17 members
TV's biggest mystery turned out to be character-driven all along. Lost assembled an unusually diverse international cast and let their chemistry, rivalries, and backstories carry the mythology further than any island puzzle could.

Matthew Fox
59
Jack Shephard

Evangeline Lilly
46
Kate Austen

Josh Holloway
56
James 'Sawyer' Ford

Jorge Garcia
53
Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes

Terry O'Quinn
73
John Locke

Naveen Andrews
57
Sayid Jarrah

Daniel Dae Kim
57
Jin-Soo Kwon

Yunjin Kim
52
Sun-Hwa Kwon

Harold Perrineau
62
Michael Dawson

Michael Emerson
71
Benjamin Linus

Henry Ian Cusick
59
Desmond Hume

Ken Leung
56
Miles Straume

Nestor Carbonell
58
Richard Alpert

Maggie Grace
42
Shannon Rutherford

Ian Somerhalder
47
Boone Carlyle

Mark Pellegrino
61
Jacob

Dominic Monaghan
49
Charlie Pace
Daniel Dae Kim turned Hawaii Five-0 into a Lost reunion, bringing in Jorge Garcia as a series regular and Terry O'Quinn as a recurring cast member.
Evangeline Lilly joined the MCU as Hope van Dyne, becoming the Wasp in the Ant-Man films and Avengers: Endgame.
Ian Somerhalder traded the island for Mystic Falls, playing Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries for eight seasons.
Michael Emerson went from Ben Linus to Harold Finch, landing the lead in Person of Interest the following year.
Josh Holloway moved from sci-fi TV to prestige western, joining the Yellowstone ensemble.