Kelly Perine

Kelly Perine
Born	(1969-03-23) March 23, 1969 State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Alma mater	Pomona College, University of California - Irvine
Occupation	Actor/Writer/Director/Producer/Comedian
Years active	1990–present
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Website	http://www.kellyperine.com

Kelly Perine (born March 23, 1969) is an American television actor, writer, director, producer, and comedian. Perine attended Lake Forest Academy near Chicago, Illinois, where he studied stage acting. He spent his undergraduate years at Pomona College in Claremont, California. After graduating, he studied at the University of California, Irvine where he received his master's degree in Drama.

Career

Perine is a veteran of over 25 years in Hollywood. Perine had regular roles in the sitcoms Between Brothers where he played Dustin "Dusty" Q. Canyon, The Parent 'Hood where he played Kelly Peterson, and One on One which he portrayed Duane Odell Knox, from seasons 1 to 4. He also had a successful run on Nickelodeon's Knight Squad, playing Sir Gareth. He has made appearances in numerous independent films like Convincing Clooney where he played the role of Disco. He starred in the MyNetworkTV comedy Under One Roof where he played Winston Hill opposite the unmistakable Flavor Flav. He is currently in pre-production for the feature film Downward Hiro, which he wrote and is starring in. The film is based on the award-winning short of the same name, which won a number of festival awards. He has also penned a baseball comedy called Run Down Mongoose, which follows a washed up Dodger scout that travels to the Dominican Republic to sign an up-and-coming player.

He also has a number of unscripted shows such as From Scratch, and Finish The Fridge, which are travel/lifestyle shows unlike anything on television today. He has appeared in many television commercials, and has had bit parts in numerous sitcoms, including 21 Jump Street, Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, Coach, Mad About You, Living Single, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Malcolm & Eddie, The Steve Harvey Show, The Hughleys, How I Met Your Mother, True Jackson, VP, Austin & Ally and The Bernie Mac Show.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Making of'...And God Spoke	Wiseman #2
1996	Sunchaser	Fellow in Oncology
1996	Judge and Jury	Roland
1997	Trial and Error	Kurt
1998	Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy	Keene
2004	Gas	Ed
2005	Dating Games People Play	Manny
2007	Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon	Lenny	Direct-to-video film
2007	Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary	Skip
2008	Dog Gone	Arty
2010	Speed Dating	Dee Jay
2011	Convincing Clooney	Disco
2011	Naked Angel	Homeless Musician
2012	A Perfect Day	Mailman
2012	Atlas Shrugged Part II	Airport Manager
2014	The Wedding Pact	Dave
2014	Downward Hiro	Hiro
2015	Reservations for Three	Peter
2015	Kelly Perine is "That Guy"	Himself
2016	Candace and Peter's Smokin' Hot Date	Peter
2016	Boy Bye	Hector
2019	Manipulation	Scott Keating

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	21 Jump Street	Holt	Season 4 Episode 26, Blackout (Fox); uncredited
1994	Mad About You	Man in Line	Season 3 Episode 10, The City (NBC)
1995–2000	The Drew Carey Show	Chuck	17 episodes (ABC)
1995	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	Andy	One Episode, Mama's Boy (E!)
1995	Living Single	Rusty Biggins	Season 2 Episode 23, Who's Scooping Who? (Fox)
1995	Seinfeld	John	Season 7 Episode 2, The Postponement (NBC)
1995	Misery Loves Company	Roger	Season 1 Episode 1, Pilot (Fox)
1995	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Security Guard	Season 3 Episode 14, One is the Loneliest Number (ABC)
1996	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Referee Johnson	Season 4 Episode 17, Rivals (ABC)
1996	The Parent 'Hood	Accomplice	Season 3 Episode 11, The Parade-y Bunch
1996–1997	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Mr. Morley	3 episodes (ABC)
1996–1997	Ned and Stacey	Thad	2 episodes (Fox)
1997	ER	Matt Collins	Season 3 Episode 13, Fortune's Fools (NBC)
1997	Tracey Takes On...	Minty Fresh	Season 2 Episode 12, Race Relations (HBO)
1997	Coach	Frank	Season 9 Episode 20, The Neighborhood (ABC)
1997	Family Matters	Petey	Season 8 Episode 24, A Pirate's Life for Me (ABC)
1997	The Practice	Theodore "Teddy" Maynard	Season 2 Episode 4, Dog Bite (ABC)
1997	Malcolm & Eddie	Calloway	Season 1 Episode 19, Whole Lotta Love Seat (UPN)
1997–1999	Between Brothers	Dusty Canyon	17 episodes (Fox/UPN)
1999	The Parent 'Hood	Kelly Peterson	11 episodes (WB)
1999	Malcolm & Eddie	Nick Nickerson	Season 4 Episode 3, Hot Pants (UPN)
1999–2002	For Your Love	Paul	4 episodes (WB)
2000	The Steve Harvey Show	Arnold the Crazy Guy	Season 5 Episode 2, Player, Interrupted (WB)
2001	The Clark Family	Kevin Perine	Television film (WB)
2000–2001	Providence	Reggie	6 episodes (NBC)
2001	The Hughleys	Brock	Season 3 Episode 18, Something About Shari (UPN)
2001	The Bernie Mac Show	Matt	3 episodes (Fox)
2001–2005	One on One	Duane Knox	91 episodes (UPN)
2002	The Twilight Zone	Cam the Jumpsuit Guy	Season 1 Episode 23, Gabe's Story (UPN)
2005	Cuts	Duane Knox	Season 1 Episode 9, On the Road Again (UPN)
2007	How I Met Your Mother	Fred	Season 2 Episode 15, Lucky Penny (CBS)
2007	In Case of Emergency	Don Piano	Season 1 Episode 13, The Picture (ABC)
2007	The Loop	Agent Beckman	Season 2 Episode 3, Yeah, Presents (Fox)
2008	Just Jordan	Kenny	Season 2 Episode 2, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Nickelodeon)
2008–2009	Under One Roof	Winston Hill	13 episodes (MyNetworkTV)
2009	True Jackson, VP	Larry Jackson (True's Father)	Season 1 Episodes 20 and 21, Back to School (Nickelodeon)
2010	'Til Death	Doctor	Season 4 Episode 22, Ally Aboard (Fox)
2011	Are We There Yet?	Steve	Season 2 Episode 26, The Play Dates Episodes (TBS)
2011	Who Is Billie Mackenzie	Dr. Underwood	Episode: Meet the Underwoods (Syndicated)
2012	Let's Stay Together	Dr. Earl Sutton	Season 2 Episode 3, All Juice, No Seeds (BET)
2012	Austin & Ally	Officer Dunphy	Season 1 Episode 11, Songwriting and Starfish (Disney Channel)
2012	Bones	Walter Otton	Season 7 Episode 8, Bump in the Road (Fox)
2013	The Thundermans	Mr. John	Season 1 Episode 4, Report Card (Nickelodeon)
2014	Crash & Bernstein	Officer Plotkin	Season 2 Episode 11, Monkey Business (Disney XD)
2014	Santa Hunters	Uncle Charlie	Television film (Nickelodeon)
2015	Suburban Sons	Steve	Web series, 4 episodes
2016	Legendary Dudas	Principal Platt	4 episodes (Nick)
2018–2019	Knight Squad	Sir Gareth	main role (Nick)
2019	Coop & Cami Ask the World	Nick	Season 2, Episode 9 Would You Wrather Lose Your Presents? (Disney Channel)
2022	Bad Love		Post production

External links

• Kelly Perine at IMDb