Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman
Birth name	Ronald Francis Perlman
Born	April 13 1950 (age 58) New York City, New York
Spouse(s)	Opal Perlman (1981-present)

Ronald Francis Perlman (born April 13, 1950, in Washington Heights, New York), billed as Ron Perlman, is an American television, film and voice over actor.

Biography

Acting career

He made his acting debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire (1981). His breakthrough role came when he played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast, opposite Linda Hamilton from 1987 to 1989. This earned him a Golden Globe and a large fanbase. He then played supporting roles in many films for the next decade. His most notable appearances were in films such as Romeo is Bleeding (1993), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1994), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Alien: Resurrection (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001) and Blade II (2002). His first leading role was in 1995, when he played the gargantuan oaf One in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's La Cité des enfants perdus. He finally got another leading film role in 2004 when he played the title role in the comic-book adaptation Hellboy. The director Guillermo del Toro who worked with him previously in Blade II had to fight to secure the role, as the studio wanted someone more well-known such as Vin Diesel.

As well as onscreen acting, Ron Perlman has lent his voice to numerous video games and animated series, most notably as Slade in the Teen Titans animated series and Vice Principal Lancer in Danny Phantom. He has also voiced Clayface in Batman: The Animated Series, Jax-Ur in Superman: The Animated Series, Orion in Justice League animated series, Graft in Phantom 2040 and Killer Croc in The Batman. His video game credits include Lord Hood, Fleet Admiral in command of Earth's space defenses against the Covenant in the Xbox video game Halo 2, Jagger Valance in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Justice League Heroes as Batman, and most recently, Hellboy: Blood and Iron. He is well-known by Fallout role-playing games fans for narrating the first three games in the series, including uttering the famous phrase "War. War never changes," which begins the opening sequences in those games.

Perlman is soon to be the voice of Conan the Barbarian in the up-and-coming animated film of Robert E. Howard's Red Nails.

Personal life

He has been married to Opal Perlman since February 14, 1981, and he has two children, Blake Amanda (born 1984), and Brandon Avery (born 1990).

Perlman has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

Filmography

• Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) (1981) — Amoukar
• The Ice Pirates (1984) — Zeno
• The Name of the Rose (1986) — Salvatore
• Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990, TV series) — Vincent
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1993, TV series, voice) — Clayface
• Sleepwalkers (1992) — Captain Soames
• Cronos (La Invención de Cronos) (1993) — Angel De La Guardia
• Romeo is Bleeding (1993) — Jack's attorney
• Animaniacs (1993) — Sgt. Sweete
• The Adventures of Huck Finn (1994) — Pap Finn
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) — Konstantine Konali
• Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series (1995, TV series, voice) — Kurtis Stryker
• Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1995, TV series, voice) — Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk
• Iron Man: The Animated Series (1995, TV series, voice) — Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk
• The City of Lost Children (1995) — One
• Chronomaster (1995, Video Game, voice) — Rene Korda
• The Last Supper (1995) — Norman Arbuthnot
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) — Sayer of the Law
• Highlander: The Series (1996) — The Messenger (Season 5, Episode 9)
• Hey Arnold (1996), TV Series — Mickey Kaline voice)
• Alien: Resurrection (1997) — Johner
• Fallout (1997, Video Game, voice) — Narrator
• The New Batman Adventures (1997-1998, TV series, voice) — Clayface
• Fallout 2 (1998, Video Game, voice) — Narrator
• Superman: The Animated Series (1999, TV series, voice) — Jax-Ur
• Enemy at the Gates (2001) — Koulikov
• Blade II (2002) — Dieter Reinhardt
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) — Reman Viceroy
• Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (2003, Video Game, voice) — Clayface
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) — VP for Never Learning
• Justice League Unlimited (2003-2006, TV series, voice) — Clayface, Orion
• Teen Titans (2004-2006, TV series, voice) — Slade
• Hellboy (2004) — Hellboy
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004, Video Game, voice) — Jagger Valance
• Halo 2 (2004, Video Game, voice) — Fleet Admiral Sir Terrence Hood
• GUN (2005, Video game, voice) — Mayor Hoodoo Brown
• Missing in America (2005) — Red
• The Batman (2005, TV series, voice) — Killer Croc, Rumor
• Tarzan II (2005, voice) — Kago
• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (2005, Video Game, voice) — Emil Blonsky/The Abomination
• The Last Winter (2006) — Ed Pollack
• Stephen King's Desperation (2006) — Deputy Collie Entragian
• Justice League Heroes (2006, Video Game, voice) — Bruce Wayne/Batman
• Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006, TV, voice — Hellboy
• Hellboy: Blood and Iron (2007, TV, voice) — Hellboy
• Halo 3 (2007) — Fleet Admiral Sir Terrence Hood
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) — Norick
• Afro Samurai (2007) — Justice
• Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) — Hellboy

Trivia

• Due to his appearance and style of acting in certain roles (namely Alien: Resurrection, City of Lost Children and The Name of the Rose), Perlman has been known to be mistaken for American singer and actor Tom Waits.

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