Ron Pearlman
Ron Perlman at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards
Birth name	Ronald Francis Perlman
Born	April 13, 1950 (1950-04-13) (age 57) 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. Ronald Owen Perelman (born January 1, 1943) is an American billionaire investor that made his fortune buying beleaguered corporations and re-selling them later for enormous profits. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “NY” redirects here. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. ... “NY” redirects here. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

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 The Name of the Rose (1986), Romeo is Bleeding (1993), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Alien: Resurrection (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Blade II (2002) and Hellboy (2004). Jean-Jacques Annaud Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1, 1943) is a French film director. ... For the film based on the novel, see Quest for Fire (film). ... Beauty and the Beast is an American television series, originally broadcast in 1987, centered around the relationship between Catherine (Linda Hamilton), an attorney who lived in New York City, and Vincent (Ron Perlman), a gentle, but lion-faced beast who belongs to a society of misfits and outcasts (see mole... Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American movie actress born in Salisbury, Maryland. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Name of the Rose (original title, Der Name der Rose) is a 1986 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. ... cover of DVD release Romeo Is Bleeding is a 1994 darkly comic police story starring Lena Olin and Gary Oldman. ... The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 Disney film starring Elijah Wood and Courtney B. Vance; it is based on Mark Twains novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) is the third major movie version of the H.G. Wells novel about a scientist who attempts to convert animals into people, starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, David Thewlis, and Ron Perlman, and directed by John Frankenheimer. ... Film poster Alien: Resurrection Alien: Resurrection (1997) is the fourth movie in the Alien series, preceded by Alien, Aliens and Alien³. Synopsis Spoiler warning: Alien: Resurrection takes place 200 years after the events of Alien³. Ellen Ripley has been cloned using blood samples from Fiorina 161, on ice so that... Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 motion picture directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jude Law and Ed Harris. ... Blade II is a 2002 vampire action movie starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson. ... Hellboy (also known as Super Sapiens in some countries) is a film based on the Dark Horse Comics work Hellboy. ...

He is known for playing roles which require make-up, some to the point where his entire body is covered, such as Hellboy and The Beast. He even gave his Beauty and The Beast costar Armin Shimerman advice when the latter was going to be in full-facial prosthetics for Star Trek. Hellboy is a fictional Dark Horse Comics character created by Mike Mignola. ... Illustration by Warwick Goble Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). ... Illustration by Warwick Goble Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). ... Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ...

His first leading film role was in 1995, when he played the gargantuan oaf One in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's The City of Lost Children. 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 on Cronos and Blade II, had to fight to secure the role, as the studio wanted someone more well-known such as Vin Diesel. Perlman is expected to reprise his role as Hellboy in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, which is to be released on August 1, 2008. He also might play the role of the character "Larson" for Guillermo del Toro's film adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft story "At The Mountains of Madness". Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... One redirects here. ... Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French film director. ... La Cité des enfants perdus (or The City of Lost Children) is a French fantasy/comedy film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. ... Hellboy (also known as Super Sapiens in some countries) is a film based on the Dark Horse Comics work Hellboy. ... Guillermo del Toro (born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican film director. ... Cronos is a film written and directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro in 1993 and starring veteran Argentine actor, Federico Luppi and American actor Ron Perlman, the first of several films that del Toro and Perlman have collaborated on. ... Vin Diesel is an American actor, writer, director, and producer, known for his muscular physique and deep voice. ...

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, Rumor, Justice in Afro Samurai and at one point Bane 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. Slade Wilson, also known as Deathstroke the Terminator, is a fictional character appearing in the DC Comics universe. ... Teen Titans was an American animated television series created by Sam Register and Glen Murakami and produced by Warner Bros. ... For the title character of this television series, see Danny Phantom (character). ... The second enemy of Batman to be known as Clayface, Matt Hagen, first appeared in Detective Comics #298. ... The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. ... Superman: The Animated Series is the unofficial title given to Warner Bros. ... Orion is a fictional deity published by DC Comics. ... Justice League is an animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. ... Phantom 2040 is an animated science fiction television series loosely based on the comic strip hero The Phantom, created by Lee Falk. ... Killer Croc is a fictional character in DC comics. ... Various villains who have appeared on The Batman. ... Afro Samurai ) is a Japanese dōjinshi manga series, created by Takashi Okazaki, originally featured in the NOU NOU HAU [2] dōjin magazine. ... Bane is the DC Comics supervillain, and sometimes ally, best known for having broken Batmans back. ... The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. ... Fictional characters from the Halo series of video games that includes Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. ... This article is about the video game. ... Escape from Butcher Bay Categories: Computer and video game stubs | 2004 computer and video games | Windows games | Xbox games ... Justice League Heroes is a console game released in the fourth quarter of 2006 across 3 different platforms. ... Fallout is a series of computer role-playing games produced and published by Interplay. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

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. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet. ... Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936)[1] was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. ... Red Nails is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in 1936. ...

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). is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Perlman has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program. The Young Storytellers Foundation (YSF) is dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school children. ...

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) — Satan, 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) — Wizard, 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
• The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995) — Lord Vox
• 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
• Primal Force (1999, TV Movie) — Frank Brodie
• Superman: The Animated Series (1999, TV series, voice) — Jax-Ur
• Down (2001, aka The Shaft) — Mitchell
• 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 (2004-2006, 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
• Vacuuming the Cat (2007)
• Mutant Chronicles (2008)
• Fallout 3 (2008, Video Game, voice) — Narrator
• Far Cry (2008 Film based on the game "Far Cry")

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Cronos is a film written and directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro in 1993 and starring veteran Argentine actor, Federico Luppi and American actor Ron Perlman, the first of several films that del Toro and Perlman have collaborated on. ... cover of DVD release Romeo Is Bleeding is a 1994 darkly comic police story starring Lena Olin and Gary Oldman. ... Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as the shorter title Animaniacs, is an American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. ... The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 Disney film starring Elijah Wood and Courtney B. Vance; it is based on Mark Twains novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... Kurtis Stryker is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. ... Fantastic Four is the third animated series based on Marvels comic book series Fantastic Four. ... Wizard (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 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