Editing Ron Perlman (section)

===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>