Jorge Garcia
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| Jorge Garcia | |
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 Jorge Garcia | |
| Character(s) | Hugo "Hurley" Reyes |
| Date of Birth | April 28, 1973 (age 35) |
| Origin | Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
| IMDb profile | |
Jorge Garcia, plays the role of Hugo Reyes, more commonly known as Hurley.
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Background
Jorge Garcia was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He is of Cuban and Chilean ancestry.
His first performance was as the villain in his school's seventh-grade musical production, based on the comic strip Drabble. It was after this that he began to seriously consider acting as a career. Once he completed college, he joined the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has been working steadily as an actor ever since.
Filmography
TV shows
- Higglytown Heroes (2005) as Dog Trainer Hero
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004) as Drug Dealer
- Becker (2003-2004) as Hector Lopez
- Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003) as Julius (TV Movie)
- Rock Me, Baby (2003) as Vizzy
- Old School (2003) as Jorge (TV Movie)
- Spin City (2001) as Cabbie
Stage
- The Midnight Zone
- Something Borrowed Something Blue
- Romancing Valentino
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Hurlyburly
- Guys and Dolls
Feature films
- Seymour's Last Rule (2008) as Seymour Holmes
- Sweetzer (2007) as Sergio
- Deck the Halls (2006) as Wallace
- Little Athens (2005) as Pedro
- The Good Humor Man (2005) as Mt. Rushmore
- Hitman: Blood Money (2005) as a voiceover
- Our Time Is Up (2004) as Gardener
- Happily Even After (2004) as Chris
- Tales from the Crapper (2004) as Racoon Head
- The Slow and the Cautious (2002) as Teddy
- King of the Open Mic's (2000) as Meatloag
- Tomorrow by Midnight / Midnight 5 (1999) as Jay
- Raven's Ridge (1997) as Monty
Media appearances
Talk show
Garcia has appeared as a talk show guest in the following talk shows and other television shows:
- May 6, 2005 - 20/20 "Lost Special" (S26 E1396)
- May 17, 2006 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien (S3 E2228)
- November 10, 2006 - Late Show with David Letterman (S14 E2689) [1]
- Source: tv.com
Magazine
Garcia has been featured as the main topic of the following magazine articles:
Miscellaneous
- August 8, 2004; September 14, 2005; September 30, 2006: Sunset on the Beach (Season 1-3 premieres)
- Episode 15 of the Official UK Lost Podcast
- October 21, 2006, Lost Panel at the HIFF (Hawaii International Film Festival) Lost Panel, also featuring Jean Higgins, Michael Emerson, and Henry Ian Cusick. [2]
Trivia
- He was the first actor to be cast on Lost.[source needed]
- Did a commercial once for the fast-food chain, Jack in the Box.[source needed]
- He appeared as a contestant in a game show called "Russian Roulette", (See here)
- He now has an online blog. (See here)
- He initially auditioned for the role of Sawyer. (See here)
External links
- Jorge Garcia Q&A Forum at Thefuselage.com
- Jorge Garcia's Blog
- Biography - at ABC Medianet
- Honolulu Midweek (October 6, 2006 ) "Hurley Goes House Hunting" by Yu Shing Ting - Article by local media on Garcia's move to Hawaii, relationship breakup, his pet dog, paparazzi, and house-hunting.
- Garcia has joined The Dharmalars for two podcasts:
- May 19, 2007 - Interview - Download episode (.m4a)
- December 16, 2007 - Commentary on "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" - Download episode (.m4a)
- A 45-minute interview recorded live with Jorge Garcia on the CrankyFanatic podcast in Spring 2007.
- List of movies and TV shows that Garcia appears in.
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| Present | Naveen Andrews (1–4) • Henry Ian Cusick (3–4) • Jeremy Davies (4) • Michael Emerson (3–4) • Matthew Fox (1–4) • Jorge Garcia (1–4) • Josh Holloway (1–4) • Daniel Dae Kim (1–4) • Yunjin Kim (1–4) • Ken Leung (4) • Evangeline Lilly (1–4) • Rebecca Mader (4) • Elizabeth Mitchell (3–4) • Terry O'Quinn (1–4) • Emilie de Ravin (1–4) | |||
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