Daniel Faraday Played by: Jeremy Davies
Reason on the Island: Part of the supposed rescue mission team sent on the freighter, but he actually came to study the island and Dharma
Profession: Physicist
Daniel Faraday Facts:
Pre-Crash: Daniel's mother, Eloise Hawking, was always hard on him and wanted him to work hard. She said his gift was his mind and he needed to stay away from distractions. When he graduated from Oxford, she was upset that he had a girlfriend. Daniel became a professor at Oxford and did experiments on himself and his girlfriend, Theresa, and he ended up with memory loss, she ended up in a hospital bed.
Island: Daniel parachuted onto the island and told Jack that he was there to rescue him, but Daniel is actually there to study the island and Dharma. He got a rocket sent from the freighter and was surprised that it came 31 minutes after he had expected it to.
Daniel is close with Charlotte, another member of the team who parachuted onto the island and together they go to the Tempest Station and turn off the gas that they claim would have killed everyone on the island.
When Daniel hears that the mercenaries from the freighter are going to the Orchid Station, he tells Charlotte that they have to get off the island.
On his way to the freighter with a group of people in the Zodiac, there is a flash of light and the freighter disappears. Daniel goes back to the island and tells those around him that either they or the island are jumping around in time.
Charlotte dies as a result of the time jumping and Daniel is distraught. They stop jumping through time, landing in 1974, where Daniel sees Charlotte as a little girl.
Daniel lands in 1974 with some of the survivors and leaves the island to go to Ann Arbor. He comes back in 1977 when he sees a picture of the new recruits with Jack, Kate, and Hurley in it. He finds his mother, one of the hostiles, but before he can talk to her, she shoots him in the back.
Strong Relationships: Charlotte, who came with him to the island on the freighter and then the helicopter.
Rocky Relationships: Daniel gets along pretty well with everyone, though he tries to reason with people under stressful circumstances when they are not ready to listen.
Flashback Episodes:
Daniel's Story:
Sawyer's Nicknames for Daniel: Daniel's Nicknames
Character Connections:
- Desmond: During a time jump, Desmond visits Daniel while Daniel is a professor at Oxford University in 1996.
