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Osgood Perkins

Biography

Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II (born February 2, 1974) is an American filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor, portraying the young version of his father, Anthony Perkins' character Norman Bates in Psycho II (1983), and later appeared in films such as Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Legally Blonde (2001), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Star Trek (2009), and Nope (2022). 

He made his directorial debut with the horror film The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) and has since become known for directing horror films such as I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), Gretel & Hansel (2020), Longlegs (2024), and The Monkey (2025). He co-founded the production company Phobos with producer Chris Ferguson.

Known For

Dead & Breakfast
Dead & Breakfast
La Cucina
La Cucina
Erosion
Erosion
Removal
Removal
Quigley
Quigley

Filmography

2025 The Monkey
as Uncle Chip
2022 Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
as Self
2022 Nope
as Fynn Bachman
2019 The Twilight Zone
as Kanamit #2
2017 78/52
as Self
2014 Electric Slide
as Andy Segal
2010 Removal
as Henry Sharpe
2009 Star Trek
as Enterprise Communications Officer
2007 La Cucina
as Chris
2007 October Road
as Dr. Joshua Stone
2006 The Utah Murder Project
as Detective Charlie DeSantis
2005 Close to Home
as Charlie Forsberg
2005 Erosion
as Steve
2004 Dead & Breakfast
as Johnny
2003 Quigley
as Guardian Angel Sweeney
2002 Secretary
as Jonathan
2002 She Spies
as Karg
2001 Not Another Teen Movie
as Uninterested Guy
2001 Alias
as Coke Bottle Glasses
2001 Legally Blonde
as Dorky David