John Locke | |
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Lost character | |
First appearance | "Pilot (Part 1)" |
Last appearance | "The End" |
Created by | |
Portrayed by | Terry O'Quinn, Charles Henry Wyson (young), Caleb Steinmeyer (teenager) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (dream) |
Centric episode(s) | |
In-universe information | |
Full name | John Edward Locke |
Alias | Jeremy Bentham |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Box company office worker Substitute teacher (flash-sideways) |
Relatives | Anthony Cooper (father) Emily Locke (mother) |
Nationality | American |
John Locke is a fictional character played by Terry O'Quinn on the ABC television series Lost. He is named after the English philosopher of the same name.[1] In 2007, O'Quinn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Locke.[2]
Locke is introduced in the first season as a mysterious, intellectual and stoic character with an affinity for living out in the wild and a penchant for hunting and tracking. He believes in mystical and spiritual explanations for why things happen on the island due to an objective "miracle" happening to him after the crash of Oceanic 815. His stoicism and mystical outlook dominate his character and are the basis for many of his relationships and interactions on the show.