Early life and education

Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1969. [2] His mother, Suzanne Marie Morrison (née Langford, born 1948), [3][ page needed] is a Canadian journalist who was press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His father, John Bennett Perry (born 1941), is an American actor and former model. [4] [5]

His parents separated when he was one year old, and his mother married Canadian broadcast journalist Keith Morrison. He was raised by his mother mostly in Ottawa, Ontario, but he also lived briefly in Toronto and Montreal. [6] Perry attended school at Rockcliffe Park Public School, as well as Ashbury College, a boarding school in Ottawa. [7] [8]

By age 10, Perry started misbehaving. He stole money, smoked, let his grades slip, and beat up fellow student and future Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. [8] [9] Perry began drinking alcohol at age 14 and was drinking every day by age 18. [10] Perry practiced tennis, often for 10 hours per day, [4] and became a top-ranked junior player in Canada with the possibility of a tennis career. However, at age 15, he moved from Ottawa to Los Angeles to live with his father and competition there was tougher. [11] [9] [4]