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,
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 alongside
Anthony Hopkins and
Alec Baldwin in the survival drama
The Edge.