Luke Perry Documentary: Celebrating the Life of a Hollywood Heartthrob
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The life and legacy of Luke Perry, the beloved American actor, will be celebrated in a brand-new documentary, I Am Luke Perry, airing on The CW. The documentary will delve into the life of the actor, who emerged from small-town obscurity to become a Hollywood heartthrob and one of the defining figures of the '90s. Perry was best known for his star-making turn as the leather-wearing, motorcycle-riding bad boy Dylan McKay on the Fox hit Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000.
I Am Luke Perry, a non-fiction feature film, will air on The CW on Saturday, March 1 from 8pm to 10pm Eastern Time. The documentary is the second of three new I Am titles hitting the network this winter, following last week's premiere of I Am Joe Frazier on the titular boxing legend and preceding next Saturday's debut of I Am Raquel Welch, centered on the acting icon and sex symbol. Luke Perry was a reigning teen idol in the 1990s and the early 2000s, thanks not only to his signature performance as Dylan McKay but also with roles in films such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 8 Seconds, and The Fifth Element.
Later work included series such as Riverdale—in which he starred as Archie's dad Fred Andrews—and films such as Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which earned the star a Screen Actors Guild nomination alongside the rest of the film's ensemble cast. Sadly, Perry's career was cut short at only 52 years old when he died on March 4, 2019, due to a stroke. The 90-minute documentary will intimately delve into the life and legacy of the late actor, with insights from Perry's closest loved ones and colleagues, including his longtime pal and Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Jason Priestley, who executive produced the moving tribute.
The documentary also features personal stories from the likes of Perry's 8 Seconds co-star Stephen Baldwin and his fellow Oz star Dean Winters. To watch I Am Luke Perry, viewers will need access to The CW, which is readily available for anyone with a traditional pay-TV subscription or TV antenna that receives local station signals, as well as live TV streaming subscribers to Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV. Alternatively, viewers can stream the documentary for free with a trial from Fubo or DIRECTV, allowing them to experience the life and legacy of this pop culture icon.
Some of Luke Perry's notable works include:
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Riverdale
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 8 Seconds
- The Fifth Element
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