Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

Born 1950-04-13 (age 76) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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).

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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim

2013

as Hannibal Chau

Tangled
Tangled

2010

as Stabbington Brother (voice)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

as Optimus Primal (voice)

Succubus
Succubus

2024

as Dr. Orion Zephyr

Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up

2021

as Benedict Drask

Drive Suggested
Drive

2011

as Nino

Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates

2001

as Koulikov

Hellboy
Hellboy

2004

as Hellboy

Blade II
Blade II

2002

as Reinhardt

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

as Podesta (voice)

Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection

1997

as Johner

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Book of Life
The Book of Life

2014

as Xibalba (voice)

Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley

2021

as Bruno

The Instigators
The Instigators

2024

as Mayor Miccelli

The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)

Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter

2020

as Admiral

Absolution
Absolution

2024

as Charlie Conner

The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose

1986

as Salvatore