Lost is an American television drama that debuted on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 22, 2004. The series aired for six seasons, and follows the survivors of the crash of the fictional Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific. Although a large cast made Lost more expensive to produce, the writers benefited from added flexibility in story decisions.[1] According to series executive producer Bryan Burk, "You can have more interactions between characters and create more diverse characters, more back stories, more love triangles."[1] The initial season had 14 regular speaking roles that received star billing. Matthew Fox played the protagonist, a troubled surgeon named Jack Shephard. Evangeline Lilly portrayed a fugitive Kate Austen. Jorge Garcia played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. Josh Holloway played a con man, James "Sawyer" Ford. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business. Maggie Grace played his stepsister Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker and aspiring artist Michael Dawson, while Malcolm David Kelley played his young son, Walt Lloyd. Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Emilie de Ravin played a young Australian mother-to-be, Claire Littleton. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband and father's enforcer Jin-Soo Kwon. Dominic Monaghan played English ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace.

Boone was written out near the end of season one,[2] and Kelley became a guest star making occasional appearances throughout season two. Shannon's departure eight episodes into season two made way for newcomers Mr. Eko, a Nigerian fake Catholic priest and former criminal played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Ana Lucia Cortez, an airport security guard and former police officer played by Michelle Rodriguez; and Libby Smith, a purported clinical psychologist and formerly mentally ill woman portrayed by Cynthia Watros. In season three, two actors were promoted from recurring to starring roles: Henry Ian Cusick as former Scottish soldier Desmond Hume, and Michael Emerson as the manipulative leader of the Others, Ben Linus. In addition, three new actors joined the regular cast: Elizabeth Mitchell, as fertility doctor and Other Juliet Burke, and Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro as background survivor couple Nikki Fernandez and Paulo. Several characters died throughout the season; Eko was written out early on when Akinnuoye-Agbaje did not wish to continue on the show,[3][4] Nikki and Paulo were buried alive mid-season after poor fan response,[5] and Charlie was written out in the third-season finale. Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, a nervous physicist who takes a scientific interest in the island; Ken Leung as Miles Straume, a sarcastic supposed ghost whisperer, and Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Staples Lewis, a hard-headed and determined anthropologist and successful academic joined the cast in season four.[6]

Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline. Danielle Rousseau (Mira Furlan), a French member of an earlier scientific expedition to the island first encountered as a voice recording in the pilot episode, appears throughout the series; she is searching for her daughter, who later turns up in the form of Alex Rousseau (Tania Raymonde). Cindy (Kimberley Joseph), an Oceanic flight attendant who first appeared in the pilot, survived the crash and subsequently became one of the Others. In the second season, married couple Rose Henderson (L. Scott Caldwell) and Bernard Nadler (Sam Anderson), separated on opposite sides of the island (she with the main characters, he with the tail section survivors) were featured in a flashback episode after being reunited. Corporate magnate Charles Widmore (Alan Dale) has connections to both Ben and Desmond. Desmond is in love with Widmore's daughter Penelope "Penny" Widmore (Sonya Walger). The introduction of the Others featured Tom aka Mr. Friendly (M. C. Gainey) and Ethan Rom (William Mapother) all of whom have been shown in both flashbacks and the ongoing story. Jack's father Christian Shephard (John Terry) has appeared in multiple flashbacks of various characters. In the third season, Naomi Dorrit (Marsha Thomason), parachutes onto the island, the team leader of a group hired by Widmore to find Ben Linus. One member of her team includes the ruthless mercenary Martin Keamy (Kevin Durand). In the finale episode "The End", recurring guest stars Sam Anderson, L. Scott Caldwell, Francois Chau, Fionnula Flanagan, Sonya Walger, and John Terry were credited under the "starring" rubric alongside the principal cast. The mysterious, black, smoke cloud-like entity known as "the Monster" appeared in human form during season five and six as a middle-aged man dressed in black robes known as "The Man in Black" played by Titus Welliver, and in season six, it appears in the form of John Locke played by O'Quinn in a dual role. His rival, Jacob, was played by Mark Pellegrino.

Appearances

Key
Main Indicates the actor was a member of the main cast in multiple episodes during the season.
Main - "The End" Indicates the actor had a starring role only in episode "The End" during the season.
Recurring Indicates the actor had a guest role in multiple episodes during the season.
Guest Indicates the actor appeared in one episode during the season, or had a guest role in multiple episodes and credit as "Special guest star".
Archive Indicates the actor appeared in archival footage only.
Indicates the actor did not appear during the season.
Actor Character Seasons
Season 1
(2004–05)
Season 2
(2005–06)
Season 3
(2006–07)
Season 4
(2008)
Season 5
(2009)
Season 6
(2010)
Main cast
Naveen Andrews Sayid Jarrah Main
Emilie de Ravin Claire Littleton Main Archive Main
Matthew Fox Jack Shephard Main
Jorge Garcia Hugo Reyes Main
Maggie Grace Shannon Rutherford Main Special Guest Main - "The End"
Josh Holloway James Ford Main
Malcolm David Kelley Walt Lloyd[b] Main Recurring Special Guest Recurring Guest
Daniel Dae Kim Jin-Soo Kwon Main
Yunjin Kim Sun-Hwa Kwon Main
Evangeline Lilly Kate Austen Main
Dominic Monaghan Charlie Pace Main Guest Main - "The End"
Terry O'Quinn John Locke[b] Main
Harold Perrineau Michael Dawson Main Main Guest
Ian Somerhalder Boone Carlyle Main Special Guest Main - "The End"
Michelle Rodriguez Ana Lucia Cortez Guest Main Special Guest Guest
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Mr. Eko Main
Cynthia Watros Libby Smith Main Guest Main - "The End"
Henry Ian Cusick Desmond Hume Recurring Main
Michael Emerson Ben Linus Recurring Main
Elizabeth Mitchell Juliet Burke Main Main - "The End"
Kiele Sanchez Nikki Fernandez Main Archive
Rodrigo Santoro Paulo Main
Nestor Carbonell Richard Alpert Recurring Main
Jeremy Davies Daniel Faraday Main Main - "The End"
Ken Leung Miles Straume Main
Rebecca Mader Charlotte Lewis Main Main - "The End"
Jeff Fahey Frank Lapidus Recurring Main
Zuleikha Robinson Ilana Verdansky Recurring Main
Actor Character Seasons
Season 1
(2004–05)
Season 2
(2005–06)
Season 3
(2006–07)
Season 4
(2008)
Season 5
(2009)
Season 6
(2010)
Recurring cast
Michelle Arthur Michelle Recurring
William Blanchette Aaron Littleton Recurring
Ron Bottitta Leonard Simms Guest
Julie Bowen Sarah Shephard Guest Recurring
Wendy Braun Gina Recurring
Beth Broderick Diane Janssen Guest Recurring Guest
L. Scott Caldwell Rose Nadler Recurring Main - "The End"
Byron Chung Woo-Jung Paik Guest Recurring Guest
Jon Dixon JD Recurring
Mira Furlan Danielle Rousseau Recurring Guest
Robert Frederick Jeff Recurring
Andrea Gabriel Nadia Jazeem Guest Recurring Guest Recurring
Billy Ray Gallion Randy Nations Guest Guest
M. C. Gainey Tom Friendly Guest Recurring
Greg Grunberg Seth Norris Guest Guest
Veronica Hamel Margo Shephard Guest Guest Guest
Neil Hopkins Liam Pace Guest Recurring
Lillian Hurst Carmen Reyes Guest
Nick Jameson Richard Malkin Guest
Kimberley Joseph Cindy Chandler Recurring Recurring
Fredric Lehne Edward Mars Recurring Guest Recurring Recurring
William Mapother Ethan Rom Recurring Guest Recurring Guest
Julie Ow Nurse Guest Guest
Brittany Perrineau Mary Jo Recurring Guest
Mark Rusden Airport cop Recurring
John Shin Mr. Kwon Guest Guest
Meilinda Soerjoko Chrissy Recurring Guest
Tamara Taylor Susan Lloyd Guest
John Terry Christian Shephard[b] Recurring Main - "The End"
Kevin Tighe Anthony Cooper Guest Recurring Guest
Sam Anderson Bernard Nadler Recurring Main - "The End"
Michael Bowen Danny Pickett Recurring
Clancy Brown Kelvin Inman Recurring
François Chau Pierre Chang Recurring Guest Recurring Main - "The End"
Michael Cudlitz Mike Walton Guest Guest
Brett Cullen Goodwin Stanhope Guest Recurring' Guest
Alan Dale Charles Widmore Guest Recurring
Bruce Davison Douglas Brooks Guest Guest
Kim Dickens Cassidy Phillips Guest Recurring Guest
David Ely Intern Recurring
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick Lindsey Littleton Guest
Dustin Geiger Matthew Recurring
Lindsey Ginter Sam Austen Recurring
April Grace Bea Klugh Recurring Guest
Mickey Graue Zach Guest Recurring Recurring
Kiersten Havelock Emma Guest Recurring Recurring
Lawrence Jones Lead soldier Guest
Tony Lee Jae Lee Recurring Guest
Tomiko Okhee Lee Mrs. Lee Guest
June Kyoto Lu Mrs. Paik Guest Guest
Adetokumboh M'Cormack Yemi[b] Recurring Guest
Kolawolfe Obileye Jr Mr. Eko[c] Guest
Olekan Obileye Yemi[c] Guest
Alex Petrovitch Henrik Guest Guest
Tania Raymonde Alex Rousseau[b] Recurring Guest Recurring
Katey Sagal Helen Norwood Recurring Recurring
Jeremy Shada Charlie Pace[c] Guest
Zack Shada Liam Pace[c] Guest
Rachel Ticotin Teresa Cortez Recurring
Grisel Toledo Susie Lazenby Guest Guest
Sonya Walger Penny Widmore Recurring Main - "The End"
Teddy Wells Ivan Recurring
Blake Bashoff Karl Martin Recurring
Sterling Beaumon Ben Linus[c] Guest Recurring
Joah Buley Luke Recurring
Esmond Chung Paik's associate Guest
Andrew Divoff Mikhail Bakunin Recurring Guest
Fionnula Flanagan Eloise Hawking Guest Recurring Main - "The End"
Brian Goodman Ryan Pryce Recurring
Ariston Green Jason Recurring
Jon Gries Roger Linus Guest Recurring Guest
Doug Hutchison Horace Goodspeed Guest Recurring
Suzanne Krull Lynn Karnoff Guest Guest
Paula Malcolmson Colleen Pickett Recurring
Cheech Marin David Reyes Guest
Rob McElhenney Aldo Guest Guest
Tracy Middendorf Bonnie Recurring
Lana Parrilla Greta Recurring
Marsha Thomason Naomi Dorrit Recurring Guest
Robin Weigert Rachel Carlson Recurring
Anthony Azizi Omar Recurring Recurring
Zoë Bell Regina Recurring
Grant Bowler Gault Recurring
Susan Duerden Carole Littleton Guest Recurring
Starletta DuPois Mrs. Dawson Recurring
Kevin Durand Martin Keamy Recurring Recurring
Jill Kuramoto Female anchor Recurring
Lance Reddick Matthew Abaddon Recurring Guest
Fisher Stevens George Minkowski Recurring Guest
Marc Vann Ray Recurring
Matthew Allan Cunningham Recurring
Reiko Aylesworth Amy Goodspeed Recurring
Brad Berryhill Anxious guy Recurring
Bruno Bruni Brennan Recurring
Kevin Chapman Mitch Recurring
Tom Connolly Charles Widmore[c] Recurring
Guillaume Dabinpons Robert Recurring
Marvin DeFreitas Charlie Hume Recurring
Michael Dempsey Foreman Recurring
Alice Evans Eloise Hawking[c] Recurring
Melissa Farman Danielle Rousseau[c] Recurring
Sarah Farooqui Theresa Spencer Recurring
Patrick Fischler Phil Recurring
Brad William Henke Bram Recurring Guest
Maya Henssens Charlotte Lewis[c] Recurring
Tom Irwin Dan Norton Recurring
Leslie Ishii Lara Chang Recurring
Eric Lange Stuart Radzinsky Recurring
David S. Lee Charles Widmore[c] Recurring
Sven Lindstrom Crew member Recurring
William Makozak Captain Bird Recurring
Mary Mara Jill Recurring
Molly McGivern Rosie Recurring
Marc Menard Montand Recurring
Mark Pellegrino Jacob Recurring
Sebastian Siegel Erik Recurring
Saïd Taghmaoui Caesar Recurring
Titus Welliver Man in Black Recurring
Sean Whalen Neil "Frogurt" Recurring
Dayo Ade Justin Recurring
Steve Boatright Mike Recurring
John Hawkes Lennon Recurring
Fred Koehler Seamus Recurring
Sheila Kelley Zoe Recurring
David H. Lawrence XVII Taxi driver Recurring
Dylan Minnette David Shephard Recurring
Hiroyuki Sanada Dogen Recurring

Notes

  • A ^ Anderson, Caldwell, Chau, Davies, Flanagan, Grace, Mader, Mitchell, Monaghan, Somerhalder, Terry, Walger and Watros are credited as starring in the series finale "The End".
  • B ^ Kelley, M'Cormack, O'Quinn, Raymonde and Terry also portray the Monster taking the form of their character.
  • C ^ Beaumon, Connolly, Evans, Farman, Henssens, Lee, Obileye, Obileye Jr., Shada and Shada portray younger versions of characters.
  • D ^ Toledo's role is named Nurse Tyra in season six's "Happily Ever After".

References

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