Ron Perlman
publication date: Monday, January 15, 2018 (part of Winter 2018)
category: 
Movies
clue: You might have seen him as a hirsute beast, a hircine priest, a hellish boy, a villainous vampire, an anarchic biker, or a trekking Reman.
explanation: Perlman has played Vincent in the Beauty and the Beast television series, a goat-like priest in The Island of Dr. Moreau, Hellboy in the Hellboy films, a vampire leader in Blade II, a biker in Sons of Anarchy, and a Reman viceroy in Star Trek: Nemesis. more…
difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
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