Luke Perry

Name: Luke Perry
Birth Name: Coy Luther Perry III
Height: 5' 9''
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: October 11, 1966
Birth Place: Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Profession: actor, model
Education: Fredericktown High School in Fredericktown, Ohio.
Husband/Wife: Minnie Sharp (former model; born in 1969; married on November 20, 1993; separated in April 2003)
Relationship: Yasmine Bleeth (actress; born on June 16, 1968; broke up)
Father: Coy Luther Perry II (steelworker; died of a heart attack in 1980)
Mother: Ann Perry Bennett (homemaker; parents divorced when Perry was 6)
Sister: Amy Perry (secretary; born in 1970)
Brother: Thomas Perry (navy recruiter; born in 1965)
Half Sister: Emily Bennett (born in 1976)
Step Father: Steve Bennett (construction worker; married in 1978)
Son: Jack Perry (born on June 15, 1997; mother, Minnie Sharp)
Daughter: Sophie (mother: Minnie Sharp)
Claim to fame: as Dylan Michael McKay on TV Series: Beverly Hills 90210 (1990)

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LUKE PERRY NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Has been labeled a hero after helping rescue people trapped by a fallen ceiling in a London theater where he was performing the stage version of When Harry Met Sally. (May 18, 2004)
  • Stars in a theatrical version of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. (2003)
  • Auditioned a total of 217 times before landing his first acting gig.
  • Auditioned for the role of Steve on 90210 before being cast as Dylan.
  • He had a potbellied pig named Jerry Lee, named after Jerry Lee Lewis.
  • He is afraid of flying.
  • In 1995, Perry became the first 90210 star to quit the show, but in 1998 he returned for financial reasons.
  • Met Minni Sharp at a 1991 dinner party in Los Angeles: 90210 hadn't aired yet and she had no idea who he was. They started dating and moved in together shortly after.
  • On November 20,1993, Perry and Minni Sharp were married before 50 family members and friends at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. To avoid the paparazzi, the couple sneaked out the back door of their reception room and drove 80 miles an hour to the airport before flying to San Francisco for their honeymoon.
  • Was voted Biggest Flirt by his high school classmates.
  • Learned to ride bulls for 8 SECONDS (1994), and performed some of his own stunts.
  • In THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) his name appears in the main credits of the trailer yet he only appears in the first two minutes of the movie.
  • Starred in the 1992 movie of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, in which he played Pike.
  • Sometimes Credited As: Coy Luther III Perry
  • Has two boxers named Chuck and Mac.
  • Once worked at a doorknob factory

Quotes
  • "I got a letter the other day from a girl who mentioned the show we did on parental drug abuse. She wrote about catching her father freebasing in the basement. I get letters like that all the time, from people all over the country."
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