Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau has given color and life to an array of characters in film, television and on stage. Recently seen as Michael Dawson in ABC’s hit series Lost, Perrineau is also renowned for his role as wheelchair-bound Augustus Hill on the HBO hit series Oz, and has guest-starred on numerous hit television shows, including NBC’s ER, Showtime’s Dead Like Me and CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Perrineau’s film career is one that has crossed many genres, including Shakespeare, thriller, sci-fi and romantic comedies. Recently he signed on to both executive produce and star in the independent film Case 219, based on Walter Dean Myers’ novel Shooter. In addition he completed filming of The Killing Jar, which he also executive produced and starred in. Other film credits include 28 Weeks Later, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Smoke with Harvey Keitel and William Hurt, Woman on Top opposite Penelope Cruz, The Best Man opposite Terrence Howard, Felon with Val Kilmer, and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. He will next be seen in the upcoming Ball Don’t Lie with Bill Pullman, based on the Matt De La Pena novel Your Name Here, and Gardens of the Night opposite John Malkovich.

No stranger to the theatre, Perrineau most recently appeared in the Los Angeles run of the hit play Topdog/Underdog, for which he won an NAACP Image Award, and has starred in many other theatrical productions in the U.S. and abroad, including The Exonerated, The Love of Bullets, A Soldier’s Story and Fame High School.

Last year Perrineau shared his musical side with the public. Moved by the sacrifices made by the U.S. servicemen and women around the world, he co-wrote the song Stay Strong, which is produced by Neff-U (Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Britney Spears) and dedicated to the troops, with a portion of the song’s proceeds going to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury.