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