Ha! Years ago, I joked with an actor acquaintance of mine (we’d worked on two different TV shows) that he had to get a new agent pronto. I think I said, “You’re turning into a red shirt on Star Trek, dude!” and his gf laughed and said, “OMG, you are!” Before I’d seen him at the diner that day, he’d been cast as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and as the guide/pilot in The Bear. We know what happens to those characters. So when I saw that he was in the Matrix and in the sequels, I was very glad. “He must’ve gotten that new agent,” I thought to myself. I think at this point you know who I’m talking about, and he is indeed black.
It’s been years since I’ve seen him. I reckon he’s doing OK after being on Lost.