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Miklos Perlus

Canadian actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ1933734
Source-derived summary

Miklos Perlus (born March 23, 1977) is a Canadian actor, writer, and story editor. Perlus has appeared on Canadian series Student Bodies, Road to Avonlea and Sidekick. He has written for Degrassi: The Next Generation and other series. He has also worked in television program development for several organizations.

Biography

Perlus was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended McGill University, where he studied Cultural Studies.

Perlus played Victor Kane on Student Bodies, and Peter Craig on Road to Avonlea.

Perlus' experience has included a variety of roles in media as a writer, a story editor and he has developed several television productions. He also wrote and co-developed CTV's Instant Star, and served as a writer and story editor for Degrassi: The Next Generation. He was the co-winner of a Writers Guild of Canada award (shared with James Hurst) for an episode of Degrassi.

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The public source identifies “Miklos Perlus” as canadian actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Miklos, Perlus and Canadian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-03-23. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Miklos, Perlus and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1933734. VIAF identifies the subject as 48950580. The Library of Congress control number is no2004115832. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977.

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This entry incorporates text from Miklos Perlus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.