Ron Perlman

Highest Rated: 100% DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

Lowest Rated: 0% Pottersville (2017)

Birthday: Apr 13, 1950

Birthplace: Washington Heights, New York

Ron Perlman grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, where his father was a radio/TV repairman and his mother an employee with the city's Department of Health. A profoundly unhandsome youth, Perlman was nonetheless very active in high school theater by virtue of his height (6-foot-2) and his deep, rolling voice. He continued studying drama at Lehman College and later at the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a master's degree in theater arts. He went to work with New York's Classic Stage Company, an organization specializing in Elizabethan and Restoration plays. Perlman starred in several Manhattan and touring productions staged by Tom O'Horgan of Hair fame before accepting his first film role as a Neanderthal man in 1981's Quest for Fire. Emotionally drained, Perlman backed off from acting after finishing the movie, but was soon back in the groove, essaying such attention-getting roles as the hunchbacked Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986). Most often cast as brooding, inarticulate, villainous characters in films (such as Pap in 1993's The Adventures of Huck Finn), Perlman became best known for his performance as the beneficent, albeit hideously ugly, sewer-dwelling Vincent in the late-'80s TV series Beauty and the Beast. Though this remained the actor's defining role for years after the show's run had drawn to a close, he was busier than ever through the '90s. Appearing in everything from obscure arthouse hits (Cronos [1993] and The City of Lost Children [1995]) to voice-over work for television (Aladdin) and video games (Fallout, A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game) to overblown Hollywood blockbusters (Alien Resurrection), Perlman left few stones unturned in terms of flexibility and experimentation in new media. He continued this trend into the early 2000s, alternating between various arenas with remarkable ease and refusing to be pigeonholed, appearing in such high-profile releases as Titan A.E. (2000), Enemy at the Gates (2001), and Blade II (2002). Though his recognition factor seemed higher than ever, few could foresee the opportunity just ahead when Blade II and Cronos director Guillermo del Toro announced that Perlman would star in the film adaptation of Mike Mignola's popular comic book Hellboy, although it seemed highly unlikely that studios would invest the millions of dollars needed to bring the comic to life with an actor of such minimal "marquee value." They wanted Vin Diesel for the role, but del Toro, with the blessing and encouragement of character originator Mignola, eventually won out to have Perlman play the Nazi-creation-turned-superhero in the 2004 fantasy-action film.

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Highest Rated Movies

DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
100%
Drive
93%
Cronos
90%
Tangled
89%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	To Dust	Producer	—	2019
55%	Asher	Asher	—	2018
20%	The Escape of Prisoner 614	The Sheriff	—	2018
0%	Pottersville	Actor	—	2017
74%	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Gnarlak	$234.1M	2016
42%	Moonwalkers	Kidman	—	2016
No Score Yet	Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom	Actor	—	2016
10%	Stonewall	Ed Murphy	—	2015
25%	Skin Trade	Viktor Dragovic	$1.7K	2015
No Score Yet	Nfinity Champions League Vol. 2	Actor	—	2015
50%	Poker Night	Calabrese	—	2014
38%	Before I Disappear	Bill	$3.2K	2014
81%	The Book of Life	Xibalba	—	2014
72%	Thunder and the House of Magic	Actor	$1.7M	2014
71%	Kid Cannabis	Barry Lerner	—	2014
62%	13 Sins	Chilcoat	—	2014
No Score Yet	Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event Encore	Actor	—	2014
31%	Crave	Pete	—	2013
42%	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Polyphemus	$68.6M	2013
71%	Pacific Rim	Hannibal Chau	$101.8M	2013
No Score Yet	Tbilisi, I Love You	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	The Virginian	Judge Henry	—	2013
100%	DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Slade Wilson / Deathstroke	—	2013
No Score Yet	Savage Mutts	Actor	—	2013
42%	3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom	Phyllis	—	2012
20%	Bad Ass	Mayor Williams	—	2012
No Score Yet	Killer By Nature	Dr. Julian	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Scorpion King 3: Battle For Redemption	Horus	—	2012
17%	Bunraku	Nicola	—	2011
93%	Drive	Nino	$34.4M	2011
25%	Conan the Barbarian	Corin	$21.4M	2011
10%	Season of the Witch	Felson	$24.9M	2011
No Score Yet	The Littlest Angel	God	—	2011
No Score Yet	Bubba Nosferatu and the Curse of the She-Vampires	Actor	—	2011
89%	Tangled	Stabbington Brother	$200.9M	2010
No Score Yet	Acts Of Violence	Priest Bill	—	2010
No Score Yet	The Job	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Conan: Red Nails	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Dark Country	Dep. Thompson	—	2009
No Score Yet	The Job	Jim	—	2009
49%	Battle For Terra	Elder Vorin	$1.7M	2009
37%	Outlander	Gunnar	$60.1K	2009
72%	I Sell the Dead	Father Francis Duffy	—	2008
18%	Mutant Chronicles	Samuel	—	2008
86%	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2)	Hellboy	$75.8M	2008
No Score Yet	Uncross the Stars	Bobby Walden	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Legend of Secret Pass	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Devil's Tomb	Wesley	—	2008
No Score Yet	Spirit of the Forest (Espíritu del bosque)	Carballo	—	2008
76%	The Last Winter	Ed Pollack	—	2007
No Score Yet	Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Hellboy: Blood and Iron	Hellboy	—	2007
No Score Yet	Alien Resurrection (Special Edition)	Actor	—	2007
4%	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Norick	$4.6M	2006
No Score Yet	Hellboy: Sword of Storms	Hellboy	—	2006
No Score Yet	Scooby-Doo: Pirates Ahoy!	Capt. Skunkbeard/Biff Wellington	—	2006
No Score Yet	Stephen King's 'Desperation'	Collie Entragian	—	2006
No Score Yet	How to Go Out on a Date in Queens	Dmitri	—	2006
35%	Local Color	Curtis Sunday	—	2006
No Score Yet	The Second Front	General Binding	—	2006
No Score Yet	Masters of Horror	Dwayne	—	2006
No Score Yet	5ive Girls	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Scooby Doo! Pirates Ahoy!	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Scooby-Doo! Where's My Mummy?	Actor	—	2005
33%	Tarzan II	Kago	—	2005
No Score Yet	Missing in America	Red	—	2005
No Score Yet	Scooby Doo In Where's My Mummy?	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Quiet Kill	Actor	—	2004
81%	Hellboy	Hellboy	$59.1M	2004
No Score Yet	Nightmare Boulevard	Perry	—	2004
56%	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Acme VP, Never Learning	$21.1M	2003
No Score Yet	Two Soldiers	Actor	—	2003
43%	L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin	Narrator	—	2003
No Score Yet	Killer Rats	Dr. Winslow	—	2003
No Score Yet	Shakedown	St. Joy	—	2003
No Score Yet	Absolon	Murchison	—	2003
No Score Yet	Hoodlum & Son	Ugly Jim McCrae	—	2003
37%	Star Trek - Nemesis	Reman Viceroy	$43.1M	2002
57%	Blade II	Reinhardt	$82.1M	2002
No Score Yet	Jóvenes Delincuentes	Captain	—	2001
20%	Down (The Shaft)	Mitchell	—	2001
67%	Bread and Roses	Himself (uncredited)	—	2001
54%	Enemy at the Gates	Koulikov	$50.6M	2001
No Score Yet	The King's Guard	Lord Morton	—	2000
No Score Yet	The Trial of Old Drum	Charles Burden Sr.	—	2000
51%	Titan A.E.	Prof. Sam Tucker	—	2000
33%	Price of Glory	Nick Everson	—	2000
No Score Yet	Operation Sandman: Warriors in Hell	Jessup	—	2000
81%	Happy, Texas	Nalhober	—	1999
27%	Frogs for Snakes	Gascone	—	1999
No Score Yet	Supreme Sanction	Actor	—	1999
No Score Yet	Tinseltown	Cliff	—	1999
No Score Yet	Primal Force	Actor	—	1999
27%	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Cemetery Caretaker	—	1998
No Score Yet	Betty	Donnie Shank	—	1998
No Score Yet	Magnificent Seven	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Houdini	Booking Agent	—	1998
No Score Yet	Town Has Turned to Dust	Jerry Paul	—	1998
No Score Yet	Prince Valiant	Boltar	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Protector (Body Armor)	Dr. Ramsey Krago	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Second Civil War	Alan Manieski	—	1997
24%	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Sayer Of The Law	—	1996
63%	The Last Supper	Norman Arbuthnot	—	1996
79%	The City of Lost Children (La Cité des Enfants Perdus)	One	—	1995
27%	Fluke	Sylvester	—	1995
No Score Yet	Mr. Stitch	Dr. Texarian	—	1995
No Score Yet	Original Sins	Chas Brawley	—	1995
No Score Yet	Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks	Actor	—	1994
0%	Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow	Konali	—	1994
No Score Yet	Sensation	Detective Pantella	—	1994
No Score Yet	When the Bough Breaks	Dr. Douglas Eben	—	1994
90%	Cronos	Angel de la Guardia	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Cisco Kid	Delacroix	—	1994
No Score Yet	Phantom 2040 - The Ghost Who Walk	Actor	—	1994
No Score Yet	Double Exposure	John McClure	—	1993
73%	The Adventures of Huck Finn	Pap Finn	—	1993
22%	Romeo Is Bleeding	US Attorney/Jack's Attorney	—	1993
20%	Stephen King's 'Sleepwalkers'	Soames	—	1992
No Score Yet	Blind Man's Bluff	Frank Cerrillo	—	1991
74%	The Name of the Rose (Der Name der Rose)	Salvatore	—	1986
9%	The Ice Pirates	Zeno	—	1984
84%	Quest for Fire	Amoukar	—	1981
No Score Yet	Hellboy Animated: The Phantom Claw	Actor	—

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	StartUp 2016	Wes Chandler	2018
No Score Yet	Trollhunters 2016-2018	Bular	2018 2017 2016
30%	Hand of God 2014-2016	Pernell Harris	2017 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007	Guest	2017 2015 2010 2009
No Score Yet	SuperMansion 2015-2018	Voice	2015
100%	The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore 2015-2016	Panelist	2015
91%	The Blacklist 2013	Luther Braxton	2015 2013
90%	Sons of Anarchy 2008-2014	Clay Morrow	2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 2005-2014	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data) 2005	Voice	2013 2012
No Score Yet	Nick Swardson's Pretend Time 2010-2011	Appearing	2011 2010
93%	Archer 2009-2018	Voice	2010
No Score Yet	Danny Phantom 2004-2007	Voice	2007 2006 2005 2004
96%	Justice League Unlimited 2004-2006	Voice	2006
63%	Masters of Horror 2005-2007	Dwayne	2006 2005
95%	Justice League 2004	Voice Clayface	2003 2002
88%	The Tick 2001-2002	Fiery Blaze	2001
97%	Batman: The Animated Series 1992-1995	Voice	1998 1997 1993 1992
No Score Yet	Tracey Takes On... 1996-1999		1997
No Score Yet	Highlander 1992-1998	Immortal	1996
No Score Yet	Beauty and the Beast 1987-1990	Vincent Director	1990 1989 1988 1987
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Ruger	1986
No Score Yet	The Batman 2004-2008	Voice

QUOTES FROM Ron Perlman CHARACTERS

Xibalba	How about another little wager?
La Muerte	You think you can calm the flames of my anger with another bet!?
La Muerte	You think you can calm the flames of my anger with another bet?

Kidman

We've decided there's only one man in the world that can pull this off.

Kidman

I'm looking for Stanley Kubrick.

Hellboy

I'm fireproof. You're not.

Abe Sapien	Remind me why I do this again.
Hellboy	Rotten eggs and the safety of mankind
Abe Sapien	Ah.

Hellboy

Didn't I kill you already?

Nino	That is one motherfucking, fine-ass, pussy-mobile, mothafucka'! Damn!

Abe Sapien	Touched you five seconds, laid three eggs.
Hellboy	Didn't even buy me a drink.

Felson	Tell me Behman, are we going in there to defeat the demon, or to save the girl?
Behmen	Both.

Hannibal Chau

I took my first name from a historical figure I respect, and my last name from my favorite Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn.

Hannibal Chau	Where's my god damn Shoe!
Hannibal Chau	Where's my god damn shoe!

Hellboy

I'd give my life for her, but she still wants me to do the dishes.

Ellen Ripley	Who do I have to fuck to get off this boat?
Johner	I can get you off......maybe not the boat.
Johner	I can get you off... maybe not the boat.

Norick	I was just talking.
Farmer	Well, everyone's got a talent. "Just talking" seems to be yours.
Farmer	Well, everyone's got a talent. 'Just talking' seems to be yours.

Stabbington Brother

RIDER!

James Hoffman	Do you see it? Do you see it? Open your eyes!
Ed Pollack	I don't see anything!
James Hoffman	Open you eyes!

Ed Pollack

What's needed out here is a pipeline. And a base camp. And a couple of wells. That's what God wants.

Ed Pollack

I wouldn't worry about Maxwell. the kid can walk from here to Vegas on his hands.

Felson

When this is over, we will sit in the halls that my fathers sat in and drink ale and tell tales few men have lived to tell!

Hellboy

I can promise you two things: One, I'll always look this good, and two I'll never give up on you.

Mayor Williams

My Mom like it.

Johner	What's the big deal, man? Fuckin' waste of ammo.
Christie	Let's go.
Johner	Must be a chick thing.

Hellboy

[referring to the Hellboy comics in John's hands] I hate those comic books. They never get the eyes right.

Prince Nuada	You will pay for what happened to my friend down there!
Hellboy	Take Checks?

Hellboy	You woke up the Baby
Hellboy	You woke up the baby.

Nicola	"Someone once told me, there is always someone more powerful than you"
Nicola	Someone once told me, there is always someone more powerful than you.
The Drifter	"Someone once told me, there is always someone more powerful than you"

Hellboy

Red means stop!

Hellboy

I'm gonna be sore in the morning...

Norick	Give me the chicken! [Holds chicken making chomping noises] Arf! Arf! Arf!
Norick	Give me the chicken! [Holds chicken making chomping noises]
Norick	Arf! Arf! Arf!