Changes: Matthew Fox

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Matthew Fox plays the role of Jack Shephard. His character is the primary lead role of 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.

Matthew is currently [summer 2007] in Germany filming the Wachowski Brothers' 2008 live-action version of Speed Racer.

Filmography

Film

Buck Van Patten in My Boyfriend's Back, 1993 (feature film debut)
Red Dawson in We Are Marshall, 2006
Bill Security Super in Smokin' Aces, 2007
Kent Taylor in Vantage Point, 2007 (currently in post-production)

Television

Ty Warner in Wings, 1992 (Guest star)
Danny Foley in Freshman Dorm, 1992
Charlie Salinger in Party Of Five, 1994- 2000
James Jones in the CBS movie, Behind The Mask, 1999
Frank Taylor in Haunted, 2002
Jack Shephard in Lost, 2004

Awards

Nominated for the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama for his role in Lost
Won the Golden Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Series, Drama for his role in Lost

Trivia

Jacktattoo — Matthew Fox's left shoulder tattoo

MatthewFoxtattoo2 — Matthew Fox's inner left forearm tattoo

MatthewFoxtattoo3 — Matthew Fox's inner right forearm tattoo

Is known as "Foxy" by fans.
Matthew Fox has at least three tattoos:

On his left upper arm, near the shoulder: this tattoo 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]}
On his inside left forearm: this tattoo is composed of an abstract pattern of waves, flames, and stars in red and shades of blue. It too has never been covered up on the "present day" scenes of the show.
On his inside right forearm: this tattoo is a monochromatic skull and crossbones pattern. Fox acquired it sometime before his Saturday Night Live hosting appearance in December 2006. It has subsequently been covered up with makeup on Lost.

Is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.^{[source needed]}
Is good friends with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.^{[source needed]}
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. ^{[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 wife Margherita.
YouTube - Class Day 2007 Speech at Columbia University, his speech to the graduating class of 2007 on May 15, 2007.
- Columbia University - Text of the above speech

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 * Is good friends with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.{{Source needed}}
 * 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 [[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".
+* 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]]".
 *Has been an avid chess player since his college days and plays both correspondence and over-the-board. {{Source needed}}