Harold Perrineau
Harold Perrineau (Role) : Michael Dawson
Birthday : August 7-1963
Birthplace : Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birth Name : Harold Williams
AKA : Harold Perrineau, Harold Perrineau
Recent Role : Det. Leo Banks on ‘The Unusuals’
Gender : Male
Harold Perrineau took birth in Brooklyn, New York. His father is named Harold Williams, Sr. When he was at 7; his parents changed his name to Williams. Later, Harold came to know that there was already a Harold Williams in the Screen Actors Guild Union so he legally changed his name back to his birth name. His French surname is derived from his mother’s maiden name. Perrineau joined Shenandoah University, but he did not complete his graduation.
In 1989, Perrineau appeared as the original Tyrone Jackson in the world premiere of the stage adaptation of the 1980 hit movie Fame. He got the role of Link in ‘The Matrix’.
On ‘Lost’, Perrineau plays the character of Michael Dawson. At the end of the season two, he was temporarily written out of the plot. However, at the beginning of its fourth season, he was written back to the storyline.
Among his other acting credits are ‘Felon’, ‘Ball Don’t Lie’, ‘Gardens of the Night’, ‘28 Weeks Later’, ‘CSI’, ‘Dead Like Me’, ‘The Matrix Revolutions’, ‘Enter the Matrix’, ‘The Matrix Reloaded’, ‘On Line’, ‘Prison Song’, ‘Woman On Top’, ‘The Best Man’, ‘Lulu on the Bridge’, ‘Oz’, ‘The Edge’, ‘Romeo + Juliet’, ‘Blood and Wine’, ‘Smoke’, ‘I’ll Fly Away’, ‘King of New York’ etc.
Perrineau is married to Brittany and has two daughters. Aurora Robinson Perrineau was born in 1995 and their second daughter, Wynter Aria, was born on May 7, 2008.
Role on ‘Lost’
Harold Perrineau appears as Michael Dawson on the TV series ‘Lost’. He is a resident of New York City, United States and is a construction worker and former artist as well. After the plane crashed on island in the South Pacific, we saw him among the survivors of the plane crash along with Walt and Walt’s dog.
