Ron Perlman

76, from Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemImage of 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).

Timeline

2027Future projects

2026Aged 76

  • Poster for The Way Things Seem to Be

    Self

  • Poster for Come with Me

    Dalton Kirby

  • Poster for Foster

    Brooks

  • Poster for Stranglehold

    Roger

2025Aged 75

  • Poster for Play Dirty

    Murray

  • Poster for Saurus City

    Slade Klossus (voice)

  • Poster for Paradise Records

    The Chief

  • Poster for Cottonmouth

    Victor Cain

  • The Ride

    The Ride (voice)

  • Poster for Asteroid

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Gentleman

    Theo

  • Poster for Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich

    Self

2024Aged 74

  • Poster for Chuck Zito: An American Story

    Self

  • Poster for Joe Baby

    Prentice Stanton

  • Poster for The Instigators

    Mayor Miccelli

  • Poster for Succubus

    Dr. Orion Zephyr

  • Poster for Absolution

    Charlie Conner

  • Poster for Day of the Fight

    Stevie

  • Poster for Scream Before You Die

    Governor Starks

2023Aged 73

  • Poster for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Optimus Primal (voice)

  • Poster for Heroes of the Golden Mask

    Kunyi (voice)

  • Poster for The Baker

    Pappi

  • Poster for The Retirement Plan

    Bobo

2022Aged 72

  • Poster for The Last Victim

    Sheriff Hickey

  • Poster for There Are No Saints

    Sans

  • Poster for An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

    Self

  • Poster for Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

    Self

  • Poster for American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

    Self

  • Poster for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

    Podesta (voice)

  • Poster for How I Got There

    The Merc

2021Aged 71

  • Poster for Val

    Self (archive)

  • Poster for Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Self

  • Poster for The Innocent Butler

    Self

  • Poster for Nightmare Alley

    Bruno

  • Poster for This Game's Called Murder

    Mr. Wallendorf

  • Poster for Don't Look Up

    Benedict Drask

2020Aged 70

  • Poster for Clover

    Mr. Wiley

  • Poster for The Big Ugly

    Preston

  • Poster for A Place Among the Dead

    RP

  • Poster for Monster Hunter

    Admiral

2019Aged 69

  • Poster for Westside vs the World

    Narrator

  • Poster for Run with the Hunted

    Birdie

  • Poster for Go Fish

    Bernardo (voice)

  • Poster for Hell on the Border

    Charlie Storm

  • Poster for The Great War

    General Pershing

  • Poster for Havana Kyrie

    Henry

  • Poster for To Dust

    Producer

2018Aged 68

  • Poster for Sergio and Sergei

    Peter

  • Poster for The Escape of Prisoner 614

    The Sheriff

  • Poster for Transformers: Power of the Primes

    Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)

  • Poster for The Steam Engines of Oz

    Magnus (voice)

  • Poster for After the Screaming Stops

    Self

  • Poster for Asher

    Asher

2017Aged 67

  • Poster for Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom

    Narrator

  • Poster for Chuck

    Al Braverman

  • Poster for Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

    Shoggoth (voice)

  • Poster for Pottersville

    Sheriff Jack

  • Poster for All Nighter

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for All I See Is You

    Executive Producer

2016Aged 66

  • Poster for Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

    Shoggoth (voice)

  • Poster for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Gnarlak

2015Aged 65

  • Poster for Moonwalkers

    Kidman

  • Poster for Stonewall

    Ed Murphy

  • Poster for Bone in the Throat

    Executive Producer

2014Aged 64

  • Poster for The Virginian

    Judge Henry South

  • Poster for Tbilisi, I Love You

    nameless rider

  • Poster for Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for 13 Sins

    Det. Chilcoat

  • Poster for Kid Cannabis

    Barry Lerner

  • Poster for Elwood

    Louie the Jaw

  • Poster for Desiree

    Anslinger

  • Poster for Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Book of Life

    Xibalba (voice)

  • Poster for Before I Disappear

    Bill

  • Poster for Skin Trade

    Viktor Dragovic

  • Poster for Poker Night

    Calabrese

  • Savage Mutts

    Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn

2013Aged 63

  • Poster for Pacific Rim

    Hannibal Chau

  • Poster for Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

    Deathstroke / Slade (voice)

  • Poster for Forget Us Not

    Narrator

  • Poster for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

    Polyphemus (voice)

  • Poster for Crave

    Pete

2012Aged 62

  • Poster for The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

    Horus

  • Poster for Bad Ass

    Mayor Williams

  • Poster for The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America

    Gene Krupa (voice)

  • Poster for 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

    Phyllis

2011Aged 61

  • Poster for Season of the Witch

    Felson

  • Poster for Conan the Barbarian

    Corin

  • Poster for Drive

    Nino

  • Poster for The Littlest Angel

    God

2010Aged 60

  • Poster for Killer by Nature

    Dr. Julian

  • Poster for Acts of Violence

    Priest Bill

  • Poster for Bunraku

    Nicola

  • Poster for The Legend of Secret Pass

    Parker (voice)

  • Poster for The Making of Fallout: New Vegas

    Self

  • Poster for Tangled

    Stabbington Brother (voice)

  • Poster for Dark Metropolis

    (Unknown)

2009Aged 59

  • Poster for The Devil's Tomb

    Wesley

  • Poster for The Job

    Jim

  • Poster for Dark Country

    Sheriff

2008Aged 58

  • Poster for Uncross the Stars

    Bobby

  • Poster for The Spiderwick Chronicles

    Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Outlander

    Gunnar

  • Poster for Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

    Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2

  • Poster for Hellboy II: The Golden Army

    Hellboy

  • Poster for Mutant Chronicles

    Brother Samuel

  • Poster for I Sell the Dead

    Father Duffy

  • Poster for Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

    Self

  • Poster for Local Color

    Curtis Sunday

2007Aged 57

  • Poster for 5ive Girls

    Father Drake

  • Poster for Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

    Hellboy (voice)

  • Poster for Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes

    Hellboy (voice)

  • Poster for No. 6

    The Man in the Hat

  • Poster for Battle for Terra

    Elder Vorin (voice)

  • Poster for The Making of 'The Last Winter'

    Self

  • Poster for Afro Samurai the Movie

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

    Norick

2006Aged 56

  • Poster for Working with a Master: Mick Garris

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Desperation

    Collie Entragian

  • Poster for How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

    Vito

  • Poster for Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

    Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)

  • Poster for The Last Winter

    Ed Pollack

  • Poster for Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

    Hellboy (voice)

  • Poster for Pro-Life

    Dwayne Burcell

2005Aged 55

  • Poster for Missing in America

    Red

  • Poster for The Second Front

    General von Binding

  • Poster for Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

    Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)

  • Poster for Tarzan II

    Kago (voice)

  • Poster for What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular

    (voice)

  • Poster for Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy

    Vice Principal Lancer (voice)

2004Aged 54

  • Poster for Comic Book: The Movie

    Ron Perlman

  • Poster for Hellboy

    Hellboy

  • Poster for Quiet Kill

    Detective Sergeant Perry

  • Poster for Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

    Self

2003Aged 53

  • Poster for Rats

    Dr. William Winslow

  • L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for Absolon

    Murchison

  • Poster for Boys on the Run

    Captain

  • Poster for Two Soldiers

    Colonel McKellog

  • Poster for Hoodlum & Son

    'Ugly' Jim McCrae

  • Poster for Looney Tunes: Back in Action

    Acme VP, Never Learning

  • Poster for One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection

    Self

2002Aged 52

  • Poster for Blade II

    Reinhardt

  • Poster for The Blood Pact: The Making of Blade II

    Self

  • Poster for Star Trek: Nemesis

    Viceroy Vkruk

  • Poster for Shakedown

    Christopher Bellows

2001Aged 51

  • Poster for Enemy at the Gates

    Koulikov

  • Poster for Down

    Mitchell

  • Poster for Night Class

    Morgan

2000Aged 50

  • Poster for Operation Sandman

    Dr. Harlan Jessup

  • Poster for Price of Glory

    Nick Everson

  • Poster for The Trial of Old Drum

    Charles Burden Sr.

  • Poster for Titan A.E.

    Sam Tucker (voice)

  • Poster for The King's Guard

    Lord Morton

  • Poster for Bread and Roses

    Party Guest (uncredited)

1999Aged 49

  • Poster for Supreme Sanction

    The Director

  • Poster for Primal Force

    Frank Brodie

  • Poster for Happy, Texas

    Marshal Nalhober

1998Aged 48

  • Poster for An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

    Grasping (voice)

  • Poster for A Town Has Turned to Dust

    Jerry Paul

  • Poster for Frogs for Snakes

    Gascone

  • Poster for I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

    Cemetery Caretaker

  • Poster for Houdini

    Booking Agent

1997Aged 47

  • Poster for Betty

    Donnie Shank

  • Poster for Tinseltown

    Cliff

  • Poster for Prince Valiant

    Boltar

  • Poster for Alien Resurrection

    Johner

  • Poster for The Second Civil War

    Alan Manieski

  • Poster for The Protector

    Dr. Ramsey Krago

1996Aged 46

  • Poster for Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff

    Satan (voice)

  • Poster for The Island of Dr. Moreau

    Sayer of the Law

1995Aged 45

  • Poster for Original Sins

    Chas Bradley

  • Poster for The City of Lost Children

    One

  • Poster for Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

    Mr. Scratch (voice)

  • Poster for Fluke

    Sylvester

  • Poster for The Last Supper

    Norman Arbuthnot

  • Poster for Picture Windows: Lightning

    Gambler

  • Poster for Mr. Stitch

    Doctor Frederick Texarian

  • Poster for The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space

    Lord Vox of Vestron

1994Aged 44

  • Poster for The Cisco Kid

    Lt. Col. Delacroix

  • Poster for Double Exposure

    John McClure

  • Poster for When the Bough Breaks

    Dr. Douglas Eben

  • Poster for Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

    Konstantine Konali

  • Poster for Sensation

    Detective Pantella

  • Poster for Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks

    Graft

1993Aged 43

  • Poster for The Adventures of Huck Finn

    Pap Finn

  • Poster for Romeo Is Bleeding

    Jack's Attorney

  • Poster for Cronos

    Angel de la Guardia

1992Aged 42

  • Poster for Blind Man's Bluff

    Frank Cerrillo

  • Poster for Sleepwalkers

    Captain Soames

1988Aged 38

  • Poster for A Stoning in Fulham County

    Jacob Shuler

1987Aged 37

  • Poster for La rosa dei nomi

    Self

1984Aged 34

  • Poster for The Ice Pirates

    Zeno

1982Aged 32

  • Poster for The Quest for Fire Adventure

    Self

1981Aged 31

Year unknown