LOST
Jack Shephard

Jack Shephard

Played by Matthew Fox

BEFORE THE CRASH:
- A spinal surgeon at the same hospital with his father, Christian, also a doctor
- Successfully operated on a woman, Sarah, whose broken back was supposedly irreparable
- Married Sarah, who later left him because he worked too much
- Reported his alcoholic father to the hospital board after a patient died under his knife
- Went to Australia to find his missing father only to discover he'd drank himself to death

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"Well, there's always the chance that I could kill you. But I'm trying to make you feel better." - Jack Shephard

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  • Kate Austen to Jack:

    "You haven't ruined anything. Nothing's irreversible."

  • John Locke talking in his sleep in a flash sideways:

    "Push the button..."

  • John Locke to Jack:

    "But instead of killing you, I saved your life. And now I want to save them, too. So will you help me?"

  • John Locke to Jack:

    "We've been waiting for you."

  • Hugo Reyes to Jack:

    "No. No way... I'm not gonna let you die!"

  • Kate Austen to Jack in a flash sideways:

    "I'll be waiting for you there... once you're ready."

  • Hugo Reyes to Jack:

    "Jack, I believe in you, dude."

  • Hugo Reyes to Jack on Jacob:

    "That's kinda true, dude. He's worse than Yoda."

  • James Ford to Kate on Jack becoming protector of the island:

    "And I thought that guy had a God complex before."

  • James Ford to Jack:

    "So... you're the new Jacob, huh?"

  • Hugo Reyes to Jack and Kate:

    "This would be so sweet if we weren't about to die."

  • John Locke to Jack in a flash sideways:

    "You call it whatever you want, but I'm here. And I... I think I'm ready to get out of this chair."

  • James Ford to Jack on Locke:

    "I don't trust that thing one bit. So here's what I need you to do. Once we get to the dock, you make sure it doesn't get on the sub."

  • Kate Austen to Jack:

    "Tell me I'm gonna see you again... I love you."

  • James Ford to Jack on Sun, Jin and Sayid:

    "I killed them, didn't I?"

  • John Locke to Jack:

    "I want you to know, Jack. You died for nothing."

  • James Ford to Jack on Desmond:

    "You all head to your heart of the island, and I'll go get the magic leprechaun out of that well."

  • Kate Austen on the deaths of Sun and Jin:

    "Locke did this to them. We have to kill him, Jack."

  • Desmond Hume to Jack on Locke:

    "Him destroying the island. You destroying him. It doesn't matter. You're gonna lower me into that light, and I'm gonna go somewhere else. A place where we can be with the ones we love and not have to ever think about this damn island again."

  • John Locke to Jack:

    "You're too late."

  • John Locke to Jack in a flash sideways:

    "Maybe this is happening for a reason. Maybe you're supposed to fix me."

  • John Locke to Jack in a flash sideways:

    "Jack, I hope that somebody does for you what you just did for me."

  • John Locke to Jack in a flash sideways:

    "I still don't... I don't remember what I did wrong. But it was my fault. It was my fault... that this man I love more than anything will never walk or talk..."

  • James Ford to Jack:

    "It's not your decision to make! I'm not gonna stand here and do nothing!"

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Character Bio

OFF THE ISLAND: Rescued as part of the Oceanic 6 and began living with Kate and young Aaron. He eventually proposed to her, but things soon fell apart. Working with Ben, he then became obsessed with reuniting the Oceanic 6 to return to the island.

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 as a workman.

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

We won't go so far as saying this guy's dashing looks and rugged charm are the main reason we tune in to Lost each week. But we certainly won't deny it's one of them.

Matthew Fox is an actor cut from the proverbial leading-man cloth, carrying himself with strong charisma and a powerful presence.

In 2005 Fox shared the Screen Actors Guild Ensemble Award and was nominated for Golden Globe and Television Critics Association Awards for achievement in dramatic acting for Lost.

Fox appeared in the feature film Speed Racer, directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski, as Speed's one-time rival, the mysterious Racer X, and he appeared in the production of Vantage Point for director Pete Travis. The thriller depicts the attempted assassination of the president from eight different points of view, and Fox and his co-star, Dennis Quaid, play the secret service agents. Fox can also be seen in We are Marshall, directed by McG.

Fox starred in the successful series Party of Five and has numerous television credits, including his starring role in the critically acclaimed series Haunted and the telefilm Behind the Mask, in which he starred opposite Donald Sutherland.

Hailing from a ranch in Wyoming where his family raised horses and barley, Fox enjoyed the all-American upbringing that led him to play football at Columbia University, where he also studied Economics. With every intent of being a successful Wall Street broker, Fox was instead swayed to modeling, leading to some commercial spots, and he has been sold on acting ever since.
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