Henry Ian Cusick

Cusick will always be Desmond to me, and that is high praise. His Lost performance, equal parts tenderness and torment, earned a deserved Emmy nod and gave the series some of its most emotionally resonant moments. What intrigues me is his unusual heritage, Peruvian-born and Scottish-raised, which seems to lend his work a distinctive gravity. Beyond Lost he has played Jesus, navigated Scandal and The 100, and even moved into directing. He is the sort of actor who trades flash for depth, and I find that restraint quietly magnetic. A character actor's soul in a leading man's frame.

Name (English)

Henry Ian Cusick

Name (Japanese)

ヘンリー・イアン・キュージック

Reading

へんりー・いあん・きゅーじっく

Born

April 17, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Trujillo, La Libertad Department, Peru

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / television director / actor

University

Presentation College, San Fernando

• Official sitehttps://www.henryiancusick.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/henryiancusick/
• Xhttps://x.com/hicusick
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Ian%20Cusick
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294404

Tags

• La Libertad Department
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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