BIOGRAPHY
Matthew Fox, born July 14, 1966, is an actor cut from the proverbial leading-man cloth, carrying himself with strong charisma and a powerful presence. In 2005 he shared the Screen Actors Guild Ensemble Award and was nominated for Golden Globe and Television Critics Association Awards for Achievement in Dramatic Acting for "Lost."

Fox can currently be seen in the feature film "We Are Marshall" for director McG. The story centers around the events following the 1970 plane crash that killed members of the West Virginia-based Marshall football team, along with most of the coaching staff, sports commentators and many of the local boosters. Fox plays Red Dawson, the assistant coach who does not take the flight. He also completed production on the feature "Vantage Point" for director Pete Travis, a thriller depicting the attempted assassination of the president from five different points of view. Fox and his co-star, Dennis Quaid, play the secret service agents.

Best known for starring as the eldest brother Charlie Salinger in the successful (and Golden Globe-winning) series "Party of Five," Fox has numerous television credits, which include his starring role in the critically acclaimed series "Haunted" and the telefilm "Behind the Mask," in which he played opposite Donald Sutherland.

Hailing from a ranch in Wyoming where his family raised horses and barley, Fox enjoyed an all-American upbringing that led him to play football at Columbia University, where he studied Economics. With every intent of being a successful Wall Street broker, he was instead swayed to modeling, which then led to some commercial spots, and he has been sold on acting ever since.

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY

• Speed Racer (2008) as Racer X
• Vantage Point (2008) as Kent Taylor
• We Are Marshall (2006) as Red Dawson
• A Token for Your Thoughts (2003) as Rock star
• "Haunted" (2002) as Frank Taylor
• "Party of Five" (1994) as Charlie Salinger

'LOST'-RELATED KUDOS

• Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama, 2006 Golden Globe Awards
• Winner, Best Actor on Television, 2006 Saturn Awards
• Nominee, TV - Choice Actor: Drama/Action Adventure, 2006 Teen Choice Awards
• Nominee, TV - Choice Chemistry (with Evangeline Lilly and Josh Holloway), 2006 Teen Choice Awards
• Nominee, Most Popular Actor, 2006 National Television Awards, UK
• Winner, Best Actor in a Series, Drama, 2005 Golden Satellite Awards
• Nominee, Individual Achievement in Drama, 2005 Television Critics Association Awards
• Nominee, Favorite Male Television Star, 2005 People's Choice Awards, USA
• Nominee, Best Actor on Television, 2005 Saturn Awards
• Nominee, Choice TV Actor: Drama, 2005 Teen Choice Awards
• Nominee, Choice TV Chemistry (with Evangeline Lilly), 2005 Teen Choice Awards

SOURCES

• ABC Medianet
• Internet Movie Database