Lost star Jorge Garcia was spotted heading out to Los Angeles to run errands, in his first public appearance in over three years.
DailyMail.com spotted the reclusive actor, 51, dressed casually in a blue striped sweatshirt, gray pants, a headscarf and white sunglasses.
He keeps an extremely low profile these days, opting for a quiet life in the suburbs with his wife, actress Rebecca Birdsall, whom he married in 2019 after six years of dating.
For his outing this week, Nebraska-born Garcia was seen getting out of his black truck, putting on a backpack and carrying what appeared to be a black speaker.
Lost star Jorge Garcia was spotted heading out to Los Angeles to run errands, in his first public appearance in over three years.
DailyMail.com spotted the reclusive actor, 51, dressed casually in a blue striped sweatshirt, gray pants, a headscarf and white sunglasses.
Garcia made a name for himself playing the likeable character Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes on Lost, alongside co-stars such as Evangeline Lilly, Matthew Fox and Naveen Andrews.
García made a name for himself playing the likeable character Hugo ‘Hurley’ Reyes on Lost
His curly-haired, plus-sized, lottery-winning character stole the hearts of millions of people watching at home.
The show, which aired from 2004 to 2010, was a global hit that followed the fate of plane crash survivors who were left to fend for themselves when their ship crashed on a desert island 1,000 miles from civilization.
This September will mark the 20th anniversary of its debut episode.
Garcia has been in hiding since leaving the CBS show Hawaii Five-0 in 2019.
The last time the actor appeared on the red carpet was celebrating the series’ 50th anniversary and the premiere of Magnum PI at Queen’s Surf Beach on September 16, 2018 in Waikiki, Hawaii.
He generally enjoys a quiet life with his wife Rebecca, whom he met on the set of Five-O.
Garcia starred on Lost alongside co-stars Evangeline Lilly, Matthew Fox and Naveen Andrews.
Garcia was seen getting out of his black truck, putting on a backpack and carrying what appeared to be a dark black speaker.
Garcia has been in hiding since leaving the Hawaii Five-0 show in 2019.
Garcia’s curly-haired lottery-winning character on Lost stole the hearts of millions of people watching at home.
He keeps an extremely low profile these days, opting for a quiet life in the suburbs with his wife, actress Rebecca Birdsall, whom he married in 2019 after six years of dating. The couple appears together in 2021.
The actor has made headlines throughout his career for his yo-yo diet, and once admitted that he had been encouraged to try to lose weight for health reasons.
Garcia reportedly lost nearly 100 pounds from her 400-pound frame at one point thanks to a strict diet and training plan.
There were further reports that he lost weight following the Nooch diet, which is based on deactivated yeast, and eating lots of spinach, other vegetables and protein.
In a March 2006 issue of Maxim, he revealed that he had lost 30 pounds, after causing health problems due to his size.
“I can afford not to live on rum and burritos and take better care of myself,” García told the magazine. “Plus, there were enough people who were expecting my character to lose weight as a result of being stranded on a desert island.”