---
name: "Laurence Fox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laurence-fox"
fi1m_id: "laurence-fox"
imdb_id: "nm0289114"
tmdb_id: 6366
wikidata_id: "Q1189353"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 May 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:45:29.340625+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laurence Fox

## Identity

Laurence Fox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laurence-fox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laurence-fox
- **IMDb ID:** nm0289114
- **TMDB ID:** 6366
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1189353
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189353, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6366

Actor. Born 26 May 1978 in Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 May 1978, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–2007
- **Also known as:** Laurence Paul Fox, Lawrence Fox
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189353, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6366

## Biography

Laurence Fox is an English actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2001, and made his film debut that year in *The Hole*.

He appeared in Robert Altman's *Gosford Park* (2001) and later played Sir Christopher Hatton in *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007) and Mr Wisley in *Becoming Jane* (2007). Fox is best known for his role as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the television series *Lewis* (2006–2015). He is the son of actor James Fox.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007), Fi1m 54, as Sir Christopher Hatton — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-the-golden-age.md)
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Fi1m 85, as Rupert Standish — [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Son Hunter* (2022), as Hunter Biden
- *White Lines* (2020), series, as David
- *Born a King* (2019), as Laurence of Arabia
- *The Professor and the Madman* (2019), as Philip Lyttelton Gell
- *Frankie Drake Mysteries* (2017), series, as Greg Mills
- *Lord Lucan: My Husband, The Truth* (2017), as Narrator
- *Victoria* (2016), series, as Lord Palmerston
- *The Frankenstein Chronicles* (2015), series, as Frederick Dipple
- *Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me* (2011), as Jonathan Donald
- *W.E.* (2011), as Bertie
- *The Real King's Speech* (2011), as Narrator
- *Drama Trails* (2010), series, Actor
- *WWI: Finding the Lost Battalion* (2010), as Narrator
- *Wired* (2008), series, as Phillip Manningham
- *A Room with a View* (2008), series, as Cecil Vyse
- *A Room with a View* (2007), as Cecil Vyse
- *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007), as Sir Christopher Hatton — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-the-golden-age.md)
- *Becoming Jane* (2007), as Mr. Wisley
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway
- *The Last Drop* (2006), as Major Kessler
- *Whatever Love Means* (2005), as Prince Charles
- *Egypt* (2005), series, as Leonard
- *The Search for Tutankhamun* (2005), as Léonard
- *Jericho* (2005), series, as Peter Bridgewater
- *Colditz* (2005), series, as Willis
- *Colditz* (2005), as Willis
- *AD/BC: A Rock Opera* (2004), as Townsfolk
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as James Pearson
- *Island at War* (2004), series, as Bernhardt Tellemann
- *South from Granada* (2003), as Ralph Partridge
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Simon Walker
- *Deathwatch* (2002), as Capt. Bramwell Jennings
- *Ultimate Force* (2002), series, Actor
- *Gosford Park* (2001), as Rupert Standish — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *The Hole* (2001), as Geoff Bingham

## Gallery

- ![English actor Laurence Fox (born 1978) during the filming of Lewis at Oriel College, University of Oxford. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/306370/gallery-1b707619f6c0.jpg) English actor Laurence Fox (born 1978) during the filming of Lewis at Oriel College, University of Oxford. (2008) — Wiki alf., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/LaurenceFox-Oxford-20080918.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![British actor Laurence Fox (born 1978) during the filming of the UK TV series Lewis (2006–2008) on Market Street in Oxford, England on 18 September 2006.](https://film.one/media/person/306370/gallery-ae1f174dedab.jpg) British actor Laurence Fox (born 1978) during the filming of the UK TV series Lewis (2006–2008) on Market Street in Oxford, England on 18 September 2006. — Eoin Brennan at en.wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/LaurenceFox-Oxford-20060918_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-LaurenceFox-Oxford-20060918_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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