04/24/2025
🎂Happy 75th birthday to actor Ron Perlman! Perlman was born on 1950 in Manhattan, New York. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in Quest for Fire (1981), Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Vincent on the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, One in The City of Lost Children (1995), Johner in Alien Resurrection (1997), Hellboy in both Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Clay Morrow on the television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013), Nino in Drive (2011) and Benedict Drask in Don't Look Up (2021). Perlman is also known as a collaborator of Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro, having roles in the del Toro films Cronos (1993), Blade II (2002), Pacific Rim (2013), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). His voice-over work includes the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series Fallout (1997–present), Clayface in the DC Animated Universe, Slade in Teen Titans (2003–2006), Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom (2004–2007), Lord Hood in the video games Halo 2 (2004) and Halo 3 (2007), the Stabbington brothers in Tangled (2010), The Lich in Adventure Time (2011–2017), Xibalba in The Book of Life (2014) and Optimus Primal in both the Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018) animated series, and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023). His other notable appearances in film include The Ice Pirates (1984), Sleepwalkers (1992), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), When the Bough Breaks (1994), Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Happy, Texas (1999), Primal Force (1999), Down (2001), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), The Last Winter (2006), The Devil's Tomb (2009), I Sell the Dead (2009), Season of the Witch (2011), Conan the Barbarian (2011), Bad Ass (2012), 13 Sins (2013), Poker Night (2014), Monster Hunter (2020), The Baker (2022), The Retirement Plan (2023), Day of the Fight (2023), The Instigators (2024), Succubus (2024) and Absolution (2024). His other notable appearances on television include Ryan’s Hope (1979), Our Family Honor (1985), Miami Vice (1986), Bonkers (1993-1994 - voice), Phantom 2040 (1994-1995 - voice), Mr. Stitch (1995), Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996 - voice), The Magnificent Seven (1998-2000), The Outer Limits (1998), Charmed (2001), The Tick (2001), Masters of Horror (2006 - “Pro-Life”), Stephen King's Desperation (2006), 1000 Ways to Die (2008-2012 - narrator), Hand of God (2014-2017), The Blacklist (2015), Maron (2016), StartUp (2017-2018), The Capture (2019-2022), Reprisal (2019), Poker Face (2023) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024).🎂