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).
Movies
Star Trek: Nemesis
The Reman Viceroy
The Name of the Rose
Salvatore
Enemy at the Gates
Koulikov
The City of Lost Children
One
Hellboy
Hellboy
Desperation
Collie Entragian
The Ice Pirates
Zeno
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Norick
5ive Girls
Father Drake
Outlander
Gunnar
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Cemetery Caretaker
Absolon
Murchison
Fluke
Sylvester
Original Sins
Chas Bradley
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy
Bunraku
Nicola
I Sell the Dead
Father Duffy
Quiet Kill
Detective Sergeant Perry
Prince Valiant
Boltar
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Konstantine Konali
Season of the Witch
Felson
Dark Country
Sheriff
Cronos
Angel de la Guardia
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Grasping (voice)
Happy, Texas
Marshal Nalhober
Titan A.E.
Prof. Sam Tucker (voice)
Alien Resurrection
Johner
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Sayer of the Law
The Last Supper
Norman Arbuthnot
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Hellboy (voice)
Mutant Chronicles
Brother Samuel
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Pap Finn
Missing in America
Red
The Job
Jim
Rats
Dr. William Winslow
Blade II
Dieter Reinhardt
Uncross The Stars
Bobby
Killer by Nature
Dr. Julian
Conan the Barbarian
Corin
Shakedown
Christopher Bellows
The Last Winter
Ed Pollack
Tarzan II
Kago (voice)
Quest for Fire
Amoukar
Acts of Violence
Priest Bill
Drive
Nino
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Hellboy (voice)
Tangled
Stabbington Brother (voice)
The Devil's Tomb
Wesley
Pacific Rim
Hannibal Chau
Down
Mitchell
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien: Resurrection
Self
Stonewall
Ed Murphy
Battle for Terra
Elder Vorin (voice)
Crave
Pete
Dark Metropolis
The Legend of Secret Pass
Parker (voice)
The Trial of Old Drum
Charles Burden Sr.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Polyphemus (voice)
Sensation
Detective Pantella
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
Vito
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Phyllis
Bad Ass
Mayor Williams
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Horus
The Littlest Angel
God
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Graft
The Punisher: Dirty Laundry
Big Mike
When the Bough Breaks
Dr. Douglas Eben
Body Armor
Dr. Ramsey Krago
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
Lord Vox of Vestron
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Slade Wilson / Deathstroke (voice)
Two Soldiers
Colonel McKellog
The Cisco Kid
Lt. Col. Delacroix
Kid Cannabis
Barry Lerner
The Second Front
General von Binding
Before I Disappear
Bill
Tbilisi, I Love You
Night Class
Morgan
The Virginian
Judge Henry South
13 Sins
Det. Chilcoat
The Second Civil War
Alan Manieski
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self
The Book of Life
Xibalba (voice)
Desiree
Anslinger
Poker Night
Calabrese
Savage Mutts
Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
There Are No Saints
Sans
Boys on the Run
Captain
Primal Force
Frank Brodie
Supreme Sanction
The Director
Houdini
Booking Agent
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Jerry Paul
Skin Trade
Viktor Dragovic
Moonwalkers
Kidman
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes
Hellboy (voice)
Frogs for Snakes
Gascone
Pro-Life
Dwayne Burcell
Chuck
Al Braverman
Price of Glory
Nick Everson
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Gnarlak
Pottersville
Sheriff Jack
Mr. Stitch
Doctor Frederick Texarian
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Shoggoth (voice)
A Stoning in Fulham County
Jacob Shuler
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom
Narrator
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Acme VP, Never Learning
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
Narrator (voice)
Romeo Is Bleeding
Jack's Attorney
Working with a Master: Mick Garris
The King's Guard
Lord Morton
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Shoggoth (voice)
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Hotep / Ancient One #2 (voice)
The Escape of Prisoner 614
The Sheriff
Sergio and Sergei
Peter
Blind Man's Bluff
Frank Cerrillo
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Mr. Scratch (voice)
Betty
Donnie Shank
The Steam Engines of Oz
Magnus (voice)
Asher
Asher
Tinseltown
Cliff
Local Color
Curtis Sunday
Monster Hunter
Admiral
After the Screaming Stops
Self
Hell on the Border
Charlie Storm
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Run with the Hunted
Birdie
Transformers: Power of the Primes
Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
Forget Us Not
Narrator
Nightmare Alley
Bruno
Westside vs the World
Narrator
Sleepwalkers
Captain Soames
Operation Sandman
Dr. Harlan Jessup
Clover
Mr. Wiley
The Great War
General Pershing
Go Fish
Bernardo (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Podesta (voice)
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular
(voice)
Double Exposure
John McClure
The Big Ugly
Preston
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
Satan (voice)
Don't Look Up
Benedict Drask
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Self (uncredited)
La rosa dei nomi
Self
Hoodlum & Son
'Ugly' Jim McCrae
Havana Kyrie
Henry
This Game's Called Murder
Mr. Wallendorf
The Baker
Pappi
Saurus City
Slade Klossus (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Optimus Primal (voice)
A Place Among the Dead
RP
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
The Last Victim
Sheriff Hickey
The Retirement Plan
Bobo
The Innocent Butler
Self
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
Carrier
Eli Pierson
The Making of 'The Last Winter'
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
Self (archive footage)
Auxiliary Man
Maury Goldman
Thug
How I Got There
The Merc
Lightning
Gambler
Day of the Fight
The Instigators
Heroes of the Golden Masks
Kunyi (voice)
Succubus
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Bread and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
Cottonmouth
Victor Cain
Scream Before You Die
Governor Starks
Joe Baby
Prentice Stanton
Out Late
Angelo
Shows
Teen Titans
Slade (voice)
Miami Vice
The View
Self
Tracey Takes On...
Aladdin
Fantastic Four
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Kurtis Stryker (voice)
Perversions of Science
40132
The Legend of Prince Valiant
American Dad!
Monster Hunter (voice)
Static Shock
Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
Charmed
Mr. Kellman
The Batman
Rumor / Killer Croc (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan
Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
Vincent
Masters of Horror
Superman: The Animated Series
Jax-Ur (voice)
The Fall Guy
Family Law
MacGruder and Loud
Attorney
The Tick
Fiery Blaze
The Outer Limits
Lt. Col. Brandon Grace
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Sons of Anarchy
Clay Morrow
Batman: The Animated Series
Clayface (voice)
Danny Phantom
Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
The Magnificent Seven
Josiah Sanchez
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Bular (voice)
Hand of God
Judge Pernell Harris
StartUp
Wes Chandler
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self
1000 Ways to Die
Self - Narrator (voice)
Highlander: The Series
The Messenger
The Capture
Frank Napier
The Little Mermaid
Apollo (voice)
Reprisal
Big Graham
American Dad!
Fang (voice)
American Dad!
Bandit (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Sinestro (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
Driller (voice)
Justice League
Orion (voice)
Justice League
Clayface / Matt Hagen (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
Orion (voice)
Jackie Chan Adventures
Karl Nivor (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Wild Horse (voice)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Lich (voice)
The Blacklist
Luther Braxton
Kim Possible
Warhawk (voice)
American Dad!
Colonel (voice)
Aladdin
Arbutus (voice)
The Batman
Killer Croc (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Gha Nachkt (voice)
Turbo FAST
Darryl (voice)
Iron Man
Hulk (voice)
The Frame
Hannibal Chau
Animaniacs
Satan (voice)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
Poker Face
Sterling Frost Sr.
Bonkers
Sgt. Grating (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Lich (voice)
The New Batman Adventures
Clayface (voice)
Hey Arnold!
Mickey Kaline (voice)
Hey Arnold!
Mickey Kaline / Weiner Cooker (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Leader (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Toby Hellinger
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
Afro Samurai
Justice (voice)
Archer
Ramon Limon (voice)