Luke Perry trivia: 70 interesting facts about the Beverly Hills, 90210 star!

Luke Perry is one of the main protagonists of the Beverly Hills, 90210 tv series and one of the most known actors of the series!

So let’s dive in into some trivia and facts about his life!

1. His full name is Coy Luther “Luke” Perry III
2. He was born on October 11, 1966
3. He is an American actor
4. He is known for playing Dylan McKay on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210
5. The show lasted rom 1990 to 1995
6. It came back again from 1998 to 2000
7. He currently stars as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale
8. Luke Perry was born in Mansfield, Ohio
9. He was raised in Fredericktown, Ohio
10. There, he was the school mascot, the Fredericktown High School Freddie
11. His mother, Ann Bennett, was a homemaker
12. And his father, Coy Luther Perry Jr., was a steelworker
13. Luke Perry likes to go home annually for the Fredericktown Tomato Show
14. It is an annual street fair
15. Luke Perry moved to Los Angeles shortly after high school to pursue acting
16. As he had no opportunities to do so in Ohio
17. He worked as a paver
18. He lived in various cities including Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Downey, and Paramount
19. In an interview with Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990s, Luke Perry said he auditioned for 215 acting jobs in New York
20. Before finally scoring a TV commercial
21. He made an appearence in the music video “Be Chrool to Your Scuel” for the band Twisted Sister alongside Alice Cooper
22. Luke Perry’s earliest roles were in the daytime soap operas Loving (1987- 88) and Another World (1988- 89)
23. Following this, he won the role of the brooding millionaire’s son Dylan McKay on Fox’s teen drama, Beverly Hills, 90210
24. He had originally auditioned for the role of Steve Sanders but lost to actor Ian Ziering
25. While starring on 90210, Luke Perry won a supporting role in the original film version of Joss Whedon’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)
26. Luke Perry had already become a popular teen idol in the early 1990s
27. He also starred in Terminal Bliss in 1992
28. Luke Perry starred as Lane Frost in 8 Seconds in 1994
29. In an attempt to find more mature roles, he decided to leave Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1995
30. In the same year, he took a part in the Italian movie Vacanze di Natale ’95, playing himself
31. Although he announced that 90210 was behind him, his departure would eventually turn out to be for only three years
32. During that time, Luke Perry starred in the independent film Normal Life opposite Ashley Judd
33. Sstarred in the TV science fiction movie Invasion (1997)
34. And a Rodney King drama Riot (1997)
35. He had a small role in Luc Besson’s science fiction adventure film The Fifth Element (1997)
36. In 1998 he returned to 90210 for financial reasons
37. Luke Perry then starred in the 1999 film Storm
38. He went on to star in a 2002 television movie called The Triangle
39. From 2001 to 2002, he starred in the HBO prison drama Oz, as the Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier
40. From 2002 to 2004 he starred in the post-apocalyptic TV series Jeremiah
41. In 2006 Luke Perry co- starred in the ensemble drama series Windfall, about a group of friends who win the lottery
42. The series ran for 13 episodes during the summer of 2006 on NBC
43. In 2007 he landed the role of Tommy “Santa” Santorelli on the film The Sandlot: Heading Home
44. He appeared in the 2008 western A Gunfighter’s Pledge
45. Luke Perry also appeared in the HBO series John from Cincinnati, which premièred on June 10, 2007
46. It ran for 10 episodes
47. The series finale aired on August 12, 2007
48. He also starred in the Swedish film Äntligen Midsommar (Finally Midsummer)
49. It was released in the summer of 2009
50. Luke Perry has done considerable voice- over work for various animated series, often playing himself
51. He played himself (as Krusty the Clown’s half brother) in an episode of The Simpsons (1993)
52. He voiced himself in an episode of Johnny Bravo
53. Luke Perry parodied himself in an episode of Family Guy
54. His other voice work includes The Incredible Hulk, Biker Mice from Mars, Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, and The Night of the Headless Horseman
55. Luke Perry has guest- starred as gay characters in the sitcoms Spin City (1997) and Will & Grace (2005)
56. In 2005 Perry was reunited with former 90210 co- star Jennie Garth when he guest- starred on What I Like About You in a loose parody of their 90210 characters’ relationship
57. In 2008 Perry guest- starred as rapist Noah Sibert in the season premiere of the television series Law & Order: SVU
58. He also guest- starred as cult leader Benjamin Cyrus in an episode of Criminal Minds
59. Luke Perry appeared on Broadway in 2001, in a revival of The Rocky Horror Show, playing Brad Majors
60. In 2004, he appeared in the London production of When Harry Met Sally as Harry, alongside Alyson Hannigan as Sally
61. Luke Perry was married to Rachel Minnie Sharp from 1993 to 2003
62. The couple share joint custody of their two children
63. Jack was born on June 15, 1997
64. Sophie wasborn on June 7, 2000
65. His son, Jack, is a professional wrestler known by his ring name “Jungle Boy” Nate Coy, who is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
66. Luke Perry became an advocate for testing for colon cancer
67. After undergoing a colonoscopy in 2015 that revealed precancerous growths
68. On February 27, 2019, Luke Perry suffered a major stroke at his home in Sherman Oaks, California
69. He was hospitalized in Los Angeles
70. His Beverly Hills, 90210 rushed to support him