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Article: Perlman is perfect for `Hellboy' role.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- April 1, 2004
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Byline: Robert W. Butler
KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Critics like to declare that a certain actor was born to play a certain role. Usually it's foolishness, but with Ron Perlman and "Hellboy" the case holds up.
Perlman, of course, is the odd-looking actor _ a towering fellow with simian brows, sunken eyes and a chin like a concrete block _ who often as not appears in heavy makeup.
He gained fame a decade ago with the TV series "Beauty and the Beast" (hint: he wasn't Beauty), creating a genuinely romantic and heroic figure despite the fangs and rampant facial hair. Over the years he has worked steadily in films portraying hunchbacks, Neanderthals, thugs ...
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