Ron Perlman joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Popular character actor and Hellboy star Ron Perlman is the latest star to join Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the upcoming film seriesthat delves back into thewizardingworld created byHarryPotterauthor J.K.Rowling.

Perlman, 65, is reportedly set to playa goblin, according to industry publication The Hollywood Reporter.

The classically trainedactor with anunmistakable baritoneis among Hollywood's most recognizable faces and prolific performers:Perlman'scareer spans more than 150 credits across film, television, video games and theatre.

Recently seen in the film Stonewall as well as in the drama series Hand of God and Sons of Anarchy, Perlman is perhaps best known for his memorable turn as the title character of the Hellboy films as well as Vincent on TV's Beauty and the Beast during the late1980s.

Fantastic Beasts is currently filming in England, with Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne in the lead role as Newt Scamander.

Other actorssetto appear inFantastic Beastsinclude JonVoight, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Ezra Miller.

Scamanderisdescribed by Rowling as the world's preeminent magizoologist (the study of magical creatures), with the film set70 years before the Harry Potter saga. The teenaged Harry and his Hogwarts classmates are required to read Scamander's textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as part of their school studies.

The first of a planned trilogy,Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set to hit theatres Nov. 18, 2016.