Ron Perlman Ron Perlman ( born April 13 , 1950 ) is an American screen actor as well as voice actor , with much work in both disciplines . He has worked on six " Fallout " games to date . Perlman narrated " Fallout " , " Fallout 2 " , " Fallout 3 " , " " , " " and the " Fallout 4 " trailer . The intro narration in each of these games starts with the line " War . War never changes . " He also did the voice for Butch Harris in " Fallout " and the newscaster in the mission War Never Changes in " Fallout 4 " . He does not narrate the introduction for " " . Instead , Tony Jay ( the Lieutenant from " Fallout " ) acted as the narrator . He and Dee Bradley Baker are the only " Fallout 3 " voice actors to have any prior involvement with the series , as the majority of the cast in that game were local actors from the Washington D . C . area ( where the game was both set and developed ) , regular voice actors of Bethesda Softworks , or celebrities and other newcomers ( such as Liam Neeson ) , with limited involvement from the Los Angeles area ' s voice talent , which has otherwise provided almost all the voice - work for the majority of the series . Biography . Perlman was born in Washington Heights , New York . His mother , Dorothy , is a municipal employee , and his father is a jazz drummer and repairman . Perlman is Jewish . He has been married to Opal Perlman since February 14 , 1981 and he has three children , Blake Amanda ( born 1984 ) , and Brandon Avery ( born 1990 ) . He attended George Washington High School and later Lehman College in New York City in 1971 , where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theater . He also attended the University of Minnesota , where he graduated with a master ' s degree in theater arts . Perlman has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program . Career . 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 and a large fan base . He went on to play roles in many films and television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the 2000s . Prominent film appearances include films such as " The Name of the Rose " ( 1986 ) , " Romeo is Bleeding " ( 1993 ) , " The Adventures of Huck Finn " ( 1993 ) , " The Island of Dr . Moreau " ( 1996 ) , " Alien : Resurrection " ( 1997 ) , " Enemy at the Gates " ( 2001 ) and " Blade II " ( 2002 ) . However , his most notable role was that of Hellboy in the adaptation of the comic books of the same name . He starred as Hellboy in " Hellboy " ( 2004 ) and " Hellboy II : The Golden Army " ( 2008 ) . 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 the gargantuan oaf " One " in Jean - Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro ' s " The City of Lost Children " . He finally got another leading film role in 2004 when he played the title role in the comic book adaptation " Hellboy " . The director Guillermo del Toro , who worked with him previously on " Cronos " and " Blade II " , had to fight to secure the role , as the studio wanted someone more well - known such as Vin Diesel . Perlman reprised his role as Hellboy in " Hellboy II : The Golden Army " , released on 11 July 2008 . In 2008 , Perlman joined the cast of the TV show " Sons of Anarchy " on FX . He plays Clay Morrow , the president of the fictional club " Sons Of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original " ( SAMCRO as it is known by its fans and in - show rivals ) and stepfather of the main character Jackson Teller ( played by Charlie Hunnam ) . In 2011 , Perlman starred alongside Nicholas Cage in " Season of the Witch " . He played as Felson , a disillusioned Crusader . Perlman took part in an award - winning commercial for Stella Artois beer . This commercial , which was called " Devil ' s Island " , won a Gold Award at the British Advertising Awards . Another note of special interest is that he has played in two Stephen King story - to - movie adaptations , " Sleepwalkers and Desperation " . Roles that required make - up . 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 , such as " The Beauty and The Beast , " where he plays 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 ; and the " Hellboy " films where he plays a demon . He even gave his " Beauty and The Beast " co - star Armin Shimerman advice when the latter was going to be in full - facial prosthetics for " Star Trek : Deep Space Nine . " He went on to join the Star Trek Universe in the role of the Reman Viceroy in " Star Trek : Nemesis , " in which he wore a full head prosthetic . He also might play the role of the character " Larson " for Guillermo del Toro ' s film adaptation of the H . P . Lovecraft story , " At the Mountains of Madness . " Del Toro , in a chat session discussing his plans for the Hobbit movies , has indicated that Perlman will have some role in the films . Voice - over work . As well as onscreen acting , Perlman has lent his voice to numerous video games and animated series . These include Graft in Phatom 2040 ( first season only ) Vice Principal Lancer in Danny Phantom , Justice in Afro Samurai and various characters in DC Comics based series such as Slade in the Teen Titans , Clayface in Batman : The Animated Series , Jax - Ur in Superman : The Animated Series , Orion in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited , Killer Croc , Rumor , and at one point even Bane in The Batman . His video game credits include Lord Terrence Hood , Fleet Admiral in command of Earth ' s space defenses against the Covenant in the " Halo " series , Abomination in " The Incredible Hulk : Ultimate Destruction " , Jagger Valance in " The Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay " , " Justice League Heroes " as Batman , Hellboy in " Hellboy : Blood and Iron " , and most recently in , " Call of Duty : Black Ops 3 " , as the boxer Floyd Campbell . 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 voices Slade in the 2008 " Turok " game . Perlman is the voice of Conan the Barbarian in the animated film of Robert E . Howard ' s , " Red Nails " . He provides the voice to the same character in the video game " Conan " .