Rodrigo Santoro Joins the Cast of Lost  8/1/06

Rodrigo Santoro is set to join the cast of "Lost" when production resumes for Season Three.

One of Brazil's most talented and famous young actors, Santoro was most recently seen in the films "Love Actually" and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." He has also been featured for the past two years as the "mystery man," opposite Nicole Kidman, in the Baz Luhrmann-directed commercial for Chanel. His Brazilian films include "Carandiru," "Behind the Sun" and "Brainstorm."

Santoro has won eight Best Actor awards in Brazil, including the first ever award for Best Actor from the Brazilian Academy of Arts and Film for "Brainstorm." He also appeared opposite Helen Mirren and Anne Bancroft in the Showtime film, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone." He will soon be seen in the feature film "300."

"Lost" stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Henry Gale, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

"Lost" was created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof. Abrams, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, Jeff Pinkner and Carlton Cuse serve as executive producers. "Lost," which is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, is from Touchstone Television.

Source: ABC Press Release