Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell

(born 17 February 1970) is an English-born Australian actor most active in the United States.

He currently has a starring role as Lincoln Burrows in
the Fox network TV drama Prison Break.

Born in England but raised in Australia by his Norwegian father and Irish mother, Purcell was a bored landscaper who decided to attend a drama school. He became a TV star in Australia before debuting in America as the title character in "John Doe" (2002).

In 2000, he won the Green Card lottery and now lives in Los Angeles with his family.
 

Selected Filmography:
The Gravedancers
North Shore
House, M.D.
Blade: Trinity
Jonn Doe