Matthew Fox

[Celebrity]

Matthew Fox: Biography

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Birth Place: Crowheart, WY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/14/1966, Cancer
Profession: Actor; model

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A handsome small-screen actor, Fox managed to become a star without being prolific. While studying economics at Columbia University, he landed a few modeling jobs before acting. He only had a handful of roles on his résumé when he became a teen idol as a sensitive orphan on Party of Five in 1994. During his six years on the series, he took on just one outside project, the 1999 TV-movie Behind the Mask. After a few years out of the limelight, Fox reaffirmed his audience appeal as plane-wrecked physician Jack Shephard on Lost.Matthew Fox Fast Facts:

Grew up on a Wyoming cattle ranch; attended early grades in a one-room schoolhouse where his mother was the teacher; played football, basketball and baseball in high school.
While a student at Deerfield Academy was voted Most Likely to Appear on Hee Haw.
Attended Columbia University on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in economics; initially intended to work on Wall Street.
After college, got into modeling and was represented by the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency.
Studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company and at the School for Film and Television, both in New York City.
Was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine in 1996.
Auditioned for the role of Sawyer as well as that of Jack on Lost.

Matthew Fox Relationships:
Bayard Fox - Brother
Byron Fox - Son
Francis Fox - Father
Francis Fox Jr. - Brother
Kyle Allison Fox - Daughter
Loretta Fox - Mother
Margherita Ronchi - Wife
Matthew Fox Awards:
2006 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
College:
Columbia University, New York, NY (BA in Economics, 1989)