Ron Perlman
Acting • Born 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).
Filmography
278 credits
The Name of the Rose
Movie • 1986
Salvatore
Star Trek: Nemesis
Movie • 2002
Viceroy Vkruk
Enemy at the Gates
Movie • 2001
Koulikov
The City of Lost Children
Movie • 1995
One
Hellboy
Movie • 2004
Hellboy
The Ice Pirates
Movie • 1984
Zeno
Desperation
Movie • 2006
Collie Entragian
Outlander
Movie • 2008
Gunnar
5ive Girls
Movie • 2007
Father Drake
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Movie • 2007
Norick
Absolon
Movie • 2003
Murchison
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Movie • 1998
Cemetery Caretaker
Original Sins
Movie • 1995
Chas Bradley
Fluke
Movie • 1995
Sylvester
Bunraku
Movie • 2010
Nicola
I Sell the Dead
Movie • 2008
Father Duffy
Quiet Kill
Movie • 2004
Detective Sergeant Perry
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Movie • 2008
Hellboy
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1994
Konstantine Konali
Picture Windows: Lightning
Movie • 1995
Gambler
Season of the Witch
Movie • 2011
Felson
Titan A.E.
Movie • 2000
Sam Tucker (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Movie • 1998
Grasping (voice)
Happy, Texas
Movie • 1999
Marshal Nalhober
Dark Country
Movie • 2009
Sheriff
Prince Valiant
Movie • 1997
Boltar
Cronos
Movie • 1993
Angel de la Guardia
Alien Resurrection
Movie • 1997
Johner
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie • 1996
Sayer of the Law
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Movie • 2007
Hellboy (voice)
Mutant Chronicles
Movie • 2008
Brother Samuel
The Last Supper
Movie • 1995
Norman Arbuthnot
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
Movie • 2006
Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
Day of the Fight
Movie • 2024
Stevie
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Movie • 1993
Pap Finn
The Innocent Butler
Movie • 2021
Self
Missing in America
Movie • 2005
Red
The Job
Movie • 2009
Jim
Blade II
Movie • 2002
Reinhardt
Rats
Movie • 2003
Dr. William Winslow
Uncross the Stars
Movie • 2008
Bobby
The Instigators
Movie • 2024
Mayor Miccelli
Killer by Nature
Movie • 2010
Dr. Julian
Conan the Barbarian
Movie • 2011
Corin
Shakedown
Movie • 2002
Christopher Bellows
Tarzan II
Movie • 2005
Kago (voice)
The Last Winter
Movie • 2006
Ed Pollack
Quest for Fire
Movie • 1981
Amoukar
Acts of Violence
Movie • 2010
Priest Bill
Drive
Movie • 2011
Nino
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Movie • 2006
Hellboy (voice)
The Devil's Tomb
Movie • 2009
Wesley
Pacific Rim
Movie • 2013
Hannibal Chau
Down
Movie • 2001
Mitchell
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Movie • 2023
Kunyi (voice)
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Movie • 2003
Self
Crave
Movie • 2013
Pete
Succubus
Movie • 2024
Dr. Orion Zephyr
Dark Metropolis
Movie • 2010
The Legend of Secret Pass
Movie • 2010
Parker (voice)
The Trial of Old Drum
Movie • 2000
Charles Burden Sr.
Sensation
Movie • 1994
Detective Pantella
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Movie • 2012
Phyllis
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
Movie • 2006
Vito
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Movie • 2013
Polyphemus (voice)
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Movie • 2004
Self
Bad Ass
Movie • 2012
Mayor Williams
Carrier
Movie
Eli Pierson
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Movie • 2012
Horus
The Littlest Angel
Movie • 2011
God
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Movie • 1994
Graft
When the Bough Breaks
Movie • 1994
Dr. Douglas Eben
13 Sins
Movie • 2014
Det. Chilcoat
The Protector
Movie • 1997
Dr. Ramsey Krago
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
Movie • 1995
Lord Vox of Vestron
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Movie • 2013
Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
Two Soldiers
Movie • 2003
Colonel McKellog
The Cisco Kid
Movie • 1994
Lt. Col. Delacroix
Kid Cannabis
Movie • 2014
Barry Lerner
The Second Front
Movie • 2005
General von Binding
Night Class
Movie • 2001
Morgan
Before I Disappear
Movie • 2014
Bill
Tbilisi, I Love You
Movie • 2014
nameless rider
The Virginian
Movie • 2014
Judge Henry South
Tangled
Movie • 2010
Stabbington Brother (voice)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Movie • 2008
Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Bread and Roses
Movie • 2000
Party Guest (uncredited)
Stonewall
Movie • 2015
Ed Murphy
The Second Civil War
Movie • 1997
Alan Manieski
Moonwalkers
Movie • 2015
Kidman
Cottonmouth
Movie • 2025
Victor Cain
The Making of 'The Last Winter'
Movie • 2007
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Movie • 2022
Self
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Movie • 2008
Self
The Book of Life
Movie • 2014
Xibalba (voice)
Scream Before You Die
Movie • 2024
Governor Starks
Primal Force
Movie • 1999
Frank Brodie
Savage Mutts
Movie • 2014
Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
Poker Night
Movie • 2014
Calabrese
Desiree
Movie • 2014
Anslinger
There Are No Saints
Movie • 2022
Sans
Boys on the Run
Movie • 2003
Captain
Joe Baby
Movie • 2024
Prentice Stanton
Supreme Sanction
Movie • 1999
The Director
Houdini
Movie • 1998
Booking Agent
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Movie • 1998
Jerry Paul
Skin Trade
Movie • 2014
Viktor Dragovic
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes
Movie • 2007
Hellboy (voice)
Pro-Life
Movie • 2006
Dwayne Burcell
Auxiliary Man
Movie
Maury Goldman
Absolution
Movie • 2024
Charlie Conner
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Movie • 2003
Acme VP, Never Learning
How I Got There
Movie • 2022
The Merc
Chuck
Movie • 2017
Al Braverman
Frogs for Snakes
Movie • 1998
Gascone
Price of Glory
Movie • 2000
Nick Everson
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie • 2016
Gnarlak
Out Late
Movie
Angelo
Play Dirty
Movie • 2025
Murray
Mr. Stitch
Movie • 1995
Doctor Frederick Texarian
Pottersville
Movie • 2017
Sheriff Jack
Stranglehold
Movie
No. 6
Movie • 2007
The Man in the Hat
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Movie • 2016
Shoggoth (voice)
A Stoning in Fulham County
Movie • 1988
Jacob Shuler
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
Battle for Terra
Movie • 2007
Elder Vorin (voice)
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie • 1993
Jack's Attorney
Working with a Master: Mick Garris
Movie • 2006
The King's Guard
Movie • 2000
Lord Morton
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Movie • 2017
Shoggoth (voice)
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Movie • 2005
Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
Blind Man's Bluff
Movie • 1992
Frank Cerrillo
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Movie • 2018
The Sheriff
Sergio and Sergei
Movie • 2018
Peter
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Movie • 1995
Mr. Scratch (voice)
Betty
Movie • 1997
Donnie Shank
Asher
Movie • 2018
Asher
The Steam Engines of Oz
Movie • 2018
Magnus (voice)
Tinseltown
Movie • 1997
Cliff
Local Color
Movie • 2008
Curtis Sunday
Monster Hunter
Movie • 2020
Admiral
After the Screaming Stops
Movie • 2018
Self
Hell on the Border
Movie • 2019
Charlie Storm
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie • 2008
Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Run with the Hunted
Movie • 2019
Birdie
Transformers: Power of the Primes
Movie • 2018
Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
Forget Us Not
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Nightmare Alley
Movie • 2021
Bruno
Westside vs the World
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Sleepwalkers
Movie • 1992
Captain Soames
Operation Sandman
Movie • 2000
Dr. Harlan Jessup
Clover
Movie • 2020
Mr. Wiley
The Great War
Movie • 2019
General Pershing
Go Fish
Movie • 2019
Bernardo (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Movie • 2022
Podesta (voice)
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular
Movie • 2005
(voice)
Double Exposure
Movie • 1994
John McClure
The Big Ugly
Movie • 2020
Preston
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
Movie • 1996
Satan (voice)
Don't Look Up
Movie • 2021
Benedict Drask
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Movie • 1986
Self (uncredited)
La rosa dei nomi
Movie • 1987
Self
Hoodlum & Son
Movie • 2003
'Ugly' Jim McCrae
Havana Kyrie
Movie • 2019
Henry
This Game's Called Murder
Movie • 2021
Mr. Wallendorf
The Baker
Movie • 2023
Pappi
Saurus City
Movie • 2025
Slade Klossus (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Movie • 2023
Optimus Primal (voice)
A Place Among the Dead
Movie • 2020
RP
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie • 2021
Self
The Last Victim
Movie • 2022
Sheriff Hickey
The Retirement Plan
Movie • 2023
Bobo
Come with Me
Movie
Dalton Kirby
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Movie • 2024
Self
Legacy
Movie
Mr. Carter
Comic Book: The Movie
Movie • 2004
Ron Perlman
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Movie • 2002
Self
The Saviors
Movie • 2026
Mr. Harrison
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Movie • 2022
Self
The Gentleman
Movie • 2025
Theo
Elwood
Movie • 2014
Louie the Jaw
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Movie
Self
Paradise Records
Movie • 2025
The Chief
À propos de 'La guerre du feu'
Movie • 1981
Self
Suburban Psycho
Movie
Horrified
Movie
Asteroid
Movie • 2025
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
Movie • 2010
Self
Foster
Movie
Brooks
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Movie • 2025
Self
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
Movie • 2005
Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
Fortitude
Movie
Godshot
Movie
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie • 2022
Self
Sonny Lovejoy
Movie
Father Carlton
Afro Samurai the Movie
Movie • 2007
The Punisher - Dirty Laundry
Movie • 2012
Big Mike
The Legend of Prince Valiant
TV • 1991
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Clay Morrow
Perversions of Science
TV • 1997
40132
Teen Titans
TV • 2003
Slade (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Monster Hunter (voice)
Static Shock
TV • 2000
Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
John Ruger
Danny Phantom
TV • 2004
Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan
TV • 2001
Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Vincent
Charmed
TV • 1998
Mr. Kellman
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Batman
TV • 2004
Rumor / Killer Croc (voice)
Tracey Takes On...
TV • 1996
Stuart
Aladdin
TV • 1994
Fantastic Four
TV • 1994
Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)
Masters of Horror
TV • 2005
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Jax-Ur (voice)
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
TV • 1996
Kurtis Striker (voice)
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Family Law
TV • 1999
Roy
The Magnificent Seven
TV • 1998
Josiah Sanchez
The Tick
TV • 2001
Fiery Blaze
MacGruder and Loud
TV • 1985
Attorney
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Lt. Col. Brandon Grace
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Driller (voice)
Bonkers
TV • 1993
Sgt. Grating (voice)
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
TV • 1999
Jackie Chan Adventures
TV • 2000
Karl Nivor (voice)
Justice League
TV • 2001
Orion (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Wild Horse (voice)
Justice League
TV • 2001
Clayface (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Orion (voice)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
TV • 2020
The Lich (voice)
Hand of God
TV • 2014
Judge Pernell Harris
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Luther Braxton
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Clayface (voice)
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Warhawk (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Colonel (voice)
Aladdin
TV • 1994
Arbutus (voice)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
TV • 2016
Bular (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
TV • 2023
Lich (voice)
The New Batman Adventures
TV • 1997
Clayface (voice)
Hey Arnold!
TV • 1996
Mickey Kaline (voice)
Hey Arnold!
TV • 1996
Mickey Kaline / Weiner Cooker (voice)
StartUp
TV • 2016
Wes Chandler
100 Scariest Movie Moments
TV • 2004
Self
The Batman
TV • 2004
Killer Croc (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TV • 2000
Leader (voice)
Iron Man
TV • 1994
Hulk (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV • 2008
Gha Nachkt (voice)
The Frame
TV • 2013
Hannibal Chau
Turbo FAST
TV • 2013
Darryl (voice)
Animaniacs
TV • 1993
Satan (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
TV • 2024
Toby Hellinger
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
TV • 2002
Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
1000 Ways to Die
TV • 2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
The Messenger
Afro Samurai
TV • 2007
Justice (voice)
Archer
TV • 2009
Ramon Limon (voice)
The Capture
TV • 2019
Frank Napier
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
The Little Mermaid
TV • 1992
Apollo (voice)
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Sterling Frost Sr.
Reprisal
TV • 2019
Big Graham
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Fang (voice)
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Sterling Frost Sr. (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Bandit (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV • 2008
Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
TV • 2011
Sinestro (voice)
New Teen Titans
TV • 2011
Slade (voice)
New Teen Titans
TV • 2011
Slade / Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Fantastic Four
TV • 1994
Wizard/Hulk (voice)
Reno 911!
TV • 2020
DUI Detainee
Duckman
TV • 1994
Roland Thompson (voice)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Sozin (voice)
Fallout
TV • 2024
Super Mutant
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
TV • 2017
The Stabbington Brothers (voice)