Lee Perkins

Lee Perkins is a multiple award winning actor who has worked opposite Academy Award Winner Benicio Del Toro in "Reptile", Academy Award Winner Jon Voight in "Woodlawn", Academy Award Nominee Steve Carell in "Foxcatcher", Academy Award Nominee Charles Durning in "Death & Texas" and Academy Award Nominee Gary Busey in "Daze". He has also shared the screen with Jason Statham, Kate Bosworth, Channing Tatum, Rose Byrne, Lance Reddick, Tyler Hoechlin, Dean Cain, Mandy Moore along with other recognizable names. Perkins grew up in California where he attended high school and college. Although he loved movies - particularly the films of John Wayne and Kirk Douglas - sports were also a passion where Perkins excelled in baseball, football and even auto racing. After earning his SAG Card on "Freejack", Perkins started studying the Meisner Technique at Playhouse West under Academy Award Nominee Jeff Goldblum. He also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London to study the classics. Perkins has appeared twice on the London stage in the Shakespeare plays, 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' and 'Troilus and Cressida'. Perkins' first lead film role was in the World War II period drama, "The Red Machine", in which he played the Navy Lieutenant who masterminds the U.S. Navy's breaking of the unbreakable Japanese Naval Code. Roger Ebert gave the film "Two Thumbs Up". Perkins earned rave reviews for his performance where he had to learn period Japanese. With over 40 years in the entertainment business, Lee Perkins continues to fuel his passion for great stories and plans to appear on the large screen, small screen and on the stage where his journey began.