Luke Perry

Luke Perry is an American actor.

Background
After appearing in the music video "Be Chrool To Your Scuel" for the band Twisted Sister alongside Alice Cooper, Perry's earliest roles were in the daytime soap operas Loving (1987-88) and Another World (1988-89). In an interview with Whoopi Goldberg, he confirmed that he'd auditioned for 217 jobs before landing his first role on a daytime drama.

Following this, he then won the role of brooding millionaire's son Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills 90210. While starring on 90210, Perry then won a supporting role in the original film version of the Joss Whedon-written Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992). Although the film was not a success, Perry had already become a popular teen idol in the early 1990s. In the mid 1990's he released a music album called "Let Me Be Your Lady". In 1998 he wrote a variety of songs, such as "i cry" but were not made into an album.

Perry starred as Lane Frost in 8 Seconds in 1994. In an attempt to find more mature roles, he decided to leave Beverly Hills 90210 in 1995. In the same year, he took a part in the Italian movie Vacanze di Natale '95, playing himself. Although he announced that 90210 was behind him, his departure would eventually turn out to be for only three years. During that time, Perry starred in the TV sci-fi movie Invasion (1997), a Rodney King-era drama Riot (1997) and also made a cameo appearance in Luc Besson's sci-fi adventure film The Fifth Element (1997).

Criminal Minds
Luke starred as cult leader Benjamin Cyrus in the season four episode Minimal Loss.