bio and resumé
Bio
Francis Perry is a film, television, web, and stage actor. His career began in the 1980s on the East Coast with a variety of professional theater credits. In 1983, Francis became one of the first cable TV Video Jockeys with a late-night cable network show Hit Video U.S.A. He has appeared on network TV in Nash Bridges, Midnight Caller, 13 Reasons Why and The House of Mirth. Francis has appeared in many independent films, and commercials. Francis has an MA in Broadcast Communications Arts, and for many years was an executive in the legal video industry. He is a licensed single-engine pilot, a motorcycle enthusiast and a hiker.
Resumé
Francis Perry
Height: 5’8”
Hair: Grey/Brown
Eyes: Green
Weight: 170
Film
Confession Lead (Jiaxun Xie) Indie Film
The Final Mix Lead (C. Cyrus) Indie Film
Crossover Lead (P Martindale) Indie Film
Faces Lead (Y.T. Teague) Indie Film
Milkshake Lead (A. Tonita-Bly) Indie Film
Eye For Eye Lead (K. Alverson) Indie Film
Beautiful Child Lead (W.D. Keith) Indie Film
Arty & Calvin Lead (F. Wu) Indie Film
Dust Lead (M. Camp) Indie Film
Lucy Lead (K. Vicky) Indie Film
2008 Supporting (Jooyeon Kang) Indie Film
Designed by Preeti Supporting (Gayatri Everitt Bagpai) Indie Film
MvP Supporting (B. Milan-Howells) Indie Film
How to Successfully Fail in Hollywood Supporting (C.M. Conway) Indie Film
Jason Comes Home Supporting (C. Hawkinson) Indie Film
A Love Like This Supporting (T. Times) Indie Film
Starhaven Supporting (K. Laird) Indie Film
Bobby Supporting (Amir) Indie Film
Two Repent Supporting (R. Gildea) Indie Film
With Prejudice Supporting (G. Robinson) Indie Film
Fated Supporting (K-Lou) Indie Film
Grown Up Supporting (Yamo Zhang) Indie Film
Twenty Supporting (Hilary Davidson) Indie Film
Television
Hit Video USA Principle VJ (N/A) Hit Video USA Cable Network
House of Mirth Supporting (A. Hall) PBS
Midnight Caller Supporting (E. Laneuville) NBC
Music Video
Rad Boyz Supporting (Smiley Mikey)
Funk You Supporting (Larry Sager)
Commercials
Epoartist Lead Web/Broadcast
Elk Grove Auto Mall Lead Broadcast
ManCrates Lead Web
IBM Lead Conference Promotion
Merrill Corporation Lead Conference Promotion
LegaLink, Inc. Lead Conference Promotion
Video Solutions, Inc. Lead Web
Morgan Stanley Lead National Broadcast
Toyota Supporting National Broadcast
Theatre
Quality of Life Lead (A. Lexear) Altarena Playhouse
The Humans Lead (P. Nims) Novato Theatre Company
Exit Plan Lead (L. Mari) Greenhouse Festival (Z-Space Below)
Mass Appeal Lead (C. Sanders) Stages
Woyzeck Lead (N. Byron) American Repertory Theatre black box
Butley Lead (W. Begley) Massachusetts Theatre Company
Sly Fox Lead (A. Bailey) Massachusetts Theatre Company
Sexual Perversity in Chicago Lead (A. Bailey) Massachusetts Theatre Company
Rosencrantz and Guildendstern are Dead Lead (S. Sessler) Massachusetts Theatre Company
Royal Hunt off the Sun Lead (B. Smith) Massachusetts Theatre Company
The Woods Lead (K. Groome) The Third Eye Theatre
Man of La Mancha (Theatre By The Sea) Supporting
Barefoot in the Park Supporting (A. Rosario) California Conservatory Theatre
Carousel Supporting (M. Kendall) Theater-By-The-Sea
Taming of The Shrew Supporting (T. Robertson) Huntington Theatre
Training
Groundlings (LA)
Improv (Welsh)
American Conservatory Theatre Studio A.C.T.
Acting II, III & IV (J. Kitchens)
Advanced Scene Study (M. Rafael)
Advanced Acting (M. Rafael)
Acting Focus: English Bad Boys; (M. Rafael)
Acting & Auditioning for Commercials (T. Huls)
Advanced Acting: Bah ha ha! Comedy (J. Douglas)
Theater Audition (M. Rafael)
Acting Focus: Who’s Afraid of Edward Albee (W.D. Keith)
Acting Intensive: Advanced Audition for Theatre (W.D. Keith)
Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth
B.A. Theatre (minor)
San Francisco State University
M.A. Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts
Additional Skills
Dialect (Boston, British R.P., Irish); Motorcycle license; Licensed single-engine airplane pilot; Retired legal video industry executive