Perine attended Lake Forest Academy, near Chicago, Illinois, where he studied stage acting.1 He spent his undergraduate years at Pomona College in Claremont, California, majoring in film studies,2 where he graduated in 1991.3 After graduating, he studied at the University of California, Irvine, where he received his master's degree in Drama seven years later.4
Perine had regular roles in Between Brothers as weatherman Dustin "Dusty" Q. Canyon,56 Kelly Peterson on the fifth and final season of The Parent 'Hood,7 and used car salesman8 Duane Odell Knox in One on One from seasons 1 to 4,9 not returning for season 5.10 He starred in the MyNetworkTV comedy Under One Roof (2008−09), where he played Winston Hill11 opposite Flavor Flav.12
His film work includes portraying Kurt in the comedy Trial and Error (1997)13 and Keene in the horror film Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy (1998).14 Perine has also made appearances in numerous independent films, like Convincing Clooney, where he played the role of Disco.
During the 2010s, Perine began acting in several Nickelodeon productions, as Uncle Charlie in Christmas film Santa Hunters15 and the recurring role of Principal Platt on short-lived comedic series Legendary Dudas.16 He then portrayed Sir Gareth in the series Knight Squad.17 Perine is currently[when?] in pre-production for the feature film Downward Hiro, which he wrote and is starring in. The film is based on the award-winning short of the same name, which won a number of festival awards. He has also penned a baseball comedy called Run Down Mongoose, which follows a washed-up Dodger scout who travels to the Dominican Republic to sign an up-and-coming player.
Perine also has a number of unscripted shows, such as From Scratch and Finish the Fridge, which are travel/lifestyle shows. He has appeared in many television commercials and has had bit parts in numerous sitcoms, including 21 Jump Street, Seinfeld,18 The Drew Carey Show, Coach, Mad About You, Living Single, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Malcolm & Eddie, The Steve Harvey Show, The Hughleys, How I Met Your Mother, True Jackson, VP, Austin & Ally, and The Bernie Mac Show.
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"2021 Alumni Distinguished Service Award Recipients Announced". Pomona College. April 22, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2022. https://www.pomona.edu/news/2021/04/22-2021-alumni-distinguished-service-award-recipients-announced ↩
"A glance at the season's new programs". Eugene Register-Guard. September 13, 1997. p. 3. /wiki/Eugene_Register-Guard ↩
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 129. ISBN 9780307483201. 9780307483201 ↩
Fearn-Banks, Kathleen (August 4, 2009). The A to Z of African-American Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 326. ISBN 9780810863484. 9780810863484 ↩
"Father, daughter go 'One on One'". The Reading Eagle. September 2, 2001. p. TV17. /wiki/The_Reading_Eagle ↩
Yarbrough, Marti (March 10, 2003). "'One On One' Is #1 TV Show With Black Viewers". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 60. https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Kelly+Perine%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA59 ↩
"'One' adds cast". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 13, 2005. p. D-5. /wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette ↩
Terrace, Vincent (March 23, 2009). The Year in Television, 2008: A Catalog of New and Continuing Series, Miniseries, Specials and TV Movies. McFarland & Company. p. 142. ISBN 9780786443918. 9780786443918 ↩
Aron, Jaime (May 13, 2008). "T.O. to show off acting chops on Flavor Flav's new sitcom". The Victoria Advocate. p. C1. /wiki/The_Victoria_Advocate ↩
Willis, John (February 1999). Screen World 1998. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 63. ISBN 9781557833419. 9781557833419 ↩
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Terrace, Vincent (January 14, 2018). Encyclopedia of Television Shows: A Comprehensive Supplement, 2011-2016. McFarland & Company. p. 96. ISBN 9781476630946. 9781476630946 ↩
"Nickelodeon Gives Second-Season Greenlight to Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Business Wire. July 27, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2022. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180727005422/en/Nickelodeon-Gives-Second-Season-Greenlight-to-Rise-of-the-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles ↩