Jeff Perry

Jeff Perry played Lou Shaw in Inventing Anna.

Biography
Jeff Perry was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He married Laurie Metcalf and had a child, Zoe Perry, in 1984. However, they divorced in 1992. He then married and had another baby with Linda Lowy, a casting director.

Career
Perry is best known as the police inspector Harvey Leek on the show Nash Bridges. He played the superior to Kevin Bacon's detective in the movie Wild Things. His television and film credits include The Human Stain, The Grifters, My So-Called Life, The West Wing, The Practice, Lost, Cold Case, Raines. He has been appearing in several episodes of the primetime drama Grey's Anatomy as Meredith Grey's father since 2006. Recently, he replaced John Billingsley in the role of Terrence Steadman in Prison Break. From 2012 to 2018 appeared in the role of Cyrus Beene in the primetime drama Scandal on ABC.

Filmography

 * Untitled Alaska Project (????)
 * Nash Bridges (2021)
 * Speed of Life (2019)
 * Unintended (short) (2018)
 * Trial by Fire (2018)
 * Lizzie (2018)
 * Jim & Helen Forever (short) (2015)
 * Picture Paris (short) (2011)
 * The Anniversary at Shallow Creek (2011)
 * N. (short) (2008)
 * Diminished Capacity (2008)
 * The Valley of Light (2007)
 * The Human Stain (2003)
 * Lansky (1999)
 * Wild Things (1998)
 * Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
 * Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
 * Playmaker (1994)
 * Murder in the Heartland (1993)
 * Body of Evidence (1993)
 * Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993)
 * Naked Instinct (1993)
 * Storyville (1992)
 * A Private Matter (1992)
 * Life on the Edge (1992)
 * Hard Promises (1991)
 * The Grifters (1990)
 * The Final Days (1989)
 * Roe vs. Wade (1989)
 * Three Fugitives (1989)
 * Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (1988)
 * Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983)
 * A Wedding (1978)
 * Remember My Name (1978)

Television

 * Inventing Anna (mini-series) (2022)
 * Dirty John (2018-2020)
 * Grey's Anatomy (2006-2019)
 * One Dollar (2018)
 * Scandal (2012-2018)
 * The Chicago Code (2011)
 * Outsourced (2010)
 * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003-2010)
 * CSI: NY (2010)
 * Fringe (2009)
 * Eleventh Hour (2009)
 * Saving Grace (2009)
 * American Dad! (2007)
 * Side Order of Life (2007)
 * Raines (2007)
 * Prison Break (2006-2007)
 * Crossing Jordan (2006)
 * Cold Case (2006)
 * Close to Home (2005)
 * Invasion (2005)
 * Numb3rs (2005)
 * Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
 * Lost (2005)
 * The Practice (2003)
 * The West Wing (2003)
 * The District (2003)
 * ER (2003)
 * NYPD Blue (2003)
 * Frasier (2002)
 * Nash Bridges (1996-2001)
 * American Gothic (1996)
 * Chicago Hope (1995)
 * My So-Called Life (1994-1995)
 * L.A. Law (1993)
 * Civil Wars (1991)
 * Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
 * American Playhouse (1991)
 * Thirtysomething (1989-1991)
 * The Flash (1990)
 * Equal Justice (1990)
 * Shannon's Deal (1990)
 * Columbo (1989)
 * Family Ties (1989)