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‘LOST’ STAR PERRINEAU FINDS MUCH WORK: Actor books three film gigs to fill time during absence from ABC hit drama.
*Harold Perrineau has seen his stock in Hollywood fly through the roof since entering the homes of millions each week on the ABC drama “Lost.”
His stranded character Michael Dawson was last seen betraying fellow castaways in order to retrieve his kidnapped son from “The Others.” The 43-year-old Brooklyn native will not be a part of the show’s upcoming third season, but may return the following year to resume the role full time. During his time away, Perrineau will remain busy shooting three upcoming films.
“28 Weeks Later,” a sequel to the sci-fi hit “28 Days Later,” will star the actor as an upbeat American Special Forces pilot who documents and leads to safety the families returning to London after the viral outbreak.
Perrineau will also star in "Your Name Here," described as a Charlie Kaufman-esque story set in the last days of the life of sci-fi author Philip K. Dick, the man behind such films as "Blade Runner" and "A Scanner Darkly." Matthew Wilder wrote and is directing the film, in which Perrineau will play Richard Roundtree, a star in the fictional '70s thriller "Earthquake," obsessed with Dick.
Perrineau has also joined the cast of "Gardens of the Night," starring John Malkovich and Jeremy Sisto in the story of kids who were abducted as children into a prostitution ring. They run away years later, and now live as teenage street kids.
