Harold Perrineau Actor - Born 7 Aug 1963 -

Bio Harold Perrineau had his name changed at 7 years old to reflect the last name of his father ... Harold Williams , .. he later had it changed back to his birthname.

Harold Perrineau (formerly Harold Williams; born August 7, 1963) is an American actor, best 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, Damon Pope in the FX bike gang drama Sons of Anarchy, and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. He starred in ABC's comedy-drama television series The Unusuals, playing NYPD homicide detective Leo Banks and has appeared in several high-profile films, including The Best Man, 28 Weeks Later, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, and Zero Dark Thirty. He also starred with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in the survival drama The Edge. Perrineau currently costars as Dean Simms in the TNT series Claws.

Personal life Perrineau was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Harold Williams and Sylvia Perrineau. His parents changed his name to Williams when he was seven. Harold later legally changed his name back to his birth name, after discovering there was already a Harold Williams in the Screen Actors Guild union. Perrineau attended Shenandoah University, but did not graduate. Perrineau and his wife, Brittany Robinson, have three daughters, Aurora Perrineau, born 1994, Wynter Aria, born on May 7, 2008, and Holiday Grace, born on March 21, 2013. Brittany had recurring appearances on US TV show Lost, appearing in the Season 1 episodes of "Outlaws", as the girlfriend of Sawyer, and in the episode "Numbers", as the woman who read the lottery numbers. Her acting credits also include the role of Dara in the romantic-comedy Saving Face, as well as appearing in Your Name Here.