21 Perfect Superhero Movie Casting Choices That Nailed Their Characters

11. Ron Perlman As Hellboy

Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Ron Perlman is to Hellboy what Kevin Conroy is to Batman, and if you're aware of the level of fan admiration there is for that particular voice-actor, then chances are you understand the significance of such a statement.

Although the Sons of Anarchy alumni may remain the only person to have taken on Mike Mignola's famed B.P.R.D agent in a live-action or animated setting, his performance is indisputably iconic, and indeed, unlikely to be toppled by any potential successor.He has the sarcasm, the voice, the look - pretty much everything synonymous with Hellboy down to a T.

What more could you want?

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