He's truly the Wizard of OZ... and, baby, the man behind the curtain has NEVER looked so good!

As narrator Augustus Hill on HBO's highly-acclaimed series OZ, Harold Perrineau, Jr. has emerged as one of the most articulate philosophers of our time -- a man who grapples with the crueler ironies and indignities of modern life.

Certainly, this obvious intelligence on his part makes him incredibly attractive to us Tarts. However, frankly speaking -- and can a Tart do anything but? -- it's really the dreads that send us spinning into paroxysms of lust: those regal, dancing, manly dreads that frame his astonishingly expressive face. We love those dreads. We can think of a hundred and one uses for those dreads.... we can imagine grabbing onto those dreads as he..... oh, never mind. We're sure you get the picture. But just in case you don't -- below, we proudly present a gallery of photos of...

By the way: Brooklyn native Perrineau is a classically trained actor who made his screen debut opposite Harvey Keitel and William Hurt in Smoke after studying music and theater at the Shenandoah Conservatory and training with the renowned Alvin Ailey modern dance company. His OZ wheelchair aside, he is an accomplished martial artist who is skilled in the study of Kung Fu Wu-Su. Before hitting it big on OZ, he appeared on Law & Order, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and a number of other television shows. His film credits include:

WOMAN ON TOP, WINGS AGAINST THE WIND, SMOKE. BLOOD AND WINE, ROMEO & JULIET, FLIRT. KING OF NEW YORK, SHAKEDOWN, THE EDGE, THE BEST MAN