Osgood Robert Oz Perkins II born February 2 1974 is an American film director writer and actor He was born in New York City New York the elder son of the actor Anthony Perkins and the photographer and actress Berry Berenson Perkinss first acting role was in 1983s Psycho II in which he briefly appeared as the twelveyearold version of the Norman Bates character his father had created Since then he has appeared in the 1993 film adaptation of the play Six Degrees of Separation the 2001 film Legally Blonde as Dorky David and he also appeared in Not Another Teen Movie and Secretary and on episodes of Alias and other television shows He also has a brief role in the 2009 film Star Trek as a Starfleet Academy trainee In the award winning indie film La Cucina he plays Chris opposite Leisha Hailey He also had a brief role in the 2022 film Nope as Fynn Bachman He wrote and directed the horror films The Blackcoats Daughter 2015 I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House 2016 Gretel Hansel 2020 and Longlegs 2024 His next film The Monkey is due for release in 2025 He also wrote and directed an episode of The Twilight Zone 2019