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Matthew Fox plays the role of Jack Shephard. His character is one of the lead roles in the series.

Background

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.

On December 2, 2006, Matthew hosted the NBC sketch-comedy show Saturday Night Live with musical guest Tenacious D. Clips from this episode are available here.

Current projects other than Lost

Matthew co-starred in the Warner Bros film "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 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 Dennis Quaid and Shelby Fenner.

Trivia

Is known as "Foxy" by fans.
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]}
Is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.^{[source needed]}
Is good friends with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.^{[source needed]}

External links

Amazon-IMDB January 2006 article on Fox's reputed $250,000 above and beyond salary increases for the main cast
[1] 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 current wife Margherita.

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+| Name=Matthew Fox
+| Image=MatthewFox.jpg
+| ImageCaption=Matthew Fox
+| DOB={{birth date and age|1966|7|14}}
+| birthplace=Crowheart, Wyoming, USA
+| character=Jack Shephard
+| website=
+| imdb_id=0289142
+}}
+'''Matthew Fox''' plays the role of [[Jack Shephard]]. His character is one of the lead roles in the series.
+==Background==
+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.
+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]].
+==Current projects other than Lost==
+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.
+==Trivia==
+[[Image:Jacktattoo.jpg|thumb|right|Matthew Fox's tattoo]]
+*Is known as "Foxy" by fans.
+*[[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}}
+*Is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.{{Source needed}}
+* Is good friends with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.{{Source needed}}
+==External links==
+*[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.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwHhSGXjXg YouTube] - "Connecting Flight", a student film starring a much younger Fox and his current wife Margherita.
+{{Nav-CastMain}}
+[[Category:Cast|Fox, Matthew]]
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