Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II (born February 2, 1974) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director.

Early life

Perkins was born in Manhattan, New York, the elder son of actor Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) and photographer and actress

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(April 14, 1948 – September 11, 2001). He is the brother of musician

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, a grandson of the stage actor Osgood Perkins, a nephew of the actress Marisa Berenson, and a great-grandson of the fashion designer

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, who was a great-niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, the Italian astronomer. His maternal grandfather was of

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descent, and his family's original surname was "Valvrojenski"."Marisa $chiaparelli Is Married in Gown Designed. by Her Mother, the Cougurlere"
''The New York Times''.

Career

Perkins' first acting role was in '' Psycho II'' (1983), 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'' (1993), '' Legally Blonde'' (2001) as "Dorky David," ''

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'' (also 2001) and '' Secretary'' (2002), and in episodes of ''Alias'' and other television shows. He also has a brief role in the film ''

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'' (2009) as a Starfleet Academy trainee. In the award winning

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'' La Cucina'' (2007), he plays Chris, opposite

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. He wrote and directed the horror films '' The Blackcoat's Daughter'' (2015) and ''

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House ''I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House'' is a 2016 gothic supernatural horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. It stars Ruth Wilson as a live-in nurse who suspects her elderly employer's house may be haunted, and also features ...

'' (2016), and directed the dark fantasy-horror adaptation ''

Gretel & Hansel ''Gretel & Hansel'' (also known as ''Gretel & Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'') is a 2020 dark fantasy horror film based on the German folklore tale "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm. The film is directed by Oz Perkins, and produced by Fred ...

'' (2020).

Personal life

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 (born in 2004), and a daughter, Beatrix Perkins (born in 2008).

Filmography

Credited as Oz Perkins * ''Removal'' (2010) (as writer) Credited as Osgood Perkins

Acting roles

Film Television

References

External links

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