Directing
Osgood Perkins
EN cinema · 29 credits
Born
2 February 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Osgood Robert Perkins II · Осгуд Перкінс · آزگود پرکینز · Oz Perkins
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
Filmography
The Young People
Director, Producer, Writer
4X4: The Event
Producer
Hexagram
Director, Writer, Characters, Producer
Backrooms
Producer
The Monkey
as Uncle Chip, Director, Screenplay
Keeper
Director
Longlegs
Writer, Director, Music
Nope
as Fynn Bachman
Gretel & Hansel
Director
78/52
as Self
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Writer, Director
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Writer, Director
Electric Slide
as Andy Segal
Removal
as Henry Sharpe, Writer
Star Trek
as Enterprise Communications Officer
La Cucina
as Chris
The Utah Murder Project
as Detective Charlie DeSantis
Erosion
as Steve
Dead & Breakfast
as Johnny
Quigley
as Guardian Angel Sweeney
Secretary
as Jonathan
Legally Blonde
as Dorky David
Not Another Teen Movie
as Uninterested Guy
Wolf
as Cop
Psycho II
as Young Norman