April 13, 2020

This Day in Halloween: Golden Globe-winning actor Ron Perlman is born in New York City in 1950. / Illustration by Ari Fuyumuro

Ron Perlman is born in New York City in 1950. The actor’s 40-year, Golden Globe-award-winning career in stage, TV and film features what Perlman describes as “deformed people who are very endearing” including TV’s Beauty and The Beast, as well as the films Hellboy, The Name of the Rose, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Blade II, Alien Resurrection, Sleepwalkers and Cronos. His voice work includes several DC and Marvel Comics animated films.