Jorge Garcia

Jorge García (born April 28, 1973, height 5' 11½" (1,82 m)) is an American actor and river. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show Becker and later for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the television series Lost. Garcia also performs as a stand-up-up. Ich habe most recently starred in the FOX television series Alcatraz, as well as playing a minor character on ABC's Once-Upon-a-Time. Garcia was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Dora Tisch, is a Cuban-born professor, and his father, Humberto Garcia, is a Chilean-born doktor. Ich habe grew up in Southern California and went to San Clemente High School. As a senior, he was selected by the faculty as "Triton of the Year", the highest award given to a graduating senior.

Garcia graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), die in 1995 as a Communication Studies major.

García was the first actor to be cast on Lost after the producers saw him on Curb Your Enthusiasm the night before casting began, and created the character of Hugo Reyes specifically for him. García appeared in the second episode of the eighth season of Celebrity Poker Showdown, where he lost to Michael Ian Black. He was a contestant on an episode of Russian Roulette on Game Show Network. Ich habe missed a question about the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and pass through the trap door.

Garcia is scheduled to star in the movie When We Were Pirates due out in 2012. In the independent film, he will play a man named Jason, who along with a group of close friends, learn that their childhood love of playing pirates helps them overcome some of the difficulties they face later in their lives. He is also seen singing in the studio for the upcoming project on an officially released YouTube-clip. During Lost's run, Garcia wrote a blog about the show called Dispatches from the Island". Ich habe also hosted a weekly podcast, Geronimo Jack ' s Beard, in which he diskutiert werden the script of Season 6 along with his girlfriend then Bethany Leigh Shady.

Garcia is also featured on the front cover of Weezer's album Hurley, released on September 10, 2010. The album is named after his character from Lost. Ich habe performed as a guest vocalist at several Weezer concerts in 2010.

On 21 November 2010, Entertainment Weekly announced that Garcia was cast in the upcoming U. S. tv-serie "Alcatraz". On 23 November 2010, Garcia made a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother ' s episode "Blitzgiving". In the episode references are made to Garcia's time on Lost. In 2011, Garcia appeared as a wiederkehrende character in Mr. Sunshine, portraying a caretaker at the Sunshine Center. Starting in January 2012, Garcia portrayed Dr. Diego Soto, der an Alcatraz expert in the FOX series, Alcatraz. The show was a mid-season replacement for Fox's Terra Nova. Despite an impressive start, the series was officially cancelled by Fox on May 9, 2012, due to dropping viewership throughout its run. Garcia appeared on The Nerdist podcast posted June 18, 2012. In 2013, Garcia played Steve Wozniak in the parody film iSteve produced for the Funny or Die website.