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Ron Perlman Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1950-04-13

Birthplace:
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
279 Total Roles

Ron Perlman

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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).

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 The Way Things Seem to Be MOVIE Self
2026 The Saviors MOVIE Mr. Harrison
2025 Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich MOVIE Self
2025 The Gentleman MOVIE Theo
2025 Asteroid MOVIE Self
2025 Cottonmouth MOVIE Victor Cain
2025 Paradise Records MOVIE The Chief
2025 Saurus City MOVIE Slade Klossus (voice)
2025 Play Dirty MOVIE Murray
2024 Scream Before You Die MOVIE Governor Starks

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