Brandon Perea is an actor who entered show business as a competing Jamskater and shifted to acting, first appearing on the big screen in director/co-writer/producer William Sullivan’s drama, American Insurrection (2021), with Michael Raymond-James and Toby Leonard Moore, and which was released by Saban Films. Perea’s first major appearance was in director/writer/producer Jordan Peele’s sci fi horror movie, Nope (2022), starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott and Keith David, produced with Universal Pictures by Peele’s and partner Ian Cooper’s Monkeypaw Productions, and which delivered a solid $171 million gross (nearly three times estimated costs) for distributor Universal.
Perea appeared in a similarly notable supporting role in the long-awaited disaster sequel,
Twisters (2024), co-starring
Daisy Edgar-Jones,
Glen Powell,
Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney and Sasha Lane under
Lee Isaac Chung’s direction, written by Mark L. Smith from a story by Joseph Kosinski, produced (in part) by Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Amblin Entertainment and grossing $372.3 million for distributors Universal Pictures (U.S., Canada)/Warner Bros. Pictures (International). Perea had a supporting role in the Kogonada-directed romantic fantasy,
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025), co-starring
Margot Robbie and
Colin Farrell, with Kevin Kline, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and Jodie Turner-Smith, produced (in part) by Columbia Pictures/30West and bombing for distributor Sony Pictures Releasing (based on estimated costs) with a $20.2 million return.
Brandon Perea co-starred in the sixth movie in the Insidious franchise,
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026), co-starring
Amelia Eve, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Lin Shaye, produced (in part) by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions/James Wan’s Atomic Monster/Stage 6 Films/Screen Gems, and which was released wide by Sony Pictures Releasing. Perea landed a supporting role in director/writer/actor/executive producer Kid Cudi’s drama, Doe (date to be announced), with Will Blagrove, Leah McNamara, Brandon Scott, and Mark Webber, and which was produced by Mad Solar Productions.