Biography
Harold Perrineau (born August 7, 1963) is an American actor 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, and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. He recently starred in ABC's comedy-drama television series The Unusuals, playing NYPD homicide detective Leo Banks.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Unicorn Boy
2023
as Guard Pantius (voice)
A wild ride of gender and self identity set to a backdrop of a freak-adelic fantasy world. Matty, a down-on-their-luck artist, is going through a brea...

Without Ward
2022
The Sci-Fi Romantic Independent film WITHOUT WARD takes place in the future where a one-world government; Contractualism, controls everything. A notab...

Cold Brook
2019
as Gil Le Deux
Two ordinary guys in a small town embark on an extraordinary adventure, risking everything for a stranger in need.

Dumplin'
2018
as Lee Wayne / Rhea Ranged
To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.

I'm Not Here
2017
as Santana
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.

The Bachelors
2017
as Dr. Rollens
After the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begi...

Stephanie
2017
as Leader (uncredited)
After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and t...

Sabotage
2014
as Jackson
John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-sta...

The Best Man Holiday
2013
as Julian Murch
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances t...

Go for Sisters
2013
as Wiley
Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne...

Sexy Evil Genius
2013
as Marvin Coolidge
A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable a...

Snitch
2013
as Jeffrey Steele
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentenc...

Zero Dark Thirty
2012
as Jack
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the ...
Taking the Edge Off
2012
A "Funny or Die" comedic short directed by Ian Pfaff

Transit
2012
as Losada
Nate takes his family for a camping trip to reconnect. When they pull off at a rest stop, a gang of thieves hides their stash from an armored car robb...

Sunset Stories
2012
as Harold
A dark comedy about two people's chase around Los Angeles to find a missing cooler.

Seeking Justice
2011
as Jimmy
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

30 Days of Night: Dark Days
2010
as Todd
After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local ...

Case 219
2010
as Franklyn Bonner
A journalist tries to uncover the circumstances that led to a shocking episode of violence in this drama from director James Bruce. Leonard Grey was a...

The Killing Jar
2010
as Dixon
A stranger armed with a shotgun takes seven patrons hostage in a remote roadside diner. But as the body count increases, the desperate survivors disco...

Gardens of the Night
2008
as Orlando
After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.

Felon
2008
as Lt. Jackson
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Your Name Here
2008
as Rich
The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Par...

Ball Don't Lie
2008
as Jimmy
BALL DON’T LIE plays out over one day in the life of Sticky (film newcomer and streetball legend Grayson “The Professor” Boucher), a skinny 17-year-ol...

Garfield Gets Real
2008
as Husband (voice)
Everyone's favorite lazy, lasagna loving, Monday hating orange tabby leaves his exciting star of a popular comic strip world for the real one. But as ...

28 Weeks Later
2007
as Flynn
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the ...

The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us h...

The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Link
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing t...
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the fi...

The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Link
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from...

On_Line
2002
as Moe Curly
John, a computer whiz on the rebound from a disastrous break-up, starts an adult Internet site with his roommate, Moe. They are soon caught up in the ...
A Day in Black and White
2001
Two men identified only as Black Man and White Man start the film as a discussion over a speech on race to be given at school the next day and escalat...

Prison Song
2001
as Uncle Cee
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholar...
Starwater
2001
Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Woman on Top
2000
as Monica Jones
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enc...

Overnight Sensation
2000
as Experienced PA
About people making a movie to enter in the Sundance Film Festival.

The Best Man
1999
as Julian Murch
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based ...

The Tempest
1998
as Ariel
An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.

Lulu on the Bridge
1998
as Bobby Perez
This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

The Edge
1997
as Stephen
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assis...

Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Mercutio
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the...

Blood and Wine
1996
as Henry
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife inte...

Flirt
1995
as Men's Room Man #1
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returni...

Smoke
1995
as Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...

Flirt
1993
as Men's Room Man
In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks ...

King of New York
1990
as Thug Leader
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and ...

Shakedown
1988
as Tommie
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...

Out Come the Wolves
N/A
Set against the East Bay punk music scene in the mid 1990s, a story of grit and dreams in a world of violence and desperation.
Slay the Dreamer
N/A
Producer
Based on the life of Rev. James Lawson, the civil rights activist who was friend and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.