Chris Perfetti
{{short description|American actor (b. 1988)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|12}}{{Cite web|title=Chris Perfetti Birthday|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheatreWorldAwards/posts/432284910154150|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=Theater World Awards|language=en}}{{Primary source inline|date=March 2025}}
| birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S.
| education = State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor}}
| image = ChrisPerfetti-byPhilipRomano.jpg
| caption = Perfetti in 2025
| yearsactive = 2012–present
}}
Chris Perfetti (born December 12, 1988) is an American actor. {{As of|2021}}, he portrays Jacob Hill on the ABC comedy Abbott Elementary, for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award and won a Screen Actors Guild Award. His other roles include Tim Fletch on the NBC series Crossbones (2014), Brady on the HBO series Looking (2015), and Ben on The CW series In the Dark (2020).
Early life and education
Chris Perfetti was born in Rochester, New York. He is of Italian descent.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6vCCrlOrRr/?igsh=Nnc3YnJuMnc5ZGtw |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=instagram.com}}{{Primary source inline|date=March 2025}} He was raised in Webster, New York, and attended Webster Schroeder High School.{{cite news|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/local/communities/blogs/webster/2014/06/30/schroeder-grad-in-finals-of-so-you-think-you-can-dance/11817901/|last=Rosenberry|first=Missy |title=Schroeder grad in finals of So You Think You Can Dance|date=June 30, 2014|work=The Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=January 30, 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Webster grad appearing in new show premiering Tuesday on ABC
|url=https://13wham.com/news/local/webster-grad-appearing-in-new-show-premiering-tuesday-on-abc?fbclid=IwAR3bswavq0d0PZSU3f339L_PsM9yr1v7IDau9hN_2teXEpDYSMN5k4fVoJs|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=WHAM ABC 13| date=December 7, 2021 |language=en}} He is a graduate of the Conservatory of Theater at the State University of New York at Purchase, where he was a classmate of Micah Stock and Zoe Kravitz.{{Cite web|title=Chris Perfetti|url=https://www.purchase.edu/live/profiles/1793-chris-perfetti|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=purchase.edu|language=en}}
Career
Perfetti has appeared in Sons of the Prophet by playwright Stephen Karam, playing the role of Charlie.[http://www.backstage.com/interview/chris-perfetti-makes-his-ny-stage-debut-in-sons-of-the-prophet/ Interview with Chris Perfetti] For his work as Charlie, he received a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance in an Off-Broadway play.{{Cite web|title=Theatre World Awards - Theatre World Awards|url=http://www.theatreworldawards.org/current-recipients.html|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=theatreworldawards.org}} Starting in December 2012, Perfetti played Bomber in the revival of Picnic by William Inge.{{Cite web|title=Chris Perfetti Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chris-Perfetti/|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=broadwayworld.com|language=en}} Perfetti appeared as Ariel in The Tempest at the Delacorte Theater in the summer of 2015. He also appeared in the indie drama film The Surrogate and Minyan.
Perfetti is also known for starring in Submissions Only (2010), Next Caller (2012), the NBC series Crossbones (2014) as series regular Tim Fletch, and as the character Brady in the second season of the HBO show Looking (2015), and its subsequent series finale television film, Looking: The Movie (2016).
Work
= Film =
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2012
|Party Goer |Episode: "Woof!" |
| 2012–2013
|Cody |5 episodes |
| 2014
|Tim Fletch |9 episodes |
| 2015
|Brady |4 episodes |
| 2016
|ADA Elliot Pinsky |Episode: "Help Me, Help You" |
| 2016
|Brady |Television film |
| 2016
|Lawyer / Cooper |3 episodes |
| 2018
|Cosmo Krank |Episode: "A Dark Knight: Pieces of a Broken Mirror" |
| 2018
|Bull |ADA Frank Russo |Episode: "But for the Grace" |
| 2019
|Kyle |Episode: "City Council" |
| 2020
|Ben |Recurring role; 11 episodes |
| 2021
|Patrick |Episode: "Threesomes" |
| 2021
|Phillip Bondman |3 episodes |
| 2021–present
|rowspan="2" | Jacob Hill |Main role |
| 2025
|It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |Episode: "TBA" |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Venue !Ref. |
| 2011
|Charles |
| 2015
|Ariel |
| 2015
|Betty/Edward |
| 2017
|Performer |
| 2017
|Trent |
| 2018
|Jim Trewitt |
| 2019
|Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow |Masha |
| 2022
|Matt |
| 2023
|E.K. Hornbeck |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
! Year ! Ceremony ! Category ! Title ! Work ! Ref |
| align="center"| 2022
| Entertainment | rowspan="4"| Abbott Elementary | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2023
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| rowspan="2"| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | {{won}} |
| align="center"| 2024
| {{Nominated}} | align="center"|{{cite press release|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr|title=Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®|publisher=Screen Actors Guild |date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website |https://www.chrisperfetti.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2023}}
- {{IMDb name|5012884}}
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:Broadway theatre people
Category:Male actors from Manhattan
Category:Male actors from Rochester, New York
Category:Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Category:Peabody Award winners
Category:People from Webster, New York