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.

Filmography

• 2018The Divide — Sam Kincaid, Director
• 2015Eyewitness — Sheriff Lee Decker
• 2012Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood — Ran'l McCoy
• Drop Dead Diva — Warren Persky
• The Mentalist — Greg Bauer
• 2007Framed for Murder — Jason
• Big Love — Congressman Clark Paley
• 2006Blood and Blackboards
• Brothers and Sisters — Curtis Jones
• 2005Home for the Holidays — Cooper
• 2005The Perfect Neighbor — William Costigan
• 2004Stranger at the Door — Greg Norris
• 2004The Day After Tomorrow — President Blake
• Cold Case — Stan Williams
• Eve — Jackson
• 2002Another pretty face
• Without a Trace — Walter Mulligan
• 2001The Perfect Wife — Dr. Robert Steward, Associate Producer
• Titans — Richard Williams
• 1999Her Married Lover — Richard Mannhart
• 1998The Adventures of Ragtime — Jerry Blue
• 1998The Cowboy and the Movie Star — Clint Barran
• Will & Grace — John Marshall
• 1997Their Second Chance
• 1996Face of Evil — Russell Polk
• 1996Hijacked: Flight 285 — Frank Leyton
• Spin City — Tom Crandall
• The Sentinel — William Ellison
• The Outer Limits — Senator Richard Adams
• Burke's Law — Richard Moss
• 1994Good King Wenceslas — Tunna
• 1994She Led Two Lives — Jeffrey Madison
• 1993A Stranger in the Mirror — Toby Temple
• Almost Home — Brian Morgan
• 1993Jericho Fever — Michael Whitney
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron — Randall (voice)
• The Trouble with Larry — Boyd Flatt
• 1992A Cry in the Night — Erich
• Melrose Place — Hayley Armstrong
• 1992Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story — Mark
• 1991Switch — Steve Brooks
• The Torkelsons — Brian Morgan
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Jake (voice)
• 1990Kaleidoscope — John Chapman
• 1990Only One Survived — Philip Asherton
• 1990The Knife and Gun Club — Dr. Matt Haley
• 1989Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer — Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
• Tales from the Crypt — Roger
• 1988Disaster at Silo 7 — Maj. Hicks
• 1988Perfect People — Ken Laxton
• 1988Shakedown on the Sunset Strip — Charles Stoker
• 1988The Man Who Lived at the Ritz — Philip Weber
• I'll Take Manhattan — Cutter Amberville
• 1986Samson and Delilah — Samson (voice)
• 1986Stranded — Nick MacKenzie
• 1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
• 1984Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues — John Macy
• Riptide — Cody Allen
• 1983The Hasty Heart — Yank
• The Hitchhiker — Doug
• 1982Class of 1984 — Andrew Norris
• 1982The Clairvoyant — Paul 'Mac' McCormack
• The Quest
• 1981Golden Gate — Jordan Kingsley
• 1981Inmates: A Love Story — Roy Matson
• 1980City in Fear — Lt. John Armstrong
• 1979Love's Savage Fury — Col. Zachary Willis
• 1979Search and Destroy — Kip Moore
• 1979The Cracker Factory — Dr. Edwin Alexander
• The Last Convertible — Russ Currier
• 1978A Different Story — Albert Walreavens
• Aspen — Lee Bishop
• 1977Bad — L.T.
• 1977The Choirboys — Baxter Slate
• Captains and the Kings — Rory Armagh
• 1976Lipstick — Steve Edison
• 1976The Hemingway Play — Hem
• 1975Foster & Laurie — Rocco Laurie
• 1975Mandingo — Hammond Maxwell
• 1975The Wild Party — Dale Sword
• The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
• 1974The Lords of Flatbush — Chico Tyrell
• 1973The Deadly Visitor — Jamie
• 1972Short Cut to Haifa — Nephew Daniel
• 1972Slaughterhouse-Five — Robert
• 1972The Possession of Joel Delaney — Joel Delaney
• Cannon
• Hawaii Five-O — Rick, Jay Farraday
• Medical Center
• Happiness Isn't Everything — Commander Gower

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2018My Saga — Self
• 1987It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration — Himself
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self