Ron Perlman on Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy, and a Lifetime in Hollywood
The Joe Vulpis Podcast
Joe Vulpis
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Actor Ron Perlman reflects on his legendary career and the iconic roles that defined it — from Hellboy to Sons of Anarchy and Beauty & the Beast, 1,000 Ways to Die, Teen Titans, being the voice of UFC, and legendary video games like Halo to Fallout. Ron shares behind-the-scenes stories with Guillermo Del Toro, what those characters meant to him, and how his approach to acting evolved over decades in Hollywood. A must-watch conversation with one of the most recognizable and respected actors!
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| 0:00.0 | I got killed at the end of season six. |
| 0:02.0 | That hurt. |
| 0:03.0 | The show and the guys became like a family to me. |
| 0:06.0 | Everywhere I went in the world for the whole six years I was doing the show, |
| 0:12.0 | if they found out, if the local chapter of the Hells Angels found out I was in town, |
| 0:17.0 | I would get invited to hang out, eat, drink. |
| 0:20.0 | Assembly warehouse burned down. All the guns, including your M-4s. Was Hellboy 3 ever close to happening? No. Hey, here, hear. Hey. Yeah, playing our son. Come on, John. Let's go fight some monsters. I mean, it was meant to be a trilogy. At the end of the second one, she's pregnant with twins. |
| 0:39.3 | I thought we owed it to the fans. I still do. |
| 0:41.3 | I'll do it now at 75 years old. |
| 0:43.3 | What's my flaw? |
| 0:44.3 | Your temper. |
| 0:46.3 | It gets the best of you. |
| 0:47.3 | Makes you weak. |
| 0:48.3 | Makes you vulnerable. |
| 0:50.3 | And the movie opens and it gets very well received and nothing changes in my life. |
| 0:57.9 | No job comes. |
| 1:00.0 | And I ended up trying to take my own life. |
| 1:02.2 | When you think back to your body of work, what kind of relationship do you have with it? |
| 1:05.8 | Oh my God. |
| 1:07.8 | I just, you're looking at somebody who couldn't be happier, |
| 1:14.6 | couldn't be more grateful, couldn't be, |
| 1:17.6 | feel more blessed, couldn't feel like I was part of a scheme |
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