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Ron Perlman

Actor

Ron Perlman

Born April 13, 1950 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA183 films

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).

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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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Tangled posterFirst watchTangled20107.6as Stabbington Brother (voice)Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Drive poster7.6Drive2011Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them poster7.3Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016Pacific Rim poster7.0Pacific Rim2013Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio poster8.0Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022Don't Look Up poster7.1Don't Look Up2021Enemy at the Gates poster7.4Enemy at the Gates2001Transformers: Rise of the Beasts poster7.2Transformers: Rise of the Beasts2023The Name of the Rose poster7.5The Name of the Rose1986

Filmography

183 films as actor
  1. TBACarrierEli Pierson
  2. TBAAuxiliary ManMaury Goldman
  3. TBAOut LateAngelo
  4. TBALegacyMr. Carter
  5. TBASuburban Psycho
  6. TBAHorrified
  7. TBAFortitude
  8. TBAGodshot
  9. TBASonny LovejoyFather Carlton
  10. TBAHellhound
  11. TBAI, ChihuahuaRock Powers (voice)
  12. TBAI Passed This Way
  13. TBABeg The Devil
  14. TBALies We FollowBeau
  15. TBALive 2 Die
  16. TBAWe Could Be Heroes
  17. 2027Seasons
  18. 2027The SaviorsMr. Harrison
  19. 2026StrangleholdRoger
  20. 2026FosterBrooks
  21. 2026Come with MeDalton Kirby
  22. 2025The GentlemanTheo
  23. 2025Asteroid
  24. 2025CottonmouthVictor Cain
  25. 2025Paradise RecordsThe Chief
  26. 2025Saurus CitySlade Klossus (voice)
  27. 2025Play DirtyMurray
  28. 2024Scream Before You DieGovernor Starks
  29. 2024Day of the FightStevie
  30. 2024AbsolutionCharlie Conner
  31. 2024SuccubusDr. Orion Zephyr
  32. 2024The InstigatorsMayor Miccelli
  33. 2024Joe BabyPrentice Stanton
  34. 2023The Retirement PlanBobo
  35. 2023The BakerPappi
  36. 2023Heroes of the Golden MaskKunyi (voice)
  37. 2023Transformers: Rise of the BeastsOptimus Primal (voice)
  38. 2022How I Got ThereThe Merc
  39. 2022Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioPodesta (voice)
  40. 2022There Are No SaintsSans
  41. 2022The Last VictimSheriff Hickey
  42. 2021Don't Look UpBenedict Drask
  43. 2021This Game's Called MurderMr. Wallendorf
  44. 2021Nightmare AlleyBruno
  45. 2020Monster HunterAdmiral
  46. 2020A Place Among the DeadRP
  47. 2020The Big UglyPreston
  48. 2020CloverMr. Wiley
  49. 2019Havana KyrieHenry
  50. 2019Hell on the BorderCharlie Storm
  51. 2019The Great WarGeneral Pershing
  52. 2019Go FishBernardo (voice)
  53. 2019Run with the HuntedBirdie
  54. 2018AsherAsher
  55. 2018The Steam Engines of OzMagnus (voice)
  56. 2018Transformers: Power of the PrimesOptimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
  57. 2018The Escape of Prisoner 614The Sheriff
  58. 2018Sergio and SergeiPeter
  59. 2017PottersvilleSheriff Jack
  60. 2017Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea KingdomShoggoth (voice)
  61. 2017ChuckAl Braverman
  62. 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemGnarlak
  63. 2016Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen KingdomShoggoth (voice)
  64. 2015StonewallEd Murphy
  65. 2015MoonwalkersKidman
  66. 2014Savage MuttsTerry 'Shotgun' Coburn
  67. 2014Poker NightCalabrese
  68. 2014Skin TradeViktor Dragovic
  69. 2014Before I DisappearBill
  70. 2014The Book of LifeXibalba (voice)
  71. 2014DesireeAnslinger
  72. 2014ElwoodLouie the Jaw
  73. 2014Kid CannabisBarry Lerner
  74. 201413 SinsDet. Chilcoat
  75. 2014Tbilisi, I Love Younameless rider
  76. 2014The VirginianJudge Henry South
  77. 2013CravePete
  78. 2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersPolyphemus (voice)
  79. 2013Justice League: The Flashpoint ParadoxDeathstroke / Slade (voice)
  80. 2013Pacific RimHannibal Chau
  81. 20123, 2, 1... Frankie Go BoomPhyllis
  82. 2012Bad AssMayor Williams
  83. 2012The Scorpion King 3: Battle for RedemptionHorus
  84. 2011The Littlest AngelGod
  85. 2011DriveNino
  86. 2011Conan the BarbarianCorin
  87. 2011Season of the WitchFelson
  88. 2010Dark Metropolis
  89. 2010TangledStabbington Brother (voice)
  90. 2010The Legend of Secret PassParker (voice)
  91. 2010BunrakuNicola
  92. 2010Acts of ViolencePriest Bill
  93. 2010Killer by NatureDr. Julian
  94. 2009Dark CountrySheriff
  95. 2009The JobJim
  96. 2009The Devil's TombWesley
  97. 2008Local ColorCurtis Sunday
  98. 2008I Sell the DeadFather Duffy
  99. 2008Mutant ChroniclesBrother Samuel
  100. 2008Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyHellboy
  101. 2008OutlanderGunnar
  102. 2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesRed Cap (voice) (uncredited)
  103. 2008Uncross the StarsBobby
  104. 2007In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege TaleNorick
  105. 2007Afro Samurai the Movie
  106. 2007Battle for TerraElder Vorin (voice)
  107. 2007No. 6The Man in the Hat
  108. 2007Hellboy Animated: Iron ShoesHellboy (voice)
  109. 2007Hellboy Animated: Blood and IronHellboy (voice)
  110. 20075ive GirlsFather Drake
  111. 2006Pro-LifeDwayne Burcell
  112. 2006Hellboy Animated: Sword of StormsHellboy (voice)
  113. 2006The Last WinterEd Pollack
  114. 2006Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
  115. 2006How to Go Out on a Date in QueensVito
  116. 2006DesperationCollie Entragian
  117. 2005Danny Phantom: The Ultimate EnemyVice Principal Lancer (voice)
  118. 2005What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular(voice)
  119. 2005Tarzan IIKago (voice)
  120. 2005Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)