Matthew Fox

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Biography

This handsome, dependable actor achieved that television rarity - starring on two very different and equally popular TV series - first, as older brother and patriarch Charlie to the orphaned Salinger clan on Fox's family drama "Party of Five" (1994-2000), and a decade later, as cool-under-pressure Dr. Jack Shephard, one of several marooned plane crash survivors on ABC's adventure drama, "Lost (2004-2010). On both shows, Fox exuded a natural …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

July 14, 1966

Career Milestones

2012

Co-starred with Tyler Perry in crime thriller "Alex Cross," based on the novel Cross by James Patterson

2011

Made West End debut opposite Olivia Williams in Neil LaBute's "In a Forest, Dark and Deep"

2008

Cast in the Wachowski brothers' live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese series "Speed Racer"

2008

Cast in the ensemble film "Vantage Point" as a Secret Service agent

2006

Co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in the sports drama "We Are Marshall" directed by McG

2004

Co-starred as the troubled surgeon Dr. Jack Shephard on the ABC drama "Lost"; earned Golden Globe (2005) and Emmy (2010) nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

2002

Co-starred in the UPN series "Haunted"

1999

Portrayed a disturbed young man in the CBS TV-movie "Behind the Mask"

1994

Cast as Charlie Salinger, the eldest of five orphaned siblings on the Fox series "Party of Five"

1993

Made feature film debut in "My Boyfriend's Back"

1992

Landed TV series debut in a regular role on "Freshman Dorm" (CBS)

1992

Made acting debut on an episode of "Wings" (NBC)

Awards

2010

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in Lost

2006

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Lost

2005

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in Lost