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
The Name of the Rose
Salvatore
Star Trek: Nemesis
The Reman Viceroy
Enemy at the Gates
Koulikov
The City of Lost Children
One
Hellboy
Hellboy
The Ice Pirates
Zeno
Desperation
Collie Entragian
Outlander
Gunnar
5ive Girls
Father Drake
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Norick
Absolon
Murchison
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Cemetery Caretaker
Original Sins
Chas Bradley
Fluke
Sylvester
Bunraku
Nicola
I Sell the Dead
Father Duffy
Quiet Kill
Detective Sergeant Perry
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Konstantine Konali
Lightning
Gambler
Season of the Witch
Felson
Titan A.E.
Prof. Sam Tucker (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Grasping (voice)
Happy, Texas
Marshal Nalhober
Dark Country
Sheriff
Prince Valiant
Boltar
Cronos
Angel de la Guardia
Alien Resurrection
Johner
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Sayer of the Law
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Hellboy (voice)
Mutant Chronicles
Brother Samuel
The Last Supper
Norman Arbuthnot
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
Day of the Fight
Stevie
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Pap Finn
The Innocent Butler
Self
Missing in America
Red
The Job
Jim
Blade II
Reinhardt
Rats
Dr. William Winslow
Uncross the Stars
Bobby
The Instigators
Mayor Miccelli
Killer by Nature
Dr. Julian
Conan the Barbarian
Corin
Shakedown
Christopher Bellows
Tarzan II
Kago (voice)
The Last Winter
Ed Pollack
Quest for Fire
Amoukar
Acts of Violence
Priest Bill
Drive
Nino
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Hellboy (voice)
The Devil's Tomb
Wesley
Pacific Rim
Hannibal Chau
Down
Mitchell
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Kunyi (voice)
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Self
Crave
Pete
Succubus
Dr. Orion Zephyr
Dark Metropolis
The Legend of Secret Pass
Parker (voice)
The Trial of Old Drum
Charles Burden Sr.
Sensation
Detective Pantella
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Phyllis
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
Vito
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Polyphemus (voice)
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
Bad Ass
Mayor Williams
Carrier
Eli Pierson
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
13 Sins
Det. Chilcoat
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
Night Class
Morgan
Before I Disappear
Bill
Tbilisi, I Love You
The Virginian
Judge Henry South
Tangled
Stabbington Brother (voice)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
Bread and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
Stonewall
Ed Murphy
The Second Civil War
Alan Manieski
Moonwalkers
Kidman
Cottonmouth
Victor Cain
The Making of 'The Last Winter'
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self
The Book of Life
Xibalba (voice)
Scream Before You Die
Governor Starks
Primal Force
Frank Brodie
There Are No Saints
Sans
Poker Night
Calabrese
Desiree
Anslinger
Savage Mutts
Terry 'Shotgun' Coburn
Boys on the Run
Captain
Joe Baby
Prentice Stanton
Supreme Sanction
The Director
Houdini
Booking Agent
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Jerry Paul
Skin Trade
Viktor Dragovic
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes
Hellboy (voice)
Pro-Life
Dwayne Burcell
Auxiliary Man
Maury Goldman
Absolution
Charlie Conner
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Acme VP, Never Learning
How I Got There
The Merc
Chuck
Al Braverman
Frogs for Snakes
Gascone
Price of Glory
Nick Everson
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Gnarlak
Out Late
Angelo
Dirty
Murray
Mr. Stitch
Doctor Frederick Texarian
Pottersville
Sheriff Jack
Stranglehold
No. 6
The Man in the Hat
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Shoggoth (voice)
A Stoning in Fulham County
Jacob Shuler
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom
Narrator
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
Narrator (voice)
Battle for Terra
Elder Vorin (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)
Blind Man's Bluff
Frank Cerrillo
The Escape of Prisoner 614
The Sheriff
Sergio and Sergei
Peter
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Mr. Scratch (voice)
Betty
Donnie Shank
Asher
Asher
The Steam Engines of Oz
Magnus (voice)
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
Come with Me
Dalton Kirby
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Shows
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Sons of Anarchy
Clay Morrow
Perversions of Science
40132
Teen Titans
Slade (voice)
American Dad!
Monster Hunter (voice)
Static Shock
Heavyman / Koenig (voice)
Miami Vice
Danny Phantom
Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan
Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
Vincent
Charmed
Mr. Kellman
The View
Self
The Batman
Rumor / Killer Croc (voice)
Tracey Takes On...
Aladdin
Fantastic Four
Masters of Horror
Superman: The Animated Series
Jax-Ur (voice)
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Kurtis Stryker (voice)
The Fall Guy
Family Law
Roy
The Magnificent Seven
Josiah Sanchez
The Tick
Fiery Blaze
MacGruder and Loud
Attorney
The Outer Limits
Lt. Col. Brandon Grace
Batman: The Animated Series
Driller (voice)
Bonkers
Sgt. Grating (voice)
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Jackie Chan Adventures
Karl Nivor (voice)
Justice League
Orion (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
Wild Horse (voice)
Justice League
Clayface (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
Orion (voice)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Lich (voice)
Hand of God
Judge Pernell Harris
The Blacklist
Luther Braxton
Batman: The Animated Series
Clayface (voice)
Kim Possible
Warhawk (voice)
American Dad!
Colonel (voice)
Aladdin
Arbutus (voice)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Bular (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)
StartUp
Wes Chandler
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self
The Batman
Killer Croc (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Leader (voice)
Iron Man
Hulk (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Gha Nachkt (voice)
The Frame
Hannibal Chau
Turbo FAST
Darryl (voice)
Animaniacs
Satan (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Toby Hellinger
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Inspector Malpumpkin / Joe / Frozen Fiend (voice)
1000 Ways to Die
Self - Narrator (voice)
Highlander: The Series
The Messenger
Afro Samurai
Justice (voice)
Archer
Ramon Limon (voice)
The Capture
Frank Napier
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
The Little Mermaid
Apollo (voice)
Poker Face
Sterling Frost Sr.
Reprisal
Big Graham
American Dad!
Fang (voice)
Poker Face
Sterling Frost Sr. (voice)
American Dad!
Bandit (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Double X / Dr. Ecks (voice)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Sinestro (voice)
The Second Civil War
Alan Manieski