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Ron Perlman
Acting · follow into films and chains
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).
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Drive
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Ice Pirates
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Tangled
As Stabbington Brother (voice)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
As Gnarlak
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
As Optimus Primal (voice)
Pacific Rim
As Hannibal Chau
Don't Look Up
As Benedict Drask
Blade II
As Reinhardt
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Neon Fog and the Long Way Home
From Thief's rain-slicked streets to Drive's neon avenues, a journey through neo-noir night drives where every turn tests the driver's moral compass.
8 films
Riding the Circuit
From theme park gunslingers to bounty hunters on Mars, a journey through the sci-fi Western and the cultures that remade it.
8 films
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The Retirement Plan
2023 · Bobo
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023 · Optimus Primal (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Podesta (voice)
Don't Look Up
2021 · Benedict Drask
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Self
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · Gnarlak
Moonwalkers
2015 · Kidman
Poker Night
2014 · Calabrese
13 Sins
2014 · Det. Chilcoat
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
2014 · Narrator (voice)
Pacific Rim
2013 · Hannibal Chau
Bad Ass
2012 · Mayor Williams
The Littlest Angel
2011 · God
Drive
2011 · Nino
Season of the Witch
2011 · Felson
Tangled
2010 · Stabbington Brother (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007 · Norick
Battle for Terra
2007 · Elder Vorin (voice)
Desperation
2006 · Collie Entragian
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005 · Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
Hellboy
2004 · Hellboy
Absolon
2003 · Murchison
Blade II
2002 · Reinhardt
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Johner
Fluke
1995 · Sylvester
The City of Lost Children
1995 · One
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993 · Pap Finn
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Salvatore
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Zeno
Quest for Fire
1981 · Amoukar
