Jorge Garcia is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in ABC's Lost.
Biography
Jorge Garcia was born on April 28, 1973 in Omaha, Nebraska. Of Chilean descent, Garcia's mother, Dora, taught Spanish and his father, Humberto, is a retired medical doctor. At the age of 3, Garcia and his family moved to Orange County, California and Garcia was raised there in San Juan Capistrano. Garcia attended the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated with a degree in communications. He considered becoming a filmmaker, but found acting to be more appealing and began taking acting classes. While trying to find acting work, Garcia did stand-up comedy at night. However, the small roles he was able to get weren't enough to making a living on and Garcia took a job selling books at Borders while continuing to perfect his craft at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Garcia now resides in Hawaii with his girlfriend Malia Hansen.
While taking classes at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, Garcia eventually got a brief part on Spin City in 2001. About two years later, Garcia won a part on a sitcom pilot that never aired, but it helped him land a one-time appearance on the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm. The small role won him the chance to audition for a role on CBS' Becker which Garcia managed to land. As Becker headed into its final season, Garcia auditioned for the Lost pilot and was cast as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes.
Roles
Starring Roles
Guest Starring Roles
| Series
|
Role
|
Episode
|
Airdate
|
| The Wild Thornberrys |
Ricardo |
3x10 - Spirited Away |
October 28, 2000
|
| Spin City |
Cabbie |
6x01 - The Arrival (1) |
September 18, 2001
|
| Rock Me Baby |
Vizzy |
1x03 - Would I Lie to You? |
September 30, 2003
|
| Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Drug Dealer |
4x06 - The Car Pool Lane |
February 8, 2004
|
| Higglytown Heroes |
Dog Trainer Hero |
2x08 - Me and My Shadow/Out to Sea |
2005
|
| How I Met Your Mother |
Steve Henry (The Blitz) |
6x10 - Blitzgiving |
November 22, 2010
|
| Mr. Sunshine |
Bobert |
1x01 - Pilot |
February 7, 2011
|
| Mr. Sunshine |
Bobert |
1x04 - Hostile Workplace |
February 28, 2011
|
| Fringe |
Kevin |
3x16 - Os |
March 11, 2011
|
| Mr. Sunshine |
Bobert |
1x08 - The Assistant |
March 28, 2011
|
| Once Upon a Time |
Anton |
2x06 - Manhattan |
November 4, 2012
|
| Once Upon a Time |
Anton |
2x13 - Tiny |
February 10, 2013
|
| Californication |
Drug Dealer |
6x05 - Rock and a Hard Place |
February 17, 2013
|
| Californication |
Drug Dealer |
6x09 - Mad Dogs and Englishmen |
March 17, 2013
|
| Once Upon a Time |
Anton |
2x19 - Lacey |
April 21, 2013
|
| Maggie |
Gaspar |
1x09 - Gaspar, the Friendly A.D.S.A. |
June 26, 2013
|
| Maggie |
Gaspar |
1x10 - Gaspar, the Ambiguous |
July 10, 2013
|
| How I Met Your Mother |
Steve Henry (The Blitz) |
9x21 - Gary Blauman |
March 17, 2014
|
| BoJack Horseman |
Himself |
3x02 - The BoJack Horseman Show |
July 22,2016
|
| Maggie |
Gaspar |
3x02 - Denying Everything About Death |
February 6, 2017
|
| Maggie |
Gaspar |
3x05 - How do you... with a ghost? |
February 27, 2017
|
| Maggie |
Gaspar |
3x08 - Goodbye |
March 20, 2017
|
| Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories |
Bryan |
2x02 - The Duke |
September 10, 2017
|
Specials and Made-for-TV Movies
Talk, News and Game Show Appearances
| Series
|
Episode
|
Airdate
|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live |
Show 180 |
January 17, 2005
|
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
Show 2925 |
May 2, 2005
|
| 20/20 |
Lost Special |
May 6, 2005
|
| Live with Regis & Kelly |
|
May 18, 2005
|
| The Tony Danza Show |
Show 158 |
May 25, 2005
|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live |
|
May 25, 2005
|
| Entertainment Tonight |
|
August 17, 2005
|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live |
|
February 7, 2006
|
| The View |
|
May 24, 2006
|
| Celebrity Poker Showdown |
Tournament 8, Game 2 |
June 7, 2006
|
| Richard & Judy |
|
July 5, 2006
|
| 1 Leicester Square |
Show 15 |
July 9, 2006
|
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
Show 2228 |
November 6, 2006
|
| Late Show with David Letterman |
Show 2653 |
November 10, 2006
(Top Ten List)
|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live |
|
May 21, 2007
|
Awards and Accolades
ALMA Awards
- Won: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Series (2004)
- Lost
- Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actor - Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie (2005)
- Lost
Imagen Foundation Awards
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Television (2007)
- Lost
- Won: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2006)
- Lost
- Nominated: Choice TV Breakout Performance - Male (2005)
- Lost
- Nominated: Choice TV Sidekick (2005)
- Lost
- Nominated: TV - Choice Sidekick (2006)
- Lost
- Nominated: Choice TV: Sidekick (2007)
- Lost
Trivia
- is of Cuban and Chilean descent
