Actor Probability Perdomo, the Los Angeles-born star of “Gen V” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” died in a motorbike crash, his representatives mentioned Saturday. He was 27.
“His ardour for the humanities and insatiable urge for food for all times was felt by all who knew him, and his heat will keep it up in those that he cherished dearest,” Perdomo’s representatives mentioned in a press release. “We ask to please respect the household’s want for privateness as they mourn the lack of their beloved son and brother.”
There have been no different autos concerned within the incident, which came about Friday, his representatives advised The Occasions. They didn’t disclose additional particulars concerning the crash, together with its location.
“We are able to’t fairly wrap our heads round this,” the producers of the sequence “Gen V” mentioned in a press release. “For these of us who knew him and labored with him, Probability was at all times charming and smiling, an enthusiastic pressure of nature, an extremely proficient performer, and greater than anything, only a very form, beautiful particular person. Even writing about him prior to now tense doesn’t make sense.”
Most lately, Perdomo performed Andre Anderson on the Amazon Prime superhero sequence, which premiered in September. Manufacturing on the second season will likely be postponed on account of the actor’s demise, the studio mentioned.
“Your complete Gen V household is devastated by the sudden passing of Probability Perdomo,” Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Photos Tv mentioned in a press release.
Born in Los Angeles in 1996, Perdomo was raised in Southampton, England. A childhood fascination with the younger performers on kids’s tv led him to resolve early on a profession in appearing, in keeping with the British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts.
“Once I was about two years outdated, I advised Mum I wish to be two issues,” Perdomo advised BAFTA in 2019. “I mentioned, ‘I wish to be the primary Black president of the US, and I wish to be on ‘Barney.’ ”
Perdomo briefly studied regulation earlier than being provided a job on the BBC sequence “Hetty Feather” in 2017. He obtained a BAFTA nomination for finest actor within the 2018 BBC movie “Killed by My Debt,” and was honored with BAFTA’s “Breakthrough Brit” award in 2019 for his function within the Netflix sequence “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.”
In a video produced for his “Breakthrough Brit” recognition, Perdomo spoke concerning the energy of artwork and appearing to result in change. “There’s no level in simply ranting at somebody,” he mentioned. “However should you can join with them emotionally and have them suppose exterior their peripheral imaginative and prescient to some other place, then that may change views and hopefully result in extra of a everlasting change.”
