Chance Perdomo, star of 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' and 'Gen V,' dies in motorcycle crash at 27

Actor Chance Perdomo, who roseate to fame arsenic a prima of "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and "Gen V," has died astatine property 27 pursuing a motorcycle crash.

"On behalf of the household and his representatives, it is with dense hearts that we stock the quality of Chance Perdomo's untimely passing arsenic a effect of a motorcycle accident," a publicist said successful a connection issued Saturday evening.

The connection said nary 1 other was progressive successful the crash. No details astir the crash, including erstwhile and wherever it took place, were instantly released.

Perdomo astir precocious played Andre Anderson connected the archetypal play of "Gen V," the college-centric spin-off of Amazon Prime's deed bid "The Boys," acceptable successful a beingness wherever superheroes are celebrities - and behave arsenic severely arsenic the astir notorious. Perdomo's quality was a pupil astatine Godolkin University, founded by the sinisterly omnipresent Vought International corporation, wherever "supes" train; his powerfulness progressive the manipulation of metal.

Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the makers of "Gen V," said the show's household was "devastated by the abrupt passing."

"We can't rather wrapper our heads astir this. For those of america who knew him and worked with him, Chance was ever charming and smiling, an enthusiastic unit of nature, an incredibly talented performer, and much than thing else, conscionable a precise kind, beauteous person," the producers of "Gen V" said successful a statement. "Even penning astir him successful the past tense doesn't marque sense."

It wasn't instantly wide from the statements however Perdomo's decease would impact accumulation connected the show, which besides featured Jaz Sinclair, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Shelley Conn among its sprawling ensemble cast.

One of Perdomo's astir celebrated roles was arsenic Ambrose Spellman, a pb quality connected "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." The four-season amusement was a acold outcry from the Melissa Joan Hart-fronted "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." Created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the Netflix amusement acceptable its Archie Comics characters a municipality implicit from the titular determination of Aguirre-Sacasa's "Riverdale," and employed a much spooky and salacious code than its forerunner - though immoderate of the archetypal "Sabrina" actors came calling.

Perdomo's quality was a relative to Sabrina Spellman and a powerful, pansexual warlock who specialized successful necromancy and is initially nether location arrest. He often served arsenic a benignant of dependable of crushed connected the show, which wrapped successful 2020. He starred alongside Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Tati Gabrielle, Ross Lynch and, again, Sinclair.

Perdomo, who was Black and Latino, was calved successful Los Angeles and raised successful England.

"I was ever getting into fights until I enactment my vigor into acting. Then my grades picked up, and I became president of the pupil union. Before that, I was akin to Ambrose being truthful pent up. He doesn't cognize what to bash with his vigor due to the fact that he's trapped," Perdomo said successful 2018.

"At the aforesaid time, he's precise unfastened and loving. I place with that present much than ever, due to the fact that being distant from household for truthful agelong truly puts things into perspective. No substance the occasion, if I get that FaceTime oregon telephone telephone from ma oregon my brothers, I'm picking it up close away. It's household archetypal for Ambrose, and I'm the aforesaid way," helium continued.

Perdomo besides acted successful respective of the "After" movies and is credited successful the upcoming "Bad Man" alongside Seann William Scott and Rob Riggle.

"His passionateness for the arts and insatiable appetite for beingness was felt by each who knew him, and his warmth volition transportation connected successful those who helium loved dearest," the connection from Perdomo's publicist said.