993 and 1994. Earlier, he was nominated for the same title in the same award. In Kids’ Choice Awards, USA, he was one of the nominees for Favorite TV Actor In Blimp Award. It was for his movie, Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1993.

Moreover, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Video Premiere Award 2001 for his film, Attention Shoppers. After three years, he was the nominee for Favorite Teen Dream- Male in TV Award for the movie, Beverly Hills, 90210. For the same movie and in the same award, he was nominated for the title, Break Up That Was SO Bad It was Good in that year.

Likewise, he was also nominated for Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star in People’s Choice Award 2009. The nomination was for the movie, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

Nominations in 2020

Not long ago, he had been nominated in a total of five nominations in the year, 2020. In Screen Actors Guild Awards, he was nominated for the title, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The nomination was for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood(2019). For the same project, he was then nominated for Best Ensemble in OPFTA Film Award, Ensemble Cast, and Ensemble of the Decade in Gold Derby Awards.

Surprisingly, he was also nominated for the same movie but for the title, Best Ensemble Performace in Faro Island Film Festival, and Best Ensemble- International Competition in CinEuphoria Awards.

Net Worth

In accordance with the latest research, it is estimated that the actor had around $10 million net worth. His main source of income was through his movies, television series, and other works in the industry.

However, he never exactly claimed the facts and figures in regards to his salary, endorsements as well as personal belongings.

Personal Life of Luke Perry

A long time before, Luke Perry already had stayed in a relationship with Yasmine Bleeth from 1987 to 1988. Between the years, 1991 and 1992, he had dated Kristy Swanson for a year. What’s more, is that he was together with Madison Bauer for two years (2017-2019).

Talking about his married life, he was previously married to Rachel Sharp. The couple had tied the knot with each other in 1993. They also have two children together. The names of their children are Jack and Sophie. Jack was born on June 15, 1997. While Sophie was born on June 21, 2000. Unfortunately, the legally got separated in 2003.

Caption: Luke Perry with his daughter, Sophie (People)

Body Measurement and Social Media

With a charming personality, Perry was 5 feet and 10 inches tall. Whereas he weighed 78 kg. Besides, he had dark brown colored hair and his eyes were brown. Nonetheless, his exact body measurements, dress, and shoe sizes are undiscovered through any sources of information.

Subsequently, Luke Perry did not seem to be active on Instagram. But the followers on his one of the fan pages on Instagram has increased immensely after his sad death. The name of the fan page is @lukeperrydaily with 187k followers.

Caption: Luke Perry Body Measurement (Men’s Health)

Apart from that, he was individually active on Instagram as well as Facebook. On Twitter ha head 52.2k followers under the name, @LukePerryIII. And there are more than 71k followers on his Facebook account.

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