LOST main characters

Matthew Fox
Dr. Jack Shephard
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Spinal surgeon, just like his father
· So driven by his need to help others that he married a woman whose life he saved
· Betrayed his alcoholic father to the hospital board after a patient died under his knife
· Went to
Australiato find his missing father only to discover he'd drank himself to death
· Bringing father's body home from
Australiafor burial ON THE ISLAND
· Reluctant leader who made decision to cremate the passengers who didn't survive
· Euthanized US Marshal after a botched mercy killing attempt by Sawyer
· Solves disputes with reason but not afraid to use guns or torture if necessary
· Discovered caves with fresh water supply for shelter
· Found father's coffin, but no body
· Trapped by cave-in, rescued by Charlie
· Tried but failed to save Boone's life
· Competes with Sawyer for Kate's attention

Evangeline Lilly
Kate
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Fugitive from justice for several years
· Crimes included armed robbery, assault, resisting arrest
· Caused the death of her childhood boyfriend while resisting arrest
· Extradited to US to stand trial ON THE ISLAND
· Bravely led the first exploration into the jungle
· Helped try to rescue Claire and Charlie when they were kidnapped by sinister Ethan Rom
· Recovered US Marshal's Halliburton case full of guns from island pond
· Also in the case was her most cherished possession, a metal toy plane that belonged to her childhood sweetheart
· Delivered Claire's baby in the middle of the jungle
· Exposed to the group as a fugitive by Sawyer after trying to steal his place on the raft

Dominic Monaghan
Charlie Pace
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Bass player for successful
UKband Drive Shaft; his younger brother Liam was lead singer
· Heroin addiction lasted far longer than band's fame
· Turned to crime to support his habit
· Went to
Australiato convince brother to re-form band ON THE ISLAND
· Locke helped him kick drug addiction
· Rescued Jack from cave-in while in withdrawal
· Befriended Claire, convincing her to move to caves
· Almost killed when they were kidnapped by sinister Ethan Rom; Jack saved him with CPR
· Hunted down and shot Ethan Rom in revenge
· Tempted by heroin found on wrecked smuggler's plane
· Nicknamed Claire's baby Turnip Head

Jorge Garcia
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Won $156 million lottery with numbers from patient in a mental institution: 4 8 15 16 23 42
· Suffered from bad luck after win: grandfather died, new house burned, mom broke foot
· Bought the box company Locke works for with his winnings
· Traced the numbers to another unlucky man in
Australia
· Almost missed the flight, but tenaciously made it on board in spite of several omens warning him to stay off the plane ON THE ISLAND
· His laid-back humor keeps the survivors' spirits up
· Secretly believes his bad luck caused crash
· Owes Walt $20,000 for losing in backgammon
· Developed two-hole island golf course
· Took census revealing Ethan Rom wasn't on plane
· Panicked when he saw the winning numbers on the mysterious hatch right before Locke blew it open

Malcolm David Kelley
Walt Lloyd
BEFORE THE CRASH:
· Nine-year-old son of Michael
· Lived with mother Susan and her husband in
Australia
· Going to live with Michael after the death of his mother
· Attached to his dog, VincentON THE
ISLAND:
· Befriended by Locke
· Likes reading a Spanish-language comic book found after the plane crash
· Burned the raft his father built in an effort to stay on the island
· Kidnapped after setting out on the rebuilt raft with Michael

Naveen Andrews
Sayid Jarrah
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Communications Officer for Iraqi Republican Guard in first Gulf War
· Tortured and interrogated prisoners for the Iraqi government
· Helped his childhood love Nadia escape prison
· Recruited by US and Australian agents to infiltrate a terrorist cell which included his best friend from college
· Foiled the terrorist cell's bombing attempt but watched his friend commit suicide as a result
· Racing to LA to reunite with
Nadia
ONTHE
ISLAND
· Repaired transponder, picked up distress signal
· Attacked by Locke while locating signal transmitter
· Mistakenly tortured Sawyer to get hoarded medicine
· While exploring, captured by crazy French woman who's been alone for 16 years—escaped with her island maps
· Despite romance with
Shannon, stopped her from killing Locke in revenge for Boone's death
· Rigged radar for raft

Harold Perrineau
Michael Dawson
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Construction worker, sketch artist
· Brutal car accident resulted in long hospital recovery
· Ex-girlfriend used accident to gain full custody of their son Walt
· Got custody of his son back when the ex died from a rare blood disorder
· Afraid he can't take care of Walt by himself ON THE ISLAND
· Befriended Sun, which made her husband jealous
· Envious of his son Walt's friendship with Locke
· Finally bonded with his son over box of drawings and letters to Walt that the ex had kept hidden
· Built raft, but his son burns it to remain on the island together
· Built and launched second raft, only to have his son kidnapped several miles from shore

Josh Holloway
James "Sawyer" Ford
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Watched parents die in murder/suicide after being swindled out of their life savings by "Sawyer"
· Became a con man and adopted the name and methods of the man he holds responsible for his parents' deaths
· Obsessed with hunting for the original "Sawyer" for revenge
· Killed the wrong man thinking he was "Sawyer"
· Encountered Jack's father in an Australian bar
· Deported from
Australiafor head-butting the Minister of
Agriculture
ONTHE
ISLAND
· Good ol' boy plays all the angles and hoards supplies, booze, sunscreen, etc.
· Stubbornly allowed Sayid to torture him
· Carrying on a hot and heavy flirtation with Kate
· Bought his way onto raft with hoarded supplies
· Shot by Walt's kidnappers during incident on raft

Terry O'Quinn
John Locke
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Collections supervisor for a box company
· Master of war and strategy games
· Raised in a foster home
· As adult, found his ailing biological father who conned him out of a kidney then cruelly cut him off again
· In wheelchair for last 4 years—reason unknown ON THE ISLAND
· Miraculously able to walk again after crash
· Uses his skills to hunt and live off the land
· Discovered unnatural sealed hatch to unknown underground area
· Visions led him to drug smuggler's plane
· May have caused Boone's death by allowing him to explore a plane wreck precariously perched in a tree canopy
· Unafraid of island's "monster security system"
· Believes the island has brought them all here for a reason—it's their fate

Daniel Dae Kim
Jin-Soo Kwon
BEFORE THE CRASH
· A fisherman's son who courted Sun in secret but insisted on asking her wealthy father for permission to marry
· Worked for her father as an enforcer after their wedding
· Refused to tell Sun about her father's shady dealings
· Planned to run away with Sun while on a business trip in the
USON THE ISLAND
· An outsider because he doesn't speak English
· Tried to make friends by sharing seafood he caught
· Wears handcuff souvenir from a fight with Michael
· Estranged from Sun when he discovered she secretly learned English
· Made up with Sun before leaving on raft
· Dove off raft to rescue Sawyer after he was shot

Yunjin Kim
Sun Kwon
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Rich girl who married Jin despite him being from a lower class
· Only companion was Shar-Pei puppy Jin gave her
· Learned English in secret so she could run away from her failing marriage
· At the last minute, decided to stay with her husband and board flight 815 ON THE ISLAND
· Eager to help, but Jin's jealousy holds her back
· Cured
Shannon's asthma attack with herbal remedy
· Planted herb garden to grow "medicine"
· Revealed she could speak English to the group when her husband was accused of burning the raft
· Estranged from Jin because of her secrets
· Attempted to poison Jin in order to keep him from risking his life by going on the raft

Emilie de Ravin
Claire Littleton
BEFORE THE CRASH
· Her boyfriend convinced her to have his baby
· Desperate to give up her baby for adoption after he walked out on her
· A psychic insisted she must raise child herself, "Danger surrounds this baby"
· Out of the blue, the psychic arranged adoption in
Los AngelesON THE ISLAND
· Feels outcast because of her pregnancy
· Thinks the psychic knew the plane was going down
· Kidnapped with Charlie by stranger Ethan Rom
· Reappeared with no memory of time since the crash
· Kate helped deliver her son, Aaron
· Helped Locke make cradle for Aaron
· Relieved to discover Sawyer's voice soothes her crying baby
· Remembered escaping from the French woman by scratching her