Matthew
Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model.
His first major role was playing the older brother and patriarch
Charlie Salinger on Party of Five in the 1990s, co-starring with
both Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell. He gained much greater fame for
his current starring role as Jack Shephard on the hit ABC drama
series Lost. In 1994, Fox was cast in a co-starring role as the
eldest of five siblings who lose both parents in a car accident on
the 1990s teen drama, Party of Five, as Charlie Salinger. In 1996,
People Magazine named Fox as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
in the World. After Party of Five was canceled after its sixth
season, Fox starred in another TV series Haunted, in 2002. Fox has
played the role of the troubled and dedicated surgeon, Dr. Jack
Shephard, on Lost. As the star of the series, he is also the
highest-paid actor on the show. Fox was nominated for a Golden
Globe, won the 2005 Satellite Award, and shared the 2006 Screen
Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a
Drama Series, for his role in Lost. On December 2, 2006, he hosted
Saturday Night Live with musical guests Tenacious D. In 2006, Fox
co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in the sports drama, We
Are Marshall. He also played a bit part in the action film Smokin'
Aces and starred in the thriller Vantage
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