This article contains character information for the American drama/adventure television series Lost.

Contents 1 Main characters 2 Supporting characters 2.1 Flight 815 survivors 2.1.1 Rose Henderson 2.1.2 Bernard Nadler 2.1.3 Edward Mars 2.1.4 Aaron Littleton 2.1.5 Cindy Chandler 2.1.6 Leslie Arzt 2.1.7 Minor crash survivors 2.2 The Others 2.2.1 Tom 2.2.2 Alex 2.2.3 Ethan Rom 2.2.4 Richard Alpert 2.2.5 Mikhail Bakunin 2.2.6 Danny Pickett 2.2.7 Karl 2.2.8 Minor Others 2.3 Island inhabitants and arrivals 2.3.1 Danielle Rousseau 2.3.2 Naomi Dorrit 2.3.3 Anthony Cooper 2.3.4 Dharma Initiative members 2.4 Off-island characters 2.4.1 Christian Shephard 2.4.2 Sarah Shephard 2.4.3 Penny Widmore 2.4.4 Jae Lee 2.4.5 Yemi 2.4.6 Cassidy Phillips 2.4.7 Recurring off-island characters 3 References 4 External links

Main characters

Characters are listed alphabetically. "Starring season(s)" refers to the season in which an actor or actress received star billing for playing a character. "Guest season(s) identifies a season in which an actor or actress appeared, but received guest star or special guest star billing.

Name	Starring season(s)	Guest season(s)	Episode Count	Played by	Former residence	Summary
Kate Austen	1, 2, 3, 4	—	65	Evangeline Lilly	Iowa, USA	After blowing up her step-father, Kate goes on the run and is eventually captured by a federal marshal while in Australia. On the island, Kate is attracted to both Sawyer and Jack.
Juliet Burke	3, 4	—	-	Elizabeth Mitchell	Miami, Florida, USA	Three years prior to the crash, fertility doctor Juliet is recruited by the Others. Ben does not allow her to leave the island and she later lives with the crash survivors, developing a relationship with Jack.
Boone Carlyle	1	2, 3	-	Ian Somerhalder	Malibu, California, USA	Boone is the step-brother of Shannon, whom he is in love with. On the island, he becomes Locke's protégé.
Ana Lucia Cortez	2	1	-	Michelle Rodriguez	Los Angeles, California, USA	A former LAPD police officer, Ana Lucia is the leader of the survivors of the tail section of Flight 815 and guides them to the relative safety of the fuselage survivors.
Michael Dawson	1, 2, 4	—	-	Harold Perrineau	New York, New York, USA	While trying to escape the island via raft, Michael's son Walt is abducted by the Others. After making a deal with the Others that included killing some of his fellow crash survivors, Michael and Walt are given a boat and leave the island.
Nikki Fernandez	3	—	6	Kiele Sanchez	Los Angeles, California, USA	Nikki is an actress who, with Paulo, murdered a television producer for his diamonds. When they got to the island they spend their time searching for the diamonds lost in the crash. She is Paulo's girlfriend.
James "Sawyer" Ford	1, 2, 3, 4	—	-	Josh Holloway	Jasper, Alabama, USA	Sawyer is a confidence man crippled by the murder of his parents as a child. He is romantically involved with Kate on the island.
Desmond Hume	3, 4	2	-	Henry Ian Cusick	Glasgow, Scotland, UK	Desmond shipwrecks on the island and lives in the Hatch for three years until he moves in with the crash survivors. Desmond gains the ability to get flashes of future events.
Sayid Jarrah	1, 2, 3, 4	—	57	Naveen Andrews	Tikrit, Iraq	A former military communications officer, Sayid is haunted by his past as an interrogator for the Iraqi Republican Guard. On the island, he is romantically involved with Shannon.
Jin-Soo Kwon	1, 2, 3, 4	—	-	Daniel Dae Kim	Seoul, South Korea	The poor son of a fisherman, Jin marries Sun on the condition that he works for her father as a mob enforcer, which is unbeknownst to Sun. On the island, Jin struggles as the single castaway who does not speak English.
Sun-Hwa Kwon	1, 2, 3, 4	—	-	Yunjin Kim	Seoul, South Korea	The rich daughter of a hotel owner with ties to the Korean mob, Sun has an affair and almost leaves her husband Jin before the crash. They reconcile on the island and she becomes pregnant with Jin's baby.
Libby	2	4	20	Cynthia Watros	Newport Beach, California, USA	Libby is a tail section survivor. She becomes romantically involved with Hurley.
Ben Linus	3, 4	2	23	Michael Emerson	Portland, Oregon, USA	Ben is the manipulative de facto leader of the Others.
Claire Littleton	1, 2, 3, 4	—	-	Emilie de Ravin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Claire gives birth on the island to a baby boy and forges a strong relationship with Charlie. Although both of them are unaware of it she is also Jack's half-sister.
Walt Lloyd	1	2, 3, 4	-	Malcolm David Kelley	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	An elementary school student, he is kidnapped by the Others, who claim that he is "special." He is rescued by his father Michael and the pair successfully escape the island on a motorboat.
John Locke	1, 2, 3, 4	—	58	Terry O'Quinn	Tustin, California, USA	After having his paralysis healed during the crash, Locke lives out his dreams of becoming a hunter on the island. Being a man of (non-religious) faith, he clashes with man of science Jack.
Mr. Eko	2, 3	—	19	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Nigeria	A former Nigerian drug lord turned priest, Eko crashes with the tail section survivors. He meets the smoke monster on more than one occasion in the island's forests.
Charlie Pace	1, 2, 3	4	57	Dominic Monaghan	Manchester, England, UK	A one-hit wonder, Charlie ends his addiction to heroin on the island and cares for Claire and her baby.
Paulo	3	—	7	Rodrigo Santoro	Brazil	Paulo helps Nikki murder a television executive for his diamonds. He spends his time on the island with Nikki searching for the diamonds.
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes	1, 2, 3, 4	—	-	Jorge Garcia	Los Angeles, California, USA	After winning the lottery with the numbers, Hurley suffers from great bad luck. He remains optimistic on the island and builds a golf course.
Shannon Rutherford	1, 2	3	-	Maggie Grace	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shannon is a ballet instructor and Boone's step-sister. She dates Sayid on the island.
Jack Shephard	1, 2, 3, 4	—	65 (Plus 3 mobisodes)	Matthew Fox	Los Angeles, California, USA	A spinal surgeon with father issues, Jack is the survivors' leader. He has feelings for Juliet and Kate. After escaping the island, he becomes drug-addicted and suicidal because he longs to return to the island.

Supporting characters

Flight 815 survivors

Rose Henderson

Main article: Rose Henderson

Rose Henderson is one of the crash survivors from the fuselage and is married to Bernard. Rose is played by L. Scott Caldwell in thirteen episodes.

Bernard Nadler

Main article: Bernard Nadler

Dr. Bernard Nadler is one of the survivors of the tail section and is married to Rose. He is played by Sam Anderson in eleven episodes.

Edward Mars

Edward Mars is an American marshal who is obsessed with capturing the fugitive Kate. Mars is critically injured during the crash and dies on day 3. Fredric Lane plays Mars in "Pilot: Part 1" with no dialogue, "Pilot: Part 2," "Tabula Rasa," "Exodus: Part 1," "Exodus: Part 2," "What Kate Did," "I Do" and "Left Behind."

Aaron Littleton

Aaron Littleton is the son of Claire and her boyfriend Thomas.^[1] A phony psychic named Richard Malkin warns Claire that if she gives the baby to someone else to be raised by, bad things will happen to it. He later suddenly changes his mind and tells Claire to let an American couple in Los Angeles, CA adopt her baby. On the island, Claire is captured by the Others, who try to steal her unborn child.^[2] Claire later escapes and gives birth to Aaron on day 42. ^[3] Aaron is kidnapped by Rousseau two days after his birth in an attempt to exchange Aaron for her daughter Alex, who was kidnapped by the Others from her sixteen years prior.^[4] Charlie and Sayid go to rescue him and succeed. Charlie later has dreams that Aaron will soon be in danger and forcibly takes Aaron to the ocean to be baptized. While Claire temporarily disallows Charlie from being with Aaron, she gets Mr. Eko to baptize Aaron on day 56.^[5] On day 92, Desmond prophesies that Claire and Aaron will be rescued from the island via helicopter.^[6] Aaron 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" and "Through the Looking Glass." Over fifty male and female blonde-haired, blue-eyed babies have acted as Aaron throughout the first three seasons.^[7]

Cindy Chandler

Cindy Chandler (played by Kimberley Joseph) is an Australian Oceanic Airlines stewardess in a relationship with a Flight 815 passenger, the novelist Gary Troup. Cindy crashes with the tail-section survivors. Gary ends up on the beach and dies in the initial chaos.^[8] She encounters Michael, Sawyer and Jin on day 45. Cindy is taken by the Others on day 48 during the journey to the fuselage survivors' camp.^[9] She and the other kidnapped tail-section survivors are seen living comfortably with the Others on days 74 and 88.^[10] Cindy appears in "Pilot: Part 1," "Pilot: Part 2," "Orientation" with no dialogue, "Everybody Hates Hugo," "…And Found," "Abandoned," "The Other 48 Days," "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "The Brig." Cindy was originally set to die in the pilot episode, however the producers enjoyed Joseph's portrayal and decided to bring back Cindy in the second and third seasons.^[11]

Leslie Arzt

Dr. Leslie Arzt is an American ninth grade science teacher from New Jersey three times married.^[12] On the island, he keeps a collection of native fauna in various jars, including a spider with venom capable of causing severe paralysis. He has apparently discovered a handful of new species on the island and claims he will be the next Charles Darwin. He complains about not being included in the various missions the likes of Jack and Locke go on, finally joining them on a trip to the Black Rock. He explodes there while handling dynamite on day 44. Daniel Roebuck portrays the character in "Born to Run," "Exodus: Part 1," "Exodus: Part 2" and "Exposé." Roebuck joined the cast as a guest star in late first season and rumours arose that he would be part of the main cast in the second season,^[13] however Arzt was killed off in the finale.^[14] An unofficial action figure has been produced, with an included backstory for the character written by a Lost writer.^[15]

Minor crash survivors

• Scott Jackson and Steve Jenkins are regularly confused with each other by the characters and crew, even after one of the pair is murdered by Ethan on day 28. They are played by Christian Bowman and Dustin Watchman in "Pilot: Part 1," "Pilot: Part 2," "Tabula Rasa," "Walkabout," "White Rabbit," "The Moth," "Solitary," "Raised by Another," "Whatever the Case May Be," "Special," "Homecoming," "Do No Harm," "The Greater Good," Exodus: Part 1," "Everybody Hates Hugo," "Collision," "The 23rd Psalm," "Two for the Road," "Tricia Tanaka is Dead," "Exposé" and "Catch-22."
• Neil "Frogurt" is a frozen yogurt salesman. Sean Whalen portrays the character in the mobisode "The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt" when he expressed his interest in Libby to Hurley. The creators of the show have said he is a character who will become "more interesting".
• Gary Troup is the New York author of the metafictional novel, Bad Twin.^[16] He is also Cindy Chandler's lover. Troup dies in "Pilot: Part 1."^[17]
• Vincent is Walt's yellow Labrador retriever. He was left behind with the crash survivors when Walt attempted to leave the island. Madison^[18] and Pono,^[19] play Vincent and appear 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" and "Through the Looking Glass."
• Zack and Emma are two sibling children from the tail section of the plane. After the crash, they were kidnapped by the Others, and have been seen living with the Others under the care of Cindy and the other kidnapped tail-section survivors. Kiersten Havelock and Mickey Graue act as the children in "The Other 48 Days," "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "The Brig."

The Others

Tom

Main article: Tom (Lost)

Portrayed by M. C. Gainey in sixteen episodes, Tom acts as a liaison to the crash survivors until they kidnap Jack, Kate and Sawyer. He is killed by Sawyer in the third season finale.

Alex

Main article: Alex (Lost)

Portrayed by Tania Raymonde in eleven episodes, Alexandra "Alex" Rousseau or Linus is Rousseau's daughter who was kidnapped by the Others sixteen years prior to the crash of Flight 815 and is raised by Ben. Alex aids the crash survivors in various escapes and eventually goes to live with them.

Ethan Rom

Main article: Ethan Rom

Played by William Mapother in ten episodes, Dr. Ethan Rom lives among the fuselage survivors of Flight 815 during their initial days on the island. Before he is exposed as an Other, Ethan kidnaps Claire for her unborn child.

Richard Alpert

Named after spiritual philosopher Ram Dass, Dr. Richard Alpert is Ben's right-hand man, who, oddly, does not age. In the early 1970s, Richard – one of the original "Hostiles" (Others) – conspires with a young Ben to gas the Barracks and kill the Dharma Initiative, with the Others moving in.^[20] Richard works as a recruiter for a front company for the Others, called Mittelos Bioscience (Mittelos is an anagram of "lost time"). In September 2001, he recruits Juliet with the help of Ethan Rom.^[21] Richard's discontent with Ben festers after Ben takes Locke to see Jacob and does not return with Locke.^[22] He warns Ben that the Others are suspicious of him after the team sent to capture the pregnant women was killed and could misconstrue his departure to meet with Jack's coalition of refugees. Ben tells Richard to take the Others to the "temple." Nestor Carbonell plays Richard in "Not in Portland," "The Man from Tallahassee," "One of Us," "The Brig," "The Man Behind the Curtain," "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass." Carbonell has speculated that Richard is 400 years old and indigenous to the island.^[23] Carbonell will likely not soon return to reprise his role, as he is now starring on CBS's new show, Cane.^[24]

Mikhail Bakunin

Named after the anarchist of the same name, Mikhail is a one-eyed member of the Others who lived in a Dharma Initiative station. Because he wears an eye-patch, he was referred to as "Patchy" by the crew before his name was revealed.^[25] Mikhail was born in Kiev in present day Ukraine, which was part of the USSR at the time of his birth.^[26] He worked as a medic in the Soviet Army and served in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. However, his military unit is decommissioned. He later replies to a newspaper advertisement and was recruited by Jacob, which eventually landed him on the island. He lives in the Flame, a communications station with a satellite, televisions and computers. After Flight 815 crashes, Mikhail compiles detailed files on each of the survivors. Sayid, Locke, Kate and Rousseau find him on day 77. They take him prisoner and he is apparently killed by the sonic fences that protect the Others' homes in the Barracks the next day. However, an alive Mikhail reappears on day 87 to Desmond, Hurley, Charlie and Jin. He saves Naomi's life in exchange for being let free to return to the Others. On day 91, Mikhail finds the Others and is beaten up by Locke. Mikhail claims that the sonic fence was not set to a lethal level. Mikhail is sent by Ben, who calls Mikhail a "loyalist," to reinforce Greta and Bonnie at the Looking Glass station on day 92, who have encountered Charlie and Desmond. At Ben's request, Mikhail questions and kills Greta and Bonnie on day 93. Desmond appears and shoots Mikhail in the chest with a spear gun. Later, Mikhail explodes a hand grenade, which kills both himself and Charlie.^[27] Andrew Divoff acts as Mikhail in "The Cost of Living," "Enter 77," "Par Avion," "One of Us," "D.O.C.," "The Man Behind the Curtain" and "Through The Looking Glass." Mikhail is set to return through flashbacks in a future episode.^[28]

Danny Pickett

Pickett is a forceful and the most violent member of the Others who supervised the construction of an airstrip on the island where the Hydra station is located. He was married to another Other named Colleen until her death.^[29] He monitors Kate and Sawyer when they are ordered to smash rocks on days 69, 70 and 72. His wife Colleen takes part in a raid upon Desmond's boat the Elizabeth on day 69, and is killed by Sun in the process. Enraged, Pickett takes all of his anger out on Sawyer, repeatedly beating him and threatening to kill him for days. He almost succeeds, however he is ordered to release Kate and Sawyer or else Ben will die at the hands of Jack. Pickett pursues Kate and Sawyer with Luke and Jason, but he is shot dead by Juliet. Juliet faces trial for the murder but escaped execution and was only branded as punishment. Michael Bowen appears as Pickett in "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone," "The Glass Ballerina," "Every Man for Himself," "The Cost Of Living," "I Do" and "Not in Portland." Pickett may return through flashbacks in a future episode.^[30]

Karl

A young Other, Karl is Alex's boyfriend. Worried that Karl would get Alex pregnant (and therefore, thanks to the nature of the Island, dead), Ben cages Karl on day 68 and, after he escapes and is recaptured, is forced to watch a brainwashing film repeatedly. Alex, Sawyer and Kate rescue him on day 73, and he goes with Kate and Sawyer by canoe back to the main island. Sawyer lets him go free once they return. He lives in the forest until Alex tells him to go warn the crash survivors of the Others' upcoming raid on their camp on day 92. He reunites with Alex on day 93 and they join the survivors' group. Blake Bashoff plays Karl in "A Tale of Two Cities," "Not in Portland," "Stranger in a Strange Land," "Greatest Hits" and "Through The Looking Glass."

Minor Others

• Aldo is an Other who stands guard outside the brainwashing cells. He was overpowered by Alex, Kate and Sawyer as they rescued Karl. Though the event hasn't been shown, it has been confirmed that Aldo is deceased^[31]. Rob McElhenney plays Aldo in "Not in Portland".
• Beatrice "Bea" Klugh is the Other who interrogates Michael during his stay with the Others. She is killed by a hostage Mikhail on day 79, after she demands it. April Grace plays Klugh in "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone" and "Enter 77."
• Bonnie operates the Looking Glass station until she is murdered by Mikhail on day 93. Bonnie is played by Tracy Middendorf in "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass."
• Colleen "Cole" Pickett is Pickett's wife who is murdered by Sun on day 69. Colleen is played by Paula Malcolmson in "The Glass Ballerina" and an uncredited actress plays Colleen in "Every Man for Himself."
• Goodwin is one of the Others and Juliet's lover. He infiltrated the tail-section survivors, posing as one of them, until Ana Lucia kills him on day 27. Brett Cullen appears as Goodwin in "The Other 48 Days," "A Tale of Two Cities" and "One of Us."
• Greta operates the Looking Glass station until she is murdered by Mikhail on day 93. Greta is played by Lana Parrilla in "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass."
• Isabel serves as a 'sheriff' among the Others' hierarchy. She interrogates Jack about his motives for holding Ben hostage on the operating table, and also leads the trial for Juliet's execution later that day. Though the event hasn't been shown, it has been confirmed that Isabel is deceased^[32]. Isabel is played by Diana Scarwid in "Stranger in a Strange Land".
• Ivan is one of the Others killed on day 92. Teddy Wells appears as Ivan in "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone," "A Tale of Two Cities," "The Glass Ballerina," "I Do," "Not in Portland," "Stranger in a Strange Land," "The Man Behind the Curtain," "The Brig" and "Greatest Hits."
• Jacob is the mysterious leader of the Others. With the exception of Ben, the Others have never met or not seen Jacob in years. Jacob lives in a shack without electricity. When Ben takes Locke to meet him on day 91, Locke cannot see Jacob – although he is staring at him – but he can hear Jacob say, "help me." In his split-second of camera-time, Jacob appears to be an expressionless middle-aged man with long hair, the makings of a beard, and bland clothing much like the "Others" wear outside of the confines of their barracks. Jacob appears briefly in "The Man Behind the Curtain."
• Jason is one of the Others killed on day 93. He is played by Ariston Green in "Every Man for Himself," "The Cost of Living," "I Do," "Not in Portland," "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass."
• Luke is one of the Others killed on day 92. Joah Buley appears as Luke in "The Glass Ballerina," "One of Us," "The Man Behind the Curtain," "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass."
• Matthew is one of the Others killed on day 92. Dustin Geiger appears as Matthew in "Three Minutes," "Live Together, Die Alone," "The Glass Ballerina," "Every Man for Himself," "I Do," "Left Behind," "The Brig," "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass."
• Ryan Pryce leads the group of Others killed on days 92 and 93. Pryce is killed on day 93 by Hurley. Pryce is played by Brian Goodman in "The Man from Tallahassee," "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass."

Island inhabitants and arrivals

The following were not aboard Flight 815 or Others.

Danielle Rousseau

Main article: Danielle Rousseau

Rousseau arrived on the island sixteen years before the crash of Flight 815 as part of a research party. She gave birth to a baby girl, Alex, though her child was stolen shortly after by the Others. Mira Furlan portrays Rousseau in thirteen episodes.

Naomi Dorrit

Naomi parachutes from a British helicopter on to the island on day 87 and her life is saved by Desmond, Hurley, Charlie, Jin and Mikhail. She claims to be working for Penny to find Desmond and also tells the crash survivors that Flight 815 was found on the ocean floor, with all passengers accounted for and dead. Ben warns Jack that if Jack is successful in contacting what they believe to be Naomi's ship 80 miles away, everyone on the island will die. Naomi is injured and possibly killed by Locke on day 93^[33], who unsuccessfully tries to persuade Jack not to call Naomi's ship. Marsha Thomason portrays Naomi^[34] in "Catch-22," "D.O.C.," "The Brig," "The Man Behind the Curtain," "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass." Among those who auditioned for the role of Naomi was Prince's ex-wife Mayte Garcia.^[35] Thomason had previously tried out for several other parts on Lost, but was not cast. Lindelof praised her acting skills, saying, "to deliver massive [amounts] of plot exposition, make it make sense, and be wildly likeable at the same time [is not] an easy task, yet somehow she pulls it off with utter flair."^[36] Thomason has not been told her character's backstory; all she had been told by the crew was that Naomi is "quite feisty."^[37]

Anthony Cooper

Named after Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Cooper is Locke's biological father and the man who conned Sawyer's parents, leading to both of their deaths. Cooper was unaware that he had a son (Locke) until Locke was born. Locke was given up for adoption. A couple of decades later, Cooper took the alias of Tom Sawyer 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 Cooper, later taking the name Sawyer for himself. In his older years, Cooper's kidneys fail, and he needs a transplant. Locke's mother, Emily comes back asking for money once again, and Cooper agrees to help her if she finds Locke for him. Cooper bonds with Locke, before conning him out of a kidney. This scars Locke for life and Locke begins stalking his father. Later, Cooper cons two men out of $700,000. Afraid that they might kill him, Cooper fakes his death, then enlists Locke's help to get the money from a safe deposit box. Locke, who swore to his girlfriend Helen that he had stopped going to see his father, lost Helen as a result of this. Sometime later, Cooper begins another con with a woman, Ms. Talbot. Locke, having been visited by her son, confronts Cooper, and tells him to stop conning others. Cooper kills her son and pushes Locke out a window to fall eight stories and break his back, causing Locke's paraplegia. Cooper then disappears, presumably to Mexico. Soon after the crash of Flight 815, Cooper has a car accident in Tallahassee and is taken and imprisoned on the island. Cooper believes that he is in Hell and after Ben reveals that they have Cooper in captivity, Locke takes him to the Black Rock, where he is killed by Sawyer. Kevin Tighe plays Cooper in "Deus Ex Machina," "Orientation," "Lockdown," "The Man from Tallahassee" and "The Brig." Tighe was nominated for a 2007 Los Angeles Times GoldDerby TV Award in the category of "Drama Guest Actor," however he lost to George Dzundza of Grey’s Anatomy.^[38]

Dharma Initiative members

• Rachel "Persephone" Blake is Hanso's daughter, who attempts to expose the Hanso Foundation and the Dharma Initiative. She is portrayed by Jamie Silberhartz.^[39]
• Dr. Marvin Candle, Dr. Mark Wickmund and Dr. Edgar Halowax are the names that the actor playing scientists in the Dharma Initiative orientation films calls himself. New footage of François Chau as the man in the orientation films appears in the episodes "Orientation," "What Kate Did," "?," "Enter 77" and "The Man Behind the Curtain."^[40]
• Gerald and Karen DeGroot were funded by the Hanso Foundation in 1970 to found the Dharma Initiative. Michael Gilday and Courtney Lavigne play the DeGroots "Orientation," "What Kate Did," "?" and "Not in Portland."
• A former arms salesman and manufacturer, Alvar Hanso is the enigmatic Danish leader of the Hanso Foundation. Ian Patrick Williams plays Hanso in the Lost Experience. Hanso can be seen in the show via an orientation film in "Orientation."
• In the early 1990s, Kelvin Joe Inman is an intelligence operative for the United States government, and responsible for making Sayid torture his former commander. Later, Kelvin joins the Dharma Initiative, and operates the Swan station until Desmond accidentally kills him. Clancy Brown appears as Kelvin in "One of Them" and "Live Together, Die Alone."
• Roger Linus is Ben's father and an employee of the Dharma Initiative. In "The Man Behind the Curtain," Jon Gries plays Roger, who is killed by Ben in the episode. His corpse is discovered by Hurley in "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead."

Off-island characters

Christian Shephard

Main article: Christian Shephard

John Terry appears in ten episodes as Dr. Christian Shephard, Jack and Claire's father who died before the crash.

Sarah Shephard

Sarah is Jack's ex-wife. Eight months before her wedding to her first fiancé, Kevin, she is involved in a car crash with an SUV driven by Adam Rutherford (Shannon's father and Boone's step-father). When Jack informs Kevin that Sarah may never be able to walk again, Kevin leaves her. Sarah's back is broken, and her doctor, Jack, informs her that she will never walk again, however she does. They fall in love and marry, but some time later, Sarah has an affair and divorces Jack. Sometime after the crash survivors are rescued, Sarah is pregnant. Julie Bowen portrays Sarah in "Do No Harm," "Man of Science, Man of Faith," "The Hunting Party," "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Through the Looking Glass."

Penny Widmore

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. Desmond is shipwrecked on the island while trying to win a race to prove his worth to her father and get her back. Penny is searching for the island, with two Portuguese men stationed at a polar research station. On day 93, Penny transmits a message to the Looking Glass Hatch, which Charlie receives, and she informs him that Naomi was not sent by her. Sonya Walger plays Penny^[41] in "Live Together, Die Alone," "Flashes Before Your Eyes," "Catch-22" and "Through the Looking Glass." Carlton Cuse has stated that "Penny is an important character in the overarching mythology of the show."^[42]

Jae Lee

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. He meets Sun on a family-arranged date. He teaches Sun English at her request, and ends up having an affair with her. He asks her to leave for America with him. Sun's father finds out about the affair. Instead of telling Jin about it, Sun's father tells Jin that Jae is stealing from him. He orders Jin to kill Jae. Jin beats up Jae, but tells him to leave the country and never return instead of killing him. Jae subsequently commits suicide by jumping from his apartment.^[29] Tony Lee acts as Jae in "…And Found," "The Whole Truth" and "The Glass Ballerina."

Yemi

Yemi is the younger brother of Mr. Eko. When they were young, the village of Yemi and Eko was invaded by guerrillas who command Yemi to shoot an old man. Eko saves him from doing this task by shooting the man himself. 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. 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 on day 64, and he leads them to the Pearl station. The "monster" also takes his form (and was possibly the "vision" Yemi in the first place) and kills Mr. Eko on day 72. Adetokumboh M'Cormack acts as Yemi in "The 23rd Psalm," "?" and "The Cost of Living."

Cassidy Phillips

Cassidy Phillips was a recently divorced woman whom Sawyer conned. Despite being in love with her, Sawyer stole her money (admittedly, after a threat from his partner). Cassidy then 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, who she said was his daughter. Kim Dickens appears as Cassidy in "The Long Con," "Every Man for Himself" and "Left Behind."

Recurring off-island characters

Character name	Actor name	Main character crossover(s)	Episodes
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"
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"
Nadia Jazeem	Andrea Gabriel	Sayid (girlfriend), Locke (client), Charlie (acquaintance)	"Solitary," "Lockdown," "Greatest Hits"
Helen	Katey Sagal	Locke (girlfriend)	"Orientation," "Lockdown"
Mr. Kwon	John Shin	Jin (father), Sun (father-in-law)	"…In Translation," "D.O.C."
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 future wife's car accident)	"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"

References

External links

• Lost at the Internet Movie Database

•  • e Lost
Production:	DVD releases • Episode list • Music • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4
Main characters:	Ana Lucia • Ben • Boone • Charlie • Claire • Desmond • Hurley • Jack • Jin • Juliet • Kate Libby • Locke • Michael • Mr. Eko • Nikki & Paulo • Sawyer • Sayid • Shannon • Sun • Walt
Supporting characters:	Alex • Bernard • Christian • Ethan • Rose • Rousseau • Tom
Groups:	Dharma Initiative • Hanso Foundation • Oceanic Airlines • The Others
Miscellaneous:	Find 815 • Lost Experience • Mythology • Lost: The Video Game