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Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

Acting1950Manhattan, 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).

Acting History

Future
Legacy
as Mr. Carter
Carrier
as Eli Pierson
Horrified
Executive Producer
2026
Fallout
TVas Super Mutant1 eps
2025
Saurus City
as Slade Klossus (voice)
2024
The Instigators
as Mayor Miccelli
Succubus
as Dr. Orion Zephyr
Absolution
as Charlie Conner
Scream Before You Die
as Governor Starks
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
TVas Toby Hellinger1 eps
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Optimus Primal (voice)
The Baker
as Pappi
Poker Face
TVas Sterling Frost Sr. (voice) / Sterling Frost Sr.1 eps
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
TVas Lich (voice)2 eps
2021
Don't Look Up
as Benedict Drask
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
TVas The Lich (voice)1 eps
2020
Monster Hunter
as Admiral
The Big Ugly
as Preston
American Dad!
TVas Fang (voice) / Monster Hunter (voice) / Bandit (voice) / Colonel (voice)1 eps
Reno 911!
TVas DUI Detainee
The Big Ugly
Executive Producer
2019
The Great War
as General Pershing
Havana Kyrie
as Henry
Go Fish
as Bernardo (voice)
Hell on the Border
as Charlie Storm
The Capture
TVas Frank Napier10 eps
Reprisal
TVas Big Graham3 eps
To Dust
Producer
Run with the Hunted
Executive Producer
2018
The Steam Engines of Oz
as Magnus (voice)
Transformers: Power of the Primes
as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Executive Producer
Sergio and Sergei
Executive Producer
2017
Pottersville
as Sheriff Jack
Chuck
as Al Braverman
StartUp
TVas Wes Chandler20 eps
All Nighter
Executive Producer
All I See Is You
Executive Producer
Pottersville
Producer
2016
Turbo FAST
TVas Darryl (voice)1 eps
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
TVas Bular (voice)52 eps
StartUp
TVProducer
2015
Stonewall
as Ed Murphy
Moonwalkers
as Kidman
The Blacklist
TVas Luther Braxton2 eps
Bone in the Throat
Executive Producer
2014
The Joker
as Calabrese
The Book of Life
as Xibalba (voice)
13 Sins
as Det. Chilcoat
Kid Cannabis
as Barry Lerner
The Virginian
as Judge Henry South
Tbilisi, I Love You
as nameless rider
Savage Mutts
as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
Desiree
as Anslinger
Skin Trade
as Viktor Dragovic
Hand of God
TVas Judge Pernell Harris20 eps
2013
Pacific Rim
as Hannibal Chau
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Polyphemus (voice)
Crave
as Pete
The Frame
TVas Hannibal Chau1 eps
2010
Bunraku
as Nicola
The Legend of Secret Pass
as Parker (voice)
Killer by Nature
as Dr. Julian
Tangled
as Stabbington Brother (voice)
Archer
TVas Ramon Limon (voice)2 eps
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TVas Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)1 eps
2009
The Job
as Jim
Dark Country
as Sheriff
1000 Ways to Die
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)72 eps
2008
Local Color
as Curtis Sunday
Mutant Chronicles
as Brother Samuel
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
I Sell the Dead
as Father Duffy
Outlander
as Gunnar
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Sons of Anarchy
TVas Clay Morrow79 eps
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TVas Gha Nachkt (voice)2 eps
2007
5ive Girls
as Father Drake
Battle for Terra
as Elder Vorin (voice)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TVas Sozin (voice)1 eps
Afro Samurai
TVas Justice (voice)2 eps
Kim Possible
TVas Warhawk (voice)2 eps
2006
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
The Last Winter
as Ed Pollack
Pro-Life
as Dwayne Burcell
Desperation
as Collie Entragian
Justice League Unlimited
TVas Orion (voice)1 eps
2005
Tarzan II
as Kago (voice)
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
The Second Front
as General von Binding
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
TVas Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)1 eps
The Batman
TVas Killer Croc (voice)3 eps
2004
Hellboy
as Hellboy
Comic Book: The Movie
as Ron Perlman
Danny Phantom
TVas Vice Principal Lancer (voice)49 eps
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TVas Self1 eps
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Acme VP, Never Learning
Absolon
as Murchison
Boys on the Run
as Captain
Rats
as Dr. William Winslow
Hoodlum & Son
as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
Two Soldiers
as Colonel McKellog
Teen Titans
TVas Slade (voice)18 eps
Static Shock
TVas Heavyman / Koenig (voice)1 eps
Justice League
TVas Clayface (voice) / Orion (voice)2 eps
2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
as Viceroy Vkruk
Shakedown
as Christopher Bellows
Blade II
as Reinhardt
2001
Down
as Mitchell
Night Class
as Morgan
Charmed
TVas Mr. Kellman1 eps
The Legend of Tarzan
TVas Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)1 eps
The Tick
TVas Fiery Blaze
2000
Bread & Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Titan A.E.
as Sam Tucker (voice)
Price of Glory
as Nick Everson
The Trial of Old Drum
as Charles Burden Sr.
The King's Guard
as Lord Morton
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TVas Leader (voice)1 eps
Jackie Chan Adventures
TVas Karl Nivor (voice)1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
TVas Wild Horse (voice)1 eps
1999
Supreme Sanction
as The Director
Primal Force
as Frank Brodie
Happy, Texas
as Marshal Nalhober
Family Law
TVas Roy1 eps
1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Cemetery Caretaker
Houdini
as Booking Agent
The Magnificent Seven
TVas Josiah Sanchez23 eps
Hey Arnold!
TVas Mickey Kaline (voice) / Mickey Kaline / Weiner Cooker (voice)1 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas Lt. Col. Brandon Grace1 eps
1997
The Second Civil War
as Alan Manieski
The Protector
as Dr. Ramsey Krago
Tinseltown
as Cliff
Betty
as Donnie Shank
Perversions of Science
TVas 401321 eps
Tracey Takes On...
TVas Stuart1 eps
Superman: The Animated Series
TVas Jax-Ur (voice)3 eps
The New Batman Adventures
TVas Clayface (voice)2 eps
The View
TVas Self
1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Sayer of the Law
Highlander: The Series
TVas The Messenger1 eps
Duckman
TVas Roland Thompson (voice)1 eps
Fantastic Four
TVas Wizard/Hulk (voice)1 eps
Iron Man
TVas Hulk (voice)1 eps
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
TVas Kurtis Striker (voice)13 eps
1995
The Last Supper
as Norman Arbuthnot
Mr. Stitch
as Doctor Frederick Texarian
Fluke
as Sylvester
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
as Mr. Scratch (voice)
1994
Double Exposure
as John McClure
The Cisco Kid
as Lt. Col. Delacroix
Sensation
as Detective Pantella
When the Bough Breaks
as Dr. Douglas Eben
Aladdin
TVas Arbutus (voice)1 eps
The Little Mermaid
TVas Apollo (voice)1 eps
1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Jack's Attorney
Cronos
as Angel de la Guardia
Bonkers
TVas Sgt. Grating (voice)65 eps
Animaniacs
TVas Satan (voice)1 eps
1992
Sleepwalkers
as Captain Soames
Blind Man's Bluff
as Frank Cerrillo
Batman: The Animated Series
TVas Clayface (voice) / Driller (voice)3 eps
1988
1987
Beauty and the Beast
TVas Vincent56 eps
1986
1984
1981
Quest for Fire
as Amoukar

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/13/1950(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA