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Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

Actor·b. 1950·Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

32 horror credits

Ronald Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor and voice-over actor. His best known roles are as Clay Morrow on Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013), Hellboy in Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Vincent on the series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990) for which he won a Golden Globe Award, Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Johner in Alien Resurrection (1997), Nino in Drive (2011), and Benedict Drask in Don't Look Up (2021).

Perlman is also known as a collaborator of Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro, having roles in the del Toro films Cronos (1993), Blade II (2002), Pacific Rim (2013) and Nightmare Alley (2021). His voice-over work includes the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series Fallout (1997–present), Clayface in the DC Animated Universe, Slade in Teen Titans (2003–2006), Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom (2004–2007), Lord Hood in the video games Halo 2 (2004) and Halo 3 (2007), the Stabbington brothers in Tangled (2010), The Lich in Adventure Time (2011–2017), Xibalba in The Book of Life (2014) and Optimus Prime in both the Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018) animated series, and the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).

Actor32 films

Succubus

Succubus

Dr. Orion Zephyr

2024
A Place Among the Dead

A Place Among the Dead

RP

2020
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

Shoggoth (voice)

2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

Shoggoth (voice)

2016
Poker Night

Poker Night

Calabrese

2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Self (archive footage)

2014 3.3
13 Sins

13 Sins

Det. Chilcoat

2014
Dark Country

Dark Country

Sheriff

2009
The Devil's Tomb

The Devil's Tomb

Wesley

2009
Mutant Chronicles

Mutant Chronicles

Brother Samuel

2008
I Sell the Dead

I Sell the Dead

Father Duffy

2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy

2008 2.5
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes

Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes

Hellboy (voice)

2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

Hellboy (voice)

2007
5ive Girls

5ive Girls

Father Drake

2007
Pro-Life

Pro-Life

Dwayne Burcell

2006
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Hellboy (voice)

2006
The Last Winter

The Last Winter

Ed Pollack

2006
Desperation

Desperation

Collie Entragian

2006
Quiet Kill

Quiet Kill

Detective Sergeant Perry

2004
Hellboy

Hellboy

Hellboy

2004 3.5
Rats

Rats

Dr. William Winslow

2003
Blade II

Blade II

Reinhardt

2002 3.2
Down

Down

Mitchell

2001
Primal Force

Primal Force

Frank Brodie

1999
Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection

Johner

1997 3.3
The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Sayer of the Law

1996 2.5
Mr. Stitch

Mr. Stitch

Doctor Frederick Texarian

1995
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

Mr. Scratch (voice)

1995
The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children

One

1995
Cronos

Cronos

Angel de la Guardia

1993 3.6
Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers

Captain Soames

1992