Ron Perlman
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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
Credits
Pacific Rim (2013)
as Hannibal Chau
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
as Optimus Primal (voice)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
as Gnarlak
Drive (2011)
as Nino
Tangled (2010)
as Stabbington Brother (voice)
Don't Look Up (2021)
as Benedict Drask
Alien Resurrection (1997)
as Johner
Blade II (2002)
as Reinhardt
Hellboy (2004)
as Hellboy
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
as Koulikov
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
as Podesta (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
The Book of Life (2014)
as Xibalba (voice)
Monster Hunter (2020)
as Admiral
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
as Hellboy
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
as Corin
Nightmare Alley (2021)
as Bruno
The Instigators (2024)
as Mayor Miccelli
The Name of the Rose (1986)
as Salvatore
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
as Viceroy Vkruk
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
as Polyphemus (voice)
13 Sins (2014)
as Det. Chilcoat
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)
as Horus
Succubus (2024)
as Dr. Orion Zephyr
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Felson
Outlander (2008)
as Gunnar
The Retirement Plan (2023)
as Bobo
Titan A.E. (2000)
as Sam Tucker (voice)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
as Acme VP, Never Learning
Quest for Fire (1981)
as Amoukar
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
The Gentleman (2025)
as Theo
Tarzan II (2005)
as Kago (voice)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
as One
Bad Ass (2012)
as Mayor Williams
Sleepwalkers (1992)
as Captain Soames
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
as Sayer of the Law
Absolution (2024)
as Charlie Conner
Down (2001)
as Mitchell
Fluke (1995)
as Sylvester
Sergio and Sergei (2018)
as Peter
Skin Trade (2014)
as Viktor Dragovic
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
as Konstantine Konali
Battle for Terra (2007)
as Elder Vorin (voice)
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
as Dr. Douglas Eben
The Devil's Tomb (2009)
as Wesley
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
as Jack's Attorney
Bread and Roses (2000)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Bunraku (2010)
as Nicola
Mutant Chronicles (2008)
as Brother Samuel
Moonwalkers (2015)
as Kidman
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
as Norick
The Legend of Secret Pass (2010)
as Parker (voice)
The Last Supper (1995)
as Norman Arbuthnot
The Ice Pirates (1984)
as Zeno
Cronos (1993)
as Angel de la Guardia
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
as Pap Finn
There Are No Saints (2022)
as Sans
Paradise Records (2025)
as The Chief
Prince Valiant (1997)
as Boltar
The Saviors (2026)
as Mr. Harrison
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
as Grasping (voice)
5ive Girls (2007)
as Father Drake
The Way Things Seem to Be (2026)
as Self
Dark Country (2009)
as Sheriff
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich (2025)
as Self
Kid Cannabis (2014)
as Barry Lerner
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
as Hellboy (voice)
Sonny Lovejoy (—)
as Father Carlton
Rats (2003)
as Dr. William Winslow
Hell on the Border (2019)
as Charlie Storm
Stonewall (2015)
as Ed Murphy
The Littlest Angel (2011)
as God
Chuck (2017)
as Al Braverman
Killer by Nature (2010)
as Dr. Julian
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
as Hellboy (voice)
The Baker (2023)
as Pappi
Before I Disappear (2014)
as Bill
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012)
as Phyllis
The Great War (2019)
as General Pershing
The Last Winter (2006)
as Ed Pollack
Desperation (2006)
as Collie Entragian
Joe Baby (2024)
as Prentice Stanton
Sensation (1994)
as Detective Pantella
The King's Guard (2000)
as Lord Morton
The Second Civil War (1997)
as Alan Manieski
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery (1995)
as Mr. Scratch (voice)
Desiree (2014)
as Anslinger
A Place Among the Dead (2020)
as RP
Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024)
as Self
Absolon (2003)
as Murchison
The Trial of Old Drum (2000)
as Charles Burden Sr.
The Protector (1997)
as Dr. Ramsey Krago
The Big Ugly (2020)
as Preston
Local Color (2008)
as Curtis Sunday
Frogs for Snakes (1998)
as Gascone
Afro Samurai the Movie (2007)
Actor
Betty (1997)
as Donnie Shank
Night Class (2001)
as Morgan
I, Chihuahua (—)
as Rock Powers (voice)
Legacy (—)
as Mr. Carter
The Virginian (2014)
as Judge Henry South
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation (2004)
as Self
Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
as Ron Perlman
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)
as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Missing in America (2005)
as Red
Primal Force (1999)
as Frank Brodie
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
as Cemetery Caretaker
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Victim (2022)
as Sheriff Hickey
I Sell the Dead (2008)
as Father Duffy
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes (2007)
as Hellboy (voice)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022)
as Self
Houdini (1998)
as Booking Agent
Run with the Hunted (2019)
as Birdie
This Game's Called Murder (2021)
as Mr. Wallendorf
Pottersville (2017)
as Sheriff Jack
Godshot (—)
Actor
Poker Night (2014)
as Calabrese
A Stoning in Fulham County (1988)
as Jacob Shuler
The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
as Magnus (voice)
Clover (2020)
as Mr. Wiley
Original Sins (1995)
as Chas Bradley
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
as Self
Blind Man's Bluff (1992)
as Frank Cerrillo
Day of the Fight (2024)
as Stevie
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005)
as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (1994)
as Graft
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff (1996)
as Satan (voice)
Happy, Texas (1999)
as Marshal Nalhober
The Escape of Prisoner 614 (2018)
as The Sheriff
Beg The Devil (—)
Actor
Scream Before You Die (2024)
as Governor Starks
La rosa dei nomi (1987)
as Self
Come with Me (—)
as Dalton Kirby
Acts of Violence (2010)
as Priest Bill
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017)
as Shoggoth (voice)
Supreme Sanction (1999)
as The Director
Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Gambler
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection (2003)
as Self
Uncross the Stars (2008)
as Bobby
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995)
as Lord Vox of Vestron
Mr. Stitch (1995)
as Doctor Frederick Texarian
Price of Glory (2000)
as Nick Everson
Suburban Psycho (—)
Actor
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life (—)
as Self
The Cisco Kid (1994)
as Lt. Col. Delacroix
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016)
as Shoggoth (voice)
After the Screaming Stops (2018)
as Self
Asher (2018)
as Asher
Fortitude (—)
Actor
Tbilisi, I Love You (2014)
as nameless rider
Shakedown (2002)
as Christopher Bellows
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986)
as Self (uncredited)
The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012)
as Big Mike
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
as Vito
Asteroid (2025)
Actor
Crave (2013)
as Pete
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (2022)
as Self
Westside vs the World (2019)
as Narrator
Two Soldiers (2003)
as Colonel McKellog
A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
as Jerry Paul
Cottonmouth (2025)
as Victor Cain
Play Dirty (2025)
as Murray
Go Fish (2019)
as Bernardo (voice)
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
as Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2022)
as Self
Dark Metropolis (2010)
Actor
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002)
as Self
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular (2005)
as (voice)
Boys on the Run (2003)
as Captain
The Job (2009)
as Jim
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon (2008)
as Self
Pro-Life (2006)
as Dwayne Burcell
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003)
as Self - Narrator
Double Exposure (1994)
as John McClure
Quiet Kill (2004)
as Detective Sergeant Perry
Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023)
as Kunyi (voice)
I Passed This Way (—)
Actor
Working with a Master: Mick Garris (2006)
Actor
The Second Front (2005)
as General von Binding
Saurus City (2025)
as Slade Klossus (voice)
Auxiliary Man (—)
as Maury Goldman
Hellhound (—)
Actor
Havana Kyrie (2019)
as Henry
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom (2017)
as Narrator
Hoodlum & Son (2003)
as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018)
as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
No. 6 (2007)
as The Man in the Hat
Forget Us Not (2013)
as Narrator
À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981)
as Self
Elwood (2014)
as Louie the Jaw
Horrified (—)
Actor
How I Got There (2022)
as The Merc
Stranglehold (—)
Actor
The Innocent Butler (2021)
as Self
Tinseltown (1997)
as Cliff
The Making of 'The Last Winter' (2007)
as Self
Foster (—)
as Brooks
Savage Mutts (2014)
as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
Carrier (—)
as Eli Pierson
Lies We Follow (—)
as Beau
Operation Sandman (2000)
as Dr. Harlan Jessup
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Out Late (—)
as Angelo