Ron Perlman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-04-13 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Ron Perlman
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
Acting
Cottonmouth
as Victor Cain
Legacy
as Mr. Carter
Saurus City
as Slade Klossus (voice)
The Saviors
as Mr. Harrison
Come with Me
as Dalton Kirby
Auxiliary Man
as Maury Goldman
Carrier
as Eli Pierson
The Gentleman
as Theo
Out Late
as Angelo
(2025)
(2025)
Play Dirty
as Murray
(2024)
Absolution
as Charlie Conner
(2024)
The Instigators
as Mayor Miccelli
(2024)
Succubus
as Dr. Orion Zephyr
(2024)
Day of the Fight
as Stevie
(2024)
Joe Baby
as Prentice Stanton
(2024)
(2024)
Scream Before You Die
as Governor Starks
(2023)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Optimus Primal (voice)
(2023)
The Retirement Plan
as Bobo
(2023)
The Baker
as Pappi
(2023)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
as Kunyi (voice)
(2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Podesta (voice)
(2022)
There Are No Saints
as Sans
(2022)
(2022)
The Last Victim
as Sheriff Hickey
(2022)
(2022)
How I Got There
as The Merc
(2021)
Don't Look Up
as Benedict Drask
(2021)
Nightmare Alley
as Bruno
(2021)
Val
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
This Game's Called Murder
as Mr. Wallendorf
(2021)
The Innocent Butler
as Self
(2020)
Monster Hunter
as Admiral
(2020)
The Big Ugly
as Preston
(2020)
Clover
as Mr. Wiley
(2020)
(2019)
Hell on the Border
as Charlie Storm
(2019)
Go Fish
as Bernardo (voice)
(2019)
The Great War
as General Pershing
(2019)
Run with the Hunted
as Birdie
(2019)
Havana Kyrie
as Henry
(2019)
Westside vs the World
as Narrator
(2018)
Asher
as Asher
(2018)
The Steam Engines of Oz
as Magnus (voice)
(2018)
The Escape of Prisoner 614
as The Sheriff
(2018)
Transformers: Power of the Primes
as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
(2018)
After the Screaming Stops
as Self
(2018)
Sergio and Sergei
as Peter
(2017)
Chuck
as Al Braverman
(2017)
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
as Shoggoth (voice)
(2017)
Pottersville
as Sheriff Jack
(2017)
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom
as Narrator
(2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
as Gnarlak
(2016)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
as Shoggoth (voice)
(2015)
Stonewall
as Ed Murphy
(2015)
Moonwalkers
as Kidman
(2014)
The Book of Life
as Xibalba (voice)
(2014)
13 Sins
as Det. Chilcoat
(2014)
Skin Trade
as Viktor Dragovic
(2014)
Kid Cannabis
as Barry Lerner
(2014)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Before I Disappear
as Bill
(2014)
Poker Night
as Calabrese
(2014)
The Virginian
as Judge Henry South
(2014)
Desiree
as Anslinger
(2014)
(2014)
Elwood
as Louie the Jaw
(2014)
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Savage Mutts
as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
(2013)
Pacific Rim
as Hannibal Chau
(2013)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Polyphemus (voice)
(2013)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke (voice)
(2013)
Forget Us Not
as Narrator
(2013)
Crave
as Pete
(2012)
(2012)
Bad Ass
as Mayor Williams
(2012)
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Phyllis
(2012)
The Punisher: Dirty Laundry
as Big Mike
(2011)
Drive
as Nino
(2011)
Conan the Barbarian
as Corin
(2011)
Season of the Witch
as Felson
(2011)
The Littlest Angel
as God
(2010)
Tangled
as Stabbington Brother (voice)
(2010)
Bunraku
as Nicola
(2010)
The Legend of Secret Pass
as Parker (voice)
(2010)
Killer by Nature
as Dr. Julian
(2010)
Acts of Violence
as Priest Bill
(2010)
(2009)
The Devil's Tomb
as Wesley
(2009)
Dark Country
as Sheriff
(2009)
The Job
as Jim
(2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
(2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Hellboy
(2008)
Outlander
as Gunnar
(2008)
Local Color
as Curtis Sunday
(2008)
Mutant Chronicles
as Brother Samuel
(2008)
Uncross the Stars
as Bobby
(2008)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
(2008)
(2008)
I Sell the Dead
as Father Duffy
(2007)
(2007)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Hellboy (voice)
(2007)
5ive Girls
as Father Drake
(2007)
Battle for Terra
as Elder Vorin (voice)
(2007)
(2007)
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes
as Hellboy (voice)
(2007)
No. 6
as The Man in the Hat
(2006)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
as Hellboy (voice)
(2006)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
(2006)
The Last Winter
as Ed Pollack
(2006)
Desperation
as Collie Entragian
(2006)
Pro-Life
as Dwayne Burcell
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Tarzan II
as Kago (voice)
(2005)
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
(2005)
Missing in America
as Red
(2005)
(2005)
The Second Front
as General von Binding
(2004)
Hellboy
as Hellboy
(2004)
Comic Book: The Movie
as Ron Perlman
(2004)
(2004)
Quiet Kill
as Detective Sergeant Perry
(2003)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Acme VP, Never Learning
(2003)
Absolon
as Murchison
(2003)
Rats
as Dr. William Winslow
(2003)
Two Soldiers
as Colonel McKellog
(2003)
(2003)
Hoodlum & Son
as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
(2003)
Boys on the Run
as Captain
(2002)
Blade II
as Reinhardt
(2002)
Star Trek: Nemesis
as Viceroy Vkruk
(2002)
Shakedown
as Christopher Bellows
(2002)
(2001)
Enemy at the Gates
as Koulikov
(2001)
Down
as Mitchell
(2001)
Night Class
as Morgan
(2000)
Titan A.E.
as Prof. Sam Tucker (voice)
(2000)
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(2000)
The Trial of Old Drum
as Charles Burden Sr.
(2000)
Price of Glory
as Nick Everson
(2000)
The King's Guard
as Lord Morton
(2000)
Operation Sandman
as Dr. Harlan Jessup
(1999)
Supreme Sanction
as The Director
(1999)
Primal Force
as Frank Brodie
(1999)
Happy, Texas
as Marshal Nalhober
(1998)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Grasping (voice)
(1998)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Cemetery Caretaker
(1998)
Frogs for Snakes
as Gascone
(1998)
Houdini
as Booking Agent
(1998)
A Town Has Turned to Dust
as Jerry Paul
(1997)
Alien Resurrection
as Johner
(1997)
Prince Valiant
as Boltar
(1997)
The Second Civil War
as Alan Manieski
(1997)
Body Armor
as Dr. Ramsey Krago
(1997)
Tinseltown
as Cliff
(1997)
Betty
as Donnie Shank
(1996)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Sayer of the Law
(1996)
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
as Satan (voice)
(1995)
Fluke
as Sylvester
(1995)
(1995)
The Last Supper
as Norman Arbuthnot
(1995)
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
as Mr. Scratch (voice)
(1995)
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
as Lord Vox of Vestron
(1995)
Mr. Stitch
as Doctor Frederick Texarian
(1995)
Original Sins
as Chas Bradley
(1995)
Lightning
as Gambler
(1994)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Konstantine Konali
(1994)
Sensation
as Detective Pantella
(1994)
When the Bough Breaks
as Dr. Douglas Eben
(1994)
(1994)
The Cisco Kid
as Lt. Col. Delacroix
(1994)
Double Exposure
as John McClure
(1993)
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Jack's Attorney
(1993)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Pap Finn
(1993)
Cronos
as Angel de la Guardia
(1992)
Sleepwalkers
as Captain Soames
(1992)
Blind Man's Bluff
as Frank Cerrillo
(1988)
A Stoning in Fulham County
as Jacob Shuler
(1987)
La rosa dei nomi
as Self
(1986)
The Name of the Rose
as Salvatore
(1986)
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self (uncredited)
(1984)
The Ice Pirates
as Zeno
(1981)
Quest for Fire
as Amoukar
Crew
Auxiliary Man
Producer
(2020)
The Big Ugly
Executive Producer
(2019)
Run with the Hunted
Executive Producer
(2019)
To Dust
Producer
(2018)
Sergio and Sergei
Executive Producer
(2018)
Asher
Producer
(2018)
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Executive Producer
(2017)
All Nighter
Executive Producer
(2017)
All I See Is You
Executive Producer
(2017)
Pottersville
Producer