Following in the storied tradition of Gilligan's Island, where cosmonauts and Globetrotters would wash up with some regularity, ABC's Lost keeps adding regular cast members to a deserted island getaway that seems much less exclusive than your basic Club Med. Viewers have been washing up in larger audiences than ever, thanks in part to the show's new blood, mysterious characters like Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Mr. Eko. 

The son of Nigerian immigrants, the London-born 38-year-old actor progressed from stereotypical African roles in films like Congo and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to a memorable turn as the Simon Adebisi, the baddest of the bad on HBO's Oz. His mainstream visibility is only increasing with his role as charismatic drug dealer Majestic in Get Rich or Die Tryin' and his Lost gig, which he took immediately afterwards as something of a vacation.