Acting
Ron Perlman
EN, ES, DE, AR cinema · 220 credits
Born
13 April 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Ronald Perlman · Ronald Francis Perlman · Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman · Ronald N. Perlman · Ρον Πέρλμαν · ران پرلمن
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
Filmography
Carrier
Carrier
as Eli Pierson
Auxiliary Man
as Maury Goldman, Producer
Out Late
Out Late
as Angelo
Legacy
as Mr. Carter
Horrified
Horrified
Actor, Executive Producer
Fortitude
Actor
Godshot
Godshot
as Rabbi Schumann
Sonny Lovejoy
Sonny Lovejoy
as Father Carlton
I, Chihuahua
as Rock Powers (voice)
Angels in Darkness
Angels in Darkness
as Vernon Hale
Kodak Super-XX
Kodak Super-XX
Executive Producer
The Saviors
2027
The Saviors
as Mr. Harrison
Stranglehold
as Roger
Come with Me
as Dalton Kirby
Foster
as Brooks
Cottonmouth
as Victor Cain
Play Dirty
as Murray
Saurus City
as Slade Klossus (voice)
The Gentleman
as Theo
Asteroid
Actor
Paradise Records
as The Chief
The Ride
2025
The Ride
as The Ride (voice)
Day of the Fight
as Stevie
The Instigators
as Mayor Miccelli
Succubus
as Dr. Orion Zephyr
Scream Before You Die
as Governor Starks
Joe Baby
as Prentice Stanton
Absolution
as Charlie Conner
Heroes of the Golden Mask
as Kunyi (voice)
The Baker
as Pappi
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Optimus Primal (voice)
How I Got There
as The Merc
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Podesta (voice)
The Last Victim
as Sheriff Hickey
Nightmare Alley
as Bruno
Don't Look Up
as Benedict Drask
This Game's Called Murder
as Mr. Wallendorf
Val
as Self (archive)
Monster Hunter
as Admiral
Clover
as Mr. Wiley
The Big Ugly
as Preston, Executive Producer
Hell on the Border
as Charlie Storm
Run with the Hunted
as Birdie, Executive Producer
Westside vs the World
as Narrator
The Great War
as General Pershing
Go Fish
as Bernardo (voice)
Havana Kyrie
as Henry
To Dust
Producer
The Escape of Prisoner 614
as The Sheriff, Executive Producer
Sergio and Sergei
as Peter, Executive Producer
Asher
as Asher, Producer
The Steam Engines of Oz
as Magnus (voice)
Transformers: Power of the Primes
as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
Chuck
as Al Braverman
Pottersville
as Sheriff Jack, Producer
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
as Shoggoth (voice)
All Nighter
Executive Producer
All I See Is You
Executive Producer
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
as Shoggoth (voice)
Stonewall
as Ed Murphy
Moonwalkers
as Kidman
Bone in the Throat
Executive Producer
13 Sins
as Det. Chilcoat
Kid Cannabis
as Barry Lerner
Tbilisi, I Love You
as nameless rider
The Virginian
as Judge Henry South
The Book of Life
as Xibalba (voice)
Savage Mutts
2014
Savage Mutts
as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
Poker Night
as Calabrese
Desiree
as Anslinger
Skin Trade
as Viktor Dragovic
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
as Narrator (voice)
Elwood
as Louie the Jaw
Pacific Rim
as Hannibal Chau
Crave
as Pete
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Polyphemus (voice)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
Forget Us Not
as Narrator
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Phyllis
Bad Ass
as Mayor Williams
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Gene Krupa (voice)
Season of the Witch
as Felson
Conan the Barbarian
as Corin
Drive
as Nino
Bunraku
as Nicola
Killer by Nature
as Dr. Julian
Acts of Violence
as Priest Bill
The Legend of Secret Pass
as Parker (voice)
Tangled
as Stabbington Brother (voice)
Dark Country
as Sheriff
The Job
as Jim
The Devil's Tomb
as Wesley
Outlander
as Gunnar
I Sell the Dead
as Father Duffy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Hellboy
Mutant Chronicles
as Brother Samuel
Uncross the Stars
as Bobby
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Local Color
as Curtis Sunday
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
5ive Girls
as Father Drake
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Hellboy (voice)
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes
as Hellboy (voice)
No. 6
as The Man in the Hat
Battle for Terra
as Elder Vorin (voice)
Desperation
as Collie Entragian
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
The Last Winter
as Ed Pollack
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
as Hellboy (voice)
Pro-Life
as Dwayne Burcell
Tarzan II
as Kago (voice)
The Second Front
as General von Binding
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
Hellboy
as Hellboy
Quiet Kill
as Detective Sergeant Perry
Comic Book: The Movie
as Ron Perlman
Absolon
as Murchison
Rats
as Dr. William Winslow
Two Soldiers
as Colonel McKellog
Boys on the Run
as Captain
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Acme VP, Never Learning
Hoodlum & Son
as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin
2003
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin
as Self - Narrator
Star Trek: Nemesis
as Viceroy Vkruk
Blade II
as Reinhardt
Shakedown
as Christopher Bellows
Enemy at the Gates
as Koulikov
Down
as Mitchell
Night Class
as Morgan
Titan A.E.
as Sam Tucker (voice)
The Trial of Old Drum
as Charles Burden Sr.
Bread and Roses
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Price of Glory
as Nick Everson
The King's Guard
as Lord Morton
Operation Sandman
as Dr. Harlan Jessup
Happy, Texas
as Marshal Nalhober
Primal Force
as Frank Brodie
Supreme Sanction
as The Director
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Cemetery Caretaker
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Grasping (voice)
Houdini
as Booking Agent
A Town Has Turned to Dust
as Jerry Paul
Frogs for Snakes
as Gascone
Prince Valiant
as Boltar
Alien Resurrection
as Johner
The Protector
as Dr. Ramsey Krago
The Second Civil War
as Alan Manieski
Betty
as Donnie Shank
Tinseltown
as Cliff
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Sayer of the Law
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
as Satan (voice)
Original Sins
as Chas Bradley
Fluke
as Sylvester
Picture Windows: Lightning
as Gambler
The Last Supper
as Norman Arbuthnot
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
as Lord Vox of Vestron
Mr. Stitch
as Doctor Frederick Texarian
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
as Mr. Scratch (voice)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Konstantine Konali
Sensation
as Detective Pantella
When the Bough Breaks
as Dr. Douglas Eben
The Cisco Kid
as Lt. Col. Delacroix
Double Exposure
as John McClure
Cronos
as Angel de la Guardia
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Pap Finn
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Jack's Attorney
Blind Man's Bluff
as Frank Cerrillo
Sleepwalkers
as Captain Soames
A Stoning in Fulham County
as Jacob Shuler
La rosa dei nomi
as Self
The Name of the Rose
as Salvatore
Die Abtei des Verbrechens - Umberto Ecos „Der Name der Rose“ wird verfilmt
1986
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self (uncredited)
The Ice Pirates
as Zeno
Quest for Fire
as Amoukar