Attended George Washington High School.

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

Was offered promotional advertisements as Vincent, his character from the "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) series, but he refused, stating that the character was not there to be exploited.

Was friends with Sammy Davis Jr.. They met at the Golden Globe Awards in the late 80s, apparently Davis was a huge "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) fan and had seen every single episode.

Attended the University of Minnesota from fall 1971 to spring 1973. On July 20th 1973 he graduated with his then new degree of Master of Fine Arts.

Was ranked in Star Magazine's Reader's Poll - Best Dramatic Actor as Vincent in "Beauty and the Beast" (1987).

Doesn't speak French and was the only American on set of the French film Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995). But he learned all of his lines, and delivered them flawlessly.

Said in his audio commentary for Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995), that of all the things his characters have done in films, his most hated action was when his character, One, attacked Miette under the influence of the evil Octopus Sisters' drug.

His favorite episode of "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) is 'Happy Life'.

Was ranked in US Magazine's First Annual Reader's Poll - Third runner-up for Best Dramatic Actor as Vincent in "Beauty and the Beast" (1987). [1988]

Was Guest of Honor at the multi-genre Dreamcon, in Jacksonville, Florida [June 12 & 13, 2004].

Has a dog (terrier) named Nigel.

With the creation of Hellboy (2004), at 53 he became the oldest actor ever to play a main superhero.

Is the godfather to Nicholas Kadi's daughter.

Was presented with the Acting Award of Excellence at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival [September 18th, 2004].

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.

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

Frequent voice collaborator with fellow voice-actor Keith David. Computer games: Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1997) (VG), Lords of Everquest (2003) (VG), Halo 2 (2004) (VG), Halo 3 (2007) (VG). Animated series: "Aladdin" (1994), "Fantastic Four" (1994), "Justice League" (2001), "Teen Titans" (2003). And they have both had a quest appearance on the TV series "The Outer Limits" (1995).

His wife, Opal Perlman, is a fashion designer.

Is a New York Yankees fan.

To prepare for his role in Hellboy (2004), he read all the Hellboy comics and worked out three hours a day, five to seven days a week. He also worked out while shooting, every day he had off from filming, he would work out.

Attended the Lehman College in NYC in 1971, where he got the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre.

His favorite movie is Nobody's Fool (1994).

Children, with Opal Perlman, Blake Amanda (b. 1984) and Brandon Avery (b. 1990).

Worked on the Acadamy Award winning short film Two Soldiers (2003) for free as a favor to writer/director Aaron Schneider.

Was offer the role of Piccolo in Dragonball (2009) but turned it down to work on Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) instead.

Voiced the mutant villain Clayface on "Batman" (1992), a character who, ironically, was a disfigured actor, then voiced the villain Slade on "Teen Titans" (2003), and also did the voice of the Hulk/Bruce Banner twice in two separate series, one for a guest spot on "Fantastic Four" (1994) and one for a guest spot on "Iron Man" (1994), in addition to providing the voice of Orion for "Justice League" (2001). He then played the comic book character Hellboy in Hellboy (2004). He went to portray Batman in Justice League Heroes (2006) (VG).

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

Producers Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin tried hard for Perlman to get cast as Edward Blake aka The Comedian in Watchmen (2009).

Broke a rib while filming the subway scenes in Hellboy (2004). He jumped onto a train that was coming towards him.

Hobbies include golf, jazz, and pool.

Was ranked in US Magazine's "20 Who Turned us on" list. [December 26, 1988]

Gave former "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) co-star Armin Shimerman advice on how to emote effectively under full-head prosthetic appliances when Shimerman landed the role of Quark on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993).