---
name: "Matthew Fox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-fox"
fi1m_id: "matthew-fox"
imdb_id: "nm0289142"
tmdb_id: 28657
wikidata_id: "Q185554"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "14 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T19:50:51.940137+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."
---

# Matthew Fox

## Identity

Matthew Fox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-fox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-fox
- **IMDb ID:** nm0289142
- **TMDB ID:** 28657
- **Wikidata ID:** Q185554
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28657

Actor and director. Born 14 July 1966 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 14 July 1966, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2015
- **Also known as:** متیو فاکس
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 1 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Damon Lindelof](https://film.one/person/damon-lindelof.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Drew Goddard](https://film.one/person/drew-goddard.md)
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $532m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289142/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28657

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)
- **AMC+:** [*Bone Tomahawk*](https://film.one/film/bone-tomahawk.md) (78)
- **Tubi:** [*Party of Five*](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) (73)
- **Apple TV:** [*World War Z*](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Matthew Fox

> Matthew Fox is most useful when taking charge looks like hard work. We value the strain beneath his steadiness in *Lost*, though his earnestness can leave little room for lightness.

In *Lost* (2004), Matthew Fox makes taking charge look uncomfortable. His Jack Shephard has the urgency expected of a leader, but there is strain in it, as though being depended upon costs him something each time. We found him affecting because that strain makes his efforts to help look difficult rather than automatic. Fox is a good centre for an ensemble, giving us a dependable figure without making his response to every problem feel settled in advance.

The family drama *Party of Five* (1994–2000) established him as a lead with Charlie Salinger. By *Lost*, the responsible older-brother type had become the man expected to take charge of a survival story. Those parts suit his quiet intensity, though the earnestness can leave him with little room to be funny. We would not turn to Fox first for lightness; we would cast him when the strain of being responsible matters, and when a script allows that strain to cause difficulties.

In *Lost*, his urgency is useful alongside Evangeline Lilly’s hard-to-read Kate Austen and Terry O’Quinn’s composed John Locke. Their different ways of holding our attention give the series reasons to keep watching that do not depend on another surprise. Working with writers and showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, Fox helps sustain our interest when the habit of postponing answers becomes wearing. He cannot fix the storytelling’s evasions, but he can keep Jack from feeling like a convenient person to move it along.

The film work has generally asked him to occupy less space, from Red Dawson in *We Are Marshall* (2006) to Racer X in *Speed Racer* (2008). His supporting turn as John Brooder in *Bone Tomahawk* (2015) suggests a useful direction: quiet intensity need not come with responsibility for the whole story. Screen work became less frequent after 2015, before his return in *Last Light* (2022). We would welcome more parts that let him contribute without having to be the dependable centre. Start with *Lost*, provided the prospect of waiting for answers does not put you off.

## Biography

Matthew Fox is an American actor. Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Columbia University with a degree in economics in 1989 after attending high school in Wyoming and Deerfield Academy. He began his career with modelling before making his acting debut in an episode of the television series *Wings* in 1992.

Fox first gained prominence playing Charlie Salinger on the drama series *Party of Five* (1994–2000). He is best known for his role as Dr Jack Shephard on *Lost* (2004–2010), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and a Satellite Award. His film credits include *We Are Marshall* (2006), *Vantage Point* (2008), *Speed Racer* (2008), *Alex Cross* (2012), *Emperor* (2012) and *Bone Tomahawk* (2015).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Bone Tomahawk* (2015), Fi1m 78, as John Brooder — [page](https://film.one/film/bone-tomahawk.md)
- *World War Z* (2013), Fi1m 55, as Parajumper — [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Jack Shephard — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, as Charlie Salinger — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Madison* (2026), Fi1m 54, as Paul Clyburn (voice) (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Madison* (2026), series, as Paul Clyburn, Paul Clyburn (voice) (archive footage) — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md)
- *C*A*U*G*H*T* (2023), series, as Lt. Pete
- *LOST: Circle* (2023), series, as Jack Shephard
- *Last Light* (2022), series, as Andy Yeats
- *Bone Tomahawk* (2015), as John Brooder — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bone-tomahawk.md)
- *Extinction* (2015), as Patrick
- *World War Z* (2013), as Parajumper — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Alex Cross* (2012), as Picasso
- *Emperor* (2012), as General Bonner Fellers
- *Speed Racer* (2008), as Racer X
- *Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family* (2008), as Racer X
- *Vantage Point* (2008), as Kent Taylor
- *We Are Marshall* (2006), as Red Dawson
- *Smokin' Aces* (2006), as Bill, Bill Security Super
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Jack Shephard — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Haunted* (2002), series, as Frank Taylor
- *Behind the Mask* (1999), as James Jones
- *MADtv* (1995), series, as Charlie Salinger
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Charlie Salinger · Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993), as Buck Van Patten
- *Freshman Dorm* (1992), series, as Danny Foley
- *Wings* (1990), series, as Ty Warner

## Gallery

- ![Matthew Fox](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-e4deed1b7a8e.jpg) Matthew Fox — anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Matthew_Fox_actor_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Matthew_Fox_actor_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Damon Lindelof and Matthew Fox at the Comic-con 2008 LOST panel.](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-3a97999a9bf0.jpg) Damon Lindelof and Matthew Fox at the Comic-con 2008 LOST panel. — Ewen Roberts on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Damon_Lindelof_and_Matthew_Fox_Comic-con.jpg/1280px-Damon_Lindelof_and_Matthew_Fox_Comic-con.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, and Matthew Fox at 2015 Fantastic Fest for showing of film Bone Tomahawk](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-995221a94925.jpg) Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, and Matthew Fox at 2015 Fantastic Fest for showing of film Bone Tomahawk — anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fantastic_Fest_Red_Carpet_Bone_Tomahawk-2073_%2828896050790%29.jpg/1280px-Fantastic_Fest_Red_Carpet_Bone_Tomahawk-2073_%2828896050790%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fantastic Fest Red Carpet Bone Tomahawk-2092.jpg (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-bda7dc8595df.jpg) Fantastic Fest Red Carpet Bone Tomahawk-2092.jpg (2015) — anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Fantastic_Fest_Red_Carpet_Bone_Tomahawk-2092_%2829183943805%29.jpg/1280px-Fantastic_Fest_Red_Carpet_Bone_Tomahawk-2092_%2829183943805%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matthew Fox](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-d6c0b3d38cbd.jpg) Matthew Fox — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Fox](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-686ce83210f3.jpg) Matthew Fox — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Fox](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-7f9b0955e68c.jpg) Matthew Fox — Image via TMDB
- ![Outside the Regis & Kelly with Matthew Fox form ABC's Lost. Nicest guy you'll ever meet. Signed and took pictures for 15 minutes going in, then another 15 w (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-90a1cf8f24fd.png) Outside the Regis & Kelly with Matthew Fox form ABC's Lost. Nicest guy you'll ever meet. Signed and took pictures for 15 minutes going in, then another 15 w (2006) — Cindy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/MatthewFox.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Matthew Fox at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-cc52ba1c4b3d.jpg) Matthew Fox at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. — gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/MatthewFoxTIFFSept2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Matthew Fox](https://film.one/media/person/100799/gallery-158ba67eec55.jpg) Matthew Fox — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2006: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (won), for *Lost*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama 2005: Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (won), for *Lost*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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