Ron Perlman is born 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, Cronos and Nightmare Alley. His voice work includes several DC and Marvel Comics animated films.

This Day in Halloween: "Hellboy" and "Cronos" actor Ron Perlman is born in 1950. / Illustration by Mikayla Webb.