I say “never knew” but you probably know a few of them.
Ron Perlman makes an action packed return to film with the release of The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption on Blu-ray and DVD from February 27, 2012. In his latest role, screen-legend Perlman stars as Horus – the powerful and inspirational King of Egypt.
Horus dispatches Mathayus (Victor Webster), a deadly assassin for hire, to protect his kingdom and allies from imminent attack. In return for his services, Matahyus is promised Princess Silda’s hand in marriage and the legendary Eye of the Gods medallion.
Well-known for his role as the red super-hero Hellboy in 2004, and in the sequel Hellboy II (2008), Perlman is a man of many talents, although he often flies below the radar, or at least behind the microphone, in some of his most iconic roles.
In homage to Perlman’s career so far, and to celebrate the release of the latest action-packed adventure The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, we’ve done some investigating to bring you Ten Things You Never Knew About Ron Perlman.
#1: First emerging on screen in Ryan’s Hope (1979), Ron Perlman has since appeared in over 180 separate titles. That’s thirty-three years of acting, producing, writing, entertaining and doing voices!
#2: By the age of 58, he was the oldest actor ever to play a main superhero, in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Originally, the studio behind Hellboy wanted a bigger name like Vin Diesel to play the title role, but the director fought for Ron Perlman.
#3: In addition to a host of on screen roles, Ron Perlman has voiced many characters in animated series and films, including; Clayface in Batman, Slade in Teen Titans, Batman in Justice League Heroes and The Hulk/Bruce Banner in guest spots in Fantastic Four and Iron Man.
#4: Perlman has voiced characters in more than 20 different video games, including Fall Out, The Incredible Hulk and Marvel Super Hero Squad.
#5: Perlman attended the University of Minnesota from 1971 to 1973 graduating with a degree in Fine Arts at the time a new course.
#6: He frequently appears as characters that are deformed, or not human. These roles include Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Vincent in Beauty and the Beast (1987), Reinhardt in Blade II and Hellboy in Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II (2008).
#7: Perlman is an avid cigar smoker and so his characters are frequently seen smoking cigars (The Last Supper (1995), Happy, Texas (1999), Price of Glory (2000), Night Class (2001), Hellboy (2004)).
#8: Ron doesn’t speak French, yet he had to learn a French script for his part in ‘Cité des enfants perdus, La’ (1995).
#9: Adding to a long list of talents, Perlman has also produced, directed and written for TV and film; writing and directing on the TV series Beauty and the Beast and producing The Gatekeeper due for release in 2013.
#10: Perlman is so dedicated to his art he literally threw himself in front of a train, breaking a rib whilst filming Hellboy in 2004.
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