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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Career Milestones
1992 | Landed TV series debut in a regular role on "Freshman Dorm" (CBS) |
1992 | Made acting debut on an episode of "Wings" (NBC) |
1993 | Made feature film debut in "My Boyfriend's Back" |
1994 | Cast as Charlie Salinger, the eldest of five orphaned siblings on the Fox series "Party of Five" |
1999 | Portrayed a disturbed young man in the CBS TV-movie "Behind the Mask" |
2002 | Co-starred in the UPN series "Haunted" |
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 |
2006 | Co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in the sports drama "We Are Marshall" directed by McG |
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 |
2011 | Made West End debut opposite Olivia Williams in Neil LaBute's "In a Forest, Dark and Deep" |
2012 | Co-starred with Tyler Perry in crime thriller "Alex Cross," based on the novel Cross by James Patterson |
Awards
2005 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in Lost |
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Lost |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in Lost |