Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

1963-08-07 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 49 Credits

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.

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Unicorn Boy

Unicorn Boy

2023

as Guard Pantius (voice)

10.0
Acting

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

Without Ward

2022

2.8
Acting

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

Cold Brook

2019

as Gil Le Deux

6.3
Acting

Two ordinary guys in a small town embark on an extraordinary adventure, risking everything for a stranger in need.

Dumplin'

Dumplin'

2018

as Lee Wayne / Rhea Ranged

6.8
Acting

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

I'm Not Here

2017

as Santana

5.9
Acting

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

The Bachelors

2017

as Dr. Rollens

7.1
Acting

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

Stephanie

2017

as Leader (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

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

Sabotage

2014

as Jackson

5.6
Acting

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

The Best Man Holiday

2013

as Julian Murch

6.5
Acting

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

Go for Sisters

2013

as Wiley

6.0
Acting

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

Sexy Evil Genius

2013

as Marvin Coolidge

6.0
Acting

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

Snitch

2013

as Jeffrey Steele

6.1
Acting

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

Zero Dark Thirty

2012

as Jack

7.0
Acting

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

Acting

A "Funny or Die" comedic short directed by Ian Pfaff

Transit

Transit

2012

as Losada

5.7
Acting

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

Sunset Stories

2012

as Harold

5.0
Acting

A dark comedy about two people's chase around Los Angeles to find a missing cooler.

Seeking Justice

Seeking Justice

2011

as Jimmy

5.9
Acting

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

30 Days of Night: Dark Days

2010

as Todd

5.0
Acting

After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local ...

Case 219

Case 219

2010

as Franklyn Bonner

Acting

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

The Killing Jar

2010

as Dixon

5.4
Acting

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

Gardens of the Night

2008

as Orlando

6.2
Acting

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

Felon

Felon

2008

as Lt. Jackson

7.2
Acting

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Your Name Here

Your Name Here

2008

as Rich

3.3
Acting

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

Ball Don't Lie

2008

as Jimmy

2.0
Acting

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

Garfield Gets Real

2008

as Husband (voice)

4.9
Acting

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

28 Weeks Later

2007

as Flynn

6.6
Acting

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

The Matrix Recalibrated

2004

as Self

6.7
Acting

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

The Matrix Revolutions

2003

as Link

6.7
Acting

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

6.1
Acting

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

The Matrix Reloaded

2003

as Link

7.1
Acting

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

On_Line

2002

as Moe Curly

4.9
Acting

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

1.0
Acting

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

Prison Song

2001

as Uncle Cee

5.4
Acting

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

Acting

Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Woman on Top

Woman on Top

2000

as Monica Jones

6.1
Acting

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

Overnight Sensation

2000

as Experienced PA

5.0
Acting

About people making a movie to enter in the Sundance Film Festival.

The Best Man

The Best Man

1999

as Julian Murch

6.6
Acting

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

The Tempest

1998

as Ariel

6.0
Acting

An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.

Lulu on the Bridge

Lulu on the Bridge

1998

as Bobby Perez

5.8
Acting

This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

The Edge

The Edge

1997

as Stephen

6.8
Acting

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

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996

as Mercutio

6.8
Acting

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

Blood and Wine

1996

as Henry

5.7
Acting

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

Flirt

1995

as Men's Room Man #1

6.2
Acting

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

Smoke

1995

as Thomas 'Rashid' Cole

7.2
Acting

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

Flirt

1993

as Men's Room Man

Acting

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

King of New York

1990

as Thug Leader

6.7
Acting

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

Shakedown

1988

as Tommie

5.8
Acting

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

Out Come the Wolves

N/A

Acting

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

Producing

Based on the life of Rev. James Lawson, the civil rights activist who was friend and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.