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)
