Perry was born to his father who was a teacher by profession and later on did his high school from Highland Park High School. Perry joined Illinois State University for his graduation and graduated from there in the year 1978. He was later on awarded a doctorate degree by Illinois State University because of his extended work in theatre and arts. Perry is known to have 2 elder sisters as well but both of them died in the past leaving Perry the only child remaining of his parents.

Perry married his past girlfriend with the name Laurie Metcalf, who was also an actress by profession, in the year 1983 and the couple started staying with each other. They both also had a child together and were sharing a strong bond together. However because of some internal differences which started happening later on in their lives the couple filed for a divorce and split in the year 1992. Perry, however, remarried to his present Linda Lowy and the couple is having one kid together as well.

According to his biography, Jeff started acting in theatre shows while he was very young and while he was studying. He formed a theatre company of his own with the name Steppenwolf Theatre Company. The company started off as a small company in Chicago which Jeff started along with some of his friends. However, the company, later on, grew to become a large and famous theatre company and produced many shows of its own. Later on, Jeff also started acting on Television and appeared in many TV shows including Nash Bridges, Wild Things, The Human Stain, Hard Promises, The Grifters, The West Wing, The Practice, Lost, Cold Case, Raines, Grey’s Anatomy and Prison Break. Most of the roles in the TV shows he did became very popular and he rose to much fame because of his performance on TV. He has also worked in many stage productions including the popular production ‘Scandal’ which is telecasted right now as well.

Jeff has a total estimated net worth of around $600 thousand which he has earned by acting in various stage shows, drama shows, and TV shows. He is also very active on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram and has got over 1.6 Lacs followers on Twitter where he keeps on updating his recent pictures.