The Beast is an American crime drama series starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel. It debuted on the A&E Network on Thursday, 15 January 2009 at 10 PM EST. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced that the show was canceled due to Swayze's pancreatic cancer.^[1] He died three months later. The Beast was Swayze's final acting performance.

Plot[link]

FBI agent Charles Barker applies controversial techniques in his attempts to bring criminals to justice, which often border on illegal and unsettle his uninitiated partner, Ellis Dove. Over the course of the first season, Barker is investigated by fellow FBI agents for alleged misconduct. Dove's loyalty to his partner is challenged when internal affairs agent Ray Beaumont (Larry Gilliard) approaches him to gain information. Shortly thereafter, Dove learns of darker secrets in Barker's past.

Main characters[link]

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Charles Barker (Patrick Swayze) is a veteran FBI agent, and an expert at going undercover, gaining the confidence of criminals and setting them up for a long hard fall in prison. As skilled an actor as he is a cop, Barker has a rookie agent under his wing, Ellis Dove, and Barker acts as Ellis's acting coach, trainer, and mentor. However, he also displays a limited patience for these roles, and his relationship with Ellis is a bludgeoning one. Apparently a patriot whose loyalty should go unquestioned, and his superiors think he has been seduced by the dark side. In the pilot episode, it is revealed that he is fluent in German and that he is being investigated by the FBI.

Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) is a rookie FBI agent and Charles Barker's trainee in the undercover trade. Under intense pressure from Barker to become a chameleon, Ellis never knows when Barker will send him on some impossible little test, some on-the-spot improv that may or may not cost him his life. Stressed, tense, under impossible performance pressure, Ellis needs a break. However that's not the worst of it. An Internal Affairs team is trying to recruit Ellis to spy on his mentor Barker whom they feel has gone rogue.

Harry Conrad (Kevin J O'Connor) appears to be Barker's control agent at the FBI, and he's supervising Ellis as well. As a seasoned professional, he knows Barker well enough to speak to him in terse personal code—but for newbie Ellis, he needs to spell things out, including his deep respect for Barker's work.

Rose Lawrence (Lindsay Pulsipher) is Ellis's neighbor, with whom he shares a romantic relationship. A law student, she is sharp enough to spot something odd about Ellis (who keeps his job a closely guarded secret) and takes the relationship slowly.

Ray Beaumont (Larry Gilliard) is a fellow FBI Agent who is investigating Charles Barker. Sly and sneaky in his ways, he attempts to use Ellis to get information to help make his case that Barker is dirty.

Episodes[link]

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Reception[link]

Alan Sepinwall writes "... you watch Swayze in The Beast, and you realize that this is the best performance of his career—that the opportunity to play a part like this, and to play it as well as he is, may be fueling his ability to keep fighting against the cancer. And you realize, in an odd silver lining, that the cancer may, in turn, be fueling the performance".^[2] The New York Times reported that "Patrick Swayze's performance... is impressive for its resistance to cliché...".^[3]

Suzan Young of RealNetworks stated that, "Patrick Swayze gives the performance of a lifetime as the hard-edged FBI agent Charles Barker in A&E's The Beast".^[4]

In his review, Ray Richmond of The Hollywood Reporter stated that, "Beast has a far grittier feel and look than one would suspect from a show starring Swayze—not to mention one on A&E. The action often is energetic and intriguing but is sometimes brought down by Fimmel's uneven performance. …What's unmistakable is the killer work of the star. May the man somehow beat the odds and fight defiantly on".^[5]

Kelly West of Cinema Blend reported that, "For an original series, I think A&E has something great on their hands. The Beast is definitely drama series with an edge, showing the darker, grittier side to FBI undercover work".^[6]

Ken Tucker writes that the lines said by the "antihero" and main character "[were] old when Clint Eastwood was Dirty Harry". Tucker adds that the co-star (Travis Fimmel as Ellis Dove) gives "inexpressive line readings; he's here because he's young and pretty (Fimmel was a model), and he fits A&E's desired viewing demo. Ellis is the newbie who earns Barker's respect...". Overall, Tucker grades the program as a "C".^[7]

DVD release[link]

Sony Pictures released the series on Region 1 DVD in the United States on August 18, 2009.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Beast at AETV.com
• The Beast at the Internet Movie Database
• The Beast at TV.com
• The Beast at epguides.com

The Beast may refer to:

Religion[link]

• The Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the Book of Revelation
• Beast of the Last Days, a sign of the end time in Muslim belief

Fictional character[link]

• The Beast is the imagined monster in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
• The Beast (Buffyverse), a fictional demon in the TV series Angel
• Beast (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• The main antagonist of Kung Fu Hustle
• The Beast, from the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast
• Beast (Disney character), Disney version of the fairy tale character from the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast
• An antagonistic being featured in the inFAMOUS video game series

Film[link]

• The Beast (1975 film), French/Italian drama
• La bête (The Beast), a 1975 film by Walerian Borowczyk
• The Beast (1988 film), a 1988 American film based on the play Nanawatai
• The Beast (1996 film), made for TV movie based on the 1991 novel Beast

Music[link]

• The Beast (band), a hip hop and jazz band
• The Beast (Vader album), an album by Polish death metal band Vader
• The Beast (Angus and Julia Stone album), an EP by Angus and Julia Stone
• A song by Milt Buckner
• A song by the Fugees from The Score (album)
• A song by the band Concrete Blonde from their 1990 album Bloodletting (album)
• A song by Laura Marling

Television series[link]

• The Beast (2001 TV series), a short-lived 2001 TV series
• The Beast (2009 TV series), an American crime drama starring Patrick Swayze
• "The Beast" (Neon Genesis Evangelion episode), an episode of the Japanese animated TV series

People nicknamed The Beast[link]

• Júlio Baptista, a Brazilian football player
• Jerome Beasley an American basketball player currently playing for Eiffeltowers
• Aleister Crowley, an acclaimed occultist
• Lane Elenburg, Big Brother 12 (U.S.) houseguest
• Jimmie Foxx, a United States baseball player
• Luis Garavito, Colombian serial killer, nicknamed "The Beast" or "La Bestia"
• Jerel Ifil, an English football player currently playing at Aberdeen
• Brian Jensen (footballer born 1975), a Danish footballer
• Brandon Marshall, a United States American football player
• Max Mirnyi, a professional tennis player from Belarus
• Tendai Mtawarira, a Zimbabwean born South Africa rugby player
• John Mugabi, Ugandan born Middleweight boxer
• Jon Parkin, an English football player
• Salvatore Riina, a Sicilian mafioso
• Bob Sapp, a mixed martial arts fighter
• Dan Severn, a mixed martial arts fighter
• Daigo Umehara, a renowned Japanese arcade fighting video game player.
• Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league footballer

Other uses[link]

• The Beast of Gévaudan, a man-eating predator
• The Beast (game), an alternate reality game promoting A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
• The Beast (newspaper), a Buffalo, New York newspaper
• The Beast (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio
• The Beast (wrestler), the ring name of Yvon Cormier, a retired Canadian professional wrestler
• The Johns Hopkins Beast, a robot built in the 1960s
• Milwaukee's Best, an economy beer brand by Miller Brewing Company nicknamed "The Beast"
• Presidential state car (United States), the official state car used by the President of the United States

See also[link]

• Beast (disambiguation)

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Patrick Swayze
Swayze greeting fans after Guys and Dolls in 2006
Born	Patrick Wayne Swayze (1952-08-18)August 18, 1952 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2009(2009-09-14) (aged 57)[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Pancreatic cancer
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter
Years active	1978–2009
Spouse	Lisa Niemi (m. 1975–2009, his death)
Relatives	Don Swayze (brother)

Patrick Wayne Swayze ( /ˈsweɪziː/; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009)^[1] was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. His film and TV career spanned 30 years.

Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he was "kicking it".^[2] However, he died from the disease on September 14, 2009.^[3] His last role was the lead in an ill-fated A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Due to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced the show's cancellation.^[4]

Early life[link]

Patrick Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, the second child of Patsy Yvonne Helen (née Karnes; born 1927), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering draftsman.^[5][6][7] He had two younger brothers, actor Don Swayze (born 1958) and Sean Kyle (born 1962), and two sisters, Vickie Lynn (1949–1994) and Bambi.^[5][8] He was a sixth cousin once removed of news commentator John Cameron Swayze, and a relative of noted Texas Revolution soldier Henry Karnes.^[9] Swayze was raised Roman Catholic.^[10]

Until the age of twenty, Swayze lived in the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston, where he attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School,^[11] Oak Forest Elementary School,^[12] Black Middle School,^[12][13] and Waltrip High School.^[12] During this time, he also pursued multiple artistic and athletic skills, such as ice skating, classical ballet, and acting in school plays. He played football for his high school and was hoping to receive a football scholarship for college until a knee injury ended his career. He studied gymnastics at nearby San Jacinto College for two years.^{[citation needed]}

In 1972, he moved to New York City to complete his formal dance training at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey ballet schools.

Career[link]

Swayze's first professional appearance was as a dancer for Disney on Parade. He then starred as a replacement playing the role of Danny Zuko in the long-running Broadway production of Grease^[14] before his debut film role as "Ace" in Skatetown, U.S.A.. He appeared as Pvt. Sturgis in the M*A*S*H episode "Blood Brothers"^[15] and had a brief stint in 1982 on a short lived TV series The Renegades^[16] playing a gang leader named Bandit. Swayze became known to the film industry after appearing in The Outsiders as the older brother of C. Thomas Howell and Rob Lowe. Swayze, Howell, and Howell's friend Darren Dalton reunited in Red Dawn the next year, and Lowe and Swayze reunited in Youngblood. He was considered a member of the Brat Pack.^[17] His first major success was in the 1985 television miniseries North and South, which was set during the American Civil War.^[18]

Swayze and Paula Abdul at the 1990 Grammy Awards

Swayze's breakthrough role came with his performance as dance instructor Johnny Castle in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, alongside his Red Dawn co-star, Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing, a coming of age story, was a low-budget film that was intended to be shown in theaters for one weekend only and then go straight to video, but it became a surprise hit and achieved massive international success. It was the first film to sell one million copies on video, and as of 2009, it earned over $214 million worldwide and spawned several alternative versions, ranging from a television series to stage productions to a computer game. Swayze received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the role and also sang one of the songs on the soundtrack, "She's Like the Wind", which he had originally co-written with Stacy Widelitz for the film Grandview, U.S.A. The song became a top ten hit and has been covered by other artists.

After Dirty Dancing, Swayze found himself typecast and appeared in several flops, of which Road House was the most successful. His biggest hit came in 1990, when he starred in Ghost, with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.^[19] In 1991, he starred alongside Youngblood cast mate Keanu Reeves in another major action hit, Point Break, and was also chosen by People magazine as that year's "Sexiest Man Alive".

Swayze was seriously injured in 1998 while filming HBO's Letters from a Killer near Ione, California when he fell from a horse and hit a tree. Both of his legs were broken and he suffered four detached tendons in his shoulder. Filming was suspended for two months, but the film aired in 1999. Swayze recovered from his injuries, but he had trouble resuming his career until 2000, when he co-starred in Waking Up in Reno, with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron, and in Forever Lulu, with Melanie Griffith.

In 2001, he appeared in the cult classic Donnie Darko, where he played a famous motivational speaker revealed to be a closet pedophile, and in 2004, he played Allan Quartermain in King Solomon's Mines. He also had a cameo appearance in the Dirty Dancing sequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights as an unnamed dance instructor.

Swayze made his West End theatre début in the musical Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit on July 27, 2006,^[20][21][22] alongside Neil Jerzak, and remained in the role until November 25, 2006. His previous appearances on the Broadway stage had included productions of Goodtime Charley (1975)^[23] and Chicago.

Swayze also provided the voice for Cash the country music band dog in The Fox and the Hound 2 and in 2007 starred in the film Christmas in Wonderland. Swayze played an aging rock star in Powder Blue, co-starring his younger brother Don in their first film together. Swayze starred in the A&E FBI drama The Beast,^[24] filmed in Chicago, as FBI Agent Charles Barker.^[25]

Personal life[link]

Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, arrive at the 1989 Academy Awards ceremony

Swayze was married to Lisa Niemi from June 12, 1975, until his death. The couple first met in 1970 when Swayze was 18 years old. Niemi, 14 years old at the time, was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. Swayze and Niemi had no children.^[26] In a 2008 interview, Swayze stated that Niemi was the inspiration for his 1987 hit song, "She's Like the Wind".^[27]

As a reaction to his father's death at age 57 from a heart attack in 1982, Swayze began to drink heavily.^[28] In 1989, Swayze said, "I've always felt there was something different in there (my personality), but I was scared to look for fear I wouldn't find anything. That's the reason I got into Buddhism, took est training, was into therapy, into Scientology, into Transcendental Meditation. I was trying to support that side of myself. But, you know, in Texas there isn't much support for that part of you."^[29] His sister Vicky committed suicide by drug overdose in 1994,^[28] leading him to seek treatment for alcoholism. After initial recovery, he temporarily withdrew from show business, retreating to his ranches in California and Las Vegas, New Mexico, to breed Arabian horses. His best-known horse was Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion.^[30]

Swayze, who was a certified pilot with an instrument rating, made the news on June 1, 2000, while flying with his dogs in his twin-engine Cessna from Van Nuys, California to Las Vegas. His plane developed a pressurization problem, causing Swayze to make a precautionary landing on a dirt road in a housing complex in Prescott Valley. The plane's right wing struck a light pole, but Swayze was unharmed. He locked the cockpit, left the aircraft in the subdivision, and obtained a ride—with his dogs—from a passing vehicle, allegedly in order to telephone the authorities. According to the police report, witnesses said that Swayze appeared to be extremely intoxicated and asked for help to remove evidence—an open bottle of wine and a 30-pack of beer—from the crash site.^[31] He made himself unavailable to police for several hours. It was later determined that the alcohol in question was not in the cabin, but stored in external storage compartments inaccessible in flight and that the probable cause of the accident was Swayze's physical impairment due to the cumulative effects of carbon monoxide from engine exhaust by-products, carbon monoxide from heavy tobacco use, and the loss of an undetermined amount of cabin pressurization.^[32]

Illness and death[link]

Wikinews has related news: American actor Patrick Swayze dies at age 57

In late January 2008, Swayze was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer (specifically, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm). He traveled to the Stanford University Medical Center for chemotherapy and treatment with the experimental drug Vatalanib, the latter of which doctors hoped would cut off the blood supply to the tumor.^[33] On March 5, 2008, a Reuters article reported that Swayze "has a very limited amount of disease, and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far."^[34] Swayze's doctor confirmed that the actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but insisted he was not as close to death as reports suggest. Despite repeated tabloid claims that his death was imminent, Swayze continued to actively pursue his career.^[35]

In early May 2008, it was widely reported in a number of tabloids that Swayze had undergone surgery to remove part of his stomach after the spread of the cancer and that he had rewritten his will, transferring his property to his wife.^[36][37] In a statement made on May 28, Swayze said that he continued to respond well to treatment at Stanford University Medical Center. In late May 2008, he was seen at a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game, his first public appearance since his diagnosis.^[38] In 2008 Swayze was treated with Cyberknife radiotherapy cancer treatment.^[39]

In late July 2008, six months after reportedly being given just weeks to live by medical experts, a healthy-appearing^[40] Swayze was asked by reporter in Los Angeles airport about this health. He replied, "I'm cooking. I'm a miracle dude. I don't know why".^[41]

Swayze appeared on the ABC, NBC, and CBS simulcast of Stand Up to Cancer in September 2008, to appeal to the general public for donations for the initiative. Swayze said to a standing ovation "I dream that the word 'cure' will no longer be followed by the words 'it's impossible'. Together, we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse".^[42] After the show ended, Swayze remained on-stage and talked to other cancer patients; executive producer Laura Ziskin said, "He said a beautiful thing: 'I'm just an individual living with cancer'. That's how he wants to be thought of. He's in a fight, but he's a fighter".^[42][43] In late 2008, Swayze denied claims made by tabloids that the cancer had spread to his liver.^[44] Swayze told Barbara Walters in January 2009 that he wanted the media to report that he was "kicking it".^[2]

When Barbara Walters asked him if he was using any holistic or alternative methods of treatment besides the chemotherapy, Swayze admitted to using some Chinese herbs, but not much. He then voiced his opposition to the unsupported claims made by proponents of alternative therapies, as noted by ABC News journalist Joseph Brownstein:

Because of the grim prognosis, many patients turn to alternative therapies without scientific evidence behind them. Swayze did not.

"That's one thing I'm not gonna do, is chase, is chase staying alive. I'm not, you know, you'll spend so much time chasing staying alive you won't live, you know? I wanna live. If anybody had that cure out there like so many people swear to me they do, you'd be two things: you'd be very rich, and you'd be very famous. Otherwise, shut up," he told Barbara Walters in an interview that aired in January [2009].^[45]

His last role was the lead in an A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Owing to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series, and on June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight reported that the show had been cancelled.^[4] In an interview with Barbara Walters which aired in January 2009, Swayze admitted that he had a "tiny little mass" in his liver. On January 9, 2009, Swayze was hospitalized with pneumonia. The pneumonia was said to be a complication of chemotherapy treatments for Swayze's cancer.^[46] On January 16, he was released from the hospital to rest at home with his wife.^[47] On April 19, 2009, doctors informed Swayze that the cancer had again metastasized to his liver.^[48] Swayze stated that his chain smoking probably "had something to do with" the development of his disease. Photos taken of a gaunt Swayze in the months before his death showed him continuing to smoke.^[49][50]

Swayze died with family at his side on September 14, 2009, at age 57, 20 months after being diagnosed.^[51][52] Swayze's publicist, Annett Wolf, confirmed to CNN that he had died of pancreatic cancer.^[53] He was cremated and his ashes scattered over his New Mexico ranch. He is survived by his wife Lisa Niemi, along with his mother, both brothers and one sister.

Cultural impact[link]

Swayze's name has become a commonly used term in hip hop songs.^[54] Lyrics will use the phrase "...and I'm Swayze," meaning that the speaker has become "like a ghost", meaning he disappeared or is otherwise gone. This is a reference to the title character of Swayze's 1990 film Ghost. It is known to have begun in the early 1990s, by prominent rappers such as EPMD, Black Sheep, CL Smooth, and more recently by such rappers as The Notorious B.I.G. in 2Pac's song Runnin' (Dying to Live), Method Man, Aesop Rock, and in Mistah F.A.B.'s Ghost Ride It. The expression has become such a hip hop staple that it was even used in the Saturday Night Live hip hop parody, Lazy Sunday.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Houston portal

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• Remembering Patrick Swayze - slideshow by LIFE magazine
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Ron Perlman
Perlman at 2011 Comic-Con
Born	Ronald N. Perlman (1950-04-13) April 13, 1950 (age 62) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Actor/Voice actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Opal Perlman (m. 1981) «start: (1981)»"Marriage: Opal Perlman to Ron Perlman" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Ron_Perlman)

Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman^[1] (born April 13, 1950) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast (for which he won a Golden Globe), a Deathstroke figure known as Slade in the animated series Teen Titans, Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character Hellboy in both the film of that name, and the sequel, and as the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series, Fallout. In 2010 he provided the voice of the Stabbington brothers in Tangled, Disney's animated film adaptation of "Rapunzel". He is currently the narrator of the television series 1000 Ways to Die on Spike.^[2]

Early life[link]

Perlman was born in Washington Heights, New York to a Jewish family.^[3][4] His mother, Dorothy, was a municipal employee, and his father was a jazz drummer and repairman.^[5] Perlman stated in a 1988 interview that "It was not a bad childhood but...I had a perception of myself that was, I was terribly overweight as a young kid, and it was sort of a low self image."^[6] Perlman continued to say that this experience is one thing that attracts him to "playing these sorts of deformed people who are very endearing".

He attended George Washington High School and later Lehman College in New York City in 1971, which did not have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre at that time. He has said that he and his father were "very close", and that it was his father, after seeing Perlman in a college production of Guys and Dolls, who told Perlman, "You have to do this... You understand this? You gotta do this." Perlman says, "So, he gave me permission to be an actor...wow."^[7] Perlman attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a master's degree in theater arts in 1973.^[1]

Career[link]

Perlman made his feature film debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire (1981). After various minor and supporting roles in films and television series, his breakthrough role came when he played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast, opposite Linda Hamilton from 1987 to 1990. This earned him a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series in 1989.^[8]

He went on to play roles in many films and television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the 2000s. His most notable film appearances were in films such as The Name of the Rose (1986), Romeo is Bleeding (1993), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), The Last Supper (1995), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Blade II and Star Trek Nemesis (both 2002) and two Stephen King story-to-movie adaptations, Sleepwalkers and Desperation. His appearances in television series include Highlander: The Series, The Outer Limits and The Magnificent Seven.

He played his first leading film role in 1995, when he played "One" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's French-language The City of Lost Children. In 2003, Perlman starred in a commercial for Stella Artois beer. This commercial, which was called "Devil's Island,"^[9] won a Silver Award at the 2003 British Advertising Awards.^[10][11] He got another leading film role in 2004 when he played the title role in the comic book adaptation Hellboy. Perlman reprised his role as Hellboy in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, released on July 11, 2008.

In 2008, Perlman joined the cast of the TV show Sons of Anarchy on FX. He played Clay Morrow, the president of the motorcycle club and the protagonist's stepfather.

Roles that required make-up[link]

He is known for playing roles which require make-up, some to the point where his entire body is covered or his face requires full facial prosthetics. Some examples include his first film role in Quest for Fire, where he played a neanderthal, The Name of the Rose where he plays a disfigured hunchback, Beauty and The Beast, where he played Vincent, a man with the face of a half-man half-lion-like beast, The Island of Dr. Moreau where he plays a half man/half animal, Star Trek Nemesis in which he plays a cave-fish-like alien and the Hellboy films where he plays a demon. He even gave his Beauty and The Beast co-star Armin Shimerman advice when Shimerman was going to be in full-facial prosthetics as Quark for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.^[12]

Voice-over work[link]

Perlman also has a successful career as a voice actor in addition to his onscreen acting, having portrayed characters in numerous video games and animated series. These include Casper High teacher Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom, Kurtis Stryker in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Justice in Afro Samurai and various characters in DC Comics based series such as the villainous Slade, a version of DC character Deathstroke the Terminator, in the Teen Titans animated series, Clayface in Batman: The Animated Series, Jax-Ur in Superman: The Animated Series, Orion in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Killer Croc, Rumor, Bane in The Batman and Doctor Double X in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

His video game credits include Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood, who commands Earth's space defenses against the Covenant in the games Halo 2 and Halo 3, Jagger Valance in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and Batman in Justice League Heroes. He is well known by Fallout fans for narrating the introductory movies in the series, including uttering the famous phrase "War. War never changes." He also voices "Slade" in the 2008 Turok game, and Emil Blonsky/Abomination in Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Conan for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and voices the fast-talking Mayor Hoodoo Brown in the Neversoft game Gun.

Personal life[link]

He has been married to Opal Perlman since February 14, 1981; they have two children, a daughter, Blake Amanda (born 1984), and a son, Brandon Avery (born 1990). Perlman has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Perlman at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

• Quest for Fire (1981) – Amoukar
• The Ice Pirates (1984) – Zeno
• The Name of the Rose (1986) – Salvatore
• Sleepwalkers (1992) – Captain Soames
• Cronos (1993) – Angel De La Guardia
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) – Jack's attorney
• When the Bough Breaks (1993) - Dr. Douglas Eben
• The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) – Pap Finn
• Double Exposure (1994) – John McClure
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) – Konstantine Konali
• The City of Lost Children (1995) – One
• The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995) (TV) – Lord Vox
• The Last Supper (1995) – Norman Arbuthnot
• Fluke (1995) – Sylvester
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) – Sayer of the Law
• The Second Civil War (1997) (TV) – Alan Manieski
• Prince Valiant (1997) – Boltar
• Alien Resurrection (1997) – Johner
• I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) – Cemetery Caretaker
• Frogs for Snakes (1998) - Gascone
• Happy, Texas (1999) – Marshal Nalhober
• Primal Force (1999) – Frank Brodie
• The Trial of Old Drum (2000) – Charles Burden Sr.
• Operation Sandman (2000) – Dr. Harlan Jessup
• Price of Glory (2000) – Nick Everson
• Stroke (2000) – Schumaker
• Down (aka The Shaft) (2001) – Mitchell
• Enemy at the Gates (2001) – Koulikov
• Blade II (2002) – Dieter Reinhardt
• Crime and Punishment (2002) – Dusharo
• Star Trek Nemesis (2002) – Reman Viceroy
• Hoodlum & Son (2003) – 'Ugly' Jim McCrae
• Absolon (2003) – Murchison
• Two Soldiers (2003) – Colonel McKellog
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) – VP for Never Learning
• Hellboy (2004) – Hellboy
• Missing in America (2005) – Red
• Local Color (2006) – Curtis Sunday
• The Last Winter (2006) – Ed Pollack
• Desperation (2006) (TV) – Deputy Collie Entragian
• 5ive Girls (2006) – Father Drake
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) – Norick
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) – Hellboy
• Mutant Chronicles (2008) – Brother Samuel
• Outlander (2008) – Gunnar
• Uncross the Stars (2008) – Bobby Walden
• The Devil's Tomb (2009) – Wesley
• Dark Country (2009) – Deputy Thompson
• I Sell The Dead (2009) – Father Duffy
• The Job (2009) – Jim
• Killer by Nature (2010) Dr. Julian
• Acts of Violence (2010) – Priest Bill
• Bunraku (2010) – Nicola
• Crave (2010) – Pete
• Season of the Witch (2011) – Felson
• Conan the Barbarian (2011) – Corin
• Drive (2011) - Nino
• Dark Star Hollow (2011) - Sgt. Alex Napier
• The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) - Horus
• Frankie Go Boom (2012) - Phil
• Pacific Rim (2013)

Television[link]

• Our Family Honor (1985) – Bausch
• Miami Vice (1986) – John Ruger (one episode)
• Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990) – Vincent
• Arly Hanks (1993) – Jim-Bob Buchanan
• Highlander: The Series (1996) – The Messenger (one episode)
• A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998) – Jerry Paul
• The Outer Limits (1998) – Lt. Col. Brandon Grace (one episode)
• The Magnificent Seven (1998–2000) – Josiah Sanchez
• Charmed (2000) – Mr Kellerman (one episode)
• The Tick (2001) – Fiery Blaze (one episode)
• Masters of Horror (2006) – Dwayne Burcell (one episode)
• Sons of Anarchy (2008–present) – Clay Morrow
• 1000 Ways to Die (2009–present) – Narrator

Voice work[link]

• Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1993) (TV series) – Clayface
• Animaniacs (1993) (TV series) – Satan, Sgt. Sweete
• Phantom 2040 (1994) (TV series) – Graft
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995) (TV series) – Kurtis Stryker
• Fantastic Four (1995) (TV series) – Wizard, Hulk
• Aladdin (1994) (TV series) – Arbutus
• Iron Man (1995) (TV series) – Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk
• Chronomaster (1995) (video game) – Rene Korda
• Hey Arnold! (1996) (TV series) – Mickey Kaline
• Duckman (1996) (TV series) Roland Thompson
• The New Batman Adventures (1997–1998) (TV series) – Clayface
• Fallout (1997) (video game) – Narrator
• Fallout 2 (1998) (video game) – Narrator
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) (film) – Grasping
• Superman: The Animated Series (1999) (TV series) – Jax-Ur
• Titan A.E. (2000) (film) – Professor Sam Tucker
• Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (2001) (video game) – Wylfdene
• Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001) (video game) – Narrator
• Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (2003) (video game) – Clayface
• True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) (video game) – Misha
• Lords of EverQuest (2003) (video game) – Lord Skass
• Static Shock (2003) (TV series) – Heavyman/Koenig
• Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006) (TV series) – Clayface, Orion
• Teen Titans (2003–2006) (TV series) – Slade
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (video game) – Jagger Valance
• Danny Phantom (2004–2007) (TV series) – Mr. Lancer
• Halo 2 (2004) (video game) – Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood
• Gun (2005) (video game) – Mayor Hoodoo Brown
• Tarzan II (2005) (film) – Kago
• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (2005) (video game) – Emil Blonsky/The Abomination
• Teen Titans (2005) (video game) – Slade
• The Batman (2005) (TV series) – Killer Croc, Rumor
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) (film) – Hotep/Ancient One #2
• The Outfit (2005) (video game) – Tommy Mac
• Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) (film) – Captain Skunkbeard/Biff Wellington
• Justice League Heroes (2006) (video game) – Bruce Wayne/Batman
• Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006) (film) – Hellboy
• Afro Samurai (2007) (TV series) – Justice
• Kim Possible (2007) (TV series) – Worhok
• Hellboy: Blood and Iron (2007) (film) – Hellboy
• Battle for Terra (2007) (film) – Elder Vorin
• Halo 3 (2007) (video game) – Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood
• Conan (2007) (video game) – Conan of Cimmeria
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (2007) (TV series) – Fire Lord Sozin
• Turok (2008) (video game) – Slade
• City of Thieves (2008) (audio book) – Narrator
• Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) (video game) – Hellboy
• Spirit of the Forest (2008) (film) – Oak
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) (TV series) – Gha Nachkt
• Fallout 3 (2008) (video game) – Narrator
• Afro Samurai (2009) (video game) – Justice
• The Strain (2009) (audio book) – Narrator
• Archer (2010) (TV series) – Ramon Limon
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2010) (TV series) – Doctor Double X
• Fallout: New Vegas (2010) (video game) – Narrator
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010) (TV series) – Bi-Beast and The Mandarin
• Tangled (2010) (film) – Stabbington Brothers
• Adventure Time (2011–present) (TV series) – The Lich

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ron Perlman

• Ron Perlman at the Internet Movie Database
• Ron Perlman at AllRovi
• Ron Perlman at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Ron Perlman interview
• Ron Perlman at Rotten Tomatoes

Lisa Angelle (New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American country music singer-songwriter. During the 1980s and 1990s, Angelle wrote songs for several country artists including Wynonna Judd, who reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991 with "I Saw the Light", co-written by pop singer Andrew Gold. As a recording artist, Angelle released two singles with EMI America Records in 1985, but did not release an album until 2000 via DreamWorks Nashville. She also recorded the theme song for the CBS TV series Beauty and the Beast, which aired 1987 to 1990.

Discography[link]

[edit] Lisa Angelle (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Track listing[link]

All songs written by Lisa Angelle and Andrew Gold except where noted.

1. "4, 3, 2, 1" - 3:23
2. "A Woman Gets Lonely" (Angelle) - 4:23
3. "Kiss This" - 5:01
4. "I Didn't Want to Know" - 4:18
5. "I Wear Your Love" - 3:13
6. "Sin" (Lewis Anderson, Angelle) - 4:07
7. "Twisted" - 3:12
8. "Daddy's Gun" - 4:40
9. "Midnight Rodeo" - 4:03
10. "I Don't Know Why" (Angelle) - 4:09
11. "Sparrow" (Angelle) - 5:21

Singles[link]

Music videos[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Lisa Angelle at CMT.com

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