Highest rated as cast or director
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).
Acted in 238
2020s
- 2026
Foster
Brooks
- 2025
Asteroid
Movie
Saurus City
Slade Klossus (voice)
- 2024
Scream Before You Die
Governor Starks
- 2023
- 2022
How I Got There
The Merc
- 2021
- 2020
Clover
Mr. Wiley
2010s
- 2019
Havana Kyrie
Henry
- 2018
The Steam Engines of Oz
Magnus (voice)
Transformers: Power of the Primes
Optimus Primal / Optimal Optimus (voice)
- 2017
Pottersville
Sheriff Jack
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
Before I Disappear
Bill
Elwood
Louie the Jaw
Tbilisi, I Love You
nameless rider
- 2013
Crave
Pete
- 2012
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Phyllis
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Gene Krupa (voice)
- 2011
- 2010
Dark Metropolis
Movie
The Legend of Secret Pass
Parker (voice)
Acts of Violence
Priest Bill
2000s
- 2009
The Job
Jim
- 2008
- 2007
No. 6
The Man in the Hat
Hellboy Animated: Iron Shoes
Hellboy (voice)
- 2006
Pro-Life
Dwayne Burcell
The Last Winter
Ed Pollack
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
Vito
Working with a Master: Mick Garris
Movie
- 2005
Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
Vice Principal Lancer (voice)
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 5: Sports Spooktacular
(voice)
The Second Front
General von Binding
Missing in America
Red
- 2004
Quiet Kill
Detective Sergeant Perry
- 2003
Hoodlum & Son
'Ugly' Jim McCrae
Two Soldiers
Colonel McKellog
Boys on the Run
Captain
- 2002
Shakedown
Christopher Bellows
- 2001
- 2000
Bread and Roses
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Trial of Old Drum
Charles Burden Sr.
Price of Glory
Nick Everson
Operation Sandman
Dr. Harlan Jessup
1990s
- 1999
Happy, Texas
Marshal Nalhober
Primal Force
Frank Brodie
- 1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Cemetery Caretaker
Frogs for Snakes
Gascone
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Jerry Paul
- 1997
The Protector
Dr. Ramsey Krago
Betty
Donnie Shank
Tinseltown
Cliff
- 1996
Wing Commander Academy
TV
Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
Satan (voice)
- 1995
The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space
Lord Vox of Vestron
Mr. Stitch
Doctor Frederick Texarian
Picture Windows: Lightning
Gambler
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Mr. Scratch (voice)
Original Sins
Chas Bradley
- 1994
Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks
Graft
Double Exposure
John McClure
The Cisco Kid
Lt. Col. Delacroix
- 1993
- 1992
Blind Man's Bluff
Frank Cerrillo
- 1991
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Beauty and the Beast
Vincent · 56 episodes
- 1986
- 1985
MacGruder and Loud
Attorney · 1 episode
- 1984
- 1981
No release date
Auxiliary Man
Maury Goldman
Legacy
Mr. Carter
Fortitude
Movie
I, Chihuahua
Rock Powers (voice)
Produced 12
2020s
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
To Dust
Producer
- 2018
- 2017
Pottersville
Producer
- 2016
- 2015
Bone in the Throat
Executive Producer
No release date
Auxiliary Man
Producer
Directed 1
1980s
- 1987
Beauty and the Beast
Director
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1987
Beauty and the Beast
Story
Appearances32
2020s
- 2026
The Way Things Seem to Be
Self
- 2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Self
- 2024
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
- 2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self
- 2021
The Innocent Butler
Self
2010s
- 2019
Westside vs the World
Narrator
- 2018
- 2017
Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom
Narrator
- 2015
- 2014
Nfinity Champions League Cheerleading Event
Narrator (voice)
- 2013
Forget Us Not
Narrator
- 2010
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
Self
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Hellboy, Hellboy 1 & 2
- 2007
The Making of 'The Last Winter'
Self
- 2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments
Self · 5 episodes
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
- 2003
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Self
- 2002
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Self
1990s
- 1997
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
La rosa dei nomi
Self
- 1982
The Quest for Fire Adventure
Self
No release date
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Self