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Harold Perrineau is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Michael Dawson in the U.S. television series Lost, Link in The Matrix films and games, Augustus Hill in the American television series Oz, Damon Pope in the FX bike gang drama Sons of Anarchy, and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. He starred in ABC's comedy-drama television series The Unusuals, playing NYPD homicide detective Leo Banks and has appeared in several high-profile films, including The Best Man, 28 Weeks Later, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, and Zero Dark Thirty. He also starred with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in the survival drama The Edge. Perrineau currently costars as Dean Simms in the TNT series Claws.
Birth Name
Harold Williams
Born
Wednesday, 07 August 1963
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
| Unicorn Boy | Guard Pantius | 2023 |
| The Best Man: The Final Chapters | Julian Murchison / Julian Murch | 2022 |
| Without Ward | Lord Voraz Esquire | 2022 |
| From | Boyd Stevens | 2022 |
| Losers | Self | 2019 |
| Dumplin' | Lee / Lee Wayne / Rhea Ranged | 2018 |
| Cold Brook | Gil Le Deux | 2018 |
| The Rookie | Nick Armstrong | 2018 |
| Stephanie | Leader | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
| Unicorn Boy | Guard Pantius | 2023 |
| The Best Man: The Final Chapters | Julian Murchison / Julian Murch | 2022 |
| Without Ward | Lord Voraz Esquire | 2022 |
| From | Boyd Stevens | 2022 |
| Losers | Self | 2019 |
| Dumplin' | Lee / Lee Wayne / Rhea Ranged | 2018 |
| Cold Brook | Gil Le Deux | 2018 |
| The Rookie | Nick Armstrong | 2018 |
| Stephanie | Leader | 2018 |
| Virginia Minnesota | Mister | 2018 |
| I'm Not Here | Santana | 2017 |
| Drop the Mic | Self | 2017 |
| The Bachelors | Dr. Rollens | 2017 |
| The Good Doctor | Wes Keller | 2017 |
| Claws | Dean Simms | 2017 |
| Big Star Little Star | Self - Contestant | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Star | Bobby Brooks | 2016 |
| Goliath | Judge Keller | 2016 |
| Broadway.com #LiveatFive | Self | 2015 |
| Geeks Who Drink | Self - Team Captain / Self - Clue Giver | 2015 |
| Constantine | Manny | 2014 |
| The Mysteries of Laura | Charles Baptiste | 2014 |
| Z Nation | Hammond | 2014 |
| Sabotage | Jackson | 2014 |
| Lisa and Amy Are Black | Self | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| Growing Up Fisher | Fred | 2014 |
| HitRECord on TV | (segment "The Edge of Space") | 2014 |
| The Best Man Holiday | Julian / Julian Murch | 2013 |
| Go for Sisters | Wiley | 2013 |
| Full Circle | Damon Houserman | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| The Real | Self - Constantine | 2013 |
| Sexy Evil Genius | Marvin Coolidge | 2013 |
| Snitch | Jeffery Steele / Jeffrey Steele | 2013 |
| Newsreaders | Self | 2013 |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Jack | 2012 |
| Wedding Band | Stevie | 2012 |
| Georgia | Michael | 2012 |
| Bethenny | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Sunset Stories | Harold | 2012 |
| Transit | Losada | 2012 |
| Seeking Justice | Jimmy | 2011 |
| Blade | Blade / Eric Brooks | 2011 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| 30 Days of Night: Dark Days | Todd | 2010 |
| Marvel Anime | Blade / Eric Brooks | 2010 |
| The Whole Truth | Paul Braun | 2010 |
| Case 219 | Franklyn Bonner | 2010 |
| The Killing Jar | Smith / Dixon | 2010 |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | (voice) | 2010 |
| The Unusuals | Detective Leo Banks | 2009 |
| Gardens of the Night | Orlando | 2008 |
| Sons of Anarchy | Damon Pope | 2008 |
| Felon | Lt. Jackson | 2008 |
| Your Name Here | Rich | 2008 |
| Ball Don't Lie | Jimmy | 2008 |
| Lost: Missing Pieces | Michael Dawson | 2007 |
| Garfield Gets Real | Husband / Husband (voice) | 2007 |
| Phineas and Ferb | Additional Voices | 2007 |
| What I Learned About... From the Movies | Self | 2007 |
| 28 Weeks Later | Flynn | 2007 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| 20 to 1 | Mercutio | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | Calvin Shaw | 2005 |
| TV Land Confidential | Self - Interviewee | 2005 |
| Dancing with the Stars | Self | 2005 |
| The Burly Man Chronicles | Self (extended version) | 2004 |
| CSI: NY | Reggie Tifford | 2004 |
| Lost | Michael Dawson | 2004 |
| The Matrix Recalibrated | Self | 2004 |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Link | 2003 |
| Spider-Man | Louis Wyler / Turbo Jet | 2003 |
| Dead Like Me | Aroun Levert | 2003 |
| On_Line | Moe Curly / Moe Curley | 2003 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Link | 2003 |
| Punk'd | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself / Michael Dawson | 2003 |
| Player$ | Self | 2002 |
| A Day in Black and White | 2001 | |
| Prison Song | Uncle Cee | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Rev. Rhodes | 2000 |
| Woman on Top | Monica Jones | 2000 |
| Overnight Sensation | Experienced PA | 2000 |
| The Best Man | Julian Murch | 1999 |
| Macbeth in Manhattan | Chorus | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Brian Traymor | 1999 |
| The Tempest | Ariel | 1998 |
| Lulu on the Bridge | Bobby Perez | 1998 |
| The Edge | Stephen | 1997 |
| Oz | Augustus Hill | 1997 |
| Romeo + Juliet | Mercutio | 1996 |
| Blood and Wine | Henry | 1996 |
| Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
| New York News | Benny | 1995 |
| Flirt | Men's Room Man #1 / Men's Room Man # | 1995 |
| Smoke | Rashid Cole / Thomas 'Rashid' Cole | 1995 |
| The Cosby Mysteries | Junior Vansen | 1994 |
| ER | Isaac Price | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Living Single | Walter Jackson | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| I'll Fly Away | Robert Evans | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Kenny Rinker / Jordan Hill | 1990 |
| King of New York | Thug Leader / Subway Mugger | 1990 |
| Shakedown | Tommie | 1988 |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Singer | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | Scott | 1984 |
| Fame | Fame Dancer / Dancer | 1982 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Curtis | 1980 |
| Saturday Night Live | Augustus Hill | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Finding Hillywood | 2013 |
| Case 219 | 2010 |
| The Killing Jar | 2010 |
