 Born in Rome, Perino began his career as a child actor at only two and a half years of age, appearing in the film "".As a voice actor, Perino is best known for having lent his voice to the role of Wood's Frodo Baggins role in "The Lord of the Rings trilogy", Cody Kasch in the role of Zach Young on "Desperate Housewives", Kristopher Turner in the role of Jamie Andrews in the series "Instant Star", Colin Morgan in "Merlin", Ryan Corr in the second season of "Blue Water High", where he played Eric Tanner, Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen in "Smallville" and Chace Crawford in the role of Nate Archibald in "Gossip Girl".He also lent his voice to Lucas Grabeel in the role of Ryan Evans in all the "High School Musical" films as well as Zachary Garred in the show "Foreign Exchange".