PERRINEAU, Harold, Jr.
(Harold Perrineau)

PERSONAL

Original name, Harold Williams; born in Brooklyn, NY; married Brittany Robinson (an actress and model), August 27, 2002; children: Aurora Robinson. Education: Studied music and theatre at Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA. Avocational Interests: Martial arts, including kung fu wu–su.

Addresses: Agent —Larry Taube, Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager —Stacy Abrams, Abrams Entertainment, 5225 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 515, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Publicist —Jodi Gottlieb, I/D Public Relations, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actor, singer, and dancer. Performed as a dancer with the Alvin Ailey Company. Also worked as messenger, bartender, and bus person.

Member: Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award nomination, best supporting male, 1995, for Smoke; Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 2000, for The Best Man.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Tommie, Shakedown (also known as Blue Jean Cop ), Universal, 1988.

Thug leader, King of New York, 1990.

First man, Flirt, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1995.

Rashid Cole, Thomas Jefferson Cole, and Paul Benjamin, Smoke (also known as Smoke—Raucher unter sich ), Miramax, 1995.

(As Harold Perrineau) Mercutio, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (also known as Romeo and Juliet and Romeo + Juliet ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

(As Harold Perrineau) Stephen, The Edge, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Henry, Blood and Wine, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

(As Harold Perrineau) Bobby Perez, Lulu on the Bridge, Trimark Pictures, 1998.

Joseph, Come To (short film), Janey Pictures, 1998.

Member of chorus, Macbeth in Manhattan, Asylum, 1999.

A Day in Black and White, Box Drinks Film Production, 1999.

Julian Murch, The Best Man, Universal, 1999.

Experienced PA, Overnight Sensation, Lantern Lane Entertainment/Vanguard Releasing, 2000.

Monica Jones, Woman on Top, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2000.

(Uncredited) Tour guide in fantasy sequence, Someone Like You… (also known as Animal Attraction ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

(As Harold Perrineau) Uncle Steve, Prison Song, New Line Cinema, 2001.

(As Harold Perrineau) Moe Curley, On_Line, Indican Pictures, 2003.

(As Harold Perrineau) Link, The Matrix Reloaded (also known as The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience ), Warner Bros., 2003.

(As Harold Perrineau) Link, The Matrix Revolutions (also known as The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience ), Warner Bros., 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Robert Evans, a recurring role, I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992–1993.

(As Harold Perrineau) Prisoner "95H522/Augustus Hill, Oz, HBO, 1997–2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Harold Perrineau) Ariel, The Tempest, NBC, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Scott, "The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1989.

Jordan Hill, "Out of the Half–Light," Law & Order, NBC, 1990.

Kenny Rinker, "Virus" (also known as "Computer Virus"), Law & Order, NBC, 1993.

(As Harold Perrineau) Junior Lanson (some sources cite Junior Vansen), "Camouflage," The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994.

Benny, "Broadway Joe," New York News, CBS, 1995.

(As Harold Perrineau) Issac Price, "Freak Show," ER, NBC, 1997.

Walter Jackson, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses," Living Single, Fox, 1997.

(Uncredited) Augustus Hill, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1999.

Himself, "Enter the Playtrix," Player$, 2003.

Aroun Levert, "Rest in Peace," Dead Like Me, Show-time, 2003.

Voices of Turbo Jet and Wyler, "Heroes and Villains," Spider–Man (animated), 2003.

Guest, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003.

Also appeared in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Curtis, Flour Babies, CBS, 1990.

Stage Appearances:

Godspell, Lambs Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Evan, "Mutterschaft," The 1990 Young Playwrights Festival, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Eugene, Betsey Brown, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1990–1991.

Born Guilty, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1991.

The soldier, Hello Again, Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 1993–1994.

Milton, Avenue X, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1994.

Darius, "The Love of Bullets," The 1994 Young Playwrights Festival, LuEsther Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, 1994.

Joe Fearless, Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City, 2000.

Christopher, Blue/Orange, Atlantic Theatre Company, 2002–2003.

Also appeared in productions of I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Saw the Sky (musical), Lincoln Center Theatre, and American Dream.

Major Tours:

Member of Little Albert and the True Tones, Dream-girls, U.S. cities, 1985–1987.

Toured in I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Saw the Sky (musical), international cities.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

(As Harold Perrineau) Voice of Link, Enter the Matrix, Atari/Infogrames Entertainment, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, November 14, 2002, p. 31.

Essence, November, 2000, p. 84.