Luke Perry

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Luke Perry is an American actor best known for his role in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. He appeared as Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier in the HBO television series Oz. From 2002 to 2004 he played another character named Jeremiah in the post-apocalyptic TV series Jeremiah.

Perry was born Coy Luther Perry III on October 11, 1965 at Mansfield General Hospital (now Med-Central Hospital) in Mansfield, Ohio to Coy Luther Perry Jr. and Ann Bennett. He was raised in the town of Fredericktown, Ohio, south of Mansfield. He is a graduate of Fredericktown High School.

In early 2004, Perry made his West End debut starring in a stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally... at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, opposite Alyson Hannigan. Perry voiced himself in an episode of Family Guy and an episode of The Simpsons. His current role is in the 2006 NBC television series Windfall. He also appeared in Season 3 of WB sitcom What I Like About You as Todd.

Perry is now divorced from Rachel "Minnie" Sharp, with whom he has two children, Jack and Sophie.

Early in his career, he appeared opposite Alexandra Wilson on the ABC soap opera Loving, The two were reunited when he briefly joined the cast of NBC's Another World.

Perry also appeared on the August 11, 2006 edition of WWE SmackDown!.

He also starred in a two part sci-fi drama series called Supernova, also featuring actress Tia Carrere.

He was featured in an episode of Johnny Bravo, giving Johnny dating advice after Johnny saved him from a stampede of fan girls.

In the Simpsons, it is said that Luke Perry is Krusty's half-brother.

In Family Guy, Luke Perry is labelled as gay by Peter and sues the family in the episode The Story on Page One. Peter tries to seduce Luke into becoming a homosexual and fails horribly.