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Harold Perrineau Jr. as Michael Dawson
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Harold Perrineau Jr.: |
| Harold
Perrineau Jr. (born August 7, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an
African American actor. He can currently be seen in the American
television series Lost. Before that show he was mostly known for his
performance in HBO's Oz and for the character Link in the Matrix films
and games. He is often credited without the Jr. suffix. |
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| John Locke: |
Prior to
Oceanic Flight 815
Michael has been estranged from his son, Walt — named for Michael's
father — for nearly all of Walt's life. Years earlier, Michael was
very excited at the prospect of becoming a father and husband, but
Walt's mother, Susan Lloyd, had other plans. Michael puts off his
intentions to be an artist, in order to find steady construction work
to support his family, while Susan goes to law school. When Susan is
offered a plum job in international law, she takes their son with her
to Amsterdam, leaving Michael alone in New York City. While there, she
eventually marries Brian Porter, the man who hired her. When Susan
calls to tell Michael about her marriage intentions, he becomes
enraged, announces he is coming to Amsterdam to get his son back, and
promptly runs off. As he crosses the street, he is hit by a car, which
leaves him hospitalized for months, and requires a year off for
rehabilitation. Two months after the accident, Susan tracks him down
at the hospital and convinces him to give up his parental rights to
Walt, so that her new husband can adopt the boy.
Several years later, in an abrupt visit by Brian, Michael learns about
Susan's death. Distraught at the loss of his wife, and seemingly
afraid of Walt, Brian requests that Michael fly to Sydney to take
custody of Walt. Before leaving on Flight 815 to the United States,
Michael calls his mother and asks if she can take Walt, since Michael
believes he is unfit to take care of him at the time. She refuses, and
when Michael hangs up the phone, he sees Walt standing right beside
him, although it is unclear how much of the conversation Walt has
heard.
On the island
Because of his inexperience as a father, Michael is sometimes overly
strict and protective of Walt, which leads to some difficulties in
their developing relationship. For a time, Walt looks to John Locke as
a father figure, and this leads to several confrontations between the
two, with Michael forbidding Walt to approach Locke. This situation
changes after Locke is instrumental in helping Michael save Walt from
an attacking polar bear.
It is also Michael's idea to begin the building of the raft, though
his initial motivation is primarily to save his son. Michael is the
first person to know that Sun can speak English. His association with
Sun causes numerous conflicts between him and Sun's husband, Jin. This
conflict reaches a head when the first raft Michael builds is burned.
Michael at first blames Jin, but after their confrontation, in which
Sun reveals to the other survivors that she can speak English, Michael
and Jin begin working together to build a new raft.
Michael and Jin overcome their earlier animosity to achieve a kind of
friendship while working together, even becoming comfortable enough
with each other to learn to accurately interpret each other's speech
despite the language barrier. Their close working conditions prove
problematic, however, when on the day before the second raft is to be
launched, Michael becomes ill, from an apparent poisoning, and blame
falls upon numerous people. Eventually, Jack figures out that it was
Sun who had spiked Jin's water, which Michael accidentally drank.
After the launch of the raft, Michael, Jin, Sawyer, and Walt find
themselves confronted by the Others, who have come to abduct Walt. The
Others take Walt by force and blow up the raft, leaving Michael
stranded, floating on raft debris with Sawyer. The ocean currents
bring the pair back to the island, whereupon they find Jin shortly
before being attacked by a small group of people. These captors
eventually reveal that they are survivors of the tail section of the
plane, and decide to travel across the island to join up with
Michael's group.
However, upon learning from Libby that the Others live nearby, Michael
abandons the group and heads off into the jungle to search for Walt.
It is only after being chased down by Jin and Mr. Eko that Michael
decides to hold off his search.
Upon being reunited with the mid-section survivors, Michael learns
about the Hatch and the need to input the numbers into the computer.
He raises questions about the Hatch, related to its blast doors, which
it seems at least Locke has noticed before, but the purpose for which
is unknown, and a computer with no other use than punching in numbers.
However, while Eko and Locke are discovering the part of the
Orientation film that warns not to use the computer for communication,
Michael notices a "Hello?" on the computer's screen. He
types in that he is Michael, to which the screen responds
"Dad?". After seeing this, Michael volunteers for an extra
shift in the hatch, hoping to get a chance again since he assumes that
he has been communicating to Walt. The communication happens again in
"The 23rd Psalm"; this time the screen asks if Michael is
alone, and then tells Michael he must come for him because "they
are coming back soon".
In "The Hunting Party" Michael knocks out Locke, traps him
and Jack in a closet, and sets out to find the Others. Locke, Jack and
Sawyer hear seven gunshots as they track him, and find three shells
from Michael's gun. They then encounter the leader of the Others, who
says that Michael will never find them. Michael's fate remains
unknown. |
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Information
and image taken from:
ABC's Lost Site and Wikipedia.org |
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