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Actor

Perry Pirkanen

Acting
1980 — present · 3 films

Perry Pirkkanen is an American actor. He is best known for starring in the 1980 Italian cannibal film Cannibal Holocaust. In the movie he is erroneously credited as 'Perry Pirkanen'. Pirkkanen, then a student at New York City's Actors Studio, was hired by director Ruggero Deodato who was looking for unknown actors to play the film's four main characters. In the film, he was in an infamous scene where he butchered a large turtle. He is even seen holding the turtle's head next to his mouth.

Career Signature

How Perry Pirkanen’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.