Ron Perlman Biography
Summary
"Ronald Francis Perlman" (born April 13, 1950) is an American television, film and voice over actor.
Biography
Career
Perlman 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 for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series in 1989 and a large fanbase. He then played supporting roles in many films and television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the early 2000s. His most notable film 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) and "Blade II" (2002).
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". 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 July 11th, 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".
Perlman took part in an award-winning commercial for Stella Artois beer. This commercial, which was called 'Devil's Island', won a Gold Award at the British Advertising Awards.
As well as onscreen acting, 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", and Killer Croc, Rumor, 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 games "Halo 2" and "Halo 3", Jagger Valance in "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay", "Justice League Heroes" as Batman, and most recently, "Hellboy: Blood and Iron". He is well-known by "Fallout" fans for narrating the introductory movies in the series, including uttering the famous phrase 'War. War never changes'.
Perlman is soon to be the voice of Conan the Barbarian in the upcoming animated film of Robert E. Howard's "Red Nails". He provides the voice to the same character in the video game "Conan".
Personal life
Perlman was born in Washington Heights, New York. His mother, Dorothy, is a municipal employee, and his father is a jazz drummer and repairperson. 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) — Satan, Sgt. Sweete
"The Adventures of Huck Finn" (1994) — Pap Finn
"Police Academy: Mission to Moscow" (1994) — Konstantine Konali
"Phantom 2040" (1994, TV series, voice) — Graft
"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 Outfit" (2005, Video Game, voice)
"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
"Avatar: The Last Airbender (2007) — Fire Lord Sozin
"Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" (2008) — Hellboy
"Vacuuming the Cat" (2007)
"The Mutant Chronicles" (2008)
"Fallout 3" (2008, Video Game, voice) — Narrator
"Far Cry" (2008 Film based on the game 'Far Cry')
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