What The Cast Of Lost Looks Like Today

A lot has happened since ABC's Lost took over the airwaves and excited audiences with its many winding narratives (and eventually frustrated them with one batty ending that still doesn't quite suffice). The show centered on those who survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, only to find themselves isolated on a mysterious island with all manner of weirdness. There was a smoke monster haunting everyone at night, an underground bunker with a ticking timer, an entire neighborhood belonging to the people who'd been running experiments there before, and that strange statue.

Since wrapping the show, the stars of Lost have gone on to have very different careers. Some have continued to thrive on the small screen, others have become major movie stars, and some have just disappeared from Hollywood altogether. Let's take a look at what the cast of Lost has been up to since the show's mystifying conclusion.

Before becoming the tough-talking James "Sawyer" Ford on Lost, Josh Holloway was still working his way up, with plenty of one-off guest roles and small movie appearances. Ever since, though, he's had no trouble keeping busy. After giving the silver screen a shot with roles in movies like Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Paranoia, and Sabotage, Holloway came back to the television circuit to star in the lead role of CBS' ambitious cybercrime drama Intelligence. 

Although that series was unceremoniously cancelled after a single season, it didn't take long for him to nab another futuristic drama, working again with Lost's executive producer Carlton Cuse on USA Network's Colony. The series featured Holloway as Will Bowman, a former Army Ranger who has to figure out how to help his family survive an alien takeover of Los Angeles, quickly realizing that the people on the ground are the most dangerous threat of all. The show was cancelled after its third season in 2018.

Lost may have been the show that brought Evangeline Lilly mainstream fame as the intrepid Kate Austen, but she's long since established herself outside of the series. She first broke into the film scene with supporting roles in movies like The Hurt Locker, Afterwards, and Real Steel before dipping her toe into franchise-land as the elf Tauriel in Peter Jackon's The Hobbit trilogy. Soon after, she became a big part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by appearing as Hope van Dyne in Ant-Man and returning to the role — this time with her own suit and superpowers — in Ant-Man and the Wasp. 

She's expected to appear briefly in Avengers: Endgame and can also be heard voicing the character Savannah Mason in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Lilly has said that her experience with Lost has informed at least one major career choice for her — she's no longer willing to do scenes that would require her to be naked on set after feeling "mortified" during production on the show's third season.

As the former interrogator Sayid Jarrah, Naveen Andrews was at once terrifying and reliable on Lost, which is probably why he was nominated for several TV prizes for the role. However, he has had no trouble keeping the lights on ever since. After starring in the short-lived fantasy series Sinbad, Andrews returned to ABC for the network's Once Upon a Time spin-off series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland for a recurring role as the villainous Aladdin character Jafar. 

He then returned to the sci-fi realm by starring as Jonas Maliki in the Wachowskis' epic Netflix series Sense8, and most recently landed a major role in CBS's procedural drama series Instinct, based on James Patterson's novel Murder Games. Surprisingly enough, the thing that's really gotten Andrews into headlines lately is the fact that he openly admitted he never watched Lost, despite starring in all six seasons of the hit series. "Maybe 20 years from now," he joked.

CBS' Hawaii Five-0 has become a landing spot for many a Lost alum, including Daniel Dae Kim, who moved right from one Hawaiian production to the next by headlining the 2010 reboot as officer Chin Ho Kelly. Despite the series' success, Dae Kim departed the show on ugly terms in 2017, after very publicized contract disputes put him and co-star Grace Park at odds with the network brass. Outside of that series, he has also starred in a few films, including the adaptations of Veronica Roth's Divergent series. 

He will be seen as the mysteriously revived marine Ben Daimio in the 2019 film Hellboy, and his voice is featured in the animated film Mirai. He also serves as executive producer on ABC's hit medical drama The Good Doctor. Dae Kim has been celebrated for his bold decision to stand up for himself in regards to the Hawaii Five-0 pay disparity situation, particularly because it helps shed light on the inequality of pay scales for minorities in TV. He said of the situation, "diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It's my life."

His dizzying turn as Ben Linus on Lost pretty much cemented Michael Emerson's status as an excellent and terrifyingly twisted baddie for the small screen (he'd previously portrayed serial killer William Hinks on The Practice and Zep in Saw). The two-time Emmy winner has no problem continuing to play frightening and quirky characters, following Lost with the roles of billionaire tech tycoon Harold Finch on Person of Interest and mentally traumatized hacktivist Cayden James on Arrow. 

Emerson is also a celebrated theater actor and philanthropist, but he knows what the fans want from him. "I may play an alien, I may play a pirate, I may play someone who can't speak or someone who is brain-damaged or something. I honestly don't know. I want extremity," he told Bustle of his future roles in showbusiness. "I'm always anxious to play a period piece with an accent. So bring it on, Dickens or Victorian England or Russian Revolution, that kind of stuff. And the more mustaches and eye patches and wooden legs, bring it on. That's the stuff I want to play with!"

Dominic Monaghan was already famous before he took on his heartbreaking role as the struggling rock star Charlie on Lost, thanks to his performance as Merry in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films. However, the actor has continued to steadily churn out work in television and films, with appearances in shows like Flashforward, Goodnight Burbank, and The Unknown, as well as movies like Soldiers of Fortune and Mute. Monaghan has also successfully blended his personal passion for protecting wildlife with his professional career by headlining the documentary series Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan. 

These gigs have all been more low-key than both Rings and Lost, but Monaghan's name may soon regain some of that cache — he's been tapped to reunite with Lost creator J.J. Abrams for a mystery role in Star Wars: Episode IX. He also hasn't altogether ruled out the possibility of returning to Middle Earth for Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings television series, saying he'd be delighted to be one of "the older hobbits sitting around reminiscing on their journeys," if that was in the series' plans. We'll see.

After the tragic departure of Dr. Juliet Burke at the end of Lost's fifth season, Elizabeth Mitchell had no trouble securing new work in short order. She was almost immediately hired to star in a leading role as Erica Evans in ABC's alien drama V. Shortly after that series sputtered out, she nabbed another regular part in NBC's sci-fi series Revolution, which reunited her with J.J. Abrams and ran for two seasons. 

Like many Lost alums, she also found her way into the sprawling cast of Once Upon a Time, with a recurring arc as Ingrid in the show's fourth season. She also nabbed a big-screen lead as the nation-saving Senator Charlie Roan in The Purge: Election Year. Mitchell has since starred in the short-lived Freeform series Dead of Summer and enjoyed a recurring part in SYFY's space colonization series The Expanse. She'll next be seen in the romantic comedy Welcome to Pine Grove!