Oz Perkins
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Oz Perkins | |
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| Born | Osgood Robert Perkins II February 2, 1974 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983; 1993–1994; 2001–present |
| Spouse | Sidney (m. 1999; 2 children) |
Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins (born February 2, 1974) is an American actor and director.
Perkins' first acting role was in 1983's Psycho II, in which he briefly appeared as the twelve-year-old version of the Norman Bates character his father had portrayed. Since then, he has appeared in the 1993 film [adaptation of the play] Six Degrees of Separation, the 2001 movie Legally Blonde as, "Dorky David," and he appeared in theatrical productions including Not Another Teen Movie and Secretary, and on episodes of Alias and other television shows. He also has a brief role in the 2009 film Star Trek as a Starfleet Academy trainee. In the award winning indie film La Cucina he plays Chris, opposite Leisha Hailey.
Personal life
He was born in New York City, New York, the elder son of actor Anthony Perkins and photographer and actress Berry Berenson. He also is the brother of musician Elvis Perkins, a grandson of the stage actor Osgood Perkins, a nephew of the actress Marisa Berenson, and a great-grandson of the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who was a great-niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, the Italian astronomer. He has been married to wife Sidney since 1999 and they have one son together, born in 2004.
Perkins wrote and directed the 2015 film February.
Filmography
- Cold Comes the Night (2013) – Writer
- The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) – Writer, director
- I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House – Writer, director
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- 1974 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American people of English descent
- American people of Egyptian descent
- American people of French descent
- American people of Italian descent
- American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- American people of Swiss descent
- Living people
- Male actors from New York City
- Male actors of Italian descent