This article contains character information for the American drama/adventure television series Lost.
Main characters
The following are characters who have led the plot, listed alphabetically.
Current main characters
Former main characters
| Picture | Name | Portrayed by | Former Residence | Occupation (pre-crash) | Cause of Absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Booneshotreal.jpg | Boone Carlyle (Season 1, special guest star seasons 2–3) |
Ian Somerhalder |  Los Angeles, California, USA |
COO of a subsidiary of his mother's wedding company | In a Beechcraft when it fell off the cliff it was situated, died of injuries, deceased[1] |
| File:Analuciashot.jpg | Ana Lucia Cortez (Cameo season 1, season 2) |
Michelle Rodriguez | Los Angeles, California, USA |
LAPD Police Officer, Airport Security Guard | Shot by Michael, deceased[2] |
| File:Michaelshot.jpg | Michael Dawson (Seasons 1–2) |
Harold Perrineau | New York, New York, USA |
Construction Worker/Freelance Artist | Left the Island in the Others' boat[3] |
| File:Ekoshot.jpg | Mr. Eko (Seasons 2–3) |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje |  Nigeria |
Former Nigerian drug lord, self-proclaimed Catholic priest | Picked up and beaten by "the monster", deceased[4] |
| File:Nikkishot.jpg | Nikki Fernandez (Season 3) |
Kiele Sanchez | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Con artist, actress | Buried alive after being mistaken for dead, deceased[5] |
| File:Libbyshot.jpg | Libby (Season 2) |
Cynthia Watros | Newport Beach, California, USA |
Clinical Psychologist (self-proclaimed) | Startled Michael causing him to shoot her twice, died of injuries, deceased[2] |
| File:Waltshot.jpg | Walt Lloyd (Seasons 1, recurring Seasons 2-3) |
Malcolm David Kelley |  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Elementary School Student | Left the Island in the Others' boat[3] |
| File:Charlieshot.jpg | Charlie Pace (Season 1–3) |
Dominic Monaghan |  Manchester, England, UK |
Rock musician | Drowned in the Looking Glass station, deceased[6] |
| File:Pauloshot.jpg | Paulo (Season 3) |
Rodrigo Santoro |  Brazil |
Con artist, chef | Buried alive after being mistaken for dead, deceased[5] |
| File:Shannonshot.jpg | Shannon Rutherford (Seasons 1–2, special guest star season 3) |
Maggie Grace | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Ballet instructor | Accidentally shot by Ana-Lucia, deceased[7] |
It is worth noting that many of the now deceased characters, including Ana Lucia, Mr. Eko, Shannon, and Nikki & Paulo, were featured in the flashbacks in the episodes in which they die, or in the episode immeadiately preceding their death, as in the case of Charlie Pace.
Supporting characters
The following groups of characters have played supporting roles in the plot.
| Picture | Name | Portrayed by | Former Residence | Occupation/Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:AlexadraLOST.jpg | Alex (Season 2–) |
Tania Raymonde | Born on the island | Other |
| File:Rose Lost.jpg | Rose Henderson (Season 1–) |
L. Scott Caldwell | The Bronx, New York City, USA |
Unknown |
| File:Bernard Lost.jpg | Bernard Nadler (Season 2–) |
Sam Anderson | The Bronx, New York City, USA |
Dentist |
| File:Ethanrom.jpg | Ethan Rom (Seasons 1–3) |
William Mapother |  Ontario, Canada (Claimed to have been from Canada, but may have lied) |
Surgeon for the Others (Deceased since Homecoming, appeared in numerous flashbacks since.) |
| File:Dannielle.jpg | Danielle Rousseau (Season 1–) |
Mira Furlan |  France |
Scientist |
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Christian Shephard (Seasons 1–3 (Flashback Character.) |
John Terry | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Spinal surgeon (Deceased since before series began, appeared in flashbacks.) |
| File:TomLost.jpg | Tom (Season 1–3) |
M.C. Gainey | Unknown | Other (Deceased) |
| File:Eyepatchman.jpg | Mikhail Bakunin (Season 3) |
Andrew Divoff | .svg){kind=small} Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Other |
Crash survivors
The following are residents of the islands who arrived during the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, or are descendants of those who arrived during the crash.
Vincent
- Played by: Madison,[8][9] Pono[10][9]
- Also known as: "the dog", "Vinnie"
- Appears in: "Pilot: Part 1", "Tabula Rasa", "Walkabout", "The Moth", 'Solitary", "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues", "Whatever the Case May Be", "Hearts and Minds", "Special", "Homecoming", "Outlaws", "...In Translation", "Do No Harm", "Exodus: Part 1", "Exodus: Part 2", "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "Orientation", "Everybody Hates Hugo", "...And Found", "Abandoned", "Collision", "The Hunting Party", "The Long Con", "Maternity Leave", "S.O.S.", "Three Minutes," "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead", "Exposé", "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass"
- Reason for trip: Brought with Michael and Walt on the plane to live with the father and son in New York.
Vincent is Walt's dog (a yellow labrador retriever). Michael tells Walt that he was given to him by his stepfather. Prior to Michael, Walt, Jin and Sawyer setting sail on the Raft, Walt leaves Vincent under the care of Shannon, who loses him. Vincent often appears before something bad is about to happen to one of the survivors, but also shows that unique canine empathy and acceptance of those survivors who, for some reason or another, are currently ostracized from the rest of the group.
Vincent is still on the island in the third season. In "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead", he emerges from the jungle carrying a skeletal arm and hand, which is wearing a rabbit's foot and clutching a key. Hurley and Jin follow Vincent when he runs off with the arm, and the dog leads them to a VW bus lying on its side with the rest of the skeleton inside. In "Exposé", Vincent removes the blanket covering Nikki and Paulo, possibly to signify that they were not dead. In "Greatest Hits", Vincent is seen with Hurley as the survivors head to the radio tower.
Aaron Littleton
- Played by: various
- Also known as: "the baby", "Turnip Head" (Charlie)
- Appears in: "Do No Harm", "The Greater Good", "Born to Run", "Exodus: Part 1", "Exodus: Part 2", "Adrift", "Everybody Hates Hugo", "Abandoned", "What Kate Did", "The 23rd Psalm", "The Hunting Party", "Fire + Water", "The Long Con", "Maternity Leave", "Lockdown", "S.O.S.", "Three Minutes", "Live Together, Die Alone", "Further Instructions", "Every Man for Himself", "Flashes Before Your Eyes", "Par Avion", "Exposé", "Left Behind", "One of Us", ""Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass"
- Reason for Trip: Carried by Claire; he was to be adopted in America after birth.
- Origin of Name: Aaron, brother of Moses, from the Book of Exodus.
Born to Claire Littleton on the island, Aaron Littleton was originally going to be adopted after birth. A psychic tells Claire that she must raise the baby herself, (at least not by another, possibly an "other") but, when she refuses, the psychic arranges for Claire to be on Flight 815 so a family in Los Angeles could adopt him. Rousseau kidnaps Aaron, saying she wants to trade him for her own child, Alex; however, Charlie and Sayid rescue him. Shortly after burning the drug-runner plane, Charlie begins to have vivid dreams that Aaron is in danger. These dreams spur Charlie into abducting Aaron and attempting to baptize him. However, Locke returns Aaron to Claire. She then asks Mr. Eko to baptise her and Aaron because Charlie admits he believes they are in great danger.
It has now been revealed that Jack Shephard is Aaron's uncle, and Christian Shephard is his grandfather, though this information is not known to Claire or Jack, and it is unclear if anyone on the island is aware of this.
Cindy Chandler
- Played by: Kimberley Joseph
- Appears in: "Pilot: Part 1," "Pilot: Part 2," "Adrift" (glimpsed), "Orientation" (no dialogue), "Everybody Hates Hugo," "...And Found," "Abandoned," "The Other 48 Days," "Stranger in a Strange Land," "The Brig"
Cindy Chandler is in a relationship with one of the passengers, the novelist Gary Troup. They are on Oceanic Flight 815 but land on separate parts of the island, and Gary dies in the immediate aftermath of the crash.
She crashes with the tail-section survivors and is loyal to their leader, Ana Lucia. She confirms that Flight 815 was flying off course before the crash. Of the 22 tail-section survivors, Cindy is one of only five not to have been killed or taken by the "Others" before encountering Jin, Michael, and Sawyer on day 45. During the journey back to the fuselage survivors' camp, Cindy is mysteriously taken by the Others on day 48.
On day 74, Cindy appears to be living happily with the Others and the kidnapped tail-section survivors. Cindy visits both Jack and Locke during their stays with the Others.
Edward Mars
- Played by: Fredric Lehne
- Also known as: "the marshal", "the man with the shrapnel"
- Appears in: "Pilot: Part 1" (no dialogue), "Pilot: Part 2", "Tabula Rasa", "Whatever the Case May Be" (as a corpse), "Exodus: Part 1", "Exodus: Part 2", "What Kate Did", "I Do", "Left Behind"
- Reason for trip: Bringing the fugitive Kate Austen back to the United States
- Profession: US Marshal
U.S. Marshal Edward Mars had been obssesed on pursuing Kate for three years before capturing her in Australia and was on Flight 815 to extradite her to the United States. He aggressively chases her, and gloats over her whenever he does apprehend her. When the plane crashes, he was one of the survivors but is badly injured during the crash and whenever he regains consciousness, he warns that Kate is dangerous. However, shortly before dying, he seems to make peace with her by talking deeply to her. Sawyer shoots Mars (since Mars wants to be put out of his misery) in the chest, but fails to kill him. Jack then euthanizes Mars, killing him. Since then, Mars has appeared in some episodes in flashbacks.
Dr. Leslie Arzt
- Played by: Daniel Roebuck
- Appears in: "Born to Run", "Exodus: Part 1", "Exodus: Part 2", "Exposé"
- Also known as: "Artz" (website, various characters), "Arnzt" (Hurley)
- Profession: Ninth grade science teacher
- Origin of Name: German for "doctor".[1]
Arzt, who asks the survivors to address him as "Doctor" ("Arzt" is the German word for "doctor"), is a ninth grade science teacher with a degree in Meteorology. In the episode "Exposé", flashbacks reveal that he keeps a collection of native fauna in various jars, including a spider with venom capable of causing severe paralysis. Nikki keeps the spider for some time; it and others of its species later cause the paralysis of herself and Paulo, which results in their unwitting live burial.
He first appears to be used as a plot exposition device to explain about the coming monsoon. He warns the raft crew that the coming monsoon season will take the raft straight to Antarctica. Arzt accompanies the team going to the Black Rock to assist in the retrieval of dynamite to blast open the hatch. When Jack, Kate, and Locke bring it outside, a panicked Arzt explains to them that, in the hot jungle temperature, dynamite "sweats" highly unstable nitroglycerin. As he continues to explain the properties of nitroglycerin, he begins to wave with his hands, causing the dynamite to explode and kill him.
Zack and Emma
- Played by: Kiersten Havelock (Emma) and Mickey Graue (Zack)
- Appears in: "The Other 48 Days", "Stranger in a Strange Land", "The Brig"
Zack and Emma are two young children from the tail section of the plane, who were traveling to meet their mother who was waiting for them in Los Angeles. Immediately following the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, Eko and Ana-Lucia rescue Emma from the water, and both save her from drowning. Ana-Lucia takes it upon herself to become a maternal figure to both Zack and Emma; however, both were taken on Day 12 by the Others. ("The Other 48 Days") Over a month later, they were seen by Jack along with Cindy. Zack was holding his toy teddy bear. Emma asks Cindy to ask Jack about Ana-Lucia. Jack becomes angry so they leave. ("Stranger in a Strange Land") Later, in "The Brig", the two children are seen outside a tent with Cindy. They witness Locke trying to kill his father.
Island inhabitants
The following are residents of the islands who were not aboard Oceanic Flight 815 and arrived by separate means.
The Others
- Tom
- Dr. Ethan Rom
- Alexandra "Alex" Linus/Rousseau
- Dr. Richard Alpert
- Mikhail Bakunin
- Danny Pickett
- Karl
- Goodwin
- Bea Klugh
- Colleen Pickett
- Jacob
Anthony Cooper
- Played by: Kevin Tighe
- Appears in: "Deus Ex Machina", "Orientation", "Lockdown", "The Man from Tallahassee" ,"The Brig"
- Also known as: "Adam Seward", "Tom Sawyer", "Louis Jackson", "Ted Maclaren", "Paul"
- Origin of name: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, friend of John Locke
- Status: Deceased
Anthony Cooper is Locke's biological father and the man who conned Sawyer's parents, leading to both of their deaths.
Cooper ran the conning circuit in his twenties and thirties, and conned a woman, Mary Ford, into giving him a large amount of money. In response, Mary's husband killed her and himself. Their son, James, retained a grudge against Sawyer (Cooper's alias). James later took on the name Sawyer, and coincidentally crashed on the island with Locke. Cooper is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing, and scuba diving, among other things. Cooper impregnates Emily Locke; however, she tells him that she is not going to have the baby before leaving him. Over a year later Emily comes back with the news that she has put their son, John, up for adoption. Years pass without Cooper even trying to seek his son. However, in his older years, his kidneys fail, and he needs a transplant. Emily comes back asking for money once again, and Cooper agrees to help her if she finds John for him. When he meets with his son for the first time, he extends an invitation to go hunting, which John, who never knew his father, accepts. The next few weeks Cooper and John bond over hunting, and it seems as if they have forged the father-son relationship John has always hoped for. Then Cooper tells John of his kidney failure, and Locke immediately donates his kidney to his father. Upon waking up after the surgery, however, Locke discovers that Cooper has left, going back to his home. When John tries to visit his father he is denied access, and realizes that there was no bond between them; Cooper is simply using his son for a kidney.
Unable to let go, John continues to park outside Cooper’s house, even after Cooper has moved. Cooper eventually meets with his son for the first time since the surgery, and tells him that people get conned all the time, and to get over the incident, saying “And John, don’t come back. You’re not wanted.”
Later, Cooper cons two men out of $700,000. Afraid they might kill him, Cooper fakes his death, then enlists his son’s help to get the money from a safe deposit box, promising him $200,000. When John delivers the money, he rejects it, saying that he did not do it for the money. John then tells Cooper about Helen, and how he is planning on proposing to her. Just then, Helen appears at the door and slaps Cooper for not letting John find peace and put his past behind him after finding out about his father's death. She then confronts John about his promise to let go of Cooper, and rejects his proposal. Cooper then leaves John with only the slightest bit of sympathy for his son and what he has done to him in his face.
Sometime later, Cooper begins another con with a woman, Ms. Talbot. Locke, having been visited by her son, confronts him, and tells him to end it. Cooper vows to, but in reality continues, and it is assumed that he kills her son. Locke storms into his penthouse, demanding to know if Cooper is the murderer. Cooper denies this, but moves Locke to a vantage point, shoving him out the window to fall eight stories and break his back, causing Locke's paraplegia. Cooper then disappears, presumably to Mexico. Soon after the time of the Flight 815 crash, Cooper has a car accident in Tallahassee and slams into the central divide at 70 mph. His last memories are being taken away in an ambulance, before he wakes up imprisoned on the island.
Locke discovers Cooper in a small room under the Barracks where Ben keeps "the man from Tallahassee," tied to a chair and gagged. In "The Brig", Ben tries to force Locke to kill his father by issuing him an ultimatum - unless Locke can kill his father, he is not ready to understand the secrets of the island. Locke is unable to, though is then secretly passed a file of information on Sawyer by Richard Alpert, from which Locke realizes that Cooper is the man who conned Sawyer's mother, which led to the murder-suicide that left Sawyer an orphan. Knowing that he can use Sawyer to kill Cooper instead, he imprisons the old man in the brig of the Black Rock, and brings Sawyer to him, locking the two of them in together. As the two men talk, Cooper explains how he reached the island, believing they are all dead and this is some sort of after-life. He mentions cons and Sawyer slowly realizes the connection - and the identity of the man in there with him. The truth is exposed, and Sawyer forces Cooper to read the note to the original Sawyer that he has carried on him since a child, which Cooper derides and tells him he has no remorse for the incident, before ripping the letter to pieces. In rage, Sawyer murders Cooper by strangling him with a metal chain. Locke then takes his body to Ben to prove he has killed his father, and that his issues before the island are now over.
Kelvin Joe Inman
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- Played by: Clancy Brown
- Appears in: "One of Them", "Live Together, Die Alone"
- Status: Deceased
- Profession: DHARMA Initiative employee, former US intelligence operative
Kelvin Joe Inman was formerly an intelligence operative for the United States government, actively involved with prisoner interrogation during the Gulf War of 1990-1991, during which he made Sayid into an unwilling student of torture techniques. Later, Kelvin joined the DHARMA Initiative, and ended up on a two-man crew operating the Swan Station on the island. His partner was a man named Radzinski, who taught him how to hotwire the blast doors and draw an invisible map on them using detergent. After Radzinski kills himself (or so Kelvin tells the story), Kelvin continues to press the button alone until he finds Desmond, dragging him into the Swan in a Hazmat suit. Kelvin instructs Desmond in the operation of the blast doors and administration of the vaccine, and, during a drunken episode, tells Desmond about the station's failsafe mechanism, claiming that it has the power to "make it all go away". It soon becomes clear to Desmond that Kelvin has become disenchanted with DHARMA and that he has some kind of ulterior motive in preventing him from leaving the hatch. In fact, unbeknownst to Desmond, Kelvin is repairing Desmond's yacht and planning to escape the island. When Desmond discovers that Kelvin plans to leave him alone to press the button, Kelvin advises him to leave the button, saying, "We don't even know if it's real." Desmond, furious that Kelvin "stole his life", fights with Kelvin and appears to accidentally kill him. Kelvin's supposed death appears to have occurred mere minutes before the crash of Flight 815, as the struggle between him and Desmond delays the entry of the code, and the resulting electromagnetic event brought down the plane. (May 16's "LOST: The Answers" confirms this.)
Naomi Dorrit
- Played by: Marsha Thomason
- Appears in: "Catch-22", "D.O.C.", "The Brig", "The Man Behind the Curtain", "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass"
- Status: Deceased
- Profession: Supposed member of a Rescue and Recovery Team, employed by Penelope Widmore (Desmond's girl friend).
Naomi Dorrit is a parachutist from Manchester, England, who arrived on the island via a helicopter which crashes just off the coast. Forced to bail out, she is found hanging unconscious in a tree by Desmond, who initially assumes her to be Penny. A bag is found nearby which includes a Portuguese language edition of Catch-22, containing a copy of a picture of Desmond and Penny. She is the first known new arrival to the island since the crash of Flight 815 (Alpert was off-island after the crash, but had regular transportation to return). Naomi was injured in her fall, but Mikhail and Desmond were able to treat her. When she wakes up for a second time, Hurley introduces himself to her and reveals that he is one of the survivors of the plane crash. Naomi then tells him that the Oceanic plane was recovered and there were no survivors in it, the bodies were found. Later, Sayid attempts to make use of the satellite phone that Naomi carried as she tells them that Penelope Widmore sent her for Desmond. That night, she informs the camp about the wreckage being found with no survivors, causing a brief uproar amongst some. When Jack and Juliet return, they take the group into the jungle, leaving Naomi behind. When they return, Naomi speaks to Charlie about events off-island, mainly his memorial service and the Greatest Hits album released by DriveSHAFT. When Jack explains that they will head off to the radio tower to transmit a distress call to Naomi's boat, Naomi's face suddenly drops. Nevertheless, she heads off with Jack and the others ("Greatest Hits"). She is killed by Locke after attempting to make contact with her ship via her satellite phone. It is revealed to Charlie and Desmond that she is not part of a search party funded by Penelope Windmore.
Video characters
The following appeared in DHARMA Initiative orientation films.
"Dr. Marvin Candle" / "Dr. Mark Wickmund"
- Played by: François Chau
- Appears in: "Orientation", "What Kate Did", "?", "Live Together, Die Alone" (reused footage), "The Cost of Living" (reused footage), "Enter 77", "The Man Behind the Curtain"
- Profession: Alleged Scientist
Marvin Candle and Mark Wickmund are the names that the man in the DHARMA Initiative orientation films calls himself. It is unknown if one or either is his real name, but the similarities of their names (both first names begin with Mar, and "Wick"mund may be a pun on the other name, Candle) suggest they are both aliases.
In the Station 3 Orientation film, "Candle"'s left arm appears to be a prosthetic (which was confirmed in an interview with the creators on their podcast). In the Station 5 Orientation video, both of "Wickmund"'s arms move.
"Candle" or "Wickmund" is also featured on the special features disc of the second season DVD set. In an orientation film similar to the one on the show, he addresses the viewer and presents various featurettes as part of their "tour of duty" observing the island and its inhabitants. Both his arms move in this appearance.
In "Enter 77", "Candle" appears on the computer after Locke beats the chess game. His image is used in a video menu of various options this computer can do. In the video, one hand appears to be prosthetic.
When "Candle" explains the barracks setup in a DHARMA video in "The Man Behind the Curtain", his left arm is hanging limp and never moves.
Gerald and Karen DeGroot
- Gerald DeGroot played by: Michael Gilday
- Karen DeGroot played by: Courtney Lavigne
- Appear in: "Orientation", "What Kate Did", "?"
- Profession: Scientists
Gerald and Karen DeGroot were doctoral candidates from the University of Michigan and followers of the teachings of B. F. Skinner. In 1970, thanks to the funding of the Hanso Foundation, they founded the DHARMA Initiative, which they envisioned as a large-scale communal compound of scientists and free thinkers from around the world gathered to study meteorology, zoology, electromagnetism, parapsychology and psychology (the mention of the final subject of study remains partially revealed: "utopian social...").
Footage of Gerald experimenting with electromagnets is seen in a brainwashing film in "Not in Portland".
Since the entire Dharma Initiative team was murdered by Ben, Gerald and Karen are presumed deceased.
Alvar Hanso
- Played by: Ian Patrick Williams (in Sri Lanka video and finale of the Lost Experience)
- Appears in: "Orientation"
- Profession: Businessman, former arms salesman and manufacturer
The reclusive Danish creator of the Hanso Foundation, he is a former NATO arms supplier. He is only seen once in The Swan Orientation film, in a single photo which is also used on the Hanso Foundation website and television commercials. However, the narrator in the Orientation film segment of the Sri Lanka Video of the Lost Experience also claims to be Alvar Hanso. This video is dated as being copyrighted in 1975, while his photo is dated as both 2003 and as being taken before 1980. Hanso was an arms supplier for various resistance movements in World War II and then for NATO during the Cold War.
During The Lost Experience, Rachel Blake is revealed to be his daughter.
Most of the information on him comes from the Hanso Foundation website.
Flashback characters
Many characters appear through the main characters' flashbacks, and are not on the island. See IMDB for a complete listing of all guest and flashback characters.
Penelope "Penny" Widmore
- Played by: Sonya Walger
- Appears in: "Live Together, Die Alone," "Flashes Before Your Eyes", "Catch-22", "Through the Looking Glass"
- Character relation: Desmond (ex-girlfriend)
Penelope "Penny" Widmore is the great love of Desmond, and his girlfriend before he was separated from her by her domineering and extremely wealthy father, Charles Widmore. In "Catch-22", it is revealed that the two lovers met when Penny was buying some crates of wine from the same monastery from which Desmond was dismissed. In "Flashes Before Your Eyes", Desmond tells Penelope that things have not been great in a while, and she slaps him and tearfully walks away. Desmond throws his engagement ring into the river Thames. Desmond is shipwrecked on the island while trying to win a race to prove his worth to her father and get her back. In Catch 22 a parachutist named Naomi lands on the island. She reveals she is part of her search team. Penelope is an allusion to the wife of Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey, who waits twenty years for the return of her husband.
Outside flashbacks, Penny appears at the end of "Live Together, Die Alone", when she is shown answering a phone call from what appears to be a polar research station. In "Through the Looking Glass", she transmits a message to The Looking Glass Hatch, which Charlie receives. She informs him that the parachutist Naomi wasn't sent by her.
Sarah Shephard
- Played by: Julie Bowen
- Appears in: "Do No Harm", "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "The Hunting Party", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Through the Looking Glass"
- Character relation: Jack (ex-wife)
Sarah Shephard was Jack's wife. Eight months before her wedding to her fiancé, Kevin, she is involved in a car crash with an SUV driven by Adam Rutherford (Shannon's father and Boone's step-father). She is rushed to St. Sebastian hospital and is treated by Jack. Sarah's back is broken, and Jack informs her that she will never walk again. Sarah invites Jack to her wedding. However, Kevin leaves her when he discovers her paralysis. Sarah feels sad over the death of Adam Rutherford, and Jack says that he will "fix her". Knowing that a full recovery is highly improbable, the surgeon goes out for a run and meets Desmond, who tells Jack to believe in miracles. When Jack presents Sarah with the bad news, she surprises him by wiggling her toes. They fall in love and marry; but some time later, Sarah leaves Jack. Prior to her leaving, Jack confronts her and he admits to kissing the daughter of a patient who had died in surgery. Sarah, in return, reveals that she has been seeing someone else due to Jack's frequent absence, and says that she wishes to leave. After the divorce Sarah refuses to tell Jack the name of the man she left him for. Jack gets angry when he finds Christian's number on Sarah's cell phone and he assumes his father is the man she left him for. When Jack is wrong Sarah tells him that Christian has started drinking again, and that she still will not give the name of the man she is currently with. In A Tale of Two Cities, Jack asks Juliet if Sarah is happy. She responds with "Very happy," leaving Jack to break down in tears.
Jae Lee
- Played by: Tony Lee
- Appears in: "...And Found", "The Whole Truth", "The Glass Ballerina"
- Character relation: Sun (secret lover/English Instructor), Jin (owner of hotel where formerly employed)
Jae Lee is the wealthy son of the owner of the Seoul Gateway Hotel and the hotel's General Manager.
He attended Harvard University and studied Medieval Russian Literature, where he met and fell in love with an American woman. He meets Sun on a family-arranged date, but tells her he is not interested because of his previous love, which apparently failed.
He teaches Sun English (at her request), and ends up having an affair with her. He gives her a strand of pearls and asks her to leave for America with him.
In The Glass Ballerina, Mr. Paik finds out about the affair, but instead of telling Jin about it, lies to Jin and tells him Jae is stealing from him, addressing this in terms of "honor". He orders Jin to "deliver a message to" (kill) Jae. Jin finds him and beats him up, but cannot bring himself to kill him and so tells him to leave the country and never return.
Jae Lee ends up falling from many stories high and lands on Jin's car with the string of pearls he attempted to give Sun clutched in his hand.
Many fans initially suspected foul play, but his death has been confirmed a suicide by the producers in their podcast. Sun attends his large funeral to mourn for him. Mr. Paik, who is obligated to attend because of family business connections, also attends.
He was possibly named as a tribute to comic book artist Jae Lee.
Yemi
- Played by: Adetokumboh M'Cormack
- Appears in: "The 23rd Psalm", "?", "The Cost of Living"
- Character relation: Mr. Eko (brother), Locke (vision)
Yemi is the brother of Mr. Eko. When they were young, the village of Yemi and Eko was invaded by drug runners who command Yemi to shoot an old man. Eko saves him from doing this task, however, and shoots the man instead. The men sense the potential for ruthlessness in Eko and take him with them when they leave, leaving Yemi behind. Yemi later becomes a priest and works to improve the lives of his parishioners. For example, he makes arrangements to procure vaccines twice a year for the village; thugs take 80% of the vaccines in exchange for offering "protection" to the village, but villagers acknowledge that without Yemi's efforts they would have no vaccines at all. He plans on moving to London to continue his education.
One day, the week before Yemi is scheduled to leave for London, Eko pays him a visit. Eko needs to transport heroin out of the country and wants to use the missionary planes of the church. Yemi initially refuses, but gives in when Eko warns him that his partners will burn down the church if Yemi does not cooperate. Yemi reluctantly signs papers to give Eko and his men the authority of priests. Yemi dies trying to stop Eko and the men from leaving; he is shot by gunfire from the army as the plane with the heroin begins to take off.
He later appears as a vision to Locke and Eko, and he leads them to the Question Mark. It is implied that the "monster" also takes his form and kills Mr. Eko.
Cassidy Phillips
- Played by: Kim Dickens
- Appears in:"The Long Con", "Every Man for Himself", "Left Behind"
- Character relation: Sawyer (ex-girlfriend), Kate (friend)
Cassidy Phillips was a recently divorced woman whom Sawyer conned. After thwarting his routine of "accidentally" dropping the briefcase full of money, she asked him to teach her how to con people. They spent the next few months working small scams and once she felt confident in her skills, she asked Sawyer to teach her a long con, and offered her own money as capital. The two of them may have been in love, however Sawyer still took her money, and left her. ("The Long Con")
After realizing she'd been conned, she went to Iowa and tried to con people using the techniques she had been taught, and met Kate. Cassidy later reported Sawyer to the police and as a result, he was thrown in jail. While Sawyer was in prison, Cassidy visited him and showed him a picture of a baby girl named Clementine Phillips, whom she said was his daughter.
Noor Nadia Abed Jazeem
- Played by: Andrea Gabriel
- Appears in: "Solitary","Lockdown","Greatest Hits"
- Character relation: Sayid (ex-girlfriend), Locke (client), Charlie (saved from a mugging)
With Sayid's promotion to the Intelligence Division, he was reunited with Nadia (a childhood friend) while imprisoned, and was tasked with her interrogation ("Solitary"). However, the little time they had together only gave them a chance to reconnect, and drove Sayid to attempt helping her and dropping her charges. When the orders of his superior officer, Omar, changed to her execution, Sayid found no resolution but to help her escape. During the attempt, Sayid had to shoot Omar, who caught up with him and Nadia, and as a cover story shot himself as well in the leg so Nadia could escape with his gun. Before escaping, Nadia frightfully begged Sayid to come with her, and at his refusal she left him her photo with the Arabic inscription; "You will see me in the next life, if not in this one". ("Solitary") Nadia's escape was successful, and later in Los Angeles she met and hired Locke, to inspect a house she was buying.
Through the few words they exchange, she revealed that she was not married. Her current whereabouts were later used as a lure by the CIA to get Sayid to work for them. Eventually, they informed Sayid that Nadia is working in "Irvine, California" as "a lab tech in a medical testing company." ("The Greater Good")
Nadia is later seen in England being mugged in an alleyway. Charlie passes by and notices this happening, after a brief hesitation he runs to her rescue. After the thug flees, Nadia thanks him and tells him that several other people noticed what was happening but just walked by. She tells Charlie that he is a hero and to not let anyone else tell him different. Charlie later regards this as one of the best moments of his life. ("Greatest Hits")
Later on the Island, Sayid tells Rousseau that Nadia is dead because of him, although he never mentions the source of this information.("Solitary")
List of recurring flashback characters
| Character Name | Actor Name | Main Character Crossover(s) | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Major Sam Austen | Lindsey Ginter | Kate (step-father), Sayid (captor) | "What Kate Did", "One of Them" |
| Rachel Carlson | Robin Weigert | Juliet (sister) | "Not in Portland", "One of Us" |
| Chrissy | Meilinda Soerjoko | Some crash survivors (ticket agent) | "White Rabbit", "House of the Rising Sun", "Two for the Road" |
| Captain Teresa Cortez | Rachel Ticotin | Ana Lucia (mother) | "Collision", "Two for the Road" |
| JD | John Dixon | Crash survivors (flight attendant) | "Pilot: Part 1", "Pilot: Part 2", "Exodus: Part 2" |
| Diane Janssen | Beth Broderick | Kate (mother), Sawyer (waitress) | "Born to Run", "What Kate Did", "The Long Con", "Left Behind" |
| Helen | Katey Sagal | Locke (girlfriend) | "Orientation", "Lockdown" |
| Mr. Kwon | John Shin | Jin (father), Sun (father-in-law) | "...In Translation", "D.O.C." |
| Roger Linus | Jon Gries | Ben (father) | "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead," "The Man Behind the Curtain" |
| Lindsey Littleton | Gabrielle Fitzpatrick | Claire (aunt) | "Two for the Road", "Par Avion" |
| Susan Lloyd | Tamara Taylor | Michael (girlfriend), Walt (mother) | "Special", "Adrift" |
| Richard Malkin | Nick Jameson | Claire (psychic), Eko (acquaintance) | "Raised by Another", "?" |
| Mary Jo | Brittany Perrineau | Sawyer (girlfriend), Hurley (lotto girl) | "Numbers", "Outlaws", "Everybody Hates Hugo" |
| Jason McCormack | Aaron Gold | Ana Lucia (attacker; victim) | "Collision," "Two for the Road" |
| Michelle | Michelle Arthur | Crash survivors (flight attendant) | "Pilot: Part 1", "Pilot: Part 2", "Exodus: Part 2" |
| Randy Nations | Billy Ray Gallion | Locke (supervisor), Hurley (former supervisor) | "Walkabout", "Everybody Hates Hugo", "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" |
| Nurse | Julie Ow | Locke (nurse), Jack (co-worker) | "Deus Ex Machina", "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| Liam Pace | Neil Hopkins (older), Zack Shada (younger) | Charlie (elder brother) | "The Moth," "Fire + Water", "Greatest Hits" |
| Mr. Paik | Byron Chung | Sun (father), Jin (employer) | "...In Translation," "The Glass Ballerina, "D.O.C." |
| Carmen Reyes | Lillian Hurst | Hurley (mother) | "Numbers", "Everybody Hates Hugo", "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" |
| Adam Rutherford | Uncredited | Shannon (father), Boone (step-father), Jack (patient; victim of wife's car accident)[11] |
"Man of Science, Man of Faith", "Abandoned" |
| Marc Silverman | Zack Ward (older) | Jack (friend) | "White Rabbit", "Do No Harm" |
| Leonard Simms | Ron Bottitta | Hurley (friend) | "Numbers", "Dave" |
| Charles Widmore | Alan Dale | Desmond (girlfriend's father) | "Live Together, Die Alone", "Flashes Before Your Eyes" |
Characters in other media
Some characters have been named or identified in other media related to Lost, but have not appeared in the broadcast series. The following are notable characters in other media.
Rachel Blake, alias Persephone
Gary Troup
References
- ^ Do No Harm (Lost)
- ^ a b Two for the Road (Lost)
- ^ a b Live Together, Die Alone
- ^ The Cost of Living (Lost)
- ^ a b Exposé (Lost)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Through the Looking Glasswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Abandoned (Lost)
- ^ Tsai, Michael (2004-11-08). "It's doggone great being part of 'Lost'". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b "Fuselage Forums". Gregg Nations (script coordinator). March 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Nichols, Katherine (2007-03-25). "Chewing the scenery". starbulletin.com. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Transcript » Episode 201: "Man of Science, Man of Faith"