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Jorge Garcia played the role of Hugo Reyes, more commonly known as Hurley.
Background
Jorge Garcia was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He is of Cuban and Chilean ancestry.[1]
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. [source needed]
Podcast
In February 2010, to coincide with the sixth and final season of Lost, Garcia and girlfriend Bethany James Leigh Shady created Geronimo Jack's Beard: A Lost Podcast and its accompanying blog, which presents the couple's reactions to the episode scripts as delivered to Garcia rather than to the episodes as filmed and broadcast.
Filmography
TV shows
- Fringe (2011) as Kevin the Security Guard
- Lost (2004-2010) as Hurley Reyes
- 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
- How I Met Your Mother (2010) as Steve Henry aka "The Blitz"
Stage
- The Midnight Zone
- Something Borrowed Something Blue
- Romancing Valentino
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Hurlyburly
- Guys and Dolls
Feature films
- When We Were Pirates (2009) as Jason
- 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
- 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
Video game
- Hitman: Blood Money (2005) as a voiceover
Media appearances
Talk show
Garcia has appeared as a talk show guest in the following talk shows and other television shows:
- January 17, 2005 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (S3 E180)
- May 6, 2005 - 20/20 "Lost Special" (S26 E1396)
- May 18, 2005 - Live with Regis and Kelly (S17 E359)
- May 17, 2006 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien (S3 E2228)
- November 10, 2006 - The Late Show with David Letterman (S14 E2689) [2]
- May 4, 2010 - Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- 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)
- June 2005, Official Lost Convention
- 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. [3]
- October 5, 2006 - TV.com video interview [4]
- January 13, 2007 - Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - "An Evening with Lost"
- October 25, 2008, HTY Benefit Reading [5][6]
- December 13-14, 2008, Honolulu Symphony Youth ConcertPeter and the Wolf narration [7][8][9][10]
- October 17, 2009 - Hawaii International Film Festival - "An Evening with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse"
- May 13, 2010 - Lost Live
- Will feature on the cover of Weezer's new album [11]
Weezer's Album "Hurley"
Trivia
- Garcia 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]
- Appeared as a contestant in a game show called "Russian Roulette". [12]
- Garcia initially auditioned for the role of Sawyer. (See here) (Season 1 DVD – "Audition Tapes")
- When preparing to leave for the airport on May 30, 2010, Jorge's dog Nunu was hit and killed by a car while crossing the street. Cite error: Invalid
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References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0306201/bio
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zECDqruYbWw
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4hct7s771M
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/video/7098/jorge-garcia-matthew-fox-and--evangeline-lilly-exclusive-interview?o=tv]
- ↑ http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20081104_dream_benefit_for_lost_fans_.html
- ↑ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881016074
- ↑ http://www.honolulusymphony.com/season_and_tickets/season_calendar/2008-2009/masterworks/1213_peter_and_the_wolf
- ↑ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081214/BREAKING01/81214041
- ↑ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3455828034027961903
- ↑ http://dispatchesfromtheisland.blogspot.com/2009/01/symphony.html
- ↑ http://www.tvovermind.com/abc/lost/new-weezer-album-cover-stars-losts-hurley/27989
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93W-80plfM
Wikipedia has information related to:
External links
- Jorge Garcia Q&A Forum at Thefuselage.com
- Dispatches From The Island - Jorge Garcia's personal blog while on Lost
- Further Dispatches - Jorge Garcia's post-Lost personal blog
- Geronimo Jack's Beard - Jorge Garcia's Lost podcast, with his girlfriend Bethany James Leigh Shady
- Biography - at ABC Medianet
- Podcast Interview (September 20, 2006) - Interview with Jorge Garcia and Daniel Dae Kim for The Transmission.
- 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
- Dutch Lost Interview
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