Ron Perlman

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Ron Perlman
Perlman at 2011 Comic-Con
Born
Ronald N. Perlman

(1950-04-13) April 13, 1950 (age 74)
New York City
OccupationActor/Voice actor
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Opal Perlman
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(m. 1981)​

Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman[1] (born April 13, 1950) is an American television, film and voice over actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast (for which he won a Golden Globe), a Deathstroke figure known as Slade in the animated series Teen Titans, Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character Hellboy in both the eponymous film and the sequel, and as the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series, Fallout. He is currently the narrator of the television series 1000 Ways to Die on Spike.[2]

Early life

Perlman was born in Washington Heights, New York to a Jewish family.[3][4] His mother, Dorothy, was a municipal employee, and his father was a jazz drummer and repairman.[5] Perlman stated in a 1988 interview that "It was not a bad childhood but...I had a perception of myself that was, I was terribly overweight as a young kid, and it was sort of a low self image."[6] Perlman continued to say that this experience is one thing that attracts him to "playing these sorts of deformed people who are very endearing".

He attended George Washington High School and later Lehman College in New York City in 1971, which did not have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre at that time. He has said that he and his father were "very close", and that it was his father, after seeing Perlman in a college production of Guys and Dolls, who told Perlman, "You have to do this... You understand this? You gotta do this." Perlman says, "So, he gave me permission to be an actor...wow."[7] Perlman attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a master's degree in theater arts in 1973.[1]

Career

Perlman made his feature film debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire (1981). After various minor and supporting roles in films and television series, his breakthrough role came when he played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast, opposite Linda Hamilton from 1987 to 1990. This earned him a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series in 1989.[8]

He went on to play roles in many films and television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the 2000s. His most notable film appearances were in films such as The Name of the Rose (1986), Romeo is Bleeding (1993), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), The Last Supper (1995), 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 story-to-movie adaptations, Sleepwalkers and Desperation. His appearances in television series include Highlander: The Series, The Outer Limits and The Magnificent Seven.

He played his first leading film role in 1995, when he played "One" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's French-language The City of Lost Children. In 2003, Perlman starred in a commercial for Stella Artois beer. This commercial, which was called "Devil's Island,"[9] won a Silver Award at the 2003 British Advertising Awards.[10][11] He got another leading film role in 2004 when he played the title role in the comic book adaptation Hellboy. Perlman reprised his role as Hellboy in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, released on July 11, 2008.

In 2008, Perlman joined the cast of the TV show Sons of Anarchy on FX. He plays Clay Morrow, the president of the motorcycle club and the protagonist's stepfather.

Roles that required make-up

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Perlman as Hellboy

He is known for playing roles which require make-up, some to the point where his entire body is covered or his face requires full facial prosthetics. Some examples include his first film role in Quest for Fire, where he played a neanderthal, The Name of the Rose where he plays a disfigured hunchback, Beauty and The Beast, where he played Vincent, a man with the face of a half-man half-lion-like beast, The Island of Dr. Moreau where he plays a half man/half animal and the Hellboy films where he plays a demon. He even gave his Beauty and The Beast co-star Armin Shimerman advice when Shimerman was going to be in full-facial prosthetics as Quark for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.[12]

Voice-over work

Perlman also has a successful career as a voice actor in addition to his onscreen acting, having portrayed characters in numerous video games and animated series. These include Casper High teacher Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom, 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 the Terminator, in the Teen Titans animated series, Clayface in Batman: The Animated Series, Jax-Ur in Superman: The Animated Series, Orion in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Killer Croc, Rumor, Bane in The Batman and Doctor Double X in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

His video game credits include Lord Terrence Hood, Fleet Admiral in command of Earth's space defences against the Covenant 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 fans for narrating the introductory movies in the series, including uttering the famous phrase "War. War never changes." in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: Tactics, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. He also voices "Slade" in the 2008 Turok game, and Emil Blonsky/Abomination in Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Conan for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and voices the fast-talking Mayor Hoodoo Brown in the Neversoft game Gun.

Personal life

He has been married to Opal Perlman since February 14, 1981; they have two children, a daughter, Blake Amanda (born 1984), and a son, Brandon Avery (born 1990). Perlman has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

Filmography

Film

Perlman at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

Television

Voice work

References

  1. ^ a b "Alumni of Notable Achievement: College of Liberal Arts: University of Minnesota". cla.umn.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  2. ^ "IMDB credits for 1000 ways to Die".
  3. ^ http://www.screened.com/news/comic-con-2011-del-toro-and-nicolas-refn-talk-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-and-drive/2624/
  4. ^ http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110915/LIFESTYLES0102/109140350/Meet-Ron-Perlman-local-Drive-screening?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cs
  5. ^ Ron Perlman Film Reference biography
  6. ^ Gary Collins (1988). "Hour Magazine – on Ron Perlman's success on the series Beauty & The Beast" (video). YouTube.
  7. ^ Larry Fessenden (2008). "Ron Perlman on Becoming an Actor" (video). Glass Eye Pix.
  8. ^ Golden Globe Awards official website, last accessed October 22, 2007.
  9. ^ "Stella Artois beer commercial entitled Devil's Island" (video). YouTube. 2008.
  10. ^ "British Advertising Awards – Silver Honours 2003". 2003.
  11. ^ "Ron Perlman stars in a British Advertising Award winning Stella Artois beer commercial". 2003.[dead link]
  12. ^ Hobbit chat with Peter Jackson and G. del Toro peppered with big news (and little details about both films)|Hobbit Movie News and Rumors|TheOneRing.net|The Hobbit and L...

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