Ron Perlman

ActorProducerDirector Apr 13 (age 75) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 1981–2026 (45 year career)

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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 coll…

Known For

Film

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Gnarlak

Film

Drive

Nino

Film

Tangled

Stabbington Brother (voice)

Film

Sons of Anarchy

Clay Morrow

Film

Pacific Rim

Hannibal Chau

Film

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Podesta (voice)

Film

Don't Look Up

Benedict Drask

Film

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Optimus Primal (voice)

Filmography

Acting (271)

Movies (203)

The Saviors

2026

as Mr. Harrison

The Way Things Seem to Be

2026

as Self

The Gentleman

as Theo

Paradise Records

as The Chief

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich

2025

as Self

Saurus City

2025

as Slade Klossus (voice)

Play Dirty

as Murray

Asteroid

Cottonmouth

as Victor Cain

Succubus

as Dr. Orion Zephyr

Joe Baby

as Prentice Stanton

Scream Before You Die

as Governor Starks

Absolution

as Charlie Conner

The Instigators

as Mayor Miccelli

Day of the Fight

as Stevie

Chuck Zito: An American Story

2024

as Self

2.0

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023

as Optimus Primal (voice)

The Baker

as Pappi

The Retirement Plan

as Bobo

Heroes of the Golden Mask

as Kunyi (voice)

The Last Victim

as Sheriff Hickey

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as Podesta (voice)

There Are No Saints

as Sans

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

2022

as Self

5.5

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

as Self

How I Got There

as The Merc

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

2022

as Self

Don't Look Up

as Benedict Drask

Nightmare Alley

as Bruno

This Game's Called Murder

2021

as Mr. Wallendorf

3.6

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

as Self

The Innocent Butler

as Self

Monster Hunter

as Admiral

The Big Ugly

as Preston

Clover

as Mr. Wiley

A Place Among the Dead

as RP

The Great War

as General Pershing

Havana Kyrie

as Henry

Hell on the Border

as Charlie Storm

Go Fish

as Bernardo (voice)

Run with the Hunted

as Birdie

Westside vs the World

as Narrator

Asher

as Asher

Sergio and Sergei

as Peter

The Steam Engines of Oz

2018

as Magnus (voice)

5.7

The Escape of Prisoner 614

2018

as The Sheriff

4.8

Transformers: Power of the Primes

2018

as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)

8.7

After the Screaming Stops

2018

as Self

6.4

Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom

as Narrator

Chuck

as Al Braverman

Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

as Shoggoth (voice)

Pottersville

as Sheriff Jack

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

as Gnarlak

7.3

Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

as Shoggoth (voice)

Stonewall

as Ed Murphy

Moonwalkers

as Kidman

The Book of Life

as Xibalba (voice)

Poker Night

as Calabrese

13 Sins

as Det. Chilcoat

Skin Trade

as Viktor Dragovic

Before I Disappear

as Bill

Desiree

as Anslinger

Kid Cannabis

as Barry Lerner

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

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Tbilisi, I Love You

The Virginian

as Judge Henry South

Elwood

as Louie the Jaw

Savage Mutts

as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn

2.0

Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event

as Narrator (voice)

Pacific Rim

as Hannibal Chau

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013

as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)

7.9

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

2013

as Polyphemus (voice)

Crave

as Pete

Forget Us Not

as Narrator

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption

as Horus

Bad Ass

as Mayor Williams

The Punisher: Dirty Laundry

2012

as Big Mike

7.1

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

2012

as Phyllis

5.8

The Punisher - Dirty Laundry

as Big Mike

Drive

as Nino

Conan the Barbarian

as Corin

Season of the Witch

as Felson

The Littlest Angel

as God

Tangled

as Stabbington Brother (voice)

7.6

Bunraku

2010

as Nicola

5.8

The Making of Fallout: New Vegas

2010

as Self

8.7

The Legend of Secret Pass

as Parker (voice)

Killer by Nature

as Dr. Julian

Acts of Violence

as Priest Bill

Dark Metropolis

Dark Country

as Sheriff

The Devil's Tomb

as Wesley

The Job

as Jim

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as Hellboy

Outlander

as Gunnar

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)

Local Color

as Curtis Sunday

Mutant Chronicles

as Brother Samuel

I Sell the Dead

as Father Duffy

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

as Self

Uncross the Stars

as Bobby

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

2008

as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2

6.5

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

2007

as Norick

4.8

Battle for Terra

2007

as Elder Vorin (voice)

6.2

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

as Hellboy (voice)

5ive Girls

as Father Drake

Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes

2007

as Hellboy (voice)

6.9

The Making of 'The Last Winter'

2007

as Self

2.0

No. 6

2007

as The Man in the Hat

2.0

Afro Samurai the Movie

2007

Desperation

2006

as Collie Entragian

5.5

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

2006

as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)

7.5

Pro-Life

2006

as Dwayne Burcell

5.5

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

as Hellboy (voice)

The Last Winter

as Ed Pollack

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006

as Vito

2.2

Working with a Master: Mick Garris

Tarzan II

as Kago (voice)

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

2005

as (voice)

9.9

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

2005

as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)

7.4

Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy

2005

as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)

9.5

The Second Front

2005

as General von Binding

2.3

Missing in America

2005

as Red

5.8

Danny Phantom: Reign Storm

2005

as Vice Principle Lancer (Voice)

Hellboy

2004

as Hellboy

6.7

Comic Book: The Movie

2004

as Ron Perlman

5.8

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

2004

as Self

7.2

Quiet Kill

2004

as Detective Sergeant Perry

2.5

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

as Acme VP, Never Learning

6.4

Rats

2003

as Dr. William Winslow

4.2

Absolon

2003

as Murchison

4.1

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection

as Self

Boys on the Run

as Captain

Two Soldiers

as Colonel McKellog

Hoodlum & Son

as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae

Blade II

as Reinhardt

Star Trek: Nemesis

as Viceroy Vkruk

Shakedown

as Christopher Bellows

4.0

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'

as Self

Enemy at the Gates

as Koulikov

Down

as Mitchell

Night Class

as Morgan

Titan A.E.

as Sam Tucker (voice)

6.6

Price of Glory

2000

as Nick Everson

4.5

The Trial of Old Drum

2000

as Charles Burden Sr.

The King's Guard

as Lord Morton

Bread and Roses

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Operation Sandman

as Dr. Harlan Jessup

Happy, Texas

as Marshal Nalhober

Supreme Sanction

as The Director

Primal Force

as Frank Brodie

Houdini

as Booking Agent

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

as Grasping (voice)

Frogs for Snakes

as Gascone

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

1998

as Cemetery Caretaker

5.0

A Town Has Turned to Dust

as Jerry Paul

Alien Resurrection

as Johner

Prince Valiant

as Boltar

Betty

as Donnie Shank

The Second Civil War

as Alan Manieski

The Protector

as Dr. Ramsey Krago

Tinseltown

as Cliff

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996

as Sayer of the Law

4.9

Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff

1996

as Satan (voice)

7.1

The City of Lost Children

as One

The Last Supper

as Norman Arbuthnot

Fluke

as Sylvester

Picture Windows: Lightning

1995

as Gambler

2.0

Mr. Stitch

1995

as Doctor Frederick Texarian

4.6

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

1995

as Mr. Scratch (voice)

6.3

Original Sins

1995

as Chas Bradley

3.8

The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space

1995

as Lord Vox of Vestron

5.3

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1994

as Konstantine Konali

4.6

When the Bough Breaks

1994

as Dr. Douglas Eben

5.8

Sensation

1994

as Detective Pantella

3.6

Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks

1994

as Graft

4.3

The Cisco Kid

1994

as Lt. Col. Delacroix

Double Exposure

as John McClure

Cronos

as Angel de la Guardia

6.7

Romeo Is Bleeding

1993

as Jack's Attorney

6.3

The Adventures of Huck Finn

as Pap Finn

Sleepwalkers

as Captain Soames

Blind Man's Bluff

as Frank Cerrillo

A Stoning in Fulham County

as Jacob Shuler

La rosa dei nomi

as Self

The Name of the Rose

as Salvatore

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

as Self (uncredited)

The Ice Pirates

as Zeno

Quest for Fire

as Amoukar

À propos de 'La guerre du feu'

1981

as Self

2.0

Stranglehold

Legacy

as Mr. Carter

Carrier

as Eli Pierson

Fortitude

Horrified

Come with Me

as Dalton Kirby

Godshot

Foster

as Brooks

Suburban Psycho

Sonny Lovejoy

as Father Carlton

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

as Self

Auxiliary Man

as Maury Goldman

Out Late

as Angelo

Television (68)

Fallout

as Super Mutant

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Toby Hellinger

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

2023

as Lich (voice)

8.7

Poker Face

2023

as Sterling Frost Sr. (voice)

7.5

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

as The Lich (voice)

Reno 911!

as DUI Detainee

The Capture

as Frank Napier

The Capture

as Frank Napier

Reprisal

as Big Graham

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

2017

as The Stabbington Brothers (voice)

7.3

StartUp

2016

as Wes Chandler

7.2

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

2016

as Bular (voice)

8.4

Hand of God

2014

as Judge Pernell Harris

The Blacklist

as Luther Braxton

Turbo FAST

as Darryl (voice)

The Frame

as Hannibal Chau

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

2011

as Sinestro (voice)

7.7

New Teen Titans

2011

as Slade / Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

Archer

2009

as Ramon Limon (voice)

8.0

1000 Ways to Die

2009

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.7

Sons of Anarchy

2008

as Clay Morrow

8.4

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Gha Nachkt (voice)

8.5

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008

as Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)

Afro Samurai

as Justice (voice)

American Dad!

as Monster Hunter (voice)

7.0

Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Sozin (voice)

Masters of Horror

The Batman

as Killer Croc (voice)

8.0

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Orion (voice)

8.3

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

2004

as Self

9.5

Danny Phantom

2004

as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)

8.3

100 Scariest Movie Moments

as Self

Teen Titans

as Slade (voice)

Kim Possible

as Warhawk (voice)

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

2002

as Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)

Justice League

as Orion (voice)

The Legend of Tarzan

as Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)

7.0

The Tick

2001

as Fiery Blaze

7.2

Jackie Chan Adventures

2000

as Karl Nivor (voice)

8.2

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

2000

as Leader (voice)

6.6

Static Shock

2000

as Heavyman / Koenig (voice)

8.0

Family Law

1999

as Roy

8.2

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

Charmed

as Mr. Kellman

The Wild Thornberrys

as Wild Horse (voice)

7.0

The Magnificent Seven

as Josiah Sanchez

The View

as Self

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as Clayface (voice)

8.0

Perversions of Science

1997

as 40132

5.6

Hey Arnold!

1996

as Mickey Kaline (voice)

8.0

Superman: The Animated Series

as Jax-Ur (voice)

Tracey Takes On...

as Stuart

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

1996

as Kurtis Striker (voice)

7.0

The Outer Limits

1995

as Lt. Col. Brandon Grace

7.7

Duckman

1994

as Roland Thompson (voice)

Aladdin

as Arbutus (voice)

Iron Man

as Hulk (voice)

Fantastic Four

as Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)

Animaniacs

as Satan (voice)

Bonkers

as Sgt. Grating (voice)

6.6

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Clayface (voice)

8.6

Highlander: The Series

as The Messenger

The Little Mermaid

as Apollo (voice)

The Legend of Prince Valiant

Beauty and the Beast

as Vincent

MacGruder and Loud

as Attorney

Miami Vice

as John Ruger

The Fall Guy

Crew (14)

Movies (12)

The Big Ugly

Executive Producer

To Dust

Producer

Run with the Hunted

Executive Producer

Asher

Producer

Sergio and Sergei

Executive Producer

The Escape of Prisoner 614

Executive Producer

All I See Is You

Executive Producer

Pottersville

Producer

All Nighter

Executive Producer

Kodak Super-XX

Executive Producer

Horrified

Executive Producer

Auxiliary Man

Producer

Television (2)

StartUp

Producer

Beauty and the Beast

Director