File:Jorge_Garcia_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Jorge Garcia
Sign in to saveAmerican actor and comedian
Film & TV
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Jorge García (born April 28, 1973, height 5' 11½" (1,82 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 stand-up comedian. He most recently starred in the FOX television series Alcatraz, as well as…
Known for
- American Muscle2026
- Getting LOST — Self2024
- Good Grief — Drew2024
- All the World Is Sleeping — Nick2023
- The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special — Self2023
- Condor's Nest — Proprietor Hipolito2023
- Bookie — Hector2023
- The Munsters — Floop2022
- Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins2021
- The Wrong Missy — Guy on Plane2020
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-04-28 ) April 28, 1973 (age 53) , Omaha, Nebraska , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Occupations
- Actor, voice actor, comedian
- Years active
- 1997–present
- Spouse
- Rebecca Birdsall ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
- Website
- kaijupod.wordpress.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jorge
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Omaha
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- Hawaiian
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- drama fiction
- Image
- Jorge Garcia by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Jorge Garcia
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- date of birth
- 1973-04-28
- social media followers
- 86622
- name in native language
- Jorge Garcia
- writing language
- English language
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show Becker, but subsequently became best known for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the television series Lost from 2004 to 2010. He starred in the Fox television series Alcatraz and played a minor character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He starred as Jerry Ortega on Hawaii Five-0 and can be seen in the Netflix film The Ridiculous 6. Recently, he starred in the comedy series Bookie (2023-2025). Garcia also appeared on the cover of Weezer's 2010 album Hurley in a close-up shot from a photo he took with vocalist Rivers Cuomo.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jorge Garcia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.