Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox
Actor(s)	Matthew Fox
Character(s)	Jack Shephard
Date of Birth	July 14, 1966 (age 57)
Origin	Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
IMDB	IMDb profile

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

Background

As a youth, 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.

Fox as security guard in Smokin' Aces

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. 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.

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, 2008
• Racer X in Speed Racer, 2008

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

Media appearances

Saturday Night Live S32E07 (elevator skit), December 2, 2006 view

Talk show

Fox has appeared as a talk show guest in the following talk shows and other television shows:

• September 21, 2004 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! (S2 E141)
• November 16, 2004 - 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 - Late Show with David Letterman (S13 E2551)
• December 2, 2006 - Saturday Night Live (S32E07) [1] [2]
• December 15, 2006 - Late Show with David Letterman (S14 E2709)

Source: tv.com

Magazine

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

Miscellaneous

• August 8, 2004; September 14, 2005; September 30, 2006: Sunset on the Beach (Season 1-3 premieres)

Trivia

Matthew Fox's left shoulder tattoo

Matthew Fox's inner left forearm tattoo

Matthew Fox's inner right forearm tattoo

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

1. 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, which Fox mentioned in the February 27, 2007 podcast.
2. 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.
3. On his back, visable in "Pilot, Part 1" briefly, and very prominate in the flashforwards of "Something Nice Back Home".
4. 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.[3]
• Is a good friend of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.
• 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.
• Fox claims he is the only cast member who knows the ending of Lost.

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
• [4] 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