Lostpedia
Register
(100 intermediate revisions by 50 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
  +
{{at|rw}}
 
{{Infobox Cast|
 
{{Infobox Cast|
 
| Name=Matthew Fox
 
| Name=Matthew Fox
| Image=MatthewFox.jpg
+
| Image=Matthew_Fox-LMK-023965.jpg
| ImageCaption=Matthew Fox
+
| ImageCaption=Matthew Fox at the "Clybourne Park" Press Night in February 2011
 
| DOB={{birth date and age|1966|7|14}}
 
| DOB={{birth date and age|1966|7|14}}
| birthplace=Crowheart, Wyoming, USA
+
| birthplace=Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
 
| character=Jack Shephard
 
| character=Jack Shephard
 
| website=
 
| website=
Line 10: Line 11:
 
}}
 
}}
   
'''Matthew Fox''' plays the role of [[Jack Shephard]]. His character is one of the lead roles in the series.
+
'''Matthew Fox''' portrayed [[Jack Shephard]], the primary lead role of the series.
   
==Background==
+
==Background and personal life==
  +
Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model. His first major role was playing an older brother and patriarch Charlie Salinger on [[wikipedia:Party of Five|Party of Five]] in the 1990s, co-starring with both [[wikipedia:Scott Wolf|Scott Wolf]] and [[wikipedia:Neve Campbell|Neve Campbell]]. Matthew Fox was born in [[wikipedia:Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington, Pennsylvania]] but grew up in [[wikipedia: Crowheart, Wyoming|Crowheart, Wyoming]] where his parents raised longhorn cattle and horses and grew barley for Coors beer.
As a youth, '''Matthew Fox''' grew up in various parts of the country. Matthew's parents raised longhorn cattle and horses and grew barley for Coors beer in Crowheart, Wyoming.
 
   
He attended Wind River high school and did post-graduate high school study at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Fox subsequently attended Columbia University where he played football and majored in Economics with the intent to end up on Wall Street. His girlfriend's mother was a modeling agent who convinced him to try some modeling which led to a couple of TV commercials. Soon after he was sold on acting. Matthew then dedicated himself to studying acting for two years at The School for Film and Television in New York City. Fox's claim to fame was the role of Charlie Salinger, the eldest brother, in ''Party of Five''. Fox has also guest starred in smaller parts for series such as ''Wings''. He married Margherita Ronchi in 1992. They have two children, Kyle and Byron.
+
He attended Wind River High School in [[wikipedia:Pavillion, Wyoming|Pavillion, Wyoming]] and did post-graduate high school study at [[wikipedia:Deerfield Academy|Deerfield Academy]] in Massachusetts. Fox subsequently attended [[wikipedia:Columbia University|Columbia University]], where he played football and majored in Economics with the intent to end up on [[wikipedia:Wall Street|Wall Street]]. Fox also studied acting for two years at [[wikipedia:School for Film and Television|The School for Film and Television]] in [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City]].
   
  +
Fox married Margherita Ronchi in 1992. They have two children, Kyle and Byron.
On December 2, 2006, Matthew hosted the [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]] sketch-comedy show [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]] with musical guest [[Wikipedia:Tenacious D|Tenacious D]]. Clips from this episode are available [[List_of_videos_available_on_YouTube/Media_Appearances#Matthew_Fox_on_Saturday_Night_Live_.28December_2.2C_2006.29|here]].
 
   
  +
==Career==
==Current projects other than Lost==
 
  +
{{I|I=Haunted.png|w=200|a=left|c=Fox as he appeared in ''Haunted''.}}
Matthew co-starred in the Warner Bros film "[[Wikipedia:We Are Marshall|We Are Marshall]]", about the 1970 plane crash that took the lives of almost the entire Marshall University football team. He played the role of coach Red Dawson, opposite [[Wikipedia:Matthew McConaughey|Matthew McConaughey]]. The release date was December 22, 2006. He is set to also have a role in the 2007 film "Vantage Point", about the attempted assassination of the president being told from five different perspectives. He will star opposite [[Wikipedia:Dennis Quaid|Dennis Quaid]] and Shelby Fenner.
 
  +
In college, his girlfriend's mother, a modeling agent, convinced him to try some modeling. This job subsequently led to several television commercials, leading Fox to pursue a career in acting. After attending The School for Film and Television in New York City, Fox began searching for roles. His first major part was a guest role on a 1992 episode of the television show [[wikipedia:Wings (NBC TV series)|''Wings,'']] where he played the part of ''Ty Warner''. This led to roles in the show ''Freshman Dorm'' and in the film [[wikipedia:My Boyfriend's Back (film)|''My Boyfriend's Back'']]. Fox's big break came with a regular role on the show [[wikipedia:Party of Five|''Party of Five,'']] in which he played ''Charlie Salinger'', the eldest of five orphans and the head of the family. The show proved to be a success, and it ran for six years, ending in 2000. After briefly appearing as the lead of the short-lived show [[wikipedia:Haunted (TV series)|''Haunted'']], Fox was cast on the television show ''[[Lost]]'' as [[Jack Shephard]]. {{I|I=PartyOfFive.gif‎|w=200|a=right|c=Fox in Party of Five.}}
   
  +
In between his time spent acting on the show, Fox was able to star in several films. The first of these, [[wikipedia:We Are Marshall|''We Are Marshall'']], premiered in 2006, and was followed the next year by [[wikipedia:Smokin' Aces|''Smokin' Aces'']] (in which Fox had a minor role), and then in 2008 by [[wikipedia:Vantage Point|''Vantage Point'']] and [[wikipedia:Speed Racer (film)|''Speed Racer'']], both of which featured major roles for Fox. Fox also appeared as the host in the December 2, 2006 episode of [[wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|''Saturday Night Live'']]. In March 2009, Fox announced ''Lost'' would be his last television show. <ref name=News24>http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Celebrities/0,,2-1225-2108_2485851,00.html</ref>
Recently it has been [http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/04/19/matthew-fox-is-racer-x-in-speed-racer/ reported] that Matthew is in negotiations to play Racer X in the Wachowski Brothers' 2008 live-action version of ''Speed Racer''.
 
  +
  +
===On ''Lost''===
  +
{{I|I=FoxCC.png‎|w=200|a=right|c=Fox on the Lost panel at Comic-Con 2008.}}
  +
In 2004, Fox auditioned for the role of [[Sawyer]]. However, the producers thought that he would be a better fit as [[Jack]], a role which had been reworked from the original draft of {{ep|1x01}}, in which Jack was to be killed, to become the principal male lead for the series. Fox successfully auditioned, and was cast as Jack.
  +
  +
For his role as Jack Shephard, Fox was nominated for a ''Golden Club'', won the 2005 [[wikipedia:Satellite Award|Satellite Award]], and shared the 2006 [[wikipedia:Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild Award]] for ''Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series''. Fox has also claimed that he is the only actor out of the main cast to know how the show ends, stating that "I do know how the show's going to end, I know what the last images will be." <ref name=TVGuide>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fox-Lost-preview-1006821.aspx</ref>
   
 
==Filmography==
 
==Filmography==
  +
{| style="background-color: black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid black;"
===Film===
 
  +
|- style="background-color: black; font-size: larger; color: white;"
* Buck Van Patten in [[Wikipedia:My Boyfriend's Back (film)|My Boyfriend's Back]] , 1993 (Feature Film Debut)
 
  +
!width="350px"|Title
* Red Dawson in [[Wikipedia:We Are Marshall|We Are Marshall]], 2006
 
  +
!width="100px"|Medium
* Bill Security Super in [[Wikipedia:Smokin' Aces|Smokin' Aces]], 2007
 
  +
!width="150px"|Character
* Kent Taylor in Vantage Point, 2007 (Currently in post-production)
 
  +
!Year(s)
   
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
===Television===
 
  +
|''[[wikipedia:World War Z (film)|World War Z]]''
* Ty Warner in [[Wikipedia: Wings (TV Series)|Wings]], 1992 (Guest star)
 
  +
|Movie
* Danny Foley in '''Freshman Dorm''', 1992
 
  +
|USAF Parajumper
* Charlie Salinger in [[Wikipedia: Party of Five|Party Of Five]], 1994- 2000
 
  +
|2013
* James Jones in the CBS movie, '''Behind The Mask''', 1999
 
* Frank Taylor in [[Wikipedia: Haunted (TV Series)|Haunted]], 2002
 
* [[Jack Shephard]] in [[Lost]], 2004
 
   
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
===Awards===
 
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Emperor (film)|Emperor]]''
*Nominated for the 2006 ''Golden Globe'' Award for '' Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama'' for his role in ''Lost''
 
  +
|Movie
*Won the ''Golden Satellite'' Award for ''Best Actor in a Series, Drama'' for his role in ''Lost''
 
  +
|General Bonner Fellers
  +
|2013
   
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Alex Cross (film)|Alex Cross]]''
  +
|Movie
  +
|Picasso
  +
|2013
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]''
  +
|Movie
  +
|Racer X
  +
|2008
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Vantage Point (film)|Vantage Point]]''
  +
|Movie
  +
|Kent Taylor
  +
|2008
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
 
|''[[wikipedia:Smokin' Aces|Smokin' Aces]]''
  +
|Movie
  +
|Bill Security Super
  +
|2007
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
 
|''[[wikipedia:We Are Marshall|We Are Marshall]]''
  +
|Movie
  +
|Red Dawson
  +
|2006
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[Lost]]''
  +
|TV series
 
|[[Jack Shephard]]
  +
|2004 - 2010
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Haunted (TV series)|Haunted]]''
  +
|TV series
  +
|Frank Taylor
  +
|2002
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''Behind the Mask''
  +
|TV movie
  +
|James Jones
  +
|1999
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Party of Five|Party of Five]]''
  +
|TV series
  +
|Charlie Salinger
  +
|1994 - 2000
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
 
|''[[wikipedia:My Boyfriend's Back (film)|My Boyfriend's Back]]''
  +
|Movie
  +
|Buck Van Patton
  +
|1993
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
 
|''Freshman Dorm''
  +
|TV series
  +
|Danny Foley
  +
|1992
  +
  +
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9; vertical-align: top;"
  +
|''[[wikipedia:Wings (TV series)|Wings]]''
  +
|TV series
  +
|Ty Warner
  +
|1992
  +
|}
  +
 
==Awards==
  +
{{Main|Awards}}
  +
* 2005 - [[wikipedia:Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]] - Satellite Award for ''Best Actor in a Television Drama Series'' ''(Lost)''
  +
* 2006 - [[wikipedia:Saturn Award|Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films]] - ''Best Actor on Television'' ''(Lost)''
  +
* 2006 - [[wikipedia:Saturn Award|Saturn Awards]] - ''Best Lead Actor in a Television Series'' ''(Lost)''
  +
* 2006 - [[wikipedia:Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild Award]] - ''Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series'' ''(Lost)''
  +
* 2008 - Saturn Awards - ''Best Actor on Television'' ''(Lost)''
  +
* 2008 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films - ''Best Actor on Television'' ''(Lost)''
  +
  +
==Media appearances==
  +
===Talk show===
  +
<!--please do not embed videos in this section-->
  +
Fox has appeared as a talk show guest in the following:
  +
* September 21, 2004 - [[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]] (S2 E141)
  +
* November 16, 2004 - [[wikipedia:The Ellen DeGeneres Show|The Ellen DeGeneres Show]] (S2 E219)
  +
* May 18, 2005 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien (S12 E2065)
  +
* May 23, 2005 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (S3 E242)
  +
* September 20, 2005 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (S3 E299)
  +
* January 18, 2006 - The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S3 E433)
  +
* February 21, 2006 - [[wikipedia:Late Show with David Letterman|Late Show with David Letterman]] (S13 E2551)
  +
* December 2, 2006 - Saturday Night Live (S32E07) <ref>http://tviv.org/Saturday_Night_Live/Matthew_Fox/Tenacious_D</ref> <ref name=AOL>http://video.aol.com/partner/hulu/saturday-night-live-lost-elevator/sGSM70hCGmekAd9xVW6ZEawaqLY5XC4m</ref>
  +
* December 15, 2006 - Late Show with David Letterman (S14 E2709)
  +
* June 19, 2009 - [[wikipedia:Friday Night with Jonathan Ross|Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]] (S16 E20)
  +
* February 25, 2011 - [[wikipedia:The Graham Norton Show|The Graham Norton Show]]
  +
 
===Magazine===
  +
Fox has been featured as the main topic of the following magazine articles:
  +
*
  +
:<small>Source: [http://www.whosdatedwho.com/what/publicity_view.asp?RD=000171301m]</small>
  +
  +
===Miscellaneous===
  +
*August 8, 2004; September 14, 2005; September 30, 2006: [[Sunset on the Beach]] (Season 1&ndash;3 premieres)
  +
*2004 - [[comic conventions|Comic Con 2004]]
  +
*October 5, 2006 - [[wikipedia:TV.com|TV.com]] video interview <ref name=TV.com>http://www.tv.com/video/7098/jorge-garcia-matthew-fox-and--evangeline-lilly-exclusive-interview?o=tv</ref>
  +
*January 13, 2007: [[conventions#Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]], "An Evening with Lost"
  +
*2007 [[wikipedia:Consumer Electronics Show|Consumer Electronics Show]] (CES) in [[wikipedia:Las Vegas, NV|Las Vegas, NV]]. (See [[The Final Episode (parody)]])
   
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
  +
*Has four [[Jack's tattoos|tattoos]].
[[Image:Jacktattoo.jpg|thumb|right|Matthew Fox's tattoo]]
 
  +
*Is a [[Wikipedia:Philadelphia Eagles|Philadelphia Eagles]] fan.<ref name=IGN>http://movies.ign.com/articles/742/742860p2.html</ref>
*Is known as "Foxy" by fans.
 
  +
* Is a good friend of [[wikipedia:Green Day|Green Day's]] [[wikipedia:Billie Joe Armstrong|Billie Joe Armstrong]].<ref name=Netglimpse>[http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/matthew_fox/index.shtml</ref>
*[[Jack's tattoo]] on his left upper arm is one that the actor has in real life. It contains the number [[5]] and Chinese characters. The tattoo reads ''"Eagles high up, cleaving the space"'' in Chinese, from a famous poem by Mao Zedong. The producers made a conscious decision not to cover this up.{{Source needed}}
 
  +
*Was the first main cast member on ''Lost'' to be told how the series would end.
*Is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.{{Source needed}}
 
 
* In [[wikipedia:We are Marshall|''We Are Marshall'']], [[wikipedia:William "Red" Dawson|''William "Red" Dawson'']] (Matthew Fox) stands in the gym watching head coach [[wikipedia:Jack Lengyel|Jack Lengyel]] (Matthew McConaughey) and University President [[wikipedia:Donald Dedmon|Donald Dedmon]] (David Strathairn) repeatedly calling each other Jack and Doc, the two names Jack is called the most on ''Lost''.
* Is good friends with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.{{Source needed}}
 
 
* The second episode of his series [[Wikipedia: Haunted (TV series)|Haunted]] bears some striking similarities to ''Lost'' themes. It revolves around a 4-piece English rock band, two of whom are brothers who have matching band rings, very much like [[Charlie]]. A reference to the term [[redshirt]] is made, and a character mentions that to get to a certain place, Matthew Fox's character needs to "follow the [[White Rabbit|white rabbit]]".
* In "We Are Marshall", William "Red" Dawson (Matthew Fox) stands in the gym watching head coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) and University President Donald Dedmon (David Strathairn) repeatingly calling each other Jack and Doc, the two names Jack is called the most on "LOST".
 
  +
*Has been an avid chess player since his college days and plays both correspondence and over-the-board. <ref name=DigitalSpy>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a96650/matthew-fox-keeps-quiet-on-lost-ending.html?rss</ref>
* The second episode of his series [[Wikipedia: Haunted (TV series)|Haunted]] bears some striking similarites to LOST themes. It revolves around a 4-piece English rock band, two of whom are brothers who have matching band rings, very much like [[Charlie]]. A reference to the term [[redshirt]] is made, and a character mentions that to get to a certain place, Matthew Fox's character needs to "follow the white rabbit".
 
  +
*When Fox hosted ''[[Wikipedia:Saturday_Night_Live|Saturday Night Live]]'' ([[Wikipedia:List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_episodes#Season_32|#611, December 2, 2006]]), he said in the sketch "Lost in an Elevator"<ref>http://tviv.org/Saturday_Night_Live/Matthew_Fox/Tenacious_D</ref> "I've been married for [[15]] years".
  +
  +
==References==
  +
{{reflist}}
  +
  +
{{Wikipedia-ref|Matthew Fox (actor)}}
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  +
*[http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=001648&type=fox Biography] - at [[ABC Medianet]]
 
*[http://www.amazon.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-01-24#celeb1 Amazon-IMDB] January 2006 article on Fox's reputed $250,000 above and beyond salary increases for the main cast
 
*[http://www.amazon.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-01-24#celeb1 Amazon-IMDB] January 2006 article on Fox's reputed $250,000 above and beyond salary increases for the main cast
 
*[http://www.ece.neu.edu/~xzhu/lost_tatoo.html] An article discussing the meaning of the 4 Chinese characters on Fox's forearm.
 
*[http://www.ece.neu.edu/~xzhu/lost_tatoo.html] An article discussing the meaning of the 4 Chinese characters on Fox's forearm.
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwHhSGXjXg YouTube] - "Connecting Flight", a student film starring a much younger Fox and his wife Margherita.
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwHhSGXjXg YouTube] - "Connecting Flight", a student film starring a much younger Fox and his wife Margherita.
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=bBZgftcj3SU YouTube] - Class Day 2007 Speech, his speech to the graduating class of 2007 on May 15, 2007.
+
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=bBZgftcj3SU YouTube] - Class Day 2007 Speech at Columbia University, his speech to the graduating class of 2007 on May 15, 2007.
  +
**[http://www.college.columbia.edu/include/morestory.php?populations=&Story_ID=1328&Story_Version=4 Columbia University] - Text of the above speech
 
  +
*[http://www.lostjate.ru/content/blogcategory/0/413/ Matthew Fox interviews] Non-English, but with large scans
  +
<br>
 
{{Nav-CastMain}}
 
{{Nav-CastMain}}
  +
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Matthew}}
   
[[Category:Cast|Fox, Matthew]]
+
[[de:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[es:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[fr:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[he:מתיו פוקס]]
  +
[[it:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[nl:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[pl:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[pt:Matthew Fox]]
  +
[[ru:Мэттью Фокс]]
  +
[[Category:Jack Shephard]]
  +
[[Category:Season 6 Cast]]
  +
[[Category:Season 5 Cast]]
  +
[[Category:Season 4 Cast]]
  +
[[Category:Season 3 Cast]]
  +
[[Category:Season 2 Cast]]
  +
[[Category:Season 1 Cast]]

Revision as of 07:26, 18 December 2013

Real World article
(written from a Production point of view)


Matthew Fox portrayed Jack Shephard, the primary lead role of the series.

Background and personal life

Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model. His first major role was playing an older brother and patriarch Charlie Salinger on Party of Five in the 1990s, co-starring with both Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell. Matthew Fox was born in Abington, Pennsylvania but grew up in Crowheart, Wyoming where his parents raised longhorn cattle and horses and grew barley for Coors beer.

He attended Wind River High School in Pavillion, Wyoming and did post-graduate high school study at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Fox subsequently attended Columbia University, where he played football and majored in Economics with the intent to end up on Wall Street. Fox also studied acting for two years at The School for Film and Television in New York City.

Fox married Margherita Ronchi in 1992. They have two children, Kyle and Byron.

Career

Haunted

Fox as he appeared in Haunted.

In college, his girlfriend's mother, a modeling agent, convinced him to try some modeling. This job subsequently led to several television commercials, leading Fox to pursue a career in acting. After attending The School for Film and Television in New York City, Fox began searching for roles. His first major part was a guest role on a 1992 episode of the television show Wings, where he played the part of Ty Warner. This led to roles in the show Freshman Dorm and in the film My Boyfriend's Back. Fox's big break came with a regular role on the show Party of Five, in which he played Charlie Salinger, the eldest of five orphans and the head of the family. The show proved to be a success, and it ran for six years, ending in 2000. After briefly appearing as the lead of the short-lived show Haunted, Fox was cast on the television show Lost as Jack Shephard.

PartyOfFive

Fox in Party of Five.

In between his time spent acting on the show, Fox was able to star in several films. The first of these, We Are Marshall, premiered in 2006, and was followed the next year by Smokin' Aces (in which Fox had a minor role), and then in 2008 by Vantage Point and Speed Racer, both of which featured major roles for Fox. Fox also appeared as the host in the December 2, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live. In March 2009, Fox announced Lost would be his last television show. [1]

On Lost

FoxCC

Fox on the Lost panel at Comic-Con 2008.

In 2004, Fox auditioned for the role of Sawyer. However, the producers thought that he would be a better fit as Jack, a role which had been reworked from the original draft of "Pilot, Part 1", in which Jack was to be killed, to become the principal male lead for the series. Fox successfully auditioned, and was cast as Jack.

For his role as Jack Shephard, Fox was nominated for a Golden Club, won the 2005 Satellite Award, and shared the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Fox has also claimed that he is the only actor out of the main cast to know how the show ends, stating that "I do know how the show's going to end, I know what the last images will be." [2]

Filmography

Title Medium Character Year(s)
World War Z Movie USAF Parajumper 2013
Emperor Movie General Bonner Fellers 2013
Alex Cross Movie Picasso 2013
Speed Racer Movie Racer X 2008
Vantage Point Movie Kent Taylor 2008
Smokin' Aces Movie Bill Security Super 2007
We Are Marshall Movie Red Dawson 2006
Lost TV series Jack Shephard 2004 - 2010
Haunted TV series Frank Taylor 2002
Behind the Mask TV movie James Jones 1999
Party of Five TV series Charlie Salinger 1994 - 2000
My Boyfriend's Back Movie Buck Van Patton 1993
Freshman Dorm TV series Danny Foley 1992
Wings TV series Ty Warner 1992

Awards

Main article: Awards

Media appearances

Talk show

Fox has appeared as a talk show guest in the following:

Magazine

Fox has been featured as the main topic of the following magazine articles:

Source: [1]

Miscellaneous


Trivia

  • Has four tattoos.
  • Is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.[6]
  • Is a good friend of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.[7]
  • Was the first main cast member on Lost to be told how the series would end.
  • In We Are Marshall, William "Red" Dawson (Matthew Fox) stands in the gym watching head coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) and University President Donald Dedmon (David Strathairn) repeatedly calling each other Jack and Doc, the two names Jack is called the most on Lost.
  • The second episode of his series Haunted bears some striking similarities to Lost themes. It revolves around a 4-piece English rock band, two of whom are brothers who have matching band rings, very much like Charlie. A reference to the term redshirt is made, and a character mentions that to get to a certain place, Matthew Fox's character needs to "follow the white rabbit".
  • Has been an avid chess player since his college days and plays both correspondence and over-the-board. [8]
  • When Fox hosted Saturday Night Live (#611, December 2, 2006), he said in the sketch "Lost in an Elevator"[9] "I've been married for 15 years".

References

Wikipedia has information related to:

External links

  • Biography - at ABC Medianet
  • Amazon-IMDB January 2006 article on Fox's reputed $250,000 above and beyond salary increases for the main cast
  • [2] An article discussing the meaning of the 4 Chinese characters on Fox's forearm.
  • YouTube - "Connecting Flight", a student film starring a much younger Fox and his wife Margherita.
  • YouTube - Class Day 2007 Speech at Columbia University, his speech to the graduating class of 2007 on May 15, 2007.
  • Matthew Fox interviews Non-English, but with large scans