Ron Perlman
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Ron Perlman (born Ronald Francis Perlman in April 13, 1950, in Washington Heights, New York) is an American television and film actor.
He 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. This earned him a Golden Globe and a large fanbase. He has since starred in many films, though his first major lead role came in 2004 with Hellboy. The director Guillermo del Toro had to fight to secure the role, as the studio wanted someone more well-known such as Vin Diesel.
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).
As well as onscreen acting, Ron Perlman lends 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 ', Jax-Ur in ', Orion in Justice League animated series, Graft in Phantom 2040 and Killer Croc in The Batman. His video game credits include Lord Hood, the captain general of the earth's space defense fleet in Halo 2, Jagger Valance in ', and most recently in ' he voiced the player's nemesis - Emil Blonsky, who later becomes irradiated and turns into the Abomination. In the Fallout role-playing games, he is well known by fans for uttering the famous phrase "War, War never changes".
Selected filmography
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2007) — Hellboy
- (Formerly "Dungeon Siege: The Movie") (2007) — Norick
- Stephen King's Desperation (2006) — Deputy Collie Entragian
- The Last Winter (2006)
- Missing in America (2005) — Red
- Hellboy (2004) — Hellboy
- (2002) — Reman Viceroy
- Blade II (2002) — Dieter Reinhardt
- Enemy at the Gates (2001) — Koulikov
- (1997) — Johner
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) — Sayer of the Law
- The City of Lost Children (1995) — One
- The Last Supper (1995) — Norman Arbuthnot
- (1994) — Konstantine Konali
- Cronos (La Invención de Cronos) (1993) — Angel De La Guardia
- The Name of the Rose (1986) — Salvatore
- The Ice Pirates (1984) — Zeno
- Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) (1981) — Amoukar
External links
- [}}}] at NNDB
- article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
- [The Perlman Pages]
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