Hugo

Hugo "Hurley" Reyes

Played by Jorge Garcia

BEFORE THE CRASH:
- Won $156 million lottery with numbers from patient in a mental institution: 4 8 15 16 23 42
- Suffered from bad luck after win: grandfather died, new house burned, mom broke foot
- Bought the box company Locke works for with his winnings
- Traced the numbers to another unlucky man in Australia

Previous Quote

"Wait a sec... What if we time traveled again, to like dinosaur times, and then we died and got buried right here. What if these skeletons are us?" - Hugo Reyes

Next Quote
  • James Ford to Hurley:

    "Yeah, Widmore's gotta sub, and we're using it to get off this rock."

  • Miles Straume to Hurley:

    "That happens a lot? Dead people yelling at you?"

  • James Ford to Hurley:

    "Well if it ain't Three Men and a Baby... I'm countin' Hugo twice. What? I used your name."

  • John Locke to Hurley in the flash sideways:

    "What the hell are you doing? Have you ever parked a car in your life? You're practically in my spot! These white lines??? You're supposed to stay inside them!"

  • Jack Shephard to Hurley:

    "It needs to be you, Hugo."

  • Jack Shephard to Hurley:

    "It was only supposed to be me so I could do this. But if someone has to take care of the island -- if someone has to protect it? Then it should be you. Hurley, I believe in you."

  • Miles Straume to Hurley:

    "I saw that thing in action, man. It doesn't wanna talk."

  • John Locke to Kate:

    "We're waiting for your friends to get here, Kate. Hugo. Sun. Jack. That's the only way we're getting off this godforsaken rock."

  • Ilana to Hurley:

    "If we're going to destroy that plane, we'll need dynamite."

  • Ben Linus to Hurley:

    "That's how Jacob ran things. Maybe there's another way. A better way."

  • Jack Shephard to Hurley on Desmond:

    "Before Sayid died, he said that Desmond was in a well. If Locke wants Desmond dead, then we're gonna need him."

  • Jack Shephard to Hurley:

    "You have no idea how hard it is for me to sit back and listen to other people tell me what I should do. But I think maybe that's the point. Maybe... Maybe I'm supposed to let go."

  • Miles Straume on Hurley bringing the guitar case to the temple:

    "We gonna sing Kumbaya on the way?"

  • Ilana to Hurley:

    "With the plane gone, that thing won't be able to leave the island."

  • Miles Straume on Hurley:

    "As you can see, Hugo here has assumed the leadership position, so that's pretty great."

  • Ilana to Hurley before she blows herself up:

    "Nothing is more important than this. That thing is evil, and God help us if it ever leaves this island..."

  • Ben Linus to Hurley:

    "I think you do what you do best. Take care of people."

  • James Ford to Hurley:

    "I'm really sorry I called you rotund."

Character Bio

OFF THE ISLAND: Rescued as part of the Oceanic 6, but was checked back into a mental hospital after seeing visions of the late Charlie.

RETURN TO THE ISLAND: Aboard Ajira Airways Flight 316, a time flash sends him to the island in the '70s, where he becomes a member of Dharma working in the cafeteria.

Survived the detonation of Jughead and is back in the present-day time period on the island. Nominated as a candidate to take over Jacob's job as protector of the island.

Actor Bio

As Hugo "Hurley" Reyes on Lost, we can safely say this actor plays prime time's unluckiest lottery winner.

After graduating from UCLA, Jorge Garcia joined the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has been working steadily ever since. His television credits include being a series regular on Becker, as well as guest stints on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Spin City. In 2006 Garcia received an NCLR Alma Award for his work on Lost, and in 2007 he was nominated once again, as well as being nominated for an Imagen Foundation Award.

Garcia appeared in the comedy Deck the Halls, opposite Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito, Kristin Chenowith and Kristin Davis. His other film credits include the independent films The Good Humor Man, opposite Kelsey Grammer, Little Athens and Sweetzer.

He has performed on various L.A. stages as a standup comedian, as well as in productions of The Midnight Zone, Something Borrowed Something Blue and Romancing Valentino.
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