Actor Chance Perdomo, the Los Angeles-born star of “Gen V” and “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” has died in a motorcycle accident, his representatives announced Saturday. He was 27 years old.
“His fondness for the arts and insatiable appetite for life was felt by all who knew him, and his warmth will continue in those he enjoyed most,” Perdomo’s representatives said in a statement. “We ask that the family’s wish for privacy be granted. “of good repute as they mourn the loss of their son and brother, who were happy. “
No other vehicles were involved in the incident, which took place on Friday, his representatives told the Times. They revealed more details about the accident, adding its location.
“We can’t really comprehend this,” the makers of the “Gen V” series said in a statement. “For those of us who knew and worked with him, Chance was captivating and smiling, an enthusiastic force of nature, an incredibly talented artist and, most of all, a very kind and lovable person. Even writing about him in the afterlife doesn’t make sense.
Most recently, Perdomo starred as Andre Anderson in the superhero series Amazon Prime, which premiered in September. Production of the season will be postponed due to the actor’s death, the studio said.
“The entire Gen V family circle is devastated by the sudden passing of Chance Perdomo,” Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television said in a statement.
Born in Los Angeles in 1996, Perdomo grew up in Southampton, England. His formative years’ fascination with young children’s television performers led him to embark on a career as an actor at an early age, according to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
“When I was about two years old, I told mom I wanted to be two things,” Perdomo said at the BAFTAs in 2019. “I told him, ‘I need to be the first black president of the United States and I need to be in ‘Barney. ‘
In short, Perdomo studied law before being presented with a role in the BBC series “Hetty Feather” in 2017. He earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in the 2018 BBC film “Killed Through My Debt” and was revered with the BAFTA “Breakthrough Brit” award. . in 2019 for her role in the Netflix series “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. “
In a video made for his recognition as “Breakthrough Brit,” Perdomo spoke about the power of art and action to achieve the replacement. “There’s no point in declaiming to someone,” he said. But if you can emotionally bond with them and get them, think beyond their peripheral vision to somewhere else, then that can replace perspectives and lead to a more permanent replacement. “
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