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Terry O'Quinn as John Locke
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O'Quinn: |
Terry
O'Quinn (Born: Terrance Quinn on July 15, 1952 in Newberry, Michigan,
USA) is an American actor. He attended the University of Iowa in Iowa
City, Iowa. He currently plays the role of John Locke on the popular
ABC TV series Lost.
O'Quinn began acting in the 1970s in films such as Tombstone and
Heaven's Gate. His early television roles included guest appearances
on Earth 2, Moonlighting, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and JAG. In
1995, O'Quinn began a series of guest appearances in shows produced by
The X-Files producer Chris Carter. In addition to The X-Files, Carter
cast his friend O'Quinn in the TV series Millennium and Harsh Realm as
well as in the X-Files movie Fight the Future.
After a 2002 appearance on Alias, O'Quinn became a favorite of yet
another TV producer, this time J.J. Abrams. Following a seven-episode
guest run on The West Wing in 2003 and 2004, O'Quinn got a call from
Abrams indicating that the producer wanted to cast him (without any
audition needed) in his new television drama Lost, about a group of
people stranded on a mysterious island after a plane crash. The
mystery - conspiracy theory series proved an immediate success with
viewers, and O'Quinn's character - the island's prophet of sorts - is
a fan favorite. In July 2005, O'Quinn received an Emmy nomination for
best supporting actor in a drama for his work as John Locke on Lost.
As of 2005 O'Quinn has been married to his wife, Lori, for 25 years.
Most of that time they lived in Finksburg, Maryland, but after Lost
began airing the couple decided to follow the example of O'Quinn's
co-stars and move to Hawaii, where the series is shot.
O'Quinn and his wife are the parents to two grown sons, Jack Conway
and Rob Wiper who live on the West Coast of the United States. |
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| John Locke: |
Prior to
Oceanic Flight 815
Prior to the flight, John Locke led a lonely existence as a middle
manager at a box company in Tustin, California, where he was
constantly belittled by a snide (and younger) higher-up for his
interests in war gaming and survivalism. Most critically, Locke was a
paraplegic— apparently for the preceding four years — the reasons
for which are unexplained. He comes to Australia hoping to fulfill his
dream of taking part in a walkabout, but when it is discovered that he
is disabled, Locke is forced off the tour and sent back to the United
States on the doomed flight.
Locke relates to Sawyer that as a child, he and his sister were raised
by a foster mother. When his sister died at age six, his foster mother
blamed herself, and sunk into depression. A few months later, a dog
came into their house and his foster mother began to feel better. The
dog even slept in his sister's bed, leading Locke's foster mother to
believe that the dog was the sister reincarnated. When asked whether
he felt the same, he replies, "That's just silly." He later
reveals that he also had a brother; however, it is as yet unclear
whether his siblings were biologically related.
Flashbacks in Deus Ex Machina reveal a younger Locke, with a full head
of hair and use of his legs, working at a large retail store. His real
mother, Emily Annabeth Locke (Swoosie Kurtz), makes a sudden
appearance at his workplace, claiming that his birth was part of a
greater plan, that he had no father and was "immaculately
conceived". This leads to Locke hiring a private investigator to
track down his biological father, who turns out to be a wealthy hunter
named Anthony Cooper (played by Kevin Tighe). Cooper seems to take his
newfound son under his wing, teaching him to be a sportsman. However,
he is actually laying the groundwork to con Locke into donating his
kidney, which Cooper desperately needs. Once the operation is
completed, Cooper leaves the hospital and orders his security guard
not to admit Locke back into his estate. Locke is crushed when he
discovers that he has been emotionally manipulated.
Following the deception by his father, Locke becomes an angry and
bitter person, even attending an anger management group. He also
loiters outside of his father's house early in the morning in his car
every day, hoping to simply ask his father how he could con his own
son. When Locke's father finally meets with him again, he shatters
Locke by simply telling him to get over being conned, and that no one
wants him around. Despite being told that, Locke still continued to
loiter outside the house. Locke eventually begins a relationship with
a woman named Helen, another member of the support group he attends.
She successfully convinces him to stop loitering, and to "take a
leap of faith" into the unknown. This is later paralleled in
Locke's convincing Jack to "take a leap of faith" by pushing
the button.
On the island
After the crash, Locke miraculously recovers the use of his legs. On
the Island, Locke demonstrates his skills as a hunter, tracker, as
well as sort of spiritual leader. He is the oldest of the principal
characters. He appears to have a connection to the Island itself, to
which he ascribes mystical powers, claiming "I've looked into the
eye of this island, and what I saw was beautiful." For a number
of episodes, he keeps secret his findings and revelations from nearly
all, except for his apparent acolyte Boone Carlyle, with whom he often
explores the Island's jungles. During one such exploration, the two
come across a metal hatch with a glass window, which they
unsuccessfully try to force open or break. Later, a seeming vision
leads the two to a crashed Beechcraft airplane stuck in trees. When
Boone climbs into the cockpit, the plane falls to the ground, crushing
Boone and eventually leading to his death. Because Locke initially
lies about how Boone's injuries were received, the death drives a
wedge between some of the survivors and Locke — and both Jack
Shephard and Boone's step-sister, Shannon hold him responsible for
Boone's death.
Although he connects mainly to Boone, Locke also develops a friendship
with Walt Lloyd early on, teaching him backgammon and demonstrating
knife throwing to him. Locke is the one who motivates Jack to
leadership when he is struggling with the ghost of his father. He
helps Charlie work through his heroin addiction, and builds a cradle
with Claire for her baby. He also shares a mutual respect with Sayid.
Other survivors are wary of Locke, due in part to his mysterious
comings and goings, as well as his collection of hunting knives, which
he had transported with him intending to use them on a walkabout of
the Australian Outback.
In The Greater Good, after showing Sayid the location of the
Beechcraft, Locke confesses that he was the one who sabotaged the
jury-rigged communication equipment that Sayid used to search for the
Island's radio transmitter. Later, in retaliation for her brother's
death, Shannon tries to shoot Locke, but due to the intervention of
Sayid, the bullet only grazes his temple.
Later, in "Exodus: Parts 2 and 3," with the help of Jack and
Kate, Locke is successful in blowing open the hatchway with dynamite.
Shortly afterwards, Locke and Kate attempt to descend down the hatch
by rope. When Kate is captured by Desmond, Locke enters alone, and is
confronted by Desmond. At first Desmond believes Locke might be his
replacement, but after asking him a riddle which Locke fails to
answer, Desmond holds him at gunpoint and makes him enter "The
Numbers" sequence into the computer. After Desmond runs off,
Locke creates a duty roster to man the computer console.
In Born to Run, Locke requests that Sayid bring Jack to the hatch with
an open mind. When Jack asks why he kept it a secret for three weeks,
Locke replies, "Since when does everyone have to report to you,
Jack?"
Locke first meets Mr. Eko in "Collision" and runs The Dharma
Initiative orientation film for Eko and Michael in "What Kate
Did". Eko shows Locke the cored-out Bible found in the Station
discovered by the tail-end survivors. Inside is a missing section of
film, which Locke splices into the orientation film.
Locke trains Michael on how to use the guns in The 23rd Psalm. In The
Hunting Party, Locke is knocked unconscious by Michael, who locks him
in the gun cache with Jack. Locke and Jack are freed shortly
thereafter by Sawyer and Kate, and the four go in search of Michael
(although the men do not originally know that Kate has followed them).
During the search, they are confronted by Mr. Friendly and the
"others" and forced to return to their camp without Michael.
In Fire + Water Locke finds Charlie with a Virgin Mary Statue and
confiscates all of them. He puts them in the gun cache later. He
becomes more protective to Claire by moving his tent closer to hers.
When Charlie steals Aaron for the second time, Locke punches Charlie
in the face several times.
In The Long Con Locke locks the Virgin Mary Statues in the cache
because, as he tells Jack, they might become helpful later on. He also
tells Jack that he did not break them and get the drugs out is because
he doesn't want to tempt fate by destroying them. Locke later moves
both the guns and the heroin to a new hiding place at the
encouragement of Sawyer.
In One of Them Locke is persuaded by Sayid to change the combination
on the armory in order that Henry Gale be detained there whilst being
interrogated by Sayid. However, Jack blackmails Locke into opening the
door when he realizes that Sayid is torturing Gale. Jack achieves this
when the alarm for the button which needs to be pressed becomes
critical, and he refuses to let Locke enter the code unless he opens
the door first. |
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Information
and image taken from:
ABC's Lost Site and Wikipedia.org |
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