<Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> American </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Former residence </Th> <Td> Essex, Massachusetts, USA Oxford, England </Td> </Tr> <P> Dr. Daniel Faraday is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Jeremy Davies . Faraday is introduced in the Season 4 premiere as a physicist from the Queen's College, University of Oxford . He suffers from short - term memory loss, possibly due to his experiments with radioactivity . He is part of the team aboard the freighter Kahana that is offshore the island . Throughout his time on the series, Faraday plays an important role by sharing his knowledge of time travel . After time traveling to 1977, Faraday is shot and killed by Eloise Hawking (Alice Evans) who is unaware that he is her son . </P> <P> Jeremy Davies was cast in the role because of the "tremendous intelligence that seems to emanate from him" and was one of the writer - producers' favorite character actors . Davies was critically praised for his performance and critics were generally disappointed by the character's death in season five . UGO.com named him one of the best TV nerds . </P>

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