Ron Perlman
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
- 2025 · The Gentleman as Theo
- 2025 · Asteroid as
- 2025 · Paradise Records as The Chief
- 2025 · Play Dirty as Murray
- 2023 · Heroes of the Golden Mask as Kunyi (voice)
- 2022 · There Are No Saints as Sans
- 2021 · Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
- 2020 · The Big Ugly as Preston
- 2019 · Hell on the Border as Charlie Storm
- 2019 · The Great War as General Pershing
- 2019 · Go Fish as Bernardo (voice)
- 2019 · Run with the Hunted as Birdie
- 2018 · Asher as Asher
- 2017 · Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom as Shoggoth (voice)
- 2015 · Stonewall as Ed Murphy
- 2014 · Before I Disappear as Bill
- 2014 · Kid Cannabis as Barry Lerner
- 2014 · The Virginian as Judge Henry South
- 2010 · Killer by Nature as Dr. Julian
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Wesley
- 2007 · Battle for Terra as Elder Vorin (voice)
- 2007 · Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Hellboy (voice)
- 2006 · Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms as Hellboy (voice)
- 2006 · The Last Winter as Ed Pollack
- 2005 · Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
- 2004 · 100 Scariest Movie Moments as Self
- 2002 · The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' as Self
- 1999 · Happy, Texas as Marshal Nalhober
- 1998 · An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Grasping (voice)
- 1997 · The Second Civil War as Alan Manieski
- 1997 · Prince Valiant as Boltar
- 1995 · Mr. Stitch as Doctor Frederick Texarian
- 1995 · The Last Supper as Norman Arbuthnot
- 1995 · Fluke as Sylvester
- 1995 · Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery as Mr. Scratch (voice)
- 1994 · When the Bough Breaks as Dr. Douglas Eben
- 1993 · The Adventures of Huck Finn as Pap Finn
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Vincent
- Future · Fortitude as
- 2025 · Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
- 2024 · Day of the Fight as Stevie
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2022 · The Last Victim as Sheriff Hickey
- 2021 · This Game's Called Murder as Mr. Wallendorf
- 2020 · A Place Among the Dead as RP
- 2020 · Clover as Mr. Wiley
- 2018 · After the Screaming Stops as Self
- 2017 · Pottersville as Sheriff Jack
- 2014 · Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Crave as Pete
- 2012 · 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom as Phyllis
- 2010 · The Legend of Secret Pass as Parker (voice)
- 2009 · The Job as Jim
- 2008 · I Sell the Dead as Father Duffy
- 2007 · Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes as Hellboy (voice)
- 2006 · Pro-Life as Dwayne Burcell
- 2005 · Missing in America as Red
- 2004 · Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
- 2004 · Comic Book: The Movie as Ron Perlman
- 2003 · Two Soldiers as Colonel McKellog
- 2003 · Boys on the Run as Captain
- 2003 · Absolon as Murchison
- 2002 · Shakedown as Christopher Bellows
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2000 · Price of Glory as Nick Everson
- 1999 · Primal Force as Frank Brodie
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as The Director
- 1998 · Frogs for Snakes as Gascone
- 1997 · The Protector as Dr. Ramsey Krago
- 1994 · Sensation as Detective Pantella
- 1994 · The Cisco Kid as Lt. Col. Delacroix
- Future · The Saviors as Mr. Harrison
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Victor Cain
- 2025 · Saurus City as Slade Klossus (voice)
- 2024 · Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- 2022 · Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
- 2019 · Havana Kyrie as Henry
- 2018 · The Steam Engines of Oz as Magnus (voice)
- 2018 · Transformers: Power of the Primes as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
- 2018 · The Escape of Prisoner 614 as The Sheriff
- 2016 · Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom as Shoggoth (voice)
- 2014 · Elwood as Louie the Jaw
- 2014 · Tbilisi, I Love You as nameless rider
- 2011 · The Littlest Angel as God
- 2010 · Dark Metropolis as
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2010 · Acts of Violence as Priest Bill
- 2008 · Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
- 2008 · Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
- 2008 · Uncross the Stars as Bobby
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Vito
- 2005 · What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular as (voice)
- 2005 · The Second Front as General von Binding
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Detective Sergeant Perry
- 2003 · One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection as Self
- 2001 · Night Class as Morgan
- 2000 · The King's Guard as Lord Morton
- 1998 · I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Cemetery Caretaker
- 1997 · Tinseltown as Cliff
- 1988 · A Stoning in Fulham County as Jacob Shuler
- 1987 · La rosa dei nomi as Self
- Future · Legacy as Mr. Carter
- Future · Come with Me as Dalton Kirby
- Future · Horrified as
- Future · Suburban Psycho as
- 1994 · Double Exposure as John McClure
- 1986 · The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self (uncredited)
- Future · Auxiliary Man as Maury Goldman
- 2024 · Scream Before You Die as Governor Starks
- 2024 · Absolution as Charlie Conner
- 2024 · Succubus as Dr. Orion Zephyr
- 2024 · The Instigators as Mayor Miccelli
- 2024 · Joe Baby as Prentice Stanton
- 2024 · Fallout as Super Mutant
- 2024 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Toby Hellinger
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Lich (voice)
- 2023 · The Retirement Plan as Bobo
- 2023 · The Baker as Pappi
- 2023 · Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Optimus Primal (voice)
- 2023 · Poker Face as Sterling Frost Sr.
- 2023 · Poker Face as Sterling Frost Sr. (voice)
- 2022 · How I Got There as The Merc
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Podesta (voice)
- 2022 · An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Benedict Drask
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Bruno
- 2021 · The Innocent Butler as Self
- 2020 · Monster Hunter as Admiral
- 2020 · Adventure Time: Distant Lands as The Lich (voice)
- 2020 · Reno 911! as DUI Detainee
- 2019 · Reprisal as Big Graham
- 2019 · The Capture as Frank Napier
- 2019 · Westside vs the World as Narrator
- 2018 · Sergio and Sergei as Peter
- 2017 · Chuck as Al Braverman
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as The Stabbington Brothers (voice)
- 2017 · Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom as Narrator
- 2016 · Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia as Bular (voice)
- 2016 · Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Gnarlak
- 2016 · StartUp as Wes Chandler
- 2015 · Moonwalkers as Kidman
- 2014 · Savage Mutts as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
- 2014 · Poker Night as Calabrese
- 2014 · Skin Trade as Viktor Dragovic
- 2014 · The Book of Life as Xibalba (voice)
- 2014 · Hand of God as Judge Pernell Harris
- 2014 · Desiree as Anslinger
- 2014 · 13 Sins as Det. Chilcoat
- 2014 · Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Turbo FAST as Darryl (voice)
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Luther Braxton
- 2013 · Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as Polyphemus (voice)
- 2013 · Forget Us Not as Narrator
- 2013 · Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
- 2013 · Pacific Rim as Hannibal Chau
- 2013 · The Frame as Hannibal Chau
- 2012 · Bad Ass as Mayor Williams
- 2012 · The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption as Horus
- 2011 · Green Lantern: The Animated Series as Sinestro (voice)
- 2011 · New Teen Titans as Slade (voice)
- 2011 · New Teen Titans as Slade / Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
- 2011 · Drive as Nino
- 2011 · Conan the Barbarian as Corin
- 2011 · Season of the Witch as Felson
- 2010 · Tangled as Stabbington Brother (voice)
- 2010 · Bunraku as Nicola
- 2009 · Dark Country as Sheriff
- 2009 · Archer as Ramon Limon (voice)
- 2009 · 1000 Ways to Die as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
- 2008 · Local Color as Curtis Sunday
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Gha Nachkt (voice)
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Clay Morrow
- 2008 · Mutant Chronicles as Brother Samuel
- 2008 · Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Hellboy
- 2008 · Outlander as Gunnar
- 2008 · The Spiderwick Chronicles as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007 · In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale as Norick
- 2007 · The Making of 'The Last Winter' as Self
- 2007 · No. 6 as The Man in the Hat
- 2007 · 5ive Girls as Father Drake
- 2007 · Afro Samurai as Justice (voice)
- 2006 · Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
- 2006 · Desperation as Collie Entragian
- 2006 · Working with a Master: Mick Garris as
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
- 2005 · Tarzan II as Kago (voice)
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Sozin (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Monster Hunter (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Colonel (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Fang (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Bandit (voice)
- 2004 · The Batman as Rumor / Killer Croc (voice)
- 2004 · The Batman as Killer Croc (voice)
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Orion (voice)
- 2004 · Danny Phantom as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
- 2004 · Hellboy as Hellboy
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Acme VP, Never Learning
- 2003 · Hoodlum & Son as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Slade (voice)
- 2003 · Rats as Dr. William Winslow
- 2002 · Star Trek: Nemesis as Viceroy Vkruk
- 2002 · What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Warhawk (voice)
- 2002 · Blade II as Reinhardt
- 2001 · Justice League as Orion (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Clayface (voice)
- 2001 · The Tick as Fiery Blaze
- 2001 · Down as Mitchell
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
- 2001 · Enemy at the Gates as Koulikov
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Leader (voice)
- 2000 · Static Shock as Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
- 2000 · Jackie Chan Adventures as Karl Nivor (voice)
- 2000 · Titan A.E. as Sam Tucker (voice)
- 2000 · The Trial of Old Drum as Charles Burden Sr.
- 2000 · Operation Sandman as Dr. Harlan Jessup
- 1999 · Family Law as Roy
- 1999 · The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as
- 1998 · Houdini as Booking Agent
- 1998 · Charmed as Mr. Kellman
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Wild Horse (voice)
- 1998 · A Town Has Turned to Dust as Jerry Paul
- 1998 · The Magnificent Seven as Josiah Sanchez
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Johner
- 1997 · The New Batman Adventures as Clayface (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Perversions of Science as 40132
- 1997 · Betty as Donnie Shank
- 1996 · Hey Arnold! as Mickey Kaline (voice)
- 1996 · Hey Arnold! as Mickey Kaline / Weiner Cooker (voice)
- 1996 · Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Kurtis Striker (voice)
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Jax-Ur (voice)
- 1996 · The Island of Dr. Moreau as Sayer of the Law
- 1996 · Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff as Satan (voice)
- 1996 · Tracey Takes On... as Stuart
- 1995 · The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space as Lord Vox of Vestron
- 1995 · Picture Windows: Lightning as Gambler
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as One
- 1995 · Original Sins as Chas Bradley
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Lt. Col. Brandon Grace
- 1994 · Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks as Graft
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)
- 1994 · Fantastic Four as Wizard/Hulk (voice)
- 1994 · Iron Man as Hulk (voice)
- 1994 · Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Konstantine Konali
- 1994 · Duckman as Roland Thompson (voice)
- 1994 · Aladdin as
- 1994 · Aladdin as Arbutus (voice)
- 1993 · Cronos as Angel de la Guardia
- 1993 · Animaniacs as Satan (voice)
- 1993 · Romeo Is Bleeding as Jack's Attorney
- 1993 · Bonkers as Sgt. Grating (voice)
- 1992 · Highlander: The Series as The Messenger
- 1992 · The Little Mermaid as Apollo (voice)
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Driller (voice)
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Clayface (voice)
- 1992 · Sleepwalkers as Captain Soames
- 1981 · À propos de 'La guerre du feu' as Self
- Future · Foster as Brooks
- Future · Carrier as Eli Pierson
- Future · Out Late as Angelo
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- 1992 · Blind Man's Bluff as Frank Cerrillo
- 1991 · The Legend of Prince Valiant as
- 1986 · The Name of the Rose as Salvatore
- 1985 · MacGruder and Loud as Attorney
- 1984 · Miami Vice as John Ruger
- 1984 · The Ice Pirates as Zeno
- 1981 · Quest for Fire as Amoukar
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as
- Future · Stranglehold as
- Future · Godshot as
- Future · Sonny Lovejoy as Father Carlton