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 Name of the Rose

Star Trek: Nemesis

Enemy at the Gates

The City of Lost Children

Hellboy

The Ice Pirates

Desperation

Outlander

5ive Girls

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Filmography

2025 Paradise Records

2025 Play Dirty

as Murray

2024 Scream Before You Die

as Governor Starks

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 Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Toby Hellinger

2023 Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake

as Lich (voice)

2023 The Retirement Plan

as Bobo

2023 The Baker

as Pappi

2023 Heroes of the Golden Mask

as Kunyi (voice)

2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

as Optimus Primal (voice)

2023 Poker Face

as Sterling Frost Sr.