Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born April 4, 1932
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion (1956). He made his film debut in The Actress (1953) directed by George Cukor before experiencing success on Broadway with Elia Kazan’s production of Tea and Sympathy (1955). He quickly became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, working alongside actors such as Henry Fonda (The Tin Star), Sophia Loren (Desire Under the Elms), Shirley MacLaine (The Matchmaker), Audrey Hepburn (Green Mansions), and Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, and Ava Gardner (On the Beach). He left Hollywood in 1960 and had a successful career in Europe, where he co-starred with Ingrid Bergman (Aimez-vous Brahms?), Melina Mercouri (Phaedra), Brigitte Bardot (Une ravissante idiote), and Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, and Orson Welles (Le procès). He returned to Hollywood in 1968 with Pretty Poison, which became a cult classic. In the decades that followed, his career continued to flourish alongside personalities like Diana Ross (Mahogany), Jeff Goldblum (Remember My Name), Elizabeth Taylor (Winter Kills), John Candy (Double Negative), and Lauren Bacall (Murder on the Orient Express). In 1973, he co-wrote The Last of Sheila with Stephen Sondheim. During his career, he won a Golden Globe, a Cannes Award, and a David di Donatello Award, and was nominated for two Tony Awards and one Academy Award. Perkins died on September 12, 1992, of AIDS complications.
MovieMaking I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
as Himself
MovieAnthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
MovieFifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
MovieTab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self (archive)
MovieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieFallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of 'Psycho'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe American Nightmare
2000
as Self
MovieIn the Deep Woods
1992
as Paul Miller, P.I.
MovieThe Naked Target
1992
as El Mecano
TVPatricia Highsmith's Tales
1992
as Host
MovieA Demon in My View
1991
as Arthur Johnson
MoviePsycho IV: The Beginning
1990
as Norman Bates
MovieThe Ghost Writer
1990
as Anthony Strack
MovieI'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Buchanan
MovieThe Day of Reckoning
1990
as Self - Host
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
as Self
MovieDaughter of Darkness
1990
as Anton
TVChillers
1990
as Self - Host
MovieEdge of Sanity
1989
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
MovieJoan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Anthony Perkins
MovieDestroyer
1988
as Robert Edwards
TVNapoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987
as Talleyrand
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986
as Self
MoviePsycho III
1986
as Norman Bates
MovieCrimes of Passion
1984
as Reverend Peter Shayne
TVThe Glory Boys
1984
as Jimmy
MoviePsycho II
1983
as Norman Bates
MovieThe Sins of Dorian Gray
1983
as Henry Lord
TVFor the Term of His Natural Life
1983
as Reverend James North
MovieThe Orson Welles Story
1982
as Self
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieDouble Negative
1980
as Lawrence Miles
MovieNorth Sea Hijack
1980
as Lou Kramer
MovieThe Black Hole
1979
as Dr. Alex Durant
MovieTwice a Woman
1979
as Alfred
MovieWinter Kills
1979
as John Cerruti
TVNDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as Self - Host
MovieLes Misérables
1978
as Javert
MovieFirst, You Cry
1978
as Arthur Heroz
MovieRemember My Name
1978
as Neil Curry
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieMahogany
1975
as Sean McAvoy
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
as Hector MacQueen
MovieLovin' Molly
1974
as Gid
The Last of Sheila Featurette
1973
as Self
MovieThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Reverend LaSalle
MoviePlay It as It Lays
1972
as B.Z.
MovieTen Days' Wonder
1971
as Charles Van Horn
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieSomeone Behind the Door
1971
as Laurence Jeffries
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
MovieHow Awful About Allan
1970
as Allan
MovieWUSA
1970
as Rainey
MovieCatch-22
1970
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
MovieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Male Animal
1968
as Tommy Turner
MoviePretty Poison
1968
as Dennis Pitt
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Champagne Murders
1967
as Christopher Belling
MovieEvening Primrose
1966
as Charles Snell
MovieIs Paris Burning?
1966
as Sgt. Warren
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Charles Snell
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Tommy Turner
aspekte
1965
as Self
MovieThe Fool Killer
1965
as Milo Bogardus
MovieAgent 38-24-36
1964
as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
MovieThe Sword and the Balance
1963
as Johnny Parsons
MovieFive Miles to Midnight
1962
as Robert Macklin
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieThe Trial
1962
as Josef K.
MoviePhaedra
1962
as Alexis Kyrilis
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieGoodbye Again
1961
as Philip Van der Besh
Treffpunkt New York
1961
as Self
MoviePsycho
1960
as Norman Bates
MovieTall Story
1960
as Ray Blent
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
MovieOn the Beach
1959
as Lt. Peter Holmes
MovieGreen Mansions
1959
as Abel
TVDiscorama
1959
as Self
MovieThe Matchmaker
1958
as Cornelius Hackl
MovieDesire Under the Elms
1958
as Abel Cabot
MovieThe Tin Star
1957
as Ben Owens
MovieThis Angry Age
1957
as Joseph Dufresne
MovieThe Lonely Man
1957
as Riley Wade
MovieFear Strikes Out
1957
as Jimmy Piersall
MovieFriendly Persuasion
1956
as Josh Birdwell
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieStars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Windows
1955
as Benji
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
TVThe Man Behind the Badge
1953
as Pedro
MovieThe Actress
1953
as Fred Whitmarsh
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as West Wind
TVGoodyear Television Playhouse
1951
as Joey
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
TVStudio One
1948
as Clyde Smith
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
as Willie
