Jorge Garcia

Jorge García (born April 28, 1973, height 5' 11½" (1,82 m)) is an American actor and comedian. 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 comedian. He most recently starred in the FOX television series Alcatraz, as well as playing a minor character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. García was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Dora Mesa, is a Cuban-born professor, and his father, Humberto Garcia, is a Chilean-born doctor. He 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) 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. He missed a question about the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and fell 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. He also hosted a weekly podcast, Geronimo Jack's Beard, in which he discussed the script of Season 6 along with his then girlfriend 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. He 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. television series 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 recurring character in Mr. Sunshine, portraying a caretaker at the Sunshine Center. Starting in January 2012, Garcia portrayed Dr. Diego Soto, 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 1973-04-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1999	Raven's Ridge	Monty	85
2	2001	Tomorrow by Midnight	Jay	30
3	2003	Old School	Jorge	0
4	2004	Tales from the Crapper	Racoon Head	42
5	2004	Our Time Is Up	Gardner	57
6	2005	The Good Humor Man	Mt. Rushmore	44
7	2005	Little Athens	Pedro	37
8	2006	Click	Ammer in SAP scene (uncredited)	63
9	2006	Deck the Halls	Wallace	56
10	2007	Sweetzer	Sergio	0
11	2010	The New Man in Charge	Hugo Reyes	58
12	2011	Maktub	Carlos	75
13	2013	iSteve	Steve Wozniak	49
14	2013	The Ordained	Carlos	10
15	2014	Cooties	Rick	59
16	2015	The Wedding Ringer	Lurch / Garvey	65
17	2015	The Ridiculous 6	Herm	52
18	2016	Get a Job	Fernando the Janitor	53
19	2016	Rock Dog	Germur (voice)	62
20	2017	The Healer	Father Malloy	72
21	2020	Nobody Knows I'm Here	Memo	67
22	2020	The Wrong Missy	Guy on Plane	62
23	2022	The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane	Floop / Self	86
24	2022	The Munsters	Floop	56
25	2023	Condor's Nest	Proprietor Hipolito	54
26	2023	All the World Is Sleeping	Nick	53
27	2023	The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special	Self	50
28		A Pretty Good Movie	Victor	0
29	2024	Getting LOST	Self	69
30		Good Grief	Drew	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Columbo	Julius	81
2	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
3	1996	Spin City	Cabbie	71
4	1997	The View	Self	45
5	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Ricardo (voice)	69
6	1998	Becker	Hector Lopez	72
7	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Drug Dealer	80
8	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
9	2003	Rock Me Baby	Vizzy	100
10	2004	Best Week Ever		56
11	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
12	2004	Lost	Hurley Reyes	79
13	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Steve Henry	81
14	2007	Californication	Drug Dealer	77
15	2008	Fringe	Kevin	81
16	2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Self	60
17	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Jerry Ortega	78
18	2011	Mr. Sunshine	Bobert	62
19	2011	Once Upon a Time	Anton	74
20	2012	Alcatraz	Diego Soto	64
21	2014	BoJack Horseman	Jorge Garcia (voice)	85
22	2014	Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories	Bryan	74
23	2016	MacGyver	Jerry Ortega	73
24	2019	The Masked Singer	Cyclops	77
25	2019	The Masked Singer	Cyclops (archive footage)	77
26	2020	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Self - Phone a Friend	97
27	2023	Bookie	Hector	70

Jorge Garcia

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