![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: April 13, 1950 in New York City, NY Biography:"Ron Perlman" grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, where his father was a radio/TV repairman and his mother an employee with the city's Department of Health. A profoundly unhandsome youth, Perlman was nonetheless very active in high school theater by virtue of his height (6-foot-2) and his deep, rolling voice. He continued studying drama at Lehman College and later at the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a master's degree in theater arts. He went to work with New York's Classic Stage Company, an organization specializing in Elizabethan and Restoration plays. Perlman starred in several Manhattan and touring productions staged by "Tom O'Horgan" of Hair fame before accepting his first film role as a Neanderthal man in 1981's "Quest for Fire". Emotionally drained, Perlman backed off from acting after finishing the movie, but was soon back in the groove, essaying such... Full Biography
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