Check out the most anticipated movies and shows premiering during the summer season, from [i]Ballerina[/i] to [i]Thunderbolts*[/i].

IMDb Summer Watch Guide

Check out the most anticipated movies and shows premiering during the summer season, from <em>Ballerina</em> to <em>Thunderbolts*</em>.

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The Greatest Character Actors of All Time

From [link=/name/nm6180088/]Young Mazino[/link] in "[link=/title/tt3581920]The Last of Us[/link]" to [link=/name/nm12043107]Sarah Bock[/link] in "[link=/title/tt11280740]Severance[/link]," check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Asian Hollywood Stars to Watch

From <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm6180088/?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Young Mazino</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt3581920?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">The Last of Us</a>&quot; to <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm12043107?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Sarah Bock</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt11280740?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Severance</a>,&quot; check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Ron Perlman, Tongayi Chirisa, Liza Koshy, and Cristo Fernández in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Ron Perlman and Peter Cullen in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Ron Perlman, Peter Cullen, Pete Davidson, David Sobolov, Tongayi Chirisa, Dominique Fishback, Anthony Ramos, Liza Koshy, and Cristo Fernández in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Ron Perlman, Peter Cullen, Pete Davidson, David Sobolov, Noah Diaz, Tongayi Chirisa, Dominique Fishback, Anthony Ramos, Liza Koshy, and Cristo Fernández in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Ron Perlman in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Ron Perlman and Jo Anderson in Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Ron Perlman and Mark Povinelli in Nightmare Alley (2021)

Winona Ryder, Sigourney Weaver, Ron Perlman, Raymond Cruz, Gary Dourdan, Kim Flowers, Leland Orser, and Dominique Pinon in Alien Resurrection (1997)

Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal in Sons of Anarchy (2008)

Ron Perlman and Nicholas Kadi in Quest for Fire (1981)

Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong, Nicholas Kadi, and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Ron Perlman and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Ron Perlman, Everett McGill, and Gary Schwartz in Quest for Fire (1981)

Ron Perlman and Sarah Dumont in Tbilisi, I Love You (2014)

Ron Perlman and Selma Blair in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman and Jeffrey Tambor in Hellboy (2004)

John Hurt and Ron Perlman in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman and Rory Copus in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman and Andrea Stuart in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, Jeffrey Tambor, and Doug Jones in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman and Brian Steele in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, and Doug Jones in Hellboy (2004)

Ron Perlman is a classically-trained actor who has appeared in countless stage plays, feature films and television productions.

Ronald N. Perlman was born April 13, 1950 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. His mother, Dorothy (Rosen), is retired from the City Clerk's Office. His father, Bertram "Bert" Perlman, now deceased, was a repairman and a drummer. His parents were both from Jewish families (from Hungary, Germany and Poland).

With a career spanning over three decades, Perlman has worked alongside such diverse actors as Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Dominique Pinon, Brad Dourif, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Jude Law, Christina Ricci, Federico Luppi, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Wincott and Elijah Wood to name a few.

While he has never been a bankable star, Perlman has always had a large fan-base. He started out strong as Amoukar, one of the tribesmen in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Academy Award-winning film Quest for Fire (1981), for which he earned a Genie Award nomination. Perlman teamed up with Annaud again, this time as a hunchback named Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986). His first real breakthrough came later when he landed the role of the noble lion-man Vincent, opposite Linda Hamilton on the fantasy series Beauty and the Beast (1987). His work in this role earned him not only a Golden Globe Award but an underground fan following. Sadly the series was canceled in its third season shortly after Hamilton's character's death.

After that, he spent time doing supporting work on television and independent films such as Guillermo del Toro's debut Cronos (1992) (where a lifelong friendship and collaboration between the director and Perlman would blossom) as Angel and his first lead role as One in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's surreal The City of Lost Children (1995). His first real big role in a mainstream film came when Jeunet wanted him for the brutish Johner in his first Hollywood outing Alien Resurrection (1997). Perlman has also used his distinctive voice to his advantage, appearing in many animated films/series, commercials and he is a video game fan favorite because of his work on such games as the Fallout series.

It was not until much later he received worldwide fame when his good friend Guillermo del Toro helped him land the title role in the big-budget comic book movie Hellboy (2004). Del Toro fought the studio for four years because they wanted a more secure name, but he stood his ground and in 2004, after almost 25 years in and out of obscurity, Perlman became a household name and a sought out actor. Perlman has had one of the most offbeat careers in film, playing everything from a prehistoric ape-man to an aging transsexual and will always be a rarity in Hollywood.

Other notable roles include the cunning Norman Arbuthnot in The Last Supper (1995), sniper expert Koulikov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), vampire leader Reinhardt in Blade II (2002), his reprisal of Hellboy in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and biker chief Clarence Morrow on the popular series Sons of Anarchy (2008).

He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Opal, and their two children, Blake and Brandon.

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