Born 1950 (age 76) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Appears in 279 titles

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

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Drive
7.6
Drive
2011
as Nino
Pacific Rim
6.9
Pacific Rim
2013
as Hannibal Chau
Tangled
7.6
Tangled
2010
as Stabbington Brother (voice)
Don't Look Up
7.1
Don't Look Up
2021
as Benedict Drask
Hellboy
6.7
Hellboy
2004
as Hellboy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
6.8
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
as Hellboy
Alien Resurrection
6.2
Alien Resurrection
1997
as Johner
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
6.0
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
as Polyphemus (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
7.2
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
as Optimus Primal (voice)
Blade II
6.6
Blade II
2002
as Reinhardt
Enemy at the Gates
7.4
Enemy at the Gates
2001
as Koulikov
Monster Hunter
6.5
Monster Hunter
2020
as Admiral
Nightmare Alley
7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Bruno
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
8.0
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Podesta (voice)
The Name of the Rose
7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986
as Salvatore
The Book of Life
7.5
The Book of Life
2014
as Xibalba (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Season of the Witch
5.5
Season of the Witch
2011
as Felson
Conan the Barbarian
5.3
Conan the Barbarian
2011
as Corin