Name	Jorge Garcia
Height	6'
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	28 April 1973
Place of Birth	Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Southern California-raised Jorge Garcia began to consider acting as a profession while a communications student at UCLA, especially after attending a guest lecture by Dustin Hoffman. Hoffman narrated a story about Sir Laurence Olivier depicting the acting bug as a feeling of “Look at me, look at me, look at me!” Shortly thereafter, Garcia tried his hand in acting and stand-up comedy. After earning his degree, he went on to train at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

In 1997, Garcia had his first taste in front of the camera when he landed the role of Monty in the independent film “Raven's Ridge,” starring William Kendall and Dawn Howard. He resurfaced two years later when he played Jay in the drama/thriller “Tomorrow by Midnight” (1999), written and directed by Rolfe Kanefsky. He next have a minor part in 2000's “King of the Open Mic's,” as Meatloag.

After struggling for six years, during which time he supported himself by working at a bookstore and had sporadic parts in commercials, Garcia's luck started to change as he started getting more substantial roles on television. He appeared as Cabbie in an episode of ABC's “Spin City” in 2001, and was cast as Julius in the Peter Falk vehicle “Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife” (2003). He also landed a recurring role on the CBS sitcom “Becker,” where he portrayed Hector Lopez for 13 episodes from 2003 to 2004. However, it was Garcia's appearance as a drug dealer in a 2004 episode of HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm” that won the charismatic young actor notice from ABC producers, who at the time were in the initial phases of casting a new series entitled “Lost.” Garcia went on to have an eccentric role as a miserable man with raccoon head in a Troma Films movie called “Tales from the Crapper” (2004), act in the independent film “Happily Even After” (2004), with Jason Behr and Marina Black, and participate in an Oscar-nominated short “Our Time Is UP” (2004), starring Kevin Pollak.

Back to the small screen after his eye-catching turn in “Curb,” Garcia eventually scored a huge breakthrough when he was cast in a role specially created for him, Hugo “Hurley” Reyes, in the mystery/thriller series “Lost” (2004-present). Originally brought by the producers to read for the part of Sawyer, which finally went to Josh Holloway, Garcia proved suitable with his character and won an ALMA in 2006 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Series, in addition to numerous other award nominations, including a 2007 Imagen nomination for Best Supporting Actor-Television and four Teen Choice nominations in the categories of Choice TV Breakout Performance-Male (once) and TV-Choice Sidekick (three times). He also jointly picked up a 2006 Screen Actor Guild for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. The series itself soon became a hit, a success that made Garcia an instant star. Among his costars in the series are Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin and Matthew Fox.

Garcia relocated to Hawaii, where “Lost” was filmed, and went on to chase other projects when he was not filming the series. In 2005, he costarred with Nathan Stevens, Cameron Richardson and Kelsey Grammer for the drama/romance film “The Good Humor Man,” penned and helmed by Tenney Fairchild, and appeared in the indie-drama “Little Athens,” starring John Patrick Amedori and Erica Leerhsen, later that same year. He had a supporting role in the John Whitesell-directed “Deck the Halls” in 2006, a Christmas comedy starring Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito and Kristin Davis, and in 2007, he signed on to the Wayne Reynolds comedy “Sweetzer.”

On stage, Garcia has dotted his resume with performances in such productions as “The Midnight Zone,” “Romancing Valentino,” “Something Borrowed Something Blue,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Hurlyburly,” among others.