Matthew Fox(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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.
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.