10 Reasons Why Hellboy II: The Golden Army Is Still ICONIC

10. Ron. F***ing. Perlman.

Perlman has been an established commodity in Hollywood for decades now. He rose to prominence in the late '80s as the titular beast in the Beauty and the Beast television series, he became an acclaimed voice actor in his own right, and even as recently as the early 2010s was still delivering scene-stealing character work on shows like Sons of Anarchy.

But no role in the entirety of his career has ever quite achieved the level of symbiosis that he and the big red guy have in Hellboy II.

His performance in the first film is incredibly solid, but its this sequel where Perlman truly makes the character his own. Imbuing him with all the humor, heart, and gruff sensibilities of himself, Perlman makes Hellboy not only an iconic hero but a vastly more interesting character.

Where other actors could have easily disappeared under the dozens of pounds of prosthetics and make-up, Perlman's performance here seems more honest and sure-footed than ever before.