---
name: "Joey Perillo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joey-perillo"
fi1m_id: "joey-perillo"
imdb_id: "nm0673776"
tmdb_id: 1318900
wikidata_id: "Q21527024"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:04:37.017778+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joey Perillo

## Identity

Joey Perillo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joey-perillo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joey-perillo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0673776
- **TMDB ID:** 1318900
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21527024
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21527024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318900

Actor. Born 9 April 1952 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1952, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- **Active:** 1993–1995
- **Also known as:** Джоуи Перилло
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (2), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21527024, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1318900

## Biography

Joey Perillo is an American actor. He was born on 9 April 1952 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Perillo has appeared in films including *Hairspray* (1988), *Philadelphia* (1993), *Twelve Monkeys* (1995) as Detective Franki, *The Negotiator* (1998), *Unbreakable* (2000), *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004) and *Rachel Getting Married* (2008). On television his credits include episodes of *ER* (1994), *The Sopranos* (2007), *The Wire* (2008) and *Veep* (2015). He is a long-standing member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors' Equity Association and works as an acting instructor and coach.

*Sources: imdb.com, joeyperillo.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Detective Franki — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *Philadelphia* (1993), Fi1m 76, as Filko — [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Unbreakable* (2000), Fi1m 81, as Jenkins (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fright Fest* (2018), as Elderly Man
- *Veep* (2012), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), as Wedding Guest — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004), as Jimmy
- *The Wire* (2002), series, as Medical Examiner Front Desk — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *Unbreakable* (2000), as Jenkins (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *L.A. Without a Map* (1999), as McCrea
- *Beloved* (1998), as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
- *The Negotiator* (1998), as Tech #1
- *Wide Awake* (1998), as Mr. Waltman
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), as Detective Franki — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *Two Bits* (1995), as Replacement Ballyhoo Driver
- *ER* (1994), series, as Leo Leipziger — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Philadelphia* (1993), as Filko — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Bernard — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Cry-Baby* (1990), as Ko Jo Jackson (uncredited)
- *Hairspray* (1988), as TV Secruity Guard

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