R.I.P. Chance Perdomo, from Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina and Gen V

Chance Perdomo has died. An actor best known for his roles on Netflix’s Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina and Amazon Prime’s The Boys spin-off Gen V, Perdomo was an up-and-coming star with a knack for stealing scenes, tossing out one-liners, and projecting absolutely massive amounts of charm (often, with a hint of darkness lurking underneath). Per Variety, Perdomo’s death on Saturday has been confirmed by his publicist, who revealed that he died in a motorcycle accident. Perdomo was 27.

Born in Los Angeles, Perdomo began acting right out of school, appearing in projects like BBC 3 production Killed By My Debt and Midsomer Murders. (Perdomo had dual-citizenship between the U.S. and U.K.) A failed audition for the part of Jughead in The CW’s Riverdale put him on the radar of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who wrote the role of Ambrose Spellman in Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina with Perdomo specifically in mind. It’s a role that played to Perdomo’s gifts, most especially his ability to make it clear to audiences that having magical powers is actually supposed to be fun, even when you’re suffering the effects of mystical house arrest.

After Chilling Adventures ended, Perdomo spent the pandemic working mostly in the After series of low-budget romantic dramas, based on the novels by Anna Todd (taking over a part that originated with Shane Paul McGie in the long-running film series). He came back to renewed prominence in 2023, though, playing the part of literally magnetic charmer Andre in Gen V, a reckless young would-be hero living in the shadow of his far-more-successful father. (In a weird coincidence, that part was also originally Shane Paul McGie’s, before the role was recast with Perdomo.) The series was a hit for the streamer, which ordered a second season of the show almost immediately after the first was released.

Gen V’s producers released a joint statement today in response to the news:

We 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. Even writing about him in the past tense doesn’t make sense. We are so sorry for Chance’s family, and we are grieving the loss of our friend and colleague. Hug your loved ones tonight.