Ron Perlman's mother, Dorothy, was a municipal employee, and his father, Bertram "Bert" Perlman, was a jazz drummer and television repairman.
22 Facts About Ron Perlman
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Ron Perlman's family is Jewish, originally from Hungary and Poland, and Perlman had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
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Ron Perlman graduated from George Washington High School in 1967 and Lehman College in 1971.
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Ron Perlman later attended the University of Minnesota where he graduated with a master's degree in theater arts in 1973.
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Ron Perlman started his career as a stage actor, appearing in various productions, and made his feature film debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire.
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Annaud later revealed that when he contacted Ron Perlman to ask him about playing Salvatore in The Name of the Rose, Ron Perlman was thinking of abandoning his career.
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Ron Perlman went on to play roles in many films and television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the 2000s.
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Ron Perlman 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.
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In 2003, Ron Perlman starred in a commercial for Stella Artois beer.
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Ron Perlman got another leading film role in 2004 when he played the title role in the comic book adaptation Hellboy.
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In 2008, Ron Perlman joined the cast of the television series Sons of Anarchy on FX playing Clay Morrow, the national president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club.
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In 2022 Ron Perlman starred in Steven Brand's noir thriller Joe Baby alongside Dichen Lachman, Willa Fitzgerald and Harvey Keitel.
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Ron Perlman has portrayed characters in numerous video games and animated series, and done voice-over work for television commercials.
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Ron Perlman made an appearance in Payday 2 as "Rust", part of the "Biker Pack" DLC.
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In Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Ron Perlman offered his likeness and voice to one of the lead playable characters in the game's popular Zombies mode.
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Ron Perlman has provided narration for a number of audiobooks, including City of Thieves by David Benioff.
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Ron Perlman married Opal, a jewelry designer, on February 14,1981.
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On June 28,2022, it was announced that Ron Perlman married Allison Dunbar in Italy after three years of dating.
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Ron Perlman's son produces electronic music under the stage name Delroy Edwards.
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Ron Perlman described himself as a lifelong Democrat in November 2016.
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Ron Perlman has been a vocal critic of former US President Donald Trump.
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On November 9,2016, Ron Perlman announced via Facebook his intention to run for US President in the 2020 election.