- Auditioned for the role of Steve on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) before being cast as Dylan.
- Posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 11, 2019.
- Following his death, his body was kept in a funeral home on March 11, 2019, in the city of Dickson near Vanleer, Tennessee, USA, where he owned a farm and was living there part-time since 1995. His body was buried on the grounds of his Tennessee farm in an Infinity Burial Suit fashioned from mushrooms.
- Decided to leave Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) early in Season 6 to pursue more mature roles. However, due to financial reasons he decided to return to the show in Season 9.
- As a result of his death, his Riverdale (2017) character 'Fred Andrews' also died and the fourth-season premiere was a tribute episode dedicated to him and his character. He is set to appear in the 2019 film Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film also stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Margot Robbie, and Dakota Fanning. Sadly, it was destined to be his last film.
- Graduated high school in 1984 and was voted "Biggest Flirt" by his high school classmates.
- Early in his career he was touted as a "James Dean look-alike".
- He once worked at a doorknob factory.
- Was hospitalized after suffering a massive stroke [February 27, 2019].
- First child with ex-wife Rachel Sharp, a son named Jack Perry was born June 15, 1997.
- Was engaged to Madison Bauer prior to his death. Their wedding was to be held on August 17, 2019.
- Had a potbellied pig named "Jerry Lee", named after Jerry Lee Lewis.
- Second child with ex-wife Rachel Sharp, a daughter named Sophie Perry was born June 7, 2000, weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces.
- Lived in Los Angeles, California and Vanleer, Tennessee.
- He played himself (as Krusty the Clown's half-brother) in an episode of Krusty Gets Kancelled (1993).
- Had two boxers named Casey and Mac.
- In an interview with Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990s, Perry said he auditioned for 215 acting jobs in New York before getting work on a television commercial.
- Ranked #6 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (January 23, 2005 issue).
- Starring in the London West End adaptation of 'When Harry Met Sally' (February 2004)
- Friends with Shannen Doherty.
- Longtime friend of Alexis Arquette.
- Son of Ann and Coy Luther Perry, Jr. and survived by his step-father Steve Bennett, brother Tom Perry, and sister Amy Coder.
- Son, Jack, performs as Jungle Boy in AEW Dynamite (2019) (AEW).
- In 2001, Luke Perry played the straight-laced Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show at the Circle in the Square theater on Broadway, June 26-July 29.
- Filming the movie, Antligen midsommar! (2009), in Trosa Sweden, with actors Olle Sarri, Lisa Werlinder, Kari Hamfors Wernolf, Per Wernolf, Daniel Gustavsson, Anna Littorin, Alexander Karim and Annica McCrudden. (September 2008)
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