
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

Pacific Rim (2013)
as Hannibal Chau

Tangled (2010)
as Stabbington Brother (voice)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
as Gnarlak

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
as Optimus Primal (voice)

Drive (2011)
as Nino

Blade II (2002)
as Reinhardt

Don't Look Up (2021)
as Benedict Drask

Enemy at the Gates (2001)
as Koulikov

Alien Resurrection (1997)
as Johner

The Gentleman (2025)
as Theo

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)

Hellboy (2004)
as Hellboy

Succubus (2024)
as Dr. Orion Zephyr

The Book of Life (2014)
as Xibalba (voice)

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
as Podesta (voice)

Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Bruno

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
as Hellboy

Monster Hunter (2020)
as Admiral

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
as Norick

The Name of the Rose (1986)
as Salvatore

Conan the Barbarian (2011)
as Corin

Tarzan II (2005)
as Kago (voice)

Sleepwalkers (1992)
as Captain Soames

The Instigators (2024)
as Mayor Miccelli

Titan A.E. (2000)
as Sam Tucker (voice)

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)

Outlander (2008)
as Gunnar

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
as Acme VP, Never Learning

Bad Ass (2012)
as Mayor Williams

Absolution (2024)
as Charlie Conner

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
as Polyphemus (voice)

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
as Viceroy Vkruk

Skin Trade (2014)
as Viktor Dragovic

Season of the Witch (2011)
as Felson

13 Sins (2014)
as Det. Chilcoat

Prince Valiant (1997)
as Boltar

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)
as Horus

Paradise Records (2025)
as The Chief

Down (2001)
as Mitchell

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
as Konstantine Konali

Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Jack's Attorney

The Retirement Plan (2023)
as Bobo

Fluke (1995)
as Sylvester

Bunraku (2010)
as Nicola

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
as Sayer of the Law

The Big Ugly (2020)
as Preston

Poker Night (2014)
as Calabrese

The Ice Pirates (1984)
as Zeno

Cronos (1993)
as Angel de la Guardia

The City of Lost Children (1995)
as One

Kid Cannabis (2014)
as Barry Lerner

Quest for Fire (1981)
as Amoukar

Local Color (2008)
as Curtis Sunday

Chuck (2017)
as Al Braverman

Joe Baby (2024)
as Prentice Stanton

The Baker (2023)
as Pappi

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
as Hellboy (voice)

Night Class (2001)
as Morgan

Mutant Chronicles (2008)
as Brother Samuel

Battle for Terra (2007)
as Elder Vorin (voice)

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
as Hellboy (voice)
The Saviors (2026)
as Mr. Harrison

The Second Civil War (1997)
as Alan Manieski

5ive Girls (2007)
as Father Drake

There Are No Saints (2022)
as Sans

Desperation (2006)
as Collie Entragian

The Last Supper (1995)
as Norman Arbuthnot

Dark Country (2009)
as Sheriff

The Devil's Tomb (2009)
as Wesley

The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012)
as Big Mike

The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
as Pap Finn

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
as Grasping (voice)

The Great War (2019)
as General Pershing

Stonewall (2015)
as Ed Murphy

Before I Disappear (2014)
as Bill

Pro-Life (2006)
as Dwayne Burcell

Happy, Texas (1999)
as Marshal Nalhober

Hell on the Border (2019)
as Charlie Storm

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery (1995)
as Mr. Scratch (voice)

Moonwalkers (2015)
as Kidman

Mr. Stitch (1995)
as Doctor Frederick Texarian

Day of the Fight (2024)
as Stevie

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich (2025)
as Self

The Protector (1997)
as Dr. Ramsey Krago

Pottersville (2017)
as Sheriff Jack

Houdini (1998)
as Booking Agent

The Last Winter (2006)
as Ed Pollack

Bread and Roses (2000)
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Rats (2003)
as Dr. William Winslow

No. 6 (2007)
as The Man in the Hat

Play Dirty (2025)
as Murray

Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023)
as Kunyi (voice)

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
as Ron Perlman

The Job (2009)
as Jim

Sensation (1994)
as Detective Pantella

Cottonmouth (2025)
as Victor Cain

Crave (2013)
as Pete

Asher (2018)
as Asher

Missing in America (2005)
as Red

I Sell the Dead (2008)
as Father Duffy

Quiet Kill (2004)
as Detective Sergeant Perry

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
as Cemetery Caretaker

Saurus City (2025)
as Slade Klossus (voice)

Primal Force (1999)
as Frank Brodie

The Last Victim (2022)
as Sheriff Hickey

Two Soldiers (2003)
as Colonel McKellog

The Escape of Prisoner 614 (2018)
as The Sheriff

Absolon (2003)
as Murchison

The Legend of Secret Pass (2010)
as Parker (voice)

The Virginian (2014)
as Judge Henry South

I, Chihuahua (—)
as Rock Powers (voice)

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation (2004)
as Self

When the Bough Breaks (1994)
as Dr. Douglas Eben

The Way Things Seem to Be (2026)
as Self

Supreme Sanction (1999)
as The Director

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)
as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2

Legacy (—)
as Mr. Carter

Go Fish (2019)
as Bernardo (voice)

Clover (2020)
as Mr. Wiley
Out Late (—)
as Angelo

Original Sins (1995)
as Chas Bradley

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012)
as Phyllis

Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024)
as Self

The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
as Magnus (voice)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022)
as Self

Price of Glory (2000)
as Nick Everson

Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005)
as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)

This Game's Called Murder (2021)
as Mr. Wallendorf

Havana Kyrie (2019)
as Henry

Run with the Hunted (2019)
as Birdie

A Place Among the Dead (2020)
as RP

The Cisco Kid (1994)
as Lt. Col. Delacroix
Fortitude (—)
Actor

The Trial of Old Drum (2000)
as Charles Burden Sr.

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2022)
as Self

Operation Sandman (2000)
as Dr. Harlan Jessup

Shakedown (2002)
as Christopher Bellows

Desiree (2014)
as Anslinger

A Stoning in Fulham County (1988)
as Jacob Shuler
I Passed This Way (—)
Actor

Frogs for Snakes (1998)
as Gascone

After the Screaming Stops (2018)
as Self

The Littlest Angel (2011)
as God

The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995)
as Lord Vox of Vestron

Hoodlum & Son (2003)
as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae

Sergio and Sergei (2018)
as Peter

Forget Us Not (2013)
as Narrator

Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017)
as Shoggoth (voice)

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (2022)
as Self

The King's Guard (2000)
as Lord Morton

What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular (2005)
as (voice)

Uncross the Stars (2008)
as Bobby

Blind Man's Bluff (1992)
as Frank Cerrillo

Asteroid (2025)
Actor

La rosa dei nomi (1987)
as Self

Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018)
as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)

Tbilisi, I Love You (2014)
as nameless rider

Acts of Violence (2010)
as Priest Bill
Come with Me (—)
as Dalton Kirby

The Second Front (2005)
as General von Binding

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
as Vito

The Making of 'The Last Winter' (2007)
as Self

Killer by Nature (2010)
as Dr. Julian
Hellhound (—)
Actor

2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (—)
as Self - Presenter

Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes (2007)
as Hellboy (voice)

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon (2008)
as Self
Sonny Lovejoy (—)
as Father Carlton

Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016)
as Shoggoth (voice)

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
as Self

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002)
as Self

Double Exposure (1994)
as John McClure

Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff (1996)
as Satan (voice)

Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Gambler

How I Got There (2022)
as The Merc

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection (2003)
as Self
Stranglehold (—)
Actor

Afro Samurai the Movie (2007)
Actor
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986)
as Self (uncredited)

Boys on the Run (2003)
as Captain
Savage Mutts (2014)
as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn

Westside vs the World (2019)
as Narrator

Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (1994)
as Graft

Auxiliary Man (—)
as Maury Goldman

Elwood (2014)
as Louie the Jaw
Horrified (—)
Actor
Foster (—)
as Brooks

Betty (1997)
as Donnie Shank
Carrier (—)
as Eli Pierson
Godshot (—)
Actor

The Innocent Butler (2021)
as Self
Suburban Psycho (—)
Actor

Tinseltown (1997)
as Cliff

A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
as Jerry Paul

Dark Metropolis (2010)
Actor

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life (—)
as Self

The Making of Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
as Self

Scream Before You Die (2024)
as Governor Starks

Working with a Master: Mick Garris (2006)
Actor
Beg The Devil (—)
Actor

Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom (2017)
as Narrator
À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981)
as Self

Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event (2014)
as Narrator (voice)





