Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II (born February 2, 1974) is an American filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor, portraying the young version of his father, Anthony Perkins' character Norman Bates in Psycho II (1983), and later appeared in films such as Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Legally Blonde (2001), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Star Trek (2009), and Nope (2022).  He made his directorial debut with the horror film The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) and has since become known for directing horror films such as I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), Gretel & Hansel (2020), Longlegs (2024), and The Monkey (2025). He co-founded the production company Phobos with producer Chris Ferguson.

Filmography

• 2028Hexagram — Director, Writer, Characters, Producer
• 2026Backrooms — Producer
• 2025Keeper — Director
• 2025The Monkey — Uncle Chip, Director, Screenplay
• 2024Longlegs — Director, Writer, Music
• 2022Nope — Fynn Bachman
• 2020Gretel & Hansel — Director
• The Twilight Zone — Kanamit #2, Director, Writer
• 2017The Blackcoat's Daughter — Director, Writer
• 2016I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House — Director, Writer
• 2015The Girl in the Photographs — Writer
• 2014Electric Slide — Andy Segal
• 2013Cold Comes the Night — Writer
• 2010Removal — Henry Sharpe, Writer
• 2010The Psycho Legacy — Thanks
• 2009Star Trek — Enterprise Communications Officer
• 2007La Cucina — Chris
• October Road — Dr. Joshua Stone
• 2006The Utah Murder Project — Detective Charlie DeSantis
• Close to Home — Charlie Forsberg
• 2005Erosion — Steve
• 2004Dead & Breakfast — Johnny
• 2003Quigley — Guardian Angel Sweeney
• 2002Secretary — Jonathan
• She Spies — Karg
• Alias — Coke Bottle Glasses
• 2001Legally Blonde — Dorky David
• 2001Not Another Teen Movie — Uninterested Guy
• 1994Wolf — Cop
• 1993Six Degrees of Separation — Woody
• 1983Psycho II — Young Norman
• 4X4: The Event — Producer
• The Young People — Director, Producer, Writer

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror — Self
• 201778/52 — Self