Sometimes Ron Perlman in credited as Ronald Perlman which
is his birth name.
In 1981 Ron Perlman started out strong as Amoukar, one of
the tribesmen in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Academy Award-winning
film LA GUERRE DU FEUG uerre, for which he got a Genie nomination.
By landing the role of Vincent, the lion man gave Ron Perlman
first real breakthrough, opposite Linda Hamilton in the cult-series
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 1987.
The role of Vincent in BEAUTY AND THE BEST earned Ron Perlman
a Golden Globe Award.
While filming the subway scene for HELLBOY in 2004 Ron Perlman
broke a rib during an action shot when he jumped onto a train
that was coming towards him.
To prepare for his role in HELLBOY, Ron Perlman read all
the Hellboy comics and worked out three hours a day, five
to seven days a week.
With the creation of HELLBOY, Ron Perlman was 53 years old
making him the oldest actor ever to play a main superhero.
In 1997 Ron Perlman returned to mainstream films in ALIEN:
RESURRECTION.
For a role in a french film Ron Perlman didn't speak French
at all and was the only American on set of the French film
LA CITE DES ENFANTS PERDUS in 1995. He did learned all of
his lines, and delivered them flawlessly.
Ron Perlman has brought to life several voices the mutant
villain Clayface on BATMAN in 1992, a character who, ironically,
was a disfigured actor, then voiced the villain Slade on TEEN
TITANS in 2003, the voice of the Hulk/Bruce Banner twice in
two separate series, a guest spot on THE FANTASTIC FOUR and
on IRON MAN both in 1994. Then Ron played the comic book character
Hellboy in HELLBOY.
It was with the help of good friend Guillermo del Toro that
help land the title role in the big-budget comic book movie
HELLBOY in 2004.
Frequently appears as characters who are deformed or not
human, Ron Perlman played Amoukar in LA GUERRE DU FEU in
1981, as Vincent in BEAUTY AND THE BEST in 1987, Reinhardt
a vampire in BLADE II. In 2002, and Hellboy in HELLBOY (2004).
Ron Perlman's memorable performances include:
ALIEN RESURRECTION
THE ICE PIRATES
THE NAME OF THE ROSE
ENEMY
AT THE GATES
HELLBOY
QUEST FOR FIRE
PRINCE VALIANT
QUIET KILL
THE SECOND FRONT
MISSING IN AMERICA
LOCAL COLOR
THE LAST WINTER
5IVE GIRLS
NO. 6
IN THE NAME OF THE KING
TERRA
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
OUTLANDER
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
THE MUTANT CHRONICLES
Perlman's television credits include:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
