Characters

 

Hugo "Hurley" Reyes

(Jorge Garcia)

Warm, nice, and friendly. He's a big guy, willing to help, but is queasy at the sight of blood. Says "dude" a lot.
He gathered food from the plane and gave it to the survivors. 
Hurley is very close to
Claire and tries to help her and her baby. 
When everybody is filled up with stress and boredom, he gets the idea to set out a golf course for entertainment.