Ron Perlman, a classically trained actor, has appeared in countless stage plays. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Opal, and their two children, Blake and Brandon. He was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. His mother, Dorothy, still lives there and is retired from the City Clerk's Office. His father, now deceased, was a repair man and a drummer with Artie Shaw's Band.

With a career spanning over three decades, Perlman has worked alongside such diverse actors as Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Cameron Diaz, Brad Dourif, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Jude Law, Christina Ricci, Wesley Snipes, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Wincott, and Elijah Wood to name a few.

While he has never been a bankable star, Perlman has always had a large fan-base. He started out strong as Amoukar, one of the tribesmen in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Academy Award-winning film Quest for Fire, for which he got a Genie nomination. Perlman teamed up with Annaud again in '86, this time as a hunchback named Salvatore in The Name of the Rose.

His first real breakthrough came later, when he landed the role of Vincent, the lion-man, opposite Linda Hamilton in the cult-series Beauty and the Beast. His work in this role earned him not only a Golden Globe Award, but a huge fan following.

After that, he spent time working on independent films such as Sleepwalkers, The Adventures of Huck Finn, Cronos, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's surreal The City of Lost Children. He returned to mainstream films in Alien: Resurrection, again with Jeunet, and, in 2004, his good friend Guillermo del Toro helped him land the title role in the big-budget comic book movie Hellboy.

Perlman has played everything from a prehistoric tribesman to a good-hearted Colonel, and will always be a rarity in Hollywood.

His other films include The Last Supper, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Enemy at the Gates, Blade II and Star Trek: Nemesis.


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Children, with Opal Perlman, Blake Perlman (b. 1984) and Brandon Avery Perlman (b. 1990). Attended the University of Minnesota from fall 1971 to spring 1973. On July 20th 1973 he graduated with his then new degree of Master of Fine Arts. Attended the Lehman College in NYC in 1971, where he got the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. Upon meeting to discuss Hellboy (2004), creator Mike Mignola and director Guillermo del Toro decided to reveal to each other their choice for the lead role. They both said at the same time, Ron Perlman. Revolutions studio wanted a bigger name like Vin Diesel to play the title role, but del Toro fought for Perlman to get the role, and in the end, he did. His favorite movie is Nobody's Fool (1994). Broke a rib while filming the subway scenes in Hellboy (2004). He jumped onto a train that was coming towards him. Is the godfather to Nicholas Kadi's daughter. Was ranked in US Magazine's "20 Who Turned us on" list. [December 26, 1988] His favorite episode of "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) is 'Happy Life'. Voiced the mutant villain Clayface on "Batman" (1992), a character who, ironically, was a disfigured actor, then voiced the villain Slade on "Teen Titans" (2003), and also did the voice of the Hulk/Bruce Banner twice in two separate series, one for a guest spot on "Fantastic Four" (1994) and one for a guest spot on "Iron Man" (1994), in addition to providing the voice of Orion for "Justice League" (2001). He then played the comic book character Hellboy in Hellboy (2004). He went to portray Batman in Justice League Heroes (2006) (VG). Hobbies include golf, jazz, and pool. Frequent voice collaborator with fellow voice-actor Keith David. Computer games: Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997) (VG), Lords of Everquest (2003) (VG), Halo 2 (2004) (VG), Halo 3 (2007) (VG). Animated series: "Aladdin" (1994), "Fantastic Four" (1994), "Justice League" (2001), "Teen Titans" (2003). And they have both had a guest appearance on the TV series "The Outer Limits" (1995). Was presented with the Acting Award of Excellence at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival [September 18th, 2004]. Was offered promotional advertisements as Vincent, his character from the "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) series, but he refused, stating that the character was not there to be exploited. Said in his audio commentary for La cité des enfants perdus (1995), that of all the things his characters have done in films, his most hated action was when his character, One, attacked Miette under the influence of the evil Octopus Sisters' drug. Early in his career, he tried doing stand-up comedy. Was offered the role of Piccolo in Dragonball Evolution (2009), but turned it down to work on Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) instead. Wrote a script some years ago entitled Wooden Lake which he was also going to direct, but as of this date, it has not gone into production (2009).