Editing Ron Perlman (section)

==Early life and education==
Ronald N. Perlman<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=perlmutations |number=423257897137479680 |title=N. Yes.}}</ref> was born on April 13, 1950, in [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]], New York City.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kane|first1=Paul|last2=O'Regan|first2=Marie|title=Voices in the Dark: Interviews with Horror Writers, Directors and Actors|publisher=McFarland|year=2014|page=229|isbn=978-0-7864-5672-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo12Xyraq9UC|access-date=March 19, 2024|archive-date=March 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319235223/https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo12Xyraq9UC|url-status=live}}</ref> His mother, Dorothy (née Rosen), was a municipal employee, and his father, Bertram "Bert" Perlman, was a [[jazz]] drummer and television repairman.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zP3mBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR5 |title=Easy Street (the Hard Way) | via=google.ca|isbn=9780306823459|last1=Perlman|first1=Ron|date=September 30, 2014|publisher=Hachette Books }}</ref> He is [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zP3mBAAAQBAJ&q=Bar+Mitzvah+is,+and+then+youre+part+of+the+whole+congregation&pg=PA28|title=Easy Street (The Hard Way): A Memoir|isbn=9780306823459|last1=Perlman|first1=Ron|date=September 30, 2014|publisher=Hachette Books|access-date=October 16, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926233909/https://books.google.com/books?id=zP3mBAAAQBAJ&q=Bar+Mitzvah+is,+and+then+youre+part+of+the+whole+congregation&pg=PA28#v=snippet&q=Bar%20Mitzvah%20is%2C%20and%20then%20youre%20part%20of%20the%20whole%20congregation&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor |first=Drew |url=http://www.screened.com/news/comic-con-2011-del-toro-and-nicolas-refn-talk-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-and-drive/2624 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201043008/http://www.screened.com/news/comic-con-2011-del-toro-and-nicolas-refn-talk-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-and-drive/2624 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2012 |title=Movies &#124; Movie Times &#124; Tickets Online &#124; MoviesTrailers – Moviefone.com |publisher=Screened.com |access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref>

Perlman said in 1988, "It was not a bad childhood but I had a perception of myself that was{{nbsp}}... I was terribly overweight as a young kid, and it was sort of a low [[Self-esteem|self image]]."<ref>{{YouTube|id=NfcT1j1tj8A|title=BEAUTY & THE BEAST - Ron Perlman on HOUR MAG March 1988}}</ref> He stated this experience is something that attracts him to roles where he portrays "these sorts of deformed people who are very endearing."<ref name="Ron Perlman on Becoming an Actor">{{YouTube|id=62YzvoOss-c|title=Ron Perlman on Acting}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Perlman|first1=Ron|title=Easy Street (the hard Way): A Memoir|date=2015|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0306824180|pages=29, 67}}</ref> Perlman had a "very close" relationship with his father, who convinced his son he "had to" pursue a career as an actor after seeing him perform in a college production of ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''.<ref name="Ron Perlman on Becoming an Actor" /> 

Perlman graduated from [[George Washington High School (New York City)|George Washington High School]] in 1967 and [[Lehman College]] in 1971. He later attended the [[University of Minnesota]], where he graduated with a [[master's degree]] in theater arts in 1973.<ref name=inm>{{cite web |url=http://cla.umn.edu/alumni/ana.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116215046/http://cla.umn.edu/alumni/ana.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2011|title=Alumni of Notable Achievement: College of Liberal Arts: University of Minnesota |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |access-date=January 30, 2011 }}</ref>