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.

Filmography

• 2026...And Out Comes the Wolf
• LOST: Circle — Michael Dawson
• 2023Unicorn Boy — Guard Pantius (voice)
• FROM — Boyd Stevens
• The Best Man: The Final Chapters — Julian Murch
• 2022Without Ward
• 2019Cold Brook — Gil Le Deux
• 2018Dumplin' — Lee
• The Rookie — Det. Nick Armstrong
• Claws — Dean Simms
• Drop the Mic
• 2017I'm Not Here — Santana
• 2017Stephanie — Leader (uncredited)
• 2017The Bachelors — Dr. Rollens
• The Good Doctor — Wes Keller
• Goliath — Judge Keller
• Star — Bobby Brooks
• Constantine — Manny
• Growing Up Fisher — Fred
• 2014Sabotage — Jackson
• The Mysteries of Laura — Charles Baptiste
• Z Nation — Hammond
• 2013Go for Sisters — Wiley
• 2013Sexy Evil Genius — Marvin Coolidge
• 2013Snitch — Jeffrey Steele
• 2013The Best Man Holiday — Julian Murch
• Georgia — Michael
• 2012Sunset Stories — Harold
• 2012Taking the Edge Off
• 2012Transit — Losada
• Wedding Band — Stevie
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — Jack
• 2011Seeking Justice — Jimmy
• 201030 Days of Night: Dark Days — Todd
• 2010Case 219 — Franklyn Bonner
• 2010The Killing Jar — Dixon
• The Unusuals — Detective Leo Banks
• 2008Ball Don't Lie — Jimmy
• 2008Felon — Lt. Jackson
• 2008Gardens of the Night — Orlando
• Sons of Anarchy — Damon Pope
• 2008Your Name Here — Rich
• 200728 Weeks Later — Flynn
• 2007Garfield Gets Real — Husband (voice)
• Criminal Minds — Calvin Shaw
• Lost — Michael Dawson
• Dead Like Me — Aroun Levert
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series — Louis Wyler / Turbo Jet (voice)
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded — Link
• 2003The Matrix Revolutions — Link
• 2002On_Line — Moe Curly
• 2001A Day in Black and White
• 2001Prison Song — Uncle Cee
• 2001Starwater
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Rev. Rhodes
• 2000Overnight Sensation — Experienced PA
• 2000Woman on Top — Monica Jones
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Brian Traymor
• 1999The Best Man — Julian Murch
• 1998Lulu on the Bridge — Bobby Perez
• 1998The Tempest — Ariel
• Oz — Augustus Hill
• 1997The Edge — Stephen
• 1996Blood and Wine — Henry
• 1996Flirt — Men's Room Man #1
• 1996Romeo + Juliet — Mercutio
• New York News — Benny
• 1995Smoke — Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
• ER — Isaac Price
• 1993Flirt — Men's Room Man
• 1990King of New York — Thug Leader
• Law & Order — Jordan Hill, Kenny Rinker
• 1988Shakedown — Tommie
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd — Singer
• The Cosby Show — Scott
• Saturday Night Live — Augustus Hill (uncredited)
• Slay the Dreamer — Producer
• Unsung Hollywood

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2024Getting LOST — Self (archive footage)
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• Losers — Self
• HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Self (segment "The Edge of Space")
• 2004The Matrix Recalibrated — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load — Self
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest