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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Filmography

MOVIES

CREDIT
61% Trial by Fire Actor — 2019
66% 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
80% 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 CSI: NY
2004-2013
Judge
  • 2010
No Score Yet CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
Vince Grady George Stark
  • 2010
  • 2003
No Score Yet 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
  • 2009
  • 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
90% 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

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