Titus B. Welliver (born March 12, 1961) is an American actor and painter. Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut , the son of Norma Cripps, a fashion illustrator, and Neil Welliver, a landscape painter. He studied drama at New York University in the early 1980s, before his film and television career began to take off. He is best known for his portrayals of the Man in Black on Lost and the title role in the television series Bosch from Amazon Studios. via goodreads