Biography

Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College. He made his screen debut in The Actress (1953), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar Friendly Persuasion (1956). Four years later, he appeared in what would be his most noted role, Norman Bates in Psycho (1960), memorializing him into film history forever.

Director

Lucky Stiff(1988)

Psycho III(1986)

Writer

The Last of Sheila(1973)

Actor

In the Deep Woods(1992)as Paul Miller, P.I.

The Naked Target(1992)as El Mecano

A Demon in My View(1991)as Arthur Johnson

Psycho IV: The Beginning(1990)as Norman Bates

The Ghost Writer(1990)as Anthony Strack

Thanks

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House(2016)

The Freddy Jenkins Show(2014)

Special Collector's Edition(2010)

American Masters(1985)

Soundtrack

Anthony Perkins, l'homme derrière(2020)

Diminishing Returns(2016)

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House(2016)

Peppy(1987)

Great Performances(1971)

Self

Inèdits(2018)as Self - Interviewee

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains(2003)as Norman Bates (#2 Villain)

Reflections on the Silver Screen(1990)as Self

NDR Talk Show(1979)as Self

Aspekte(1965)as Self

Archive Footage

Compression(1995)as Self

Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail(2024)as Norman Bates in Psycho

WatchMojo(2006)as Self - Lt. Peter Holmes, Self - Norman Bates, Self - Dr. Alex Durant

The Project(2009)as Self - Actor

Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein(2023)as Self - Actor, Psycho

Known for

Psycho1960 · Actor Psycho II1983 · Actor The Trial1962 · Actor Psycho III1986 · Actor

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Anthony Perkins and Donna Anderson in On the Beach (1959)

Credit Score: Anthony Perkins

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Psycho

Norman Bates

Thu Sep 08 1960

#	Name	Score	Year	Nom	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Psycho	48.75	1960		•	8.5	0	4	784973
2	Friendly Persuasion	36.56	1956	•	•	7.3	0	6	8475
3	Murder on the Orient Express	7.50	1974		•	7.2	1	6	74666
4	The Trial	6.50	1962		•	7.6	0	0	26869
5	On the Beach	4.88	1959		•	7.1	0	2	16064
6	Catch-22	3.75	1970		•	7.1	0	2	28327
7	Psycho II	3.25	1983		•	6.6	0	0	35055
8	Goodbye Again	3.25	1961		•	7.0	0	0	3463
9	Psycho III	3.09	1986		•	5.5	0	0	18390
10	The Black Hole	3.09	1979		•	5.9	0	2	30301