Magic Casting

Hellboy is a character-driven comic. The movie has followed suit. Mignola and del Toro chose all the actors for their abilities and physical resemblance to their comic-book counterpart. The result is an ensemble cast that drives this adaptation to the level of impact of its source.

Photo courtesy HB-042 = Egon Endrenyi © 2004 Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. John Myers, Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Hellboy are on the case.

• HellBoy - Ron Perlman (The City of the Lost Children)
• Rasputin - Karel Roden (Bulletproof Monk)
• Liz Sherman - Selma Blair (Legally Blond).
• John Myers - Rupert Evans (Rockface).
• Professor Broom - John Hurt (Alien)
• Abe Sapien - Doug Jones (Men In Black II)
  Voice by David Hyde Pierce (Frasier)

Photo courtesy HB-042 = Egon Endrenyi © 2004 Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Abe Sapien and Professor Broom

"John Hurt as Broom looks exactly like the character in the comic book. At times I thought I must have looked at a photo of Hurt when I drew this guy. It was spooky."


- Mike Mignola , Hellboy creator