Jorge Garcia

Jorge García born April 28 1973 height 5 11½ 182 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 standup comedian He most recently starred in the FOX television series Alcatraz as well as playing a minor character on ABCs Once Upon a Time García was born in Omaha Nebraska His mother Dora Mesa is a Cubanborn professor and his father Humberto Garcia is a Chileanborn 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 Losts run Garcia wrote a blog about the show called Dispatches from the Island He also hosted a weekly podcast Geronimo Jacks 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 Weezers 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 US television series Alcatraz On 23 November 2010 Garcia made a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mothers episode Blitzgiving In the episode references are made to Garcias 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 midseason replacement for Foxs 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