# List of Lost cast members

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. 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." 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, 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, Nikki and Paulo were buried alive mid-season after poor fan response, 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.
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 | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Actor | Character | 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 | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Emilie de Ravin | Claire Littleton | Main | Main | Main | Main | Archive | Main |
| Matthew Fox | Jack Shephard | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Jorge Garcia | Hugo Reyes | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Maggie Grace | Shannon Rutherford | Main | Main | Special Guest | | | Main - "The End" |
| Josh Holloway | James Ford | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Malcolm David Kelley | Walt Lloyd | Main | Recurring | Special Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest |
| Daniel Dae Kim | Jin-Soo Kwon | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Yunjin Kim | Sun-Hwa Kwon | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Evangeline Lilly | Kate Austen | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Dominic Monaghan | Charlie Pace | Main | Main | Main | Guest | | Main - "The End" |
| Terry O'Quinn | John Locke | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Harold Perrineau | Michael Dawson | Main | Main | | Main | | Guest |
| Ian Somerhalder | Boone Carlyle | Main | Special Guest | Special Guest | | | Main - "The End" |
| Michelle Rodriguez | Ana Lucia Cortez | Guest | Main | | | Special Guest | Guest |
| Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Mr. Eko | | Main | Main | | | |
| Cynthia Watros | Libby Smith | | Main | | Guest | | Main - "The End" |
| Henry Ian Cusick | Desmond Hume | | Recurring | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Michael Emerson | Ben Linus | | Recurring | Main | Main | Main | Main |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Juliet Burke | | | Main | Main | Main | Main - "The End" |
| Kiele Sanchez | Nikki Fernandez | | | Main | Archive | | |
| Rodrigo Santoro | Paulo | | | Main | | | |
| Nestor Carbonell | Richard Alpert | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Main |
| Jeremy Davies | Daniel Faraday | | | | Main | Main | Main - "The End" |
| Ken Leung | Miles Straume | | | | Main | Main | Main |
| Rebecca Mader | Charlotte Lewis | | | | Main | Main | Main - "The End" |
| Jeff Fahey | Frank Lapidus | | | | Recurring | Recurring | Main |
| Zuleikha Robinson | Ilana Verdansky | | | | | Recurring | Main |
| Actor | Character | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Actor | Character | 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 | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Ron Bottitta | Leonard Simms | Guest | Guest | | | | |
| Julie Bowen | Sarah Shephard | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | | | |
| Wendy Braun | Gina | Recurring | | | | | |
| Beth Broderick | Diane Janssen | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | | |
| L. Scott Caldwell | Rose Nadler | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Main - "The End" |
| Byron Chung | Woo-Jung Paik | Guest | | Recurring | Guest | | |
| Jon Dixon | JD | Recurring | | | | | |
| Mira Furlan | Danielle Rousseau | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Guest |
| Robert Frederick | Jeff | Recurring | | | | | |
| Andrea Gabriel | Nadia Jazeem | Guest | Guest | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring |
| Billy Ray Gallion | Randy Nations | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | | Guest |
| M. C. Gainey | Tom Friendly | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | |
| Greg Grunberg | Seth Norris | Guest | | | | | Guest |
| Veronica Hamel | Margo Shephard | Guest | | | Guest | | Guest |
| Neil Hopkins | Liam Pace | Guest | Guest | Guest | | | Recurring |
| Lillian Hurst | Carmen Reyes | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest |
| Nick Jameson | Richard Malkin | Guest | Guest | | | | |
| Kimberley Joseph | Cindy Chandler | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | Recurring |
| Fredric Lehne | Edward Mars | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | | | Recurring |
| William Mapother | Ethan Rom | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | | Guest | Guest |
| Julie Ow | Nurse | Guest | | Guest | | | |
| Brittany Perrineau | Mary Jo | Recurring | Guest | | | | |
| Daniel Roebuck | Dr. Leslie Artz | Recurring | | Guest | | | Recurring |
| Mark Rusden | Airport cop | Recurring | | | | | |
| John Shin | Mr. Kwon | Guest | | Guest | | | |
| Meilinda Soerjoko | Chrissy | Recurring | Guest | | | | |
| Tamara Taylor | Susan Lloyd | Guest | Guest | | | | |
| John Terry | Christian Shephard | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Main - "The End" |
| Kevin Tighe | Anthony Cooper | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | | | Guest |
| Sam Anderson | Bernard Nadler | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Main - "The End" |
| Michael Bowen | Danny Pickett | | Recurring | Recurring | | | |
| Clancy Brown | Kelvin Inman | | Recurring | | | | |
| François Chau | Pierre Chang | | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Main - "The End" |
| Michael Cudlitz | Mike Walton | | Guest | | Guest | | |
| Brett Cullen | Goodwin Stanhope | | Guest | Recurring' | Guest | | |
| Alan Dale | Charles Widmore | | Guest | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring |
| Bruce Davison | Douglas Brooks | | Guest | | | | Guest |
| Kim Dickens | Cassidy Phillips | | Guest | Recurring | | Guest | |
| David Ely | Intern | | Recurring | | | | |
| Gabrielle Fitzpatrick | Lindsey Littleton | | Guest | Guest | | | |
| Dustin Geiger | Matthew | | Recurring | 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 | Guest | | | |
| Tony Lee | Jae Lee | | Recurring | Guest | | | |
| Tomiko Okhee Lee | Mrs. Lee | | Guest | Guest | | | |
| June Kyoto Lu | Mrs. Paik | | Guest | | Guest | Guest | |
| Adetokumboh M'Cormack | Yemi | | Recurring | Guest | | | |
| Kolawolfe Obileye Jr | Mr. Eko | | Guest | Guest | | | |
| Olekan Obileye | Yemi | | Guest | Guest | | | |
| Alex Petrovitch | Henrik | | Guest | | Guest | | |
| Tania Raymonde | Alex Rousseau | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring |
| Katey Sagal | Helen Norwood | | Recurring | | | | Recurring |
| Jeremy Shada | Charlie Pace | | Guest | Guest | | | |
| Zack Shada | Liam Pace | | Guest | Guest | | | |
| Rachel Ticotin | Teresa Cortez | | Recurring | | | | |
| Grisel Toledo | Susie Lazenby | | Guest | | Guest | Guest | Guest |
| Sonya Walger | Penny Widmore | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Main - "The End" |
| Teddy Wells | Ivan | | Recurring | Recurring | | | |
| Blake Bashoff | Karl Martin | | | Recurring | Recurring | | |
| Sterling Beaumon | Ben Linus | | | Guest | | Recurring | |
| Joah Buley | Luke | | | Recurring | | | |
| Esmond Chung | Paik's associate | | | Guest | 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 | Guest | Recurring | |
| Suzanne Krull | Lynn Karnoff | | | Guest | | | Guest |
| Paula Malcolmson | Colleen Pickett | | | Recurring | | | |
| Cheech Marin | David Reyes | | | Guest | Guest | Guest | |
| Rob McElhenney | Aldo | | | Guest | | | Guest |
| Tracy Middendorf | Bonnie | | | Recurring | | | |
| Lana Parrilla | Greta | | | Recurring | | | |
| Marsha Thomason | Naomi Dorrit | | | Recurring | 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 | | | | | Recurring | |
| Guillaume Dabinpons | Robert | | | | | Recurring | |
| Marvin DeFreitas | Charlie Hume | | | | | Recurring | |
| Michael Dempsey | Foreman | | | | | Recurring | |
| Alice Evans | Eloise Hawking | | | | | Recurring | |
| Melissa Farman | Danielle Rousseau | | | | | Recurring | |
| Sarah Farooqui | Theresa Spencer | | | | | Recurring | |
| Patrick Fischler | Phil | | | | | Recurring | |
| Brad William Henke | Bram | | | | | Recurring | Guest |
| Maya Henssens | Charlotte Lewis | | | | | Recurring | |
| Tom Irwin | Dan Norton | | | | | Recurring | |
| Leslie Ishii | Lara Chang | | | | | Recurring | |
| Eric Lange | Stuart Radzinsky | | | | | Recurring | |
| David S. Lee | Charles Widmore | | | | | 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 | Recurring |
| Sebastian Siegel | Erik | | | | | Recurring | |
| Saïd Taghmaoui | Caesar | | | | | Recurring | |
| Titus Welliver | Man in Black | | | | | Recurring | Recurring |
| Sean Whalen | Neil "Frogurt" | | | | | Recurring | 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 |