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Ron Perlman was born on this day in 1950.

Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast (for which he won a Golden Globe), Slade in the animated series Teen Titans and Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy. He has starred in the Guillermo del Toro films Cronos, Blade II, and as the comic book character Hellboy in both 2004's Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army. He has also played Mr. Kellerman in an episode of Charmed titled Wrestling with Demons and as the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series Fallout. In 2010, he provided the voice of the Stabbington brothers in Tangled, Disney's animated film adaptation of "Rapunzel". He was the narrator of the television series 1000 Ways to Die on Spike.

Trivia: He is left-handed, but was forced to use his right as a child - therefore he is relatively comfortable using his right hand.

Upon meeting to discuss Hellboy (2004), creator Mike Mignola and director Guillermo del Toro decided to reveal to each other their choice for the lead role. They both said at the same time, Ron Perlman. Revolutions studio wanted a bigger name like Vin Diesel to play the title role, but del Toro fought for Perlman to get the role, and in the end, he did.

Does not speak French and was the only American on set of the French film The City of Lost Children (1995). But he learned all of his lines, and delivered them flawlessly.

Has a dog (terrier) named Nigel.

His characters are frequently seen smoking cigars (The Last Supper (1995/I), Happy, Texas (1999), Price of Glory (2000), Night Class (2001), Hellboy (2004), et cetera). Perlman is an avid cigar smoker in real life.

Early in his career, he tried doing stand-up comedy.