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Matthew Fox(I)

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Matthew Fox
The Game of Football all started on the campuses of the Ivy League. "The League": 8 Schools, 3 Centuries, 1 Sport, is the true story of the American identity. No other sport is so particular to our nation, to our self-image, and to our way of life than football.
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Matthew Chandler Fox was born in Abington, Pennsylvania. His mother, Loretta B. (Eagono), was a schoolteacher, and his father, Francis G. Fox, was a consultant for an oil company, who raised longhorn cattle and horses and grew barley for Coors beer. He has Italian (from his maternal grandfather), English, and Irish ancestry. Matthew entered the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts for a post-grad year after high school, and then matriculated at Columbia University where he played football and majored in Economics with the intent to end up on Wall Street. However, 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.

He made his debut on an episode of _"Wings"(1990)_ in 1992. From 1994 to 2000 he played the role of Charlie Salinger in Party of Five (1994) alongside Neve Campbell and Scott Wolf. From 2004 to 2010 he starred on the popular TV-Show Lost (2004). During this time he appeared in movies such as We Are Marshall (2006), Vantage Point (2008) and Speed Racer (2008).

He has been married to his wife Margherita since 1992 and they 2 children together, a daughter and a son.
BornJuly 14, 1966
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BornJuly 14, 1966
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 6 wins & 39 nominations total

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    Known for

    Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, and Patrick Wilson in Bone Tomahawk (2015)
    Bone Tomahawk
    7.1
    • Brooder
    • 2015
    Matthew Fox and Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)
    Speed Racer
    6.1
    • Racer X
    • 2008
    Naveen Andrews, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros, Maggie Grace, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost (2004)
    Lost
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Dr. Jack Shephard
    Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces (2006)
    Smokin' Aces
    6.6
    • Bill Security Super
    • 2006

    Credits

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    Actor



    • The Madison
      • Paul
      • In Production
      • TV Series
      • 2026



    • C*A*U*G*H*T (2023)
      C*A*U*G*H*T
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Lieutenant Pete
      • 2023
    • Matthew Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Alyth Ross, and Taylor Fay in Last Light (2022)
      Last Light
      5.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Andy Yeats
      • 2022
    • Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, and Patrick Wilson in Bone Tomahawk (2015)
      Bone Tomahawk
      7.1
      • Brooder
      • 2015
    • Extinction (2015)
      Extinction
      5.8
      • Patrick
      • 2015
    • Brad Pitt in World War Z (2013)
      World War Z
      7.0
      • Parajumper
      • 2013
    • Matthew Fox and Tyler Perry in Alex Cross (2012)
      Alex Cross
      5.2
      • Picasso
      • 2012
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox in Emperor (2012)
      Emperor
      6.5
      • General Bonner Fellers
      • 2012
    • Naveen Andrews, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros, Maggie Grace, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost (2004)
      Lost
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Dr. Jack Shephard
      • 2004–2010
    • Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)
      Speed Racer
      5.6
      Video Game
      • Racer X (voice)
      • 2008
    • Matthew Fox and Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)
      Speed Racer
      6.1
      • Racer X
      • 2008
    • Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Stuart Baird, James Le Gros, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, and Zoe Saldaña in Vantage Point (2008)
      Vantage Point
      6.6
      • Kent Taylor
      • 2008
    • Lost: Missing Pieces (2007)
      Lost: Missing Pieces
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Jack Shephard
      • 2007–2008
    • Connecting Flight
      Short
      • 2006
    • Matthew McConaughey in We Are Marshall (2006)
      We Are Marshall
      7.1
      • Red Dawson
      • 2006
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Brad (uncredited)
      • 2006

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    • Matthew Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Alyth Ross, and Taylor Fay in Last Light (2022)
      Last Light
      5.4
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022

    Director



    • Party of Five (1994)
      Party of Five
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000

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    • Alternative names
      • Mashû Fokkusu
    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • July 14, 1966
      • Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Spouse
      • Margherita RonchiAugust 1, 1992 - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Byron Fox
    • Parents
        Loretta B. Eagono
    • Relatives
        Francis Fox Jr(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Print ads for the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board's "Milk mustache" campaign (1996).
    • Publicity listings
      • 9 Interviews
      • 9 Articles
      • 31 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      He is a private pilot and owns a Beechcraft Bonanza G36 aircraft.
    • Quotes
      "It's sort of a show about the human species, not a show about anybody from any particular country or any nationality or any religious background." - on why he thinks Lost (2004) is internationally successful.
    • Trademark
        Short black hair
    • Nickname
      • Foxy
    • Salary
      • Lost
        (2004)
        $36,000

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