Actor Chance Perdomo, who rose to fame as a star of \u201cChilling Adventures of Sabrina\u201d and \u201cGen V,\u201d has died at age 27 following a motorcycle crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn behalf of the family and his representatives, it is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Chance Perdomo\u2019s untimely passing as a result of a motorcycle accident,\u201d a publicist said in a statement issued Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement said no one else was involved in the crash. No details about the crash, including when and where it took place, were immediately released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perdomo most recently played Andre Anderson on the first season of \u201cGen V,\u201d the college-centric spin-off of Amazon Prime’s hit series \u201cThe Boys,\u201d set in a universe where superheroes are celebrities \u2014 and behave as badly as the most notorious. Perdomo’s character was a student at Godolkin University, founded by the sinisterly omnipresent Vought International corporation, where \u201csupes\u201d train; his power involved the manipulation of metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the makers of \u201cGen V,\u201d said the show’s family was \u201cdevastated by the sudden passing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can’t quite wrap our heads around this. For those of us who knew him and worked with him, Chance was always charming and smiling, an enthusiastic force of nature, an incredibly talented performer, and more than anything else, just a very kind, lovely person,\u201d the producers of \u201cGen V\u201d said in a statement. \u201cEven writing about him in the past tense doesn’t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It wasn’t immediately clear from the statements how Perdomo’s death would affect production on the show, which also featured Jaz Sinclair, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Shelley Conn among its sprawling ensemble cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of Perdomo’s most famous roles was as Ambrose Spellman, a lead character on \u201cChilling Adventures of Sabrina.\u201d The four-season show was a far cry from the Melissa Joan Hart-fronted \u201cSabrina the Teenage Witch.\u201d Created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the Netflix show set its Archie Comics characters a town over from the titular location of Aguirre-Sacasa’s \u201cRiverdale,\u201d and employed a more spooky and salacious tone than its forerunner \u2014 although some of the original \u201cSabrina\u201d actors came calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perdomo’s character was a cousin to Sabrina Spellman and a powerful, pansexual warlock who specialized in necromancy and is initially under house arrest. He often served as a sort of voice of reason on the show, which wrapped in 2020. He starred alongside Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Tati Gabrielle, Ross Lynch and, again, Sinclair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perdomo, who was Black and Latino, was born in Los Angeles and raised in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was always getting into fights until I put my energy into acting. Then my grades picked up, and I became president of the student union. Before that, I was similar to Ambrose being so pent up. He doesn\u2019t know what to do with his energy because he\u2019s trapped,\u201d Perdomo told them.us in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt the same time, he\u2019s very open and loving. I identify with that now more than ever, because being away from family for so long really puts things into perspective. No matter the occasion, if I get that FaceTime or phone call from mom or my brothers, I\u2019m picking it up right away. It\u2019s family first for Ambrose, and I\u2019m the same way,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perdomo also acted in several of the \u201cAfter\u201d movies and is credited in the upcoming \u201cBad Man\u201d alongside Seann William Scott and Rob Riggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis passion for the arts and insatiable appetite for life was felt by all who knew him, and his warmth will carry on in those who he loved dearest,\u201d the statement from Perdomo’s publicist said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n