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
- 2026 · The Way Things Seem to Be as Self
- 2026 · The Saviors as Mr. Harrison
- 2025 · Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
- 2025 · The Gentleman as Theo
- 2025 · Asteroid as
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Victor Cain
- 2025 · Paradise Records as The Chief
- 2025 · Saurus City as Slade Klossus (voice)
- 2025 · Play Dirty as Murray
- 2024 · Day of the Fight as Stevie
- 2024 · Absolution as Charlie Conner
- 2024 · Succubus as Dr. Orion Zephyr
- 2024 · The Instigators as Mayor Miccelli
- 2024 · Joe Baby as Prentice Stanton
- 2024 · Chuck Zito: An American Story as Self
- 2024 · Fallout as Super Mutant
- 2024 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Toby Hellinger
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna and 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 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2022 · An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self
- 2022 · There Are No Saints as Sans
- 2022 · The Last Victim as Sheriff Hickey
- 2020 · Clover as Mr. Wiley
- 2019 · Havana Kyrie as Henry
- 2019 · Hell on the Border as Charlie Storm
- 2019 · Go Fish as Bernardo (voice)
- 2018 · Asher as Asher
- 2018 · The Steam Engines of Oz as Magnus (voice)
- 2018 · The Escape of Prisoner 614 as The Sheriff
- 2018 · Sergio and Sergei as Peter
- 2017 · Pottersville as Sheriff Jack
- 2017 · Chuck as Al Braverman
- 2015 · Stonewall as Ed Murphy
- 2014 · Before I Disappear as Bill
- 2014 · Desiree as Anslinger
- 2014 · The Virginian as Judge Henry South
- 2013 · Crave as Pete
- 2010 · The Legend of Secret Pass as Parker (voice)
- 2010 · Acts of Violence as Priest Bill
- 2010 · Killer by Nature as Dr. Julian
- 2009 · The Job as Jim
- 2008 · Local Color as Curtis Sunday
- 2008 · I Sell the Dead as Father Duffy
- 2008 · Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
- 2007 · Afro Samurai the Movie as
- 2007 · No. 6 as The Man in the Hat
- 2007 · Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes as Hellboy (voice)
- 2007 · Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Hellboy (voice)
- 2007 · 5ive Girls as Father Drake
- 2006 · Pro-Life as Dwayne Burcell
- 2006 · Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms as Hellboy (voice)
- 2006 · The Last Winter as Ed Pollack
- 2005 · Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
- 2005 · Missing in America as Red
- 2004 · Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
- 2004 · Comic Book: The Movie as Ron Perlman
- 2003 · Hoodlum & Son as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
- 2003 · Two Soldiers as Colonel McKellog
- 2003 · Absolon as Murchison
- 2003 · Rats as Dr. William Winslow
- 2000 · Bread and Roses as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2000 · The King's Guard as Lord Morton
- 2000 · Price of Glory as Nick Everson
- 1999 · Happy, Texas as Marshal Nalhober
- 1999 · Primal Force as Frank Brodie
- 1999 · Supreme Sanction as The Director
- 1998 · Houdini as Booking Agent
- 1998 · I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Cemetery Caretaker
- 1998 · Frogs for Snakes as Gascone
- 1998 · An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Grasping (voice)
- 1997 · The Protector as Dr. Ramsey Krago
- 1997 · The Second Civil War as Alan Manieski
- 1996 · Wing Commander Academy as
- 1995 · Mr. Stitch as Doctor Frederick Texarian
- 1995 · Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery as Mr. Scratch (voice)
- 1995 · Original Sins as Chas Bradley
- 1994 · The Cisco Kid as Lt. Col. Delacroix
- 1993 · The Adventures of Huck Finn as Pap Finn
- Future · I, Chihuahua as Rock Powers (voice)
- 2023 · Heroes of the Golden Mask as Kunyi (voice)
- 2021 · This Game's Called Murder as Mr. Wallendorf
- 2020 · A Place Among the Dead as RP
- 2014 · Savage Mutts as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
- 2014 · Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- Future · Legacy as Mr. Carter
- 2019 · Run with the Hunted as Birdie
- 2018 · Transformers: Power of the Primes as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
- 2017 · Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom as Shoggoth (voice)
- 2016 · Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom as Shoggoth (voice)
- 2014 · Tbilisi, I Love You as nameless rider
- 2013 · Forget Us Not as Narrator
- 2012 · 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom as Phyllis
- 2010 · Dark Metropolis as
- 2008 · Uncross the Stars as Bobby
- 2005 · What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular as (voice)
- 2003 · One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection as Self
- 2002 · Shakedown as Christopher Bellows
- 2000 · The Trial of Old Drum as Charles Burden Sr.
- 1994 · Sensation as Detective Pantella
- 1987 · La rosa dei nomi as Self
- Future · Sonny Lovejoy as Father Carlton
- Future · Come with Me as Dalton Kirby
- Future · Auxiliary Man as Maury Goldman
- Future · Suburban Psycho as
- 2004 · Quiet Kill as Detective Sergeant Perry
- 2003 · Boys on the Run as Captain
- 2000 · Operation Sandman as Dr. Harlan Jessup
- 1996 · Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff as Satan (voice)
- 1995 · Picture Windows: Lightning as Gambler
- 1994 · Double Exposure as John McClure
- 1992 · Blind Man's Bluff as Frank Cerrillo
- 1988 · A Stoning in Fulham County as Jacob Shuler
- Future · Godshot as
- Future · Fortitude as
- 1986 · The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self (uncredited)
- Future · Hellhound as
- 1995 · The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space as Lord Vox of Vestron
- Future · I Passed This Way as
- 2024 · Scream Before You Die as Governor Starks
- 2022 · Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
- 2021 · The Innocent Butler as Self
- 2021 · Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
- 2019 · Westside vs the World as Narrator
- 2018 · After the Screaming Stops as Self
- 2017 · Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom as Narrator
- 2014 · Elwood as Louie the Jaw
- 2014 · Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Littlest Angel as God
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2007 · The Making of 'The Last Winter' as Self
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Vito
- Future · Stranglehold as
- 2022 · How I Got There as The Merc
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Podesta (voice)
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Benedict Drask
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Bruno
- 2020 · Monster Hunter as Admiral
- 2020 · The Big Ugly as Preston
- 2020 · Adventure Time: Distant Lands as The Lich (voice)
- 2020 · Reno 911! as DUI Detainee
- 2019 · The Great War as General Pershing
- 2019 · Reprisal as Big Graham
- 2019 · Game Changer as Self - Special Guest Star
- 2019 · The Capture as Frank Napier
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as The Stabbington Brothers (voice)
- 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
- 2015 · The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as Self - Guest Panelist
- 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 · Kid Cannabis as Barry Lerner
- 2014 · 13 Sins as Det. Chilcoat
- 2013 · Turbo FAST as Darryl (voice)
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Luther Braxton
- 2013 · Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters as Polyphemus (voice)
- 2013 · Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
- 2013 · Pacific Rim as Hannibal Chau
- 2013 · Maron as Mel
- 2013 · The Frame as Hannibal Chau
- 2012 · The Punisher: Dirty Laundry as Big Mike
- 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
- 2010 · Adventure Time as The Lich (voice)
- 2009 · Dark Country as Sheriff
- 2009 · Archer as Ramon Limon (voice)
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Wesley
- 2009 · 1000 Ways to Die as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
- 2008 · Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
- 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 · Chowder as Arbor (voice)
- 2007 · Battle for Terra as Elder Vorin (voice)
- 2007 · Afro Samurai as Justice (voice)
- 2006 · Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
- 2006 · Desperation as Collie Entragian
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Tarzan II as Kago (voice)
- 2005 · Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
- 2005 · The Second Front as General von Binding
- 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 · 100 Scariest Movie Moments as Self
- 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 · Teen Titans as Slade (voice)
- 2002 · Star Trek: Nemesis as Viceroy Vkruk
- 2002 · What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
- 2002 · The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' as Self
- 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 · Night Class as Morgan
- 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)
- 1999 · Family Law as Roy
- 1999 · The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as
- 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 · Prince Valiant as Boltar
- 1997 · Perversions of Science as 40132
- 1997 · Betty as Donnie Shank
- 1997 · Tinseltown as Cliff
- 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 · Tracey Takes On... as Stuart
- 1995 · The Last Supper as Norman Arbuthnot
- 1995 · Fluke as Sylvester
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as One
- 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 · When the Bough Breaks as Dr. Douglas Eben
- 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 · Animaniacs as Sgt. Sweete (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
- 1991 · The Legend of Prince Valiant as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Vincent
- 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 · Out Late as Angelo
- Future · 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Carrier as Eli Pierson
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- Future · Foster as Brooks
- Future · Beg The Devil as
- Future · Horrified as
- 2006 · Working with a Master: Mick Garris as
- 1981 · À propos de 'La guerre du feu' as Self
- Future · Lies We Follow as Beau

