Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973, height 5' 11½" (1.82 m)) is an American actor and comedian. He first drew public attention with his role as Hector Lopez on the television show "Becker," and then with his role as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the television series "Lost." Garcia also performs as a stand-up comedian. Most recently, he starred in the FOX television series "Alcatraz" and also played a supporting character in the ABC series "Once Upon a Time." Garcia was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Dora Mesa, is a professor of Cuban origin, and his father, Humberto Garcia, is a doctor of Chilean origin. He grew up in Southern California and attended San Clemente High School. In his senior year, the teachers chose him as "Triton of the Year" — the highest award for a graduating student.

Garcia graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1995 with a degree in Communication Studies.

Garcia became the first actor cast in "Lost" after the producers saw him in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" the night before casting began, and the character Hugo Reyes was created specifically for him. Garcia appeared in the second episode of the eighth season of "Celebrity Poker Showdown," where he lost to Michael Ian Black. He was a participant in the "Russian Roulette" episode on Game Show Network. He failed to answer a question about the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and fell through a trapdoor.

Garcia is set to star in the film "When We Were Pirates," scheduled for release in 2012. In this independent film, he will play a man named Jason who, together with a group of close friends, discovers that their childhood love of playing pirates helps them overcome some of the difficulties they face later in life. He can also be seen singing in the studio for a future project in an officially released clip on YouTube. During the run of "Lost," Garcia wrote a blog about the show called "Dispatches from the Island." He also hosted a weekly podcast, "Geronimo Jack's Beard," in which he discussed the sixth-season script with his then-girlfriend Bethany Leigh Shady.