Brooklyn, New York, US
Дата рождения 7 agosto 1963
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Краткая биография
An accomplished young actor who has graced the stage, screen, and television, Harold Perrineau Jr. has earned a well-deserved reputation as a performer willing to take on just about anything, with roles ranging from drag queens to hardened criminals. A native of Brooklyn, Perrineau studied music and theatre at the Shenandoah Conservatory, but began his career as a dancer with the Alvin Ailey Company, performing with the troupe for a year and a half. A gradual shift to acting led Perrineau to the theatre, where he acted in a number of shows including Dreamgirls, the critically acclaimed Avenue X, and the off-Broadway revival of Godspell.
While he was working on the stage, Perrineau also began appearing on TV in such shows as The Cosby Show, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, I'll Fly Away, and Law & Order. He segued onto the big screen in the late '80s, but had his first memorable role as Rashid Cole, a young man searching for his long-absent father (Forest Whitaker) in Smoke, an acclaimed 1995 drama directed by Wayne Wang and based upon the writings of Paul Auster. The following year he gained further exposure for his flamboyant, explosive portrayal of Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. At one point outfitted in a glitter miniskirt and platform heels, Perrineau proved a worthy, if idiosyncratic, foil for Leonardo Di Caprio's Romeo and gave a performance that marked him as one of the more distinctive Mercutios in the play's history.
Perrineau subsequently appeared in a number of supporting roles in films ranging from Auster's Lulu on the Bridge (1998) to The Best Man (1999), a celebrated romantic comedy directed by Malcolm D. Lee (cousin of Spike Lee) that saw Perrineau share the screen with other members of a group widely billed as a new generation of African-American actors, including Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, and Nia Long. In addition to appearances in various independent films, Perrineau starred in Woman on Top (2000), a comedy that cast him as the drag queen best friend of a young woman (Penelope Cruz) experiencing romantic woes. In addition to his film work, Perrineau remained active on television with a significant part as a paraplegic prisoner in the acclaimed HBO series Oz.

Избранная фильмография:
Felon (2008)
Ball Don't Lie (2007)
Your Name Here (2008)
Demons (2007)
"Lost" (48 episodes, 2004-2008)
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (1 episode, 2007)
Garfield Gets Real (2007)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Gardens of the Night (2007)
The Matrix Online (2005)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
"Dead Like Me" (1 episode, 2003)
Enter the Matrix (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
"Oz" (45 episodes, 1997-2003)
On_Line (2002)
Prison Song (2001)
Someone Like You... (2001)
Overnight Sensation (2000)
Woman on Top (2000)
"Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1999)
The Best Man (1999)
Macbeth in Manhattan (1999)
A Day in Black and White (1999)
The Tempest (1998)
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
Come to (1998)
"Living Single" (1 episode, 1997)
"ER" (1 episode, 1997)
The Edge (1997)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Blood and Wine (1996)
"New York News" (1 episode, 1995)
Flirt (1995)
Smoke (1995)
"The Cosby Mysteries" (1 episode, 1994)
"Law & Order" (2 episodes, 1990-1993)
"I'll Fly Away" (7 episodes, 1991-1993)
King of New York (1990)
"CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1 episode, 1990)
"The Cosby Show" (1 episode, 1989)
Shakedown (1988)
"Fame" (1982)

об актере
Harold Perrineau est un acteur accompli, qui a brillé aussi bien sur les planches qu’à la télévision et au grand écran. Il a la réputation de pouvoir jouer n’importe quel rôle, et elle est bien méritée.

Il a joué dans la pièce intitulée Topdog/Underdog, tirée d’une oeuvre de Suzan Lori Parks qui a gagné un prix pulitzer, et son interprétation lui a valu un prix prestigieux. Sur le grand écran, il a joué dans The Matrix Reloaded et dans The Matrix Revolutions, ainsi que dans le film The Best Man, avec Taye Diggs et Nia Long. Pour ce dernier rôle, il a été nominé pour le prix du meilleur second rôle. Il a également été distingué par un prix pour son rôle dans le personnage de Rashid Cole dans le film de Wayne Wang, Smoke.

Ses autres participations remarquées à des films incluent : Woman on Top, où il a joué avec Penelope Cruz, Romeo + Juliet, Lulu on the Bridge et The Edge, où il était aux côtés de Anthony Hopkins et Alec Baldwin.

A la télévision, Perrineau a trouvé un rôle marquant avec le personnage d’Augustus Hill dans la série Oz. Il a également joué dans le téléfilm An American Tempest, et a fait une apparition en tant que guest star dans la série ER, Law & Order et dans le Cosby Show.

Perrineau a commence sa carrière dans le théâtre, o mil a joué dans un grand nombre de pieces, parmi lesquelles Dreamgirls, Avenue X et The Love of Bullets. Il a également joué dans la pièce de Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange, où il avait le rôle d’un jeune homme victime de désordres de la personnalité.

Natif de Brooklyn (New York), Perrineau a étudié la musique et le théâtre au conservatoire Shenandoah. Il a également travaillé comme étudiant à la compagnie Alvin Ailey.

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