Jeff Perry

Highest Rated: 90% The Grifters (1990)

Lowest Rated: 8% Body of Evidence (1992)

Birthday: Aug 16, 1955

Birthplace: Not Available

Founded what would become Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1974 with his high-school friends Gary Sinise and Terry Kinney, and served as its artistic director in the 1980s. Met first wife, Laurie Metcalf, when both were theater students at Illinois State University. Made movie debut in Remember My Name, a 1978 drama produced by Robert Altman; appeared in The Wedding (directed by Altman) later that year. Has appeared on some 40 TV series, including Columbo, Family Ties, thirtysomething, L.A. Law, Frasier, NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, Lost, Prison Break, Cold Case, C.S.I: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: New York. Was a regular on CBS's Nash Bridges (1996-2001) A semiregular on Grey's Anatomy (he plays Meredith Grey's father, Thatcher), he's married to series casting director Linda Lowy.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
61%	Trial by Fire	Actor	—	2019
78%	Speed of Life	Actor	—	2019
67%	Lizzie	Andrew Jennings	—	2018
No Score Yet	Picture Paris	Keith	—	2011
35%	Diminished Capacity	Casey Dean	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Valley of Light	Taylor Bowers	—	2007
42%	The Human Stain	Tennis Player	—	2003
40%	Lansky	Rosen	—	1998
63%	Wild Things	Bryce Hunter	—	1998
No Score Yet	Into Thin Air: Death on Everest	Doug Hansen	—	1997
No Score Yet	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Earl Long	—	1995
No Score Yet	Playmaker	Allen	—	1994
No Score Yet	Murder in the Heartland	Earl Heflin	—	1993
No Score Yet	A Private Matter	Randall Everett	—	1992
8%	Body of Evidence	Gabe	—	1992
No Score Yet	Hard Promises	Pinky	—	1992
67%	Storyville	Peter Dandridge	—	1992
90%	The Grifters	Drunk	—	1990
14%	Three Fugitives	Orderly #2	—	1989
No Score Yet	Oxford Blues	Male Secretary	—	1984
73%	A Wedding	Bunky Lemay	—	1978
75%	Remember My Name	Harry	—	1978

TV

		Credit
81%	Grey's Anatomy 2005	Thatcher Gray Thatcher Grey Thatcher	2019 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
80%	One Dollar 2018	Charles	2018
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2018 2015 2014
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2018 2014
93%	Scandal 2012-2018	Cyrus Beene	2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	Harry 2016-2018	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2015 2013
No Score Yet	The District 2000-2004	Edward Lemma	2011
No Score Yet	CSI: NY 2004-2013	Judge	2010
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Vince Grady George Stark	2010 2003
35%	Eleventh Hour 2008-2009	Dr. Mal Sheppard	2009
90%	Fringe 2008-2013	Joseph Slater	2009
No Score Yet	American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data) 2005	Voice	2008 2007 2006
60%	Prison Break 2005-2017	Terrence Steadman	2007
No Score Yet	Cold Case 2003-2010	Eric	2006
No Score Yet	Crossing Jordan 2001-2007	Mr. Everett	2006
100%	Invasion 2005-2006	Terrence Gale	2005
85%	Lost 2004-2010	Ducket Duckett	2005
No Score Yet	Numb3rs 2005-2010	Morton Standbury	2005
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Palnick Off. Mitch Palnick	2003
84%	NYPD Blue 1993-2005	Gordon Dillit	2003
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Randy Markham	2003
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006		2003
94%	Frasier 1993-2004	John	2002
No Score Yet	Nash Bridges 1996-2001	Insp. Harvey Leek Harvey Leek	2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
No Score Yet	Chicago Hope 1994-2000	Gilbert	1995
100%	My So-Called Life 1994-1995	Director	1994
100%	Brooklyn Bridge 1991-1993	Joel	1991
No Score Yet	Columbo 1968-2003	Leonard Fisher	1989
No Score Yet	Family Ties 1982-1989	David	1989

QUOTES FROM Jeff Perry CHARACTERS

Bryce Hunter says: You were supposed to spy on them. Not to film some porn flick!