Actor Chance Perdomo, who became famous as the star of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and of Gen Vdied at age 27 following a motorcycle accident.
“On behalf of the family and their representatives, it is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the untimely passing of Chance Perdomo following a motorcycle accident,” a publicist said in a statement sent Saturday evening .
The statement said no one else was involved in the accident. No details about the accident, or when or where it took place, were immediately released.
Perdomo recently played Andre Anderson in the first season of Gen Vthe college series spin-off from the hit Amazon Prime series The Boys, set in a universe where superheroes are celebrities. Perdomo’s character was a student at Godolkin University, founded by the sinisterly omnipresent corporation Vought International, where the “supes” train; his power involved the manipulation of metal.
Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the creators of Gen Vsaid the show’s family was “devastated by this sudden passing.”
“We can’t really understand this. To those of us who knew and worked with him, Chance was always charming and cheerful, an enthusiastic force of nature, an incredibly talented performer and, more than anything else, a very kind and lovely person.” , wrote the producers of Gen V in a press release. “Even writing about him in the past tense makes no sense. »
It was not immediately clear from the statements how Perdomo’s death would affect production on the series, which also featured Jaz Sinclair, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Shelley Conn among its sprawling cast.
Perdomo, who was black and Latino, was born in Los Angeles and raised in England.
One of the actor’s most famous roles was that of Ambrose Spellman, a main character in the series Chilling Adventures of Sabrinawhich ended in 2020.
“His passion for the arts and insatiable appetite for life were felt by all who knew him, and his warmth will live on in those he loved most,” the statement from Perdomo’s publicist said.