Matthew Fox (born July 14, 1966) began his adult life prepping to become a Wallstreet hawk, majoring in economics at Columbia University. While at Columbia, Fox played footbal, wide receiver, and was a participant in a game that ended Columbia's legendary string of 44 straight loses.
After Graduating, Fox determined that the dog-eat-dog world of Wallstreet was not for him and at the recommendation of his girlfriend's mother - who was a modeling agent - Fox entered the world of acting and modeling starting out doing theater with the Atlantic Theater Company in New York. The school is founded on the on the theory of Practical Aesthetics developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy.
Fox worked his way up through bit parts in sitcoms, an eventual big screen debut in "My Boyfriends Back", and finally into the steady work of prime-time tv as Charlie on 'Party of Five'.
Fox was cast as Jack on LOST in 2004. Originally the part was given to actor Michael Keaton, and Jack was to have died a shocking death in the pilot. After that idea was scrapped, Keaton backed out wanting nothing to do with the workload of a prime-time big network series.
Matthew Fox had originally sought to play the character of Sawyer, but lucky timing with the unexpected departure of Keaton opened him up for what many consider to be the largest role on the series.
As LOST rocketed to unrivaled success, so did Matthew Fox's reputation eventually landing him roles in major Hollywood productions such as McG's 'We Are Marshall' and the upcoming political thriller Vantage Point.
