Ron Perlman

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).

Known For

The Blacklist

American Dad!

American Dad!

American Dad!

American Dad!

Charmed

Sons of Anarchy

Adventure Time

All Movies (206)

• The Way Things Seem to Be2026 · as Self
• The Saviors2026 · as Mr. Harrison
• Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich2025 · as Self
• The Gentleman2025 · as Theo
• Asteroid2025
• Cottonmouth2025 · as Victor Cain
• Paradise Records2025 · as The Chief
• Saurus City2025 · as Slade Klossus (voice)
• Play Dirty2025 · as Murray
• Scream Before You Die2024 · as Governor Starks
• Day of the Fight2024 · as Stevie
• Absolution2024 · as Charlie Conner
• Succubus2024 · as Dr. Orion Zephyr
• The Instigators2024 · as Mayor Miccelli
• Joe Baby2024 · as Prentice Stanton
• Chuck Zito: An American Story2024 · as Self
• The Retirement Plan2023 · as Bobo
• The Baker2023 · as Pappi
• Heroes of the Golden Mask2023 · as Kunyi (voice)
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts2023 · as Optimus Primal (voice)
• How I Got There2022 · as The Merc
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · as Podesta (voice)
• American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective2022 · as Self
• Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters2022 · as Self
• An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose2022 · as Self
• There Are No Saints2022 · as Sans
• The Last Victim2022 · as Sheriff Hickey
• Don't Look Up2021 · as Benedict Drask
• This Game's Called Murder2021 · as Mr. Wallendorf
• Nightmare Alley2021 · as Bruno
• The Innocent Butler2021 · as Self
• Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster2021 · as Self
• Monster Hunter2020 · as Admiral
• A Place Among the Dead2020 · as RP
• The Big Ugly2020 · as Preston
• Clover2020 · as Mr. Wiley
• Havana Kyrie2019 · as Henry
• Hell on the Border2019 · as Charlie Storm
• The Great War2019 · as General Pershing
• Go Fish2019 · as Bernardo (voice)
• Run with the Hunted2019 · as Birdie
• Westside vs the World2019 · as Narrator
• Asher2018 · as Asher
• After the Screaming Stops2018 · as Self
• The Steam Engines of Oz2018 · as Magnus (voice)
• Transformers: Power of the Primes2018 · as Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
• The Escape of Prisoner 6142018 · as The Sheriff
• Sergio and Sergei2018 · as Peter
• Pottersville2017 · as Sheriff Jack
• Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom2017 · as Shoggoth (voice)
• Chuck2017 · as Al Braverman
• Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom2017 · as Narrator
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016 · as Gnarlak
• Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom2016 · as Shoggoth (voice)
• Stonewall2015 · as Ed Murphy
• Moonwalkers2015 · as Kidman
• Savage Mutts2014 · as Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
• Poker Night2014 · as Calabrese
• Skin Trade2014 · as Viktor Dragovic
• Before I Disappear2014 · as Bill
• The Book of Life2014 · as Xibalba (voice)
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Desiree2014 · as Anslinger
• Elwood2014 · as Louie the Jaw
• Kid Cannabis2014 · as Barry Lerner
• 13 Sins2014 · as Det. Chilcoat
• Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tbilisi, I Love You2014 · as nameless rider
• The Virginian2014 · as Judge Henry South
• Crave2013 · as Pete
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters2013 · as Polyphemus (voice)
• Forget Us Not2013 · as Narrator
• Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox2013 · as Deathstroke / Slade (voice)
• Pacific Rim2013 · as Hannibal Chau
• 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom2012 · as Phyllis
• The Punisher: Dirty Laundry2012 · as Big Mike
• Bad Ass2012 · as Mayor Williams
• The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption2012 · as Horus
• The Littlest Angel2011 · as God
• Drive2011 · as Nino
• Conan the Barbarian2011 · as Corin
• Season of the Witch2011 · as Felson
• Dark Metropolis2010
• Tangled2010 · as Stabbington Brother (voice)
• The Making of Fallout: New Vegas2010 · as Self
• The Legend of Secret Pass2010 · as Parker (voice)
• Bunraku2010 · as Nicola
• Acts of Violence2010 · as Priest Bill
• Killer by Nature2010 · as Dr. Julian
• Dark Country2009 · as Sheriff
• The Job2009 · as Jim
• The Devil's Tomb2009 · as Wesley
• Local Color2008 · as Curtis Sunday
• Hellboy: In Service of the Demon2008 · as Self
• I Sell the Dead2008 · as Father Duffy
• Mutant Chronicles2008 · as Brother Samuel
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army2008 · as Hellboy
• Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound2008 · as Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
• Outlander2008 · as Gunnar
• The Spiderwick Chronicles2008 · as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
• Uncross the Stars2008 · as Bobby
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale2007 · as Norick
• Afro Samurai the Movie2007
• The Making of 'The Last Winter'2007 · as Self
• Battle for Terra2007 · as Elder Vorin (voice)
• No. 62007 · as The Man in the Hat
• Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes2007 · as Hellboy (voice)
• Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron2007 · as Hellboy (voice)
• 5ive Girls2007 · as Father Drake
• Pro-Life2006 · as Dwayne Burcell
• Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms2006 · as Hellboy (voice)
• The Last Winter2006 · as Ed Pollack
• Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!2006 · as Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
• How to Go Out on a Date in Queens2006 · as Vito
• Desperation2006 · as Collie Entragian
• Working with a Master: Mick Garris2006
• Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy2005 · as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular2005 · as (voice)
• Tarzan II2005 · as Kago (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?2005 · as Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
• The Second Front2005 · as General von Binding
• Missing in America2005 · as Red
• Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation2004 · as Self
• Quiet Kill2004 · as Detective Sergeant Perry
• Hellboy2004 · as Hellboy
• Comic Book: The Movie2004 · as Ron Perlman
• One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection2003 · as Self
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action2003 · as Acme VP, Never Learning
• Hoodlum & Son2003 · as 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
• Two Soldiers2003 · as Colonel McKellog
• Boys on the Run2003 · as Captain
• Absolon2003 · as Murchison
• Rats2003 · as Dr. William Winslow
• Shakedown2002 · as Christopher Bellows
• Star Trek: Nemesis2002 · as Viceroy Vkruk
• The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'2002 · as Self
• Blade II2002 · as Reinhardt
• Night Class2001 · as Morgan
• Down2001 · as Mitchell
• Enemy at the Gates2001 · as Koulikov
• Bread and Roses2000 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• The King's Guard2000 · as Lord Morton
• Titan A.E.2000 · as Sam Tucker (voice)
• The Trial of Old Drum2000 · as Charles Burden Sr.
• Price of Glory2000 · as Nick Everson
• Operation Sandman2000 · as Dr. Harlan Jessup
• Happy, Texas1999 · as Marshal Nalhober
• Primal Force1999 · as Frank Brodie
• Supreme Sanction1999 · as The Director
• Houdini1998 · as Booking Agent
• I Woke Up Early the Day I Died1998 · as Cemetery Caretaker
• Frogs for Snakes1998 · as Gascone
• A Town Has Turned to Dust1998 · as Jerry Paul
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island1998 · as Grasping (voice)
• The Protector1997 · as Dr. Ramsey Krago
• The Second Civil War1997 · as Alan Manieski
• Alien Resurrection1997 · as Johner
• Prince Valiant1997 · as Boltar
• Betty1997 · as Donnie Shank
• Tinseltown1997 · as Cliff
• The Island of Dr. Moreau1996 · as Sayer of the Law
• Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff1996 · as Satan (voice)
• The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space1995 · as Lord Vox of Vestron
• Mr. Stitch1995 · as Doctor Frederick Texarian
• Picture Windows: Lightning1995 · as Gambler
• The Last Supper1995 · as Norman Arbuthnot
• Fluke1995 · as Sylvester
• Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery1995 · as Mr. Scratch (voice)
• The City of Lost Children1995 · as One
• Original Sins1995 · as Chas Bradley
• Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks1994 · as Graft
• Sensation1994 · as Detective Pantella
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow1994 · as Konstantine Konali
• When the Bough Breaks1994 · as Dr. Douglas Eben
• Double Exposure1994 · as John McClure
• The Cisco Kid1994 · as Lt. Col. Delacroix
• Cronos1993 · as Angel de la Guardia
• Romeo Is Bleeding1993 · as Jack's Attorney
• The Adventures of Huck Finn1993 · as Pap Finn
• Sleepwalkers1992 · as Captain Soames
• Blind Man's Bluff1992 · as Frank Cerrillo
• A Stoning in Fulham County1988 · as Jacob Shuler
• La rosa dei nomi1987 · as Self
• The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'1986 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Name of the Rose1986 · as Salvatore
• The Ice Pirates1984 · as Zeno
• Quest for Fire1981 · as Amoukar
• À propos de 'La guerre du feu'1981 · as Self
• Carrier— · as Eli Pierson
• Auxiliary Man— · as Maury Goldman
• Out Late— · as Angelo
• Stranglehold—
• Come with Me— · as Dalton Kirby
• Legacy— · as Mr. Carter
• Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life— · as Self
• Suburban Psycho—
• Horrified—
• Foster— · as Brooks
• Fortitude—
• Godshot—
• Sonny Lovejoy— · as Father Carlton
• Hellhound—
• I, Chihuahua— · as Rock Powers (voice)
• I Passed This Way—
• Beg The Devil—
• 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards— · as Self - Presenter

All TV Shows (86)

• Fallout2024 · as Super Mutant
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith2024 · as Toby Hellinger
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake2023 · as Lich (voice)
• Poker Face2023 · as Sterling Frost Sr.
• Poker Face2023 · as Sterling Frost Sr. (voice)
• Adventure Time: Distant Lands2020 · as The Lich (voice)
• Reno 911!2020 · as DUI Detainee
• Reprisal2019 · as Big Graham
• Game Changer2019 · as Self
• The Capture2019 · as Frank Napier
• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure2017 · as The Stabbington Brothers (voice)
• Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia2016 · as Bular (voice)
• StartUp2016 · as Wes Chandler
• The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore2015 · as Self - Guest Panelist
• Hand of God2014 · as Judge Pernell Harris
• Turbo FAST2013 · as Darryl (voice)
• The Blacklist2013 · as Luther Braxton
• Maron2013 · as Mel
• The Frame2013 · as Hannibal Chau
• Green Lantern: The Animated Series2011 · as Sinestro (voice)
• New Teen Titans2011 · as Slade (voice)
• New Teen Titans2011 · as Slade / Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
• Adventure Time2010 · as The Lich (voice)
• Archer2009 · as Ramon Limon (voice)
• 1000 Ways to Die2009 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold2008 · as Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008 · as Gha Nachkt (voice)
• Sons of Anarchy2008 · as Clay Morrow
• Chowder2007 · as Arbor (voice)
• Afro Samurai2007 · as Justice (voice)
• Masters of Horror2005
• Avatar: The Last Airbender2005 · as Sozin (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Monster Hunter (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Colonel (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Fang (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Bandit (voice)
• 100 Scariest Movie Moments2004 · as Self
• The Batman2004 · as Rumor / Killer Croc (voice)
• The Batman2004 · as Killer Croc (voice)
• Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Orion (voice)
• Danny Phantom2004 · as Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest2004 · as Self
• Teen Titans2003 · as Slade (voice)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?2002 · as Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
• Kim Possible2002 · as Warhawk (voice)
• Justice League2001 · as Orion (voice)
• Justice League2001 · as Clayface (voice)
• The Tick2001 · as Fiery Blaze
• The Legend of Tarzan2001 · as Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command2000 · as Leader (voice)
• Static Shock2000 · as Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
• Jackie Chan Adventures2000 · as Karl Nivor (voice)
• Family Law1999 · as Roy
• The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot1999
• Charmed1998 · as Mr. Kellman
• The Wild Thornberrys1998 · as Wild Horse (voice)
• The Magnificent Seven1998 · as Josiah Sanchez
• The New Batman Adventures1997 · as Clayface (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• Perversions of Science1997 · as 40132
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mickey Kaline (voice)
• Hey Arnold!1996 · as Mickey Kaline / Weiner Cooker (voice)
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm1996 · as Kurtis Striker (voice)
• Wing Commander Academy1996
• Superman: The Animated Series1996 · as Jax-Ur (voice)
• Tracey Takes On...1996 · as Stuart
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Lt. Col. Brandon Grace
• Fantastic Four1994 · as Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)
• Iron Man1994 · as Hulk (voice)
• Fantastic Four1994 · as Wizard/Hulk (voice)
• Duckman1994 · as Roland Thompson (voice)
• Aladdin1994
• Aladdin1994 · as Arbutus (voice)
• Animaniacs1993 · as Satan (voice)
• Animaniacs1993 · as Sgt. Sweete (voice)
• Bonkers1993 · as Sgt. Grating (voice)
• Highlander: The Series1992 · as The Messenger
• The Little Mermaid1992 · as Apollo (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Driller (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Clayface (voice)
• The Legend of Prince Valiant1991
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Beauty and the Beast1987 · as Vincent
• MacGruder and Loud1985 · as Attorney
• Miami Vice1984 · as John Ruger
• The Fall Guy1981