'Sons of Anarchy' is an American crime tragedy television series created by Kurt Sutter that aired from 2008 to 2014. It follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show starred Charlie Hunnam as Jackson "Jax" Teller, who is initially the vice president and subsequently the president of the club after his stepfather and former president, Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman) was demoted after a challenge vote was brought up by the club. He soon begins to question the club and himself. Brotherhood, loyalty, betrayal and redemption are constant themes.

Ronald Jay Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor and voice actor. He played the role of Vincent on the television series 'Beauty and the Beast' (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, the comic book character Hellboy in both 'Hellboy' (2004) and its sequel 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' (2008), and Clay Morrow on the television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013).

'Sons of Anarchy' premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX. The series's third season attracted an average of 4.9 million weekly viewers, making it FX's highest rated series at the time, surpassing its other hits 'The Shield', 'Nip/Tuck' and 'Rescue Me'. The Season four and five premieres were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX's history.

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