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Luke Perry Biography and Profile

Coy Luther Perry III (born October 11, 1966, died March 4, 2019), known simply as Luke Perry, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dylan McKay on the Beverly Hills TV series 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. He currently plays Fred Andrews on The CW series, Riverdale.

Early Life


Perry was born in Mansfield, Ohio and raised in Fredericktown, Ohio. There, he was the school mascot, Fredericktown High School, Freddie. His mother, Ann Bennett, was a housewife and his father, Coy Luther Perry, Jr., was a steelworker. Perry loves to come home every year for the Fredericktown Tomato Show, an annual street fair.

Perry moved to Los Angeles shortly after high school for acting because he didn't have the opportunity to do it in Ohio. He worked as a paver and lived in various cities including Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Downey and Paramount.

Personal life


Perry was married to Rachel Minnie Sharp from 1993 to 2003. The couple shared custody of their two children, Jack (born June 15, 1997) and Sophie (born June 7, 2000).

Perry became an advocate for testing for colon cancer after undergoing a colonoscopy in 2015 that revealed precancerous growths.

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