Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

1950-04-13

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).

Also appears in

Absolution

Absolution

6.1

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

7.3

Tangled

Tangled

7.6

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

6.9

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

7.3

The Instigators

The Instigators

6.2

Blade II

Blade II

6.6

Hellboy

Hellboy

6.7

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

8.1

The Book of Life

The Book of Life

7.5

Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection

6.2

Don’t Look Up

Don’t Look Up

7.1

Drive

Drive

7.6

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

6.8

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

7.4

Outlander

Outlander

6.4

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles

6.6

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

5.3

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

4.6

Monster Hunter

Monster Hunter

6.6