Perrineau has been a regular face in film and television, and unlike many character-actors has avoided being typecast as one particular character or in one particular genre. He's been in light-hearted comedies, hard-hitting dramas, schlocky B-movies and genre-bending TV shows. His best-known recent roles would be Michael Dawson in Lost, Damon Pope in Sons of Anarchy and Link in The Matrix.
Actress Aurora Perrineau is his daughter.
Film Roles
- 1990 King of New York as Thief on the subway
- 1995 Smoke as Thomas "Rashid" Cole
- 1996 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet as Mercutio
- 1997 The Edge as Stephen
- 1999 The Best Man as Julian Murch
- 2001 Prison Song as Uncle Cee
- 2003 The Matrix as Link
- 2007 28 Weeks Later as Flynn
- 2008 Felon as Lt. Jackson
- 2012 Transit as Losada
- 2012 Zero Dark Thirty as Jack
- 2013 Snitch as Jeffrey Steele
- 2013 Sexy Evil Genius as Marvin
- 2014 Sabotage as Jackson
Television Roles
- 1989 The Cosby Show as Scott
- 1990/93 Law & Order as Jordan Hill/Kenny Rinker
- 1991-1993 Ill Fly Away as Robert Evans
- 1997 ER as Isaac Prince
- 1997 Living Single as Walter
- 1997–2003 Oz as Augustus Hill
- 2003 Dead Like Me as Aroun Levert
- 2004–2006; 2008; 2010 Lost as Michael Dawson
- 2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Rev. Rhodes
- 2009 The Unusuals as Detective Leo Banks
- 2010 CSI: NY as Reggie Tifford
- 2011 Marvel Anime: Blade as Blade
- 2012 Sons of Anarchy as Damon Pope
- 2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Brian Tremore
- 2014 Constantine as Manny
- 2016 The Mysteries of Laura as Charles Baptiste
- 2016 Goliath as Judge Reston Keller
- 2017 Criminal Minds as Calvin Shaw
- 2018 Star as Bobby Brooks
- 2019 The Rookie (2018) as Nick Armstrong
- 2020 The Good Doctor as Wes Keeler
- 2022 From as Sheriff Boyd Stevens
