Oz Perkins
Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II is an American actor, screenwriter, and director.
Personal life
Perkins was born in Manhattan, New York, the elder son of actor Anthony Perkins and photographer and actress Berry Berenson. He 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. His maternal grandfather was of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, and his family's original surname was "Valvrojenski".He was married to his wife Sidney from 1999 until July 2016. They have two children together: a son, James Ripley Osgood Robert Perkins III, and a daughter, Beatrix Perkins.
Career
Perkins' first acting role was in Psycho II, in which he briefly appeared as the twelve-year-old version of the Norman Bates character his father portrayed. Since then, he has appeared in the films Six Degrees of Separation, Legally Blonde as "Dorky David," Not Another Teen Movie and Secretary, and in episodes of Alias and other television shows. He also has a brief role in the film Star Trek as a Starfleet Academy trainee. In the award winning indie film La Cucina, he plays Chris, opposite Leisha Hailey.He wrote and directed the horror films The Blackcoat's Daughter and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, and directed the dark fantasy-horror adaptation Gretel & Hansel.
Filmography
Acting roles
Film| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Psycho II | Young Norman | Credited as "Osgood Perkins" |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Woody | Credited as "Osgood Perkins" |
| 1994 | Wolf | Cop | Credited as "Osgood Perkins" |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Dorky David Kidney | |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | Uninterested Guy | |
| 2002 | Secretary | Jonathan | |
| 2003 | Quigley | Guardian Angel Sweeney | |
| 2005 | Erosion | Steve | |
| 2006 | The Utah Murder Project | Detective Charlie DeSantis | |
| 2007 | La Cucina | Chris | |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Enterprise Communications Officer | |
| 2010 | Removal | Henry Sharpe | |
| 2014 | Electric Slide | Andy Segal | |
| 2017 | 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene | Himself | Documentary |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | She Spies | Karg | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Alias | Coke Bottle Glasses | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Close to Home | Charlie Forsberg | 1 episode |
| 2008 | October Road | Dr. Joshua Stone | 1 episode |