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Ronald Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor and voice-over actor. His best known roles are as Clay Morrow on Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013), Hellboy in Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Vincent on the series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990) for which he won a Golden Globe Award, Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Johner in Alien Resurrection (1997), Nino in Drive (2011), and Benedict Drask in Don't Look Up (2021). Perlman is also known as a collaborator of Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro, having roles in the del Toro films Cronos (1993), Blade II (2002), Pacific Rim (2013) and Nightmare Alley (2021). His voice-over work includes the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series Fallout (1997–present), Clayface in the DC Animated Universe, Slade in Teen Titans (2003–2006), Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom (2004–2007), Lord Hood in the video games Halo 2 (2004) and Halo 3 (2007), the Stabbington brothers in Tangled (2010), The Lich in Adventure Time (2011–2017), Xibalba in The Book of Life (2014) and Optimus Prime in both the Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018) animated series, and the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).

Ron Perlman

Allan Finch
for Allan Finch in DCU Superman: Metropolis Week One
Suggested by matthewfenner

In his first week in Metropolis, young reporter Clark Kent steps into the chaotic pulse of the Daily Planet, juggling deadlines and disguises as he secretly becomes the city's newest protector—Superman. Still learning the limits of his power and the weight of his moral compass, Clark struggles to balance truth and justice in both his worlds. But beneath the shining skyline, Metropolis is rotting from within. Crime boss Bruno Manheim, the ruthless leader of Intergang, rules the underworld through fear, violence, and corruption that reaches into the city’s highest offices. When Clark’s investigation into a string of brutal murders leads him directly to Manheim’s empire, the boy from Smallville finds himself caught between exposing the truth as a journalist and stopping a killer as a god. As Superman begins to dismantle Intergang’s criminal network, Manheim retaliates with a reign of terror—bombings, assassinations, and public executions meant to send a message: Metropolis belongs to him. The conflict spirals into a bloody urban war, testing Superman’s restraint and resolve as the people he vowed to protect become collateral damage. Torn between his humanity and his near-limitless power, Clark must confront not only Manheim but the darker side of himself—the part that hungers to end evil permanently. In a city drowning in corruption, this first week will define what kind of Superman the world will come to fear… or believe in.