Ron Perlman
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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
Credits
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
as Optimus Primal (voice)
Tangled (2010)
as Stabbington Brother (voice)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
as Salvatore
Pacific Rim (2013)
as Hannibal Chau
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
as Gnarlak
Drive (2011)
as Nino
Don't Look Up (2021)
as Benedict Drask
The Book of Life (2014)
as Xibalba (voice)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
as Johner
Blade II (2002)
as Reinhardt
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
as Koulikov
Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Bruno
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
The Instigators (2024)
as Mayor Miccelli
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
as Podesta (voice)
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
as Corin
Desperation (2006)
as Collie Entragian
Monster Hunter (2020)
as Admiral
Hellboy (2004)
as Hellboy
Absolution (2024)
as Charlie Conner
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
as Hellboy
13 Sins (2014)
as Det. Chilcoat
Val (2021)
as Self (archive)
Bunraku (2010)
as Nicola
Cronos (1993)
as Angel de la Guardia
Down (2001)
as Mitchell
Titan A.E. (2000)
as Sam Tucker (voice)
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Felson
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
as Norick
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
as Acme VP, Never Learning
Outlander (2008)
as Gunnar
Sleepwalkers (1992)
as Captain Soames
Bad Ass (2012)
as Mayor Williams
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
as Grasping (voice)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
as Polyphemus (voice)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
as Viceroy Vkruk
The City of Lost Children (1995)
as One
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
Paradise Records (2025)
as The Chief
Tarzan II (2005)
as Kago (voice)
The Gentleman (2025)
as Theo
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
as Konstantine Konali
Succubus (2024)
as Dr. Orion Zephyr
Afro Samurai the Movie (2007)
Actor
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
as Sayer of the Law
Rats (2003)
as Dr. William Winslow
The Retirement Plan (2023)
as Bobo
Moonwalkers (2015)
as Kidman
Quest for Fire (1981)
as Amoukar
Houdini (1998)
as Booking Agent
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)
as Horus
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
The Baker (2023)
as Pappi
I, Chihuahua (—)
as Rock Powers (voice)
Battle for Terra (2007)
as Elder Vorin (voice)
Poker Night (2014)
as Calabrese
Mutant Chronicles (2008)
as Brother Samuel
Chuck (2017)
as Al Braverman
Sergio and Sergei (2018)
as Peter
Desiree (2014)
as Anslinger
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)
as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich (2025)
as Self
The Ice Pirates (1984)
as Zeno
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005)
as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
Fluke (1995)
as Sylvester
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
as Gene Krupa (voice)
5ive Girls (2007)
as Father Drake
Skin Trade (2014)
as Viktor Dragovic
Hell on the Border (2019)
as Charlie Storm
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
as Pap Finn
The Devil's Tomb (2009)
as Wesley
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff (1996)
as Satan (voice)
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Jack's Attorney
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022)
as Self
Renew (—)
Actor
Godshot (—)
as Rabbi Schumann
There Are No Saints (2022)
as Sans
Angels in Darkness (—)
as Vernon Hale
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
as Hellboy (voice)
Sonny Lovejoy (—)
as Father Carlton
Before I Disappear (2014)
as Bill
Stranglehold (2026)
as Roger
Betty (1997)
as Donnie Shank
Asher (2018)
as Asher
Seasons (2027)
Actor
We Could Be Heroes (—)
Actor
Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Gambler
Run with the Hunted (2019)
as Birdie
Local Color (2008)
as Curtis Sunday
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
as Hellboy (voice)
Come with Me (2026)
as Dalton Kirby
The Saviors (2027)
as Mr. Harrison
Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023)
as Kunyi (voice)
The Way Things Seem to Be (2026)
as Self
Stonewall (2015)
as Ed Murphy
I Passed This Way (—)
Actor
Asteroid (2025)
Actor
Dark Country (2009)
as Sheriff
Beg The Devil (—)
Actor
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection (2003)
as Self
Kid Cannabis (2014)
as Barry Lerner
Day of the Fight (2024)
as Stevie
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes (2007)
as Hellboy (voice)
Prince Valiant (1997)
as Boltar
Go Fish (2019)
as Bernardo (voice)
The Last Supper (1995)
as Norman Arbuthnot
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
I Sell the Dead (2008)
as Father Duffy
The Escape of Prisoner 614 (2018)
as The Sheriff
Killer by Nature (2010)
as Dr. Julian
Joe Baby (2024)
as Prentice Stanton
The Second Civil War (1997)
as Alan Manieski
The Last Winter (2006)
as Ed Pollack
Absolon (2003)
as Murchison
The Virginian (2014)
as Judge Henry South
The Last Victim (2022)
as Sheriff Hickey
The Big Ugly (2020)
as Preston
The Legend of Secret Pass (2010)
as Parker (voice)
This Game's Called Murder (2021)
as Mr. Wallendorf
The Great War (2019)
as General Pershing
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
as Dr. Douglas Eben
Sensation (1994)
as Detective Pantella
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
as Self
Bread and Roses (2000)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Pottersville (2017)
as Sheriff Jack
Mr. Stitch (1995)
as Doctor Frederick Texarian
The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
as Magnus (voice)
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (2022)
as Self
Clover (2020)
as Mr. Wiley
Happy, Texas (1999)
as Marshal Nalhober
Supreme Sanction (1999)
as The Director
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular (2005)
as (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016)
as Shoggoth (voice)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
as Cemetery Caretaker
A Place Among the Dead (2020)
as RP
Live 2 Die (—)
Actor
The King's Guard (2000)
as Lord Morton
Tbilisi, I Love You (2014)
as nameless rider
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation (2004)
as Self
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995)
as Lord Vox of Vestron
Cottonmouth (2025)
as Victor Cain
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery (1995)
as Mr. Scratch (voice)
Crave (2013)
as Pete
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012)
as Phyllis
After the Screaming Stops (2018)
as Self
The Second Front (2005)
as General von Binding
Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024)
as Self
Fortitude (—)
Actor
Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018)
as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
The Littlest Angel (2011)
as God
The Trial of Old Drum (2000)
as Charles Burden Sr.
Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
as Ron Perlman
The Protector (1997)
as Dr. Ramsey Krago
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017)
as Shoggoth (voice)
Blind Man's Bluff (1992)
as Frank Cerrillo
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2022)
as Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986)
as Self (uncredited)
Boys on the Run (2003)
as Captain
Price of Glory (2000)
as Nick Everson
Night Class (2001)
as Morgan
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (1994)
as Graft
Uncross the Stars (2008)
as Bobby
Play Dirty (2025)
as Murray
Missing in America (2005)
as Red
Hoodlum & Son (2003)
as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002)
as Self
Pro-Life (2006)
as Dwayne Burcell
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom (2017)
as Narrator
Saurus City (2025)
as Slade Klossus (voice)
The Job (2009)
as Jim
A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
as Jerry Paul
The Cisco Kid (1994)
as Lt. Col. Delacroix
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life (—)
as Self
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
as Vito
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon (2008)
as Self
Tinseltown (1997)
as Cliff
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
as Self
Suburban Psycho (—)
Actor
A Stoning in Fulham County (1988)
as Jacob Shuler
La rosa dei nomi (1987)
as Self
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Original Sins (1995)
as Chas Bradley
Foster (2026)
as Brooks
Havana Kyrie (2019)
as Henry
Frogs for Snakes (1998)
as Gascone
Operation Sandman (2000)
as Dr. Harlan Jessup
Elwood (2014)
as Louie the Jaw
Double Exposure (1994)
as John McClure
Primal Force (1999)
as Frank Brodie
Working with a Master: Mick Garris (2006)
Actor
The Making of 'The Last Winter' (2007)
as Self
Horrified (—)
Actor
Dark Metropolis (2010)
Actor
Shakedown (2002)
as Christopher Bellows
À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981)
as Self
Legacy (—)
as Mr. Carter
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003)
as Self - Narrator
Westside vs the World (2019)
as Narrator
The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982)
as Self
Lies We Follow (—)
as Beau
Scream Before You Die (2024)
as Governor Starks
Quiet Kill (2004)
as Detective Sergeant Perry
Acts of Violence (2010)
as Priest Bill
Hellhound (—)
Actor
Two Soldiers (2003)
as Colonel McKellog
How I Got There (2022)
as The Merc
Auxiliary Man (—)
as Maury Goldman
No. 6 (2007)
as The Man in the Hat
Savage Mutts (2014)
as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
Out Late (—)
as Angelo
Carrier (—)
as Eli Pierson
The Innocent Butler (2021)
as Self
Forget Us Not (2013)
as Narrator
The Ride (2025)
as The Ride (voice)
Feat of Clay (1992)
as Matt Hagen / Clayface (voice)