Editing Ron Perlman (section)

== Career ==
===Film and television===
[[File:RonP.jpg|thumb|Perlman at the [[41st Primetime Emmy Awards]] in September 1989]]
Perlman made his television debut in the soap opera ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' in 1979. He made his feature film debut in [[Jean-Jacques Annaud]]'s film ''[[Quest for Fire (film)|Quest for Fire]]'' (1981). Annaud later revealed that when he contacted Perlman to ask him about playing Salvatore in ''[[The Name of the Rose (film)|The Name of the Rose]]'' (1986), Perlman was thinking of abandoning his career. After various minor and supporting roles in film and television, he got his breakthrough leading role as Vincent on the television series ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', opposite [[Linda Hamilton]], from 1987 to 1990. This earned him a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series in 1989.<ref>[http://www.hfpa.org/browse/member/30108 Golden Globe Awards official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807075830/http://www1.hfpa.org/browse/member/30108 |date=August 7, 2007 }}, last accessed October 22, 2007.</ref>

He went on to play supporting roles in many films throughout the 1990s as well as the 2000s. His most notable film appearances were in films such as ''[[Romeo is Bleeding]]'' (1993), ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]'' (1993), ''[[Police Academy: Mission to Moscow]]'' (1994), ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]'' (1995), ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1996), ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' (1997), ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'' (2001), ''[[Blade II]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' (both 2002) and two [[Stephen King]] adaptations, ''[[Sleepwalkers (1992 film)|Sleepwalkers]]'' and ''[[Stephen King's Desperation|Desperation]]''. His appearances on television series include ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'', ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Seven (TV series)|The Magnificent Seven]]'', and the [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] series ''[[Hand of God (TV series)|Hand of God]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Nikara |last=Johns |url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/dana-delany-to-star-in-amazon-pilot-hand-of-god-1201149742/ |title=Dana Delany to Star in Amazon Pilot 'Hand of God' |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2014 |publisher=[[Penske Business Media, LLC.]] |location=Los Angeles, California |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329222344/http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/dana-delany-to-star-in-amazon-pilot-hand-of-god-1201149742/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He played his first leading film role in 1995, when he played "One" in [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]] and [[Marc Caro]]'s French-language ''[[La Cité des enfants perdus|The City of Lost Children]]''. In 2003, Perlman starred in a commercial for [[Stella Artois]] beer. This commercial, which was called "Devil's Island",<ref>{{YouTube|id=iDkJVIsDRaE|title=Stella Artois "Devil's Island"}}</ref> won a Silver Award at the 2003 British Advertising Awards.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.creativecircle.co.uk/2003/silverhonours.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929234438/http://www.creativecircle.co.uk/2003/silverhonours.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 29, 2006 | title = British Advertising Awards – Silver Honours 2003 | year = 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.perlmanpages.com/tvseries/stella1.htm | title = Ron Perlman stars in a British Advertising Award winning Stella Artois beer commercial | year = 2003}}{{Dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref> He got another leading film role in 2004 when he played the [[Hellboy (comics)|title role]] in the [[comic book]] adaptation ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]''. Perlman reprised his role as Hellboy in the straight to DVD animated features ''Hellboy: Sword of Storms'' (2006) and ''Hellboy: Blood and Iron'' (2007) as well as ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'' (2008).

In 2008, Perlman joined the cast of the television series ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] playing [[Clay Morrow]], the national president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. He also played Wes Chandler in the second and third seasons of ''[[StartUp (TV series)|StartUp]]'' in 2017–2018.

In 2022, Perlman starred in [[Steven Brand]]'s noir thriller ''Joe Baby'' alongside [[Dichen Lachman]], [[Willa Fitzgerald]] and [[Harvey Keitel]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Grobar | first=Matt | title='Severance's Dichen Lachman, Willa Fitzgerald, Ron Perlman & Harvey Keitel To Topline Noir 'Joe Baby' | website=Deadline | date=June 27, 2022 | url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/dichen-lachman-willa-fitzgerald-ron-perlman-harvey-keitel-set-for-joe-baby-1235052908/ | access-date=September 23, 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Perlman starred in the Western thriller ''[[Cottonmouth (film)|Cottonmouth]]'', which is set for release in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2023/09/ron-perlman-martin-sensmeier-western-cottonmouth-filming-oklahoma-sag-agreement-1235558479/ |title= Martin Sensmeier, Ron Perlman, Esai Morales & Eric Nelsen Lead Western 'Cottonmouth'; Filming Underway In Oklahoma |access-date= September 28, 2023 |author= Andreas Wiseman |date= September 28, 2023 |work= [[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> Perlman starred in the 2024 horror film ''Succubus'', written and directed by R.J. Daniel Hanna.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Archstone Entertainment Acquires International Rights to Ron Perlman Horror Film 'Succubus,' Vanessa Del Rio Biopic (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/archstone-entertainment-international-rights-ron-perlman-horror-film-succubus-vanessa-del-rio-film-1236000465/ |access-date=September 26, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731163600/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/archstone-entertainment-international-rights-ron-perlman-horror-film-succubus-vanessa-del-rio-film-1236000465/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Voice-over work ===
[[File:Ron Perlman by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Perlman at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in July 2011]]
Perlman also has a successful career as a [[voice actor]]. He has portrayed characters in numerous video games and animated series, and done voice-over work for television commercials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wLa7/2018-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-the-truth|title=2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon TV Commercial, 'The Truth'|website=iSpot.tv|language=en|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> These include Casper High English teacher and vice-principal [[List of Danny Phantom characters#Mr. Lancer|Mr. Lancer]] in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', "Mickey Kaline" in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', The Lich in ''[[Adventure Time]]'', [[Kurtis Stryker]] in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]'', Justice in ''[[Afro Samurai]]'' and various characters in [[DC Comics]] based series such as the villainous Slade, a version of DC character [[Deathstroke]] in the ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' animated series and again in ''[[Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox]]'', [[Clayface]] in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' and ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'', [[Jax-Ur]] in ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', [[Orion (comics)|Orion]] in ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' (the former in which he reprised his role as Clayface as well as voice Orion), Sozin in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', several villains ([[Killer Croc]], [[Rumor (The Batman)|Rumor]] and [[Bane (comics)|Bane]]) in ''[[The Batman (TV series)|The Batman]]'', [[Doctor Double X]] in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', and [[Sinestro]] in ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]. ''In addition, he served as the narrator for ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'' from 2009 to 2012.

His video game credits include Terrence Hood in the games ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', Jagger Valance in ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay]]'', and [[Batman]] in ''[[Justice League Heroes]]''. He is well known by ''[[Fallout series|Fallout]]'' fans for narrating the introductory movies in the series, including uttering the famous phrase "War. War never changes." He also voices "Slade" in the 2008 ''[[Turok (video game)|Turok]]'' game, and [[Abomination (character)|Emil Blonsky / Abomination]] in ''[[Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]'', ''[[Conan (2007 video game)|Conan]]'' for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and voices the fast-talking Mayor Hoodoo Brown in the [[Neversoft]] game ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''. He also made an appearance in ''[[Payday 2]]'' as "Rust", part of the "Biker Pack" DLC.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/ron-perlman-stars-in-payday-2s-biker-packs-dlc-out-this-week/ |title=Ron Perlman stars in Payday 2's Biker Packs DLC, out this week |journal=[[PC Gamer]] |access-date=December 30, 2017 |date=June 13, 2016 |first=Tom |last=Sykes |publisher=[[Future Publishing Limited]] |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926233835/https://www.pcgamer.com/ron-perlman-stars-in-payday-2s-biker-packs-dlc-out-this-week/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]]'' (2016), Perlman offered his likeness and voice to one of the lead playable characters in the game's popular Zombies mode.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=July 10, 2015 |title=Jeff Goldblum & Ron Perlman Star In Cod Blops 3 Zombies |language=en |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-zombies-jeff-goldblum-ron-perlman |access-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716201723/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-zombies-jeff-goldblum-ron-perlman |url-status=live }}</ref>

Perlman was the narrator of the 2013 award-winning documentary "FORGET US NOT The 5 Million Non-Jewish Victims", currently available on Amazon Prime (2025).

Perlman has also provided narration for a number of audiobooks, including [[City of Thieves (novel)|''City of Thieves'']] by [[David Benioff]]. Perlman also does narration in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]'s cold open promos for pay-per-view events.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Okoh|first=Joseph|title=How long has Hellboy actor Ron Perlman been working with the UFC?|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-how-long-hellboy-actor-ron-perlman-working-ufc|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=www.sportskeeda.com|date=January 16, 2021|language=en-us|archive-date=August 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811193558/https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-how-long-hellboy-actor-ron-perlman-working-ufc|url-status=live}}</ref>