Ron Perlman
- Acting
- April 13, 1950 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Seasons
- The Saviors · Mr. Harrison
- Legends · Self
- Stranglehold · Roger
- Kill Jackie
- Foster · Brooks
- Come with Me · Dalton Kirby
- Cape Fear · Robert Cady, Robert Cady (Voice)
- The Way Things Seem to Be · Self
- Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich · Self
- The Gentleman · Theo
- Asteroid
- Cottonmouth · Victor Cain
- Paradise Records · The Chief
- Saurus City · Slade Klossus (Voice)
- Play Dirty · Murray
- Scream Before You Die · Governor Starks
- Day of the Fight · Stevie
- Absolution · Charlie Conner
- Succubus · Dr. Orion Zephyr
- The Instigators · Mayor Miccelli
- Joe Baby · Prentice Stanton
- Chuck Zito: An American Story · Self
- Fallout · Super Mutant
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith · Toby Hellinger
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake · Lich (Voice)
- The Retirement Plan · Bobo
- The Baker · Pappi
- Heroes of the Golden Mask · Kunyi (Voice)
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts · Optimus Primal (Voice)
- Poker Face · Sterling Frost Sr., Sterling Frost Sr. (Voice)
- How I Got There · The Merc
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · Podesta (Voice)
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective · Self
- Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters · Self
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose · Self
- There Are No Saints · Sans
- The Last Victim · Sheriff Hickey
- Don't Look Up · Benedict Drask
- This Game's Called Murder · Mr. Wallendorf
- Nightmare Alley · Bruno
- The Innocent Butler · Self
- Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster · Self
- Val · Self
- Monster Hunter · Admiral
- A Place Among the Dead · RP
- The Big Ugly · Preston, Executive producer
- Adventure Time: Distant Lands · The Lich (Voice)
- Reno 911! · DUI Detainee
- Clover · Mr. Wiley
- Havana Kyrie · Henry
- Hell on the Border · Charlie Storm
- The Great War · General Pershing
- Go Fish · Bernardo (Voice)
- Reprisal · Big Graham
- Run with the Hunted · Birdie, Executive producer
- Game Changer · Self
- The Capture · Frank Napier
- Westside vs the World · Narrator
- To Dust · Producer
- Asher · Asher, Producer
- After the Screaming Stops · Self
- The Steam Engines of Oz · Magnus (Voice)
- Transformers: Power of the Primes · Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (Voice)
- The Escape of Prisoner 614 · The Sheriff, Executive producer
- Sergio and Sergei · Peter, Executive producer
- Pottersville · Sheriff Jack, Producer
- Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom · Shoggoth (Voice)
- All I See Is You · Executive producer
- Chuck · Al Braverman
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure · The Stabbington Brothers (Voice)
- All Nighter · Executive producer
- Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom · Narrator
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia · Bular (Voice)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them · Gnarlak
- StartUp · Wes Chandler, Producer
- Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom · Shoggoth (Voice)
- Stonewall · Ed Murphy
- Bone in the Throat · Executive producer
- Moonwalkers · Kidman