HAROLD PERRINEAU starred on the critically acclaimed HBO series OZ created by Tom Fontana. For the past 6 seasons, Perrineau portrayed the role of Augustus Hill, the wheel chair bound narrator imprisoned for 20 years to life for drug dealing and murder in this gritty, quick-paced CableACE-winning series.

Perrineau recently appeared on the big screen in Woman on Top opposite Penelope Cruz. His other feature film credits include The Best Man, the independent films On_Line and A Day in Black and White, The Edge opposite Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes and John Leguizamo and Wayne Wang’s critically acclaimed film Smoke, for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

Born in Brooklyn, Perrineau studied musical theatre at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Virginia and received a dance scholarship to the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York. Upon graduation, he began his professional career in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions, appearing in such hits as Dream Girls, Godspell and originating the stage role of Tyrone in Fame.

Perrineau’s first major television break happened in 1990 when he was cast in a recurring role on the NBC series I’ll Fly Away.

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