
Ron Perlman
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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Known For
Acting History
2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
2025The Gentleman as Theo
2025Asteroid
2025Cottonmouth as Victor Cain
2025Paradise Records
2025Saurus City as Slade Klossus (voice)
2025Play Dirty as Murray
2024Scream Before You Die as Governor Starks
2024Day of the Fight as Stevie
2024Absolution as Charlie Conner
2024Succubus as Dr. Orion Zephyr
2024The Instigators as Mayor Miccelli
2024Joe Baby as Prentice Stanton
2024Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
2024Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Toby Hellinger
2023Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Lich (voice)
2023The Retirement Plan as Bobo
2023The Baker as Pappi
2023Heroes of the Golden Mask as Kunyi (voice)
2023Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Optimus Primal (voice)
2023Poker Face as Sterling Frost Sr.
2023Poker Face as Sterling Frost Sr. (voice)
2022How I Got There as The Merc
2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Podesta (voice)
2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
2022Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
2022There Are No Saints as Sans
2022The Last Victim as Sheriff Hickey
2021Don't Look Up as Benedict Drask
2021This Game's Called Murder as Mr. Wallendorf
2021Nightmare Alley as Bruno
2021The Innocent Butler as Self
2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
2020Monster Hunter as Admiral
2020A Place Among the Dead as RP
2020The Big Ugly as Preston
2020Adventure Time: Distant Lands as The Lich (voice)
2020Reno 911! as DUI Detainee
2020Clover as Mr. Wiley
2019Havana Kyrie as Henry
2019The Great War as General Pershing
2019Hell on the Border as Charlie Storm
2019Reprisal as Big Graham
2019Go Fish as Bernardo (voice)
2019Run with the Hunted as Birdie
2019The Capture as Frank Napier
2019Westside vs the World as Narrator
2018Asher as Asher
2018After the Screaming Stops as Self
2018The Steam Engines of Oz as Magnus (voice)
2018Transformers: Power of the Primes as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
2018The Escape of Prisoner 614 as The Sheriff
2018Sergio and Sergei as Peter
2017Pottersville as Sheriff Jack
2017Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom as Shoggoth (voice)
2017Chuck as Al Braverman
2017Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom as Narrator
2016Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia as Bular (voice)
2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Gnarlak
2016StartUp as Wes Chandler
2016Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom as Shoggoth (voice)
2015Stonewall as Ed Murphy
2015Moonwalkers as Kidman
2014Savage Mutts as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
2014Poker Night as Calabrese
2014Skin Trade as Viktor Dragovic
2014Before I Disappear as Bill
2014The Book of Life as Xibalba (voice)
2014Hand of God as Judge Pernell Harris
2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
2014Desiree as Anslinger
2014Elwood as Louie the Jaw
2014Kid Cannabis as Barry Lerner
201413 Sins as Det. Chilcoat
2014Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event as Narrator (voice)
2014Tbilisi, I Love You
2014The Virginian as Judge Henry South
2013Turbo FAST as Darryl (voice)
2013Crave as Pete
2013The Blacklist as Luther Braxton
2013Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as Polyphemus (voice)
2013Forget Us Not as Narrator
2013Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke (voice)
2013Pacific Rim as Hannibal Chau
2013The Frame as Hannibal Chau
20123, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom as Phyllis
2012The Punisher: Dirty Laundry as Big Mike
2012Bad Ass as Mayor Williams
2012The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption as Horus
2011Green Lantern: The Animated Series as Sinestro (voice)
2011New Teen Titans as Slade (voice)
2011New Teen Titans as Slade / Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2011The Littlest Angel as God
2011Drive as Nino
2011Conan the Barbarian as Corin
2011Season of the Witch as Felson
2010Dark Metropolis
2010Tangled as Stabbington Brother (voice)
2010The Making Of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
2010The Legend of Secret Pass as Parker (voice)
2010Bunraku as Nicola
2010Acts of Violence as Priest Bill
2010Killer by Nature as Dr. Julian
2009Dark Country as Sheriff
2009The Job as Jim
2009Archer as Ramon Limon (voice)
2009The Devil's Tomb as Wesley
20091000 Ways to Die as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
2008Local Color as Curtis Sunday
2008Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Gha Nachkt (voice)
2008Sons of Anarchy as Clay Morrow
2008Mutant Chronicles as Brother Samuel
2008I Sell the Dead as Father Duffy
2008Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Hellboy
2008Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
2008Outlander as Gunnar
2008The Spiderwick Chronicles as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
2008Uncross the Stars as Bobby
2007In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale as Norick
2007The Making of 'The Last Winter' as Self
2007Battle for Terra as Elder Vorin (voice)
2007No. 6 as The Man in the Hat
2007Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes as Hellboy (voice)
2007Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Hellboy (voice)
20075ive Girls as Father Drake
2007Afro Samurai as Justice (voice)
2006Pro-Life as Dwayne Burcell
2006Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms as Hellboy (voice)
2006The Last Winter as Ed Pollack
2006Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
2006How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Vito
2006Desperation as Collie Entragian
2006Working with a Master: Mick Garris
2005Masters of Horror
2005Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
2005What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular as (voice)
2005Tarzan II as Kago (voice)
2005Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
2005The Second Front as General von Binding
2005Avatar: The Last Airbender as Sozin (voice)
2005American Dad! as Monster Hunter (voice)
2005American Dad! as Colonel (voice)
2005American Dad! as Fang (voice)
2005American Dad! as Bandit (voice)
2005Missing in America as Red
2004100 Scariest Movie Moments as Self
2004The Batman as Rumor / Killer Croc (voice)
2004The Batman as Killer Croc (voice)
2004Justice League Unlimited as Orion (voice)
2004Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
2004Quiet Kill as Detective Sergeant Perry
2004Danny Phantom as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
2004Hellboy as Hellboy
2004Comic Book: The Movie as Ron Perlman
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
2003One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection as Self
2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Acme VP, Never Learning
2003Hoodlum & Son as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
2003Two Soldiers as Colonel McKellog
2003Teen Titans as Slade (voice)
2003Boys on the Run as Captain
2003Absolon as Murchison
2003Rats as Dr. William Winslow
2002Shakedown as Christopher Bellows
2002Star Trek: Nemesis as Viceroy Vkruk
2002What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
2002The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' as Self
2002Kim Possible as Warhawk (voice)
2002Blade II as Reinhardt
2001Justice League as Orion (voice)
2001Justice League as Clayface (voice)
2001The Tick as Fiery Blaze
2001Night Class as Morgan
2001Down as Mitchell
2001The Legend of Tarzan as Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
2001Enemy at the Gates as Koulikov
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Leader (voice)
2000Static Shock as Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
2000Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
2000Jackie Chan Adventures as Karl Nivor (voice)
2000The King's Guard as Lord Morton
2000Titan A.E. as Sam Tucker (voice)
2000The Trial of Old Drum as Charles Burden Sr.
2000Price of Glory as Nick Everson
2000Operation Sandman as Dr. Harlan Jessup
1999Happy, Texas as Marshal Nalhober
1999Family Law as Roy
1999The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999Primal Force as Frank Brodie
1999Supreme Sanction as The Director
1998Houdini as Booking Agent
1998Charmed as Mr. Kellman
1998I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Cemetery Caretaker
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Wild Horse (voice)
1998Frogs for Snakes as Gascone
1998A Town Has Turned to Dust as Jerry Paul
1998An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Grasping (voice)
1998The Magnificent Seven as Josiah Sanchez
1997The Protector as Dr. Ramsey Krago
1997The Second Civil War as Alan Manieski
1997Alien Resurrection as Johner
1997The New Batman Adventures as Clayface (voice)
1997The View as Self
1997Prince Valiant as Boltar
1997Perversions of Science as 40132
1997Betty as Donnie Shank
1997Tinseltown as Cliff
1996Hey Arnold! as Mickey Kaline (voice)
1996Hey Arnold! as Mickey Kaline / Weiner Cooker (voice)
1996Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Kurtis Striker (voice)
1996Superman: The Animated Series as Jax-Ur (voice)
1996The Island of Dr. Moreau as Sayer of the Law
1996Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff as Satan (voice)
1996Tracey Takes On... as Stuart
1995The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space as Lord Vox of Vestron
1995Mr. Stitch as Doctor Frederick Texarian
1995Picture Windows: Lightning as Gambler
1995The Last Supper as Norman Arbuthnot
1995Fluke as Sylvester
1995Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery as Mr. Scratch (voice)
1995The City of Lost Children as One
1995Original Sins as Chas Bradley
1995The Outer Limits as Lt. Col. Brandon Grace
1994Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks as Graft
1994Iron Man as Hulk (voice)
1994Fantastic Four as Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)
1994Fantastic Four as Wizard/Hulk (voice)
1994Sensation as Detective Pantella
1994Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Konstantine Konali
1994When the Bough Breaks as Dr. Douglas Eben
1994Double Exposure as John McClure
1994Duckman as Roland Thompson (voice)
1994Aladdin
1994Aladdin as Arbutus (voice)
1994The Cisco Kid as Lt. Col. Delacroix
1993Cronos as Angel de la Guardia
1993Animaniacs as Satan (voice)
1993Romeo Is Bleeding as Jack's Attorney
1993Bonkers as Sgt. Grating (voice)
1993The Adventures of Huck Finn as Pap Finn
1992Highlander: The Series as The Messenger
1992The Little Mermaid as Apollo (voice)
1992Batman: The Animated Series as Driller (voice)
1992Batman: The Animated Series as Clayface (voice)
1992Sleepwalkers as Captain Soames
1992Blind Man's Bluff as Frank Cerrillo
1991The Legend of Prince Valiant
1988A Stoning in Fulham County as Jacob Shuler
1987Beauty and the Beast as Vincent
1987La rosa dei nomi as Self
1986The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self (uncredited)
1986The Name of the Rose as Salvatore
1985MacGruder and Loud as Attorney
1984Miami Vice as John Ruger
1984The Ice Pirates as Zeno
1981Quest for Fire as Amoukar
1981The Fall Guy
1981À propos de 'La guerre du feu' as Self
—Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
—Legacy as Mr. Carter
—Come with Me as Dalton Kirby
—Stranglehold
—Carrier as Eli Pierson
—Fortitude
—The Saviors as Mr. Harrison
—Auxiliary Man as Maury Goldman
—Suburban Psycho
—Horrified
—Foster as Brooks
—Out Late as Angelo






