Ron Perlman
While acting from behind elaborate masks and prosthetics is one of his trademarks, actor Ron Perlman still possesses one of the most famous faces in Hollywood. Born in Washington Heights, New York in 1950, Perlman has described himself as having been extremely overweight as a child, which would later make the process of hiding behind a character or a mask feel very appealing. Perlman was acting in a school production of the musical "Guys and Dolls" at Lehman College when his father saw him perform and later remarked that young Perlman was so talented, he "had to" become a professional actor. With a new feeling of support and encouragement, he steered his life toward the direction of acting, eventually earning a master's degree in theater arts from the University of Minnesota and moving to New York. There, Perlman began gaining acting experience working with a small theater called CSC Repertory before his first big break eventually came in 1979 when he made his Broadway debut as Beadle Treitel in "Teibele and Her Demon." Perlman broke into on-screen work that same year, appearing in a two-episode arc on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" (ABC, 1974-1989), and eventually made his first feature film appearance with a substantial role in the movie "The Quest for Fire" (1981). Film and TV quickly became Perlman's main professional and creative outlets. He appeared in the cult hit "The Ice Pirates" (1984) and in the historical mystery "The Name of the Rose" (1986) before being cast as what would prove to be one of his most iconic characters, the lion-esque Beast opposite Linda Hamilton on the modern fantasy-adventure-romance hybrid "Beauty and the Beast" (CBS, 1987-1990). The very unique show helped cement Perlman's place in pop culture, and he still found time between seasons to appear on Broadway as the cantankerous Col. Nathan Jessup in the original cast of "A Few Good Men" in 1988. Perlman returned to Broadway again in 1996 for a revival of "Bus Stop," but remained most active on screen, memorably co-starring on the TV adaptation of "The Magnificent Seven" (CBS, 1998-2000) and in movies like "Blade II" (2002) and "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). In 2004, Perlman took on the title role in Guillermo Del Toro's big screen adaptation of the comic book "Hellboy" (2004), which proved wildly popular, especially during a time when comic book adaptations had not yet become reliable money makers in the film industry. He returned to the part for the 2008 sequel before starring as the patriarch of a motorcycle gang on the gritty and acclaimed drama series "Sons of Anarchy" (FX, 2008-2014), which lasted for seven seasons. Perlman so enjoyed the format of the TV drama that he executive produced his next such project, the procedural "Hand of God" (Amazon, 2014-17) which he also starred on opposite Dana Delany. Producing proved another great talent for Perlman and he took on a similar role with several of the next projects he appeared in, including the thriller "Run with the Hunted" (2019).
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Ron Perlman
Filmography
Movies
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53% |
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Absolution | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
|
Succubus |
Dr. Orion Zephyr (Character), Producer |
- | 2024 |
40% |
|
The Instigators | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
81% |
|
Day of the Fight | Stevie (Character) | - | 2023 |
60% |
|
The Retirement Plan | Bobo (Character) | $1.4M | 2023 |
14% |
|
Heroes of the Golden Masks | Kunyi (Voice) | - | 2023 |
51% |
|
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Optimus Primal (Voice) | $156.7M | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heroes of the Golden Masks | Kunyi (Voice) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters | Self | - | 2022 |
54% |
|
The Baker | Pappi (Character) | - | 2022 |
96% |
|
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Mangiafuoco (Voice) | - | 2022 |
27% |
|
There Are No Saints | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
29% |
|
The Last Victim |
Sheriff Hickey (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2021 |
80% |
|
Nightmare Alley | Bruno (Character) | $11.3M | 2021 |
56% |
|
Don't Look Up | Benedict Drask (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
|
This Game's Called Murder | Mr. Wallendorf (Character) | - | 2021 |
91% |
|
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self | - | 2021 |
44% |
|
Monster Hunter | Admiral (Character) | $15.1M | 2020 |
57% |
|
A Place Among the Dead | RP (Character) | - | 2020 |
40% |
|
The Big Ugly |
Preston (Character), Executive Producer |
$502.4K | 2020 |
0% |
|
Run With the Hunted | Birdie (Character) | - | 2020 |
29% |
|
Clover | Mr. Wiley (Character) | - | 2020 |
17% |
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The Great War | General Pershing (Character) | - | 2019 |
40% |
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Hell on the Border | Charlie Storm (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Go Fish | Bernardo (Voice) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Westside vs. the World | Narrator | - | 2019 |
86% |
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Sergio and Sergei | Peter (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After the Screaming Stops | Self | - | 2018 |
89% |
|
To Dust | Producer | $179.6K | 2018 |
53% |
|
Asher |
Asher (Character), Producer |
- | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Steam Engines of Oz | Magnus (Voice) | - | 2018 |
22% |
|
The Escape of Prisoner 614 | The Sheriff (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom | Shoggoth (Voice) | - | 2017 |
14% |
|
Pottersville |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
- | 2017 |
14% |
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All Nighter | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
30% |
|
All I See Is You | Executive Producer | $5.8K | 2016 |
82% |
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The Bleeder | Al Braverman (Character) | $320.7K | 2016 |
74% |
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Gnarlak (Character) | $234.0M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom | Shoggoth (Voice) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dermaphoria | Anslinger (Character) | - | 2015 |
42% |
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Moonwalkers | Kidman (Character) | - | 2015 |
9% |
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Stonewall | Ed Murphy (Character) | $186.4K | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bone in the Throat | Executive Producer | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tbilisi, I Love You | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
31% |
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Skin Trade | Viktor Dragovic (Character) | $1.2K | 2014 |
56% |
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Poker Night | Calabrese (Character) | - | 2014 |
34% |
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Before I Disappear | Bill (Character) | $2.7K | 2014 |
83% |
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The Book of Life | Xibalba (Voice) | $50.1M | 2014 |
65% |
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13 Sins | Det. Chilcoat (Character) | $9.1K | 2014 |
71% |
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Kid Cannabis | Barry Lerner (Character) | $5.6K | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forget Us Not | Narrator | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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The Virginian | Judge Henry (Character) | - | 2013 |
43% |
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Polyphemus (Voice) | $68.5M | 2013 |
100% |
|
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox |
Slade Wilson / |
- | 2013 |
72% |
|
Pacific Rim | Hannibal Chau (Character) | $101.8M | 2013 |
29% |
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Crave | Pete (Character) | - | 2012 |
45% |
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3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom | Phyliss (Character) | - | 2012 |
20% |
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Bad Ass | Mayor Williams (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | Horus (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Littlest Angel | God (Voice) | - | 2011 |
93% |
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Drive | Nino (Character) | $35.1M | 2011 |
25% |
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Conan the Barbarian | Corin (Character) | $21.3M | 2011 |
11% |
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Season of the Witch | Felson (Character) | $24.8M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Legend of Secret Pass | Parker (Voice) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer by Nature | Dr. Julian (Character) | - | 2010 |
18% |
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Bunraku | Nicola aka The Woodcutter (Character) | - | 2010 |
89% |
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Tangled | Stabbington Brother (Voice) | $200.8M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Acts of Violence | Priest Bill (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Job | Jim (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Dark Country | Deputy Thompson (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Uncross the Stars | Bobby (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Devil's Tomb | Wesley (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Spirit of the Forest | Oak (Voice) | - | 2008 |
71% |
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I Sell the Dead | Father Duffy (Character) | $7.1K | 2008 |
17% |
|
Mutant Chronicles | Brother Samuel (Character) | $4.7K | 2008 |
37% |
|
Outlander | Gunnar (Character) | $160.6K | 2008 |
86% |
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Hellboy (Character) | $75.8M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Afro Samurai | Justice (Character) | - | 2007 |
4% |
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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale | Norick (Character) | $4.5M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Hellboy: Blood and Iron | Hellboy (Voice) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No. 6 | The Man in the Hat (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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5ive Girls | Father Drake (Character) | - | 2006 |
39% |
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Local Color | Curtis Sunday (Character) | - | 2006 |
76% |
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The Last Winter | Pollack (Character) | $32.9K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! |
Captain Skunkbeard/ |
- | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Hellboy (Voice) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Stephen King's Desperation | Collie Entragian (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Vito (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Missing in America | Red (Character) | - | 2005 |
33% |
|
Tarzan II | Kago (Voice) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? |
Hotep/ |
- | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Second Front | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare Boulevard | Detective Sergeant Perry (Character) | - | 2004 |
81% |
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Hellboy | Hellboy (Character) | $59.0M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Absolon | Murchison (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Rats | Dr. William Winslow (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Soldiers | Colonel McKellog (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Shakedown | Christopher "St. Joy" Bellows (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Hoodlum & Son | 'Ugly' Jim McCrae (Character) | - | 2002 |
38% |
|
Star Trek: Nemesis | Viceroy (Character) | $500.0K | 2002 |
57% |
|
Blade II | Reinhardt (Character) | $81.6M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Boys on the Run | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Class | Morgan (Character) | - | 2001 |
20% |
|
Down | Mitchell (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% |
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Enemy at the Gates | Koulikov (Character) | $51.4M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Trial of Old Drum | Charles Burden Sr. (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The King's Guard | Lord Morton (Character) | - | 2000 |
50% |
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Titan A.E. | Professor Sam Tucker (Voice) | $22.8M | 2000 |
34% |
|
Price of Glory | Nick Everson (Character) | $3.4M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation Sandman: Warriors in Hell | Dr. Harlan Jessup (Character) | - | 2000 |
82% |
|
Happy, Texas | Marshal Nalhober (Character) | $1.9M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tinseltown | Cliff (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Primal Force | Frank Brodie (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Houdini | Booking Agent (Character) | - | 1998 |
27% |
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Frogs for Snakes | Gascone (Character) | $20.7K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Magnificent Seven | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
27% |
|
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Cemetery Caretaker (Character) | $863 | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Town Has Turned to Dust | Jerry Paul (Character) | - | 1998 |
67% |
|
The Second Civil War | Alan Manieski (Character) | - | 1997 |
55% |
|
Alien Resurrection | Johner (Character) | $47.7M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Betty | Donnie Shank (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Prince Valiant | Boltar (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Body Armor | Dr. Ramsey Krago (Character) | - | 1997 |
23% |
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The Island of Dr. Moreau | Sayor of the Law (Character) | $27.7M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks | Graft (Voice) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Original Sins | Jimbo (Character) | - | 1995 |
61% |
|
The Last Supper | Norman Arbuthnot (Character) | $189.5K | 1995 |
31% |
|
Fluke | Sylvester (Character) | $3.3M | 1995 |
80% |
|
The City of Lost Children | One (Character) | $1.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space | Lord Vox of Vestron (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Mr. Stitch | Doctor Frederick Texarian (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cisco Kid | Lt. Col. Delacroix (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sensation | Det. Pantella (Character) | - | 1994 |
0% |
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Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Constantine Konali (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Exposure | John McClure (Character) | - | 1994 |
89% |
|
Cronos | Angel de la Guardian (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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When the Bough Breaks | Dr. Douglas Eben (Character) | - | 1993 |
27% |
|
Romeo Is Bleeding | Jack's Attorney (Character) | $3.3M | 1993 |
75% |
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The Adventures of Huck Finn | Pap Finn (Character) | $23.8M | 1993 |
29% |
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Sleepwalkers | Captain Soames (Character) | $28.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blind Man's Bluff | Frank Cerrillo (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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A Stoning in Fulham County | Jacob Shuler (Character) | - | 1988 |
75% |
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The Name of the Rose | Salvatore (Character) | $5.2M | 1986 |
17% |
|
The Ice Pirates | Zeno (Character) | - | 1984 |
88% |
|
Quest for Fire | Amoukar (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Angel | God (Character) | - |
TV
Credit | ||||
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91% | 67% | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Toby Hellinger (Guest Star) | 2024 |
98% | 81% | Poker Face | Sterling Frost Sr. (Guest Star) | 2023 |
96% | 68% | The Capture | Frank Napier (Character) | 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slugfest | Self | 2021 |
38% | 83% | Splitting Up Together | Brock (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 89% | StartUp | Wes Chandler (Character) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Trollhunters: Tales Of Arcadia | Bular (Voice) | 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2015 2017 |
100% | 94% | Adventure Time |
The Lich/ |
2011-2012 2014-2017 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Tangled: The Series | The Stabbington Brothers (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
30% | 85% | Hand of God |
Pernell Harris (Character), Executive Producer |
2014-2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Teen Titans Go! | Slade (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
75% | 82% | Maron | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
100% | 29% | The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore | Guest | 2015 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Luther Braxton (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soup | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
91% | 84% | Archer | Ramon Limon (Guest Voice) | 2010 2014 |
87% | 90% | Sons of Anarchy | Clarence "Clay" Morrow (Character) | 2009-2013 |
No Score Yet | 92% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 89% | American Dad! | Colonel (Guest Voice) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
100% | 76% | Afro Samurai | Unknown (Voice) | 2007 |
63% | 80% | Masters of Horror | Dwayne Burcell (Character) | 2006 |
88% | 83% | The Tick | Fiery Blaze (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Charmed | Mr. Kellman (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Jackie Chan | Karl Nivor (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 97% | The Wild Thornberrys | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
33% | No Score Yet | The Magnificent Seven | Unknown (Character) | 1998-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Lt. Col. Brandon Grace (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Hey Arnold! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1996 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perversions of Science | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Highlander: The Series | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast |
Vincent (Character), Director, Writer |
1987-1990 |
71% | 89% | Miami Vice | John Ruger (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |