Matthew Fox net worth
What is Matthew Fox’s Net Worth?
Matthew Fox is an American actor best known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on the teen TV series The Party of Five and Jack Shepard on the mystery drama Lost. For the latter role, he was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe. On the big screen, Fox has starred in films such as We Are Marshall, Alex Cross and Tomahawk.
At the time of writing, Matthew Fox has a net worth of $12 million.
Early life and career
Matthew Fox was born in Abingdon, Pennsylvania, in 1966 to Loretta, a teacher, and Francis worked as a consultant for an oil company before becoming a rancher. Fox’s mother is partly Italian and his father is English. He has an older brother named Francis Jr. and a younger brother named Bayard. When Fox was about a year old, the family moved to Crowheart on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. As a young adult, Fox went to Deerfield Academy, an elite co-educational prep school in Massachusetts. After graduating in 1984, he attended Columbia University in New York City, where he received a BA in Economics in 1989.
In 1992, at the age of 25, Fox made his debut on an episode of the NBC sitcom “Wings.” That same year, he starred in the short-lived CBS series Freshman Dormitory.
TV business
Following his 1992 debut, Fox had a supporting role in an episode of the anthology series “CBS Schoolbreak Special.” In 1994, he landed his biggest role to date on the Fox teen drama “Party of Five,” playing the eldest of five siblings who lost their parents in a car accident. The show ran for six seasons and starred Scott Wolfe, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, Paula Dweck, Scott Grimes and Jennifer Love · Hewitt and other co-stars. “Party of Five” won the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Series or Drama in 1996. During the show, Fox also starred in the 1999 TV movie Behind the Mask.
After “Party of Five,” Fox starred in the short-lived UPN horror series “Haunted,” playing a private detective who discovers he can see the dead. Fox began his most famous role in 2004 as Dr. Jack Sheppard on the ABC mystery drama “Lost.” While Fox originally auditioned for the role of James “Sawyer” Ford, the show’s co-creator JJ Abrams felt he was better suited for the role of the tenacious but troubled surgeon Jack. “Lost” was a huge success, running for six seasons and earning Fox an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. In addition, he shared the Outstanding Actor Award at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards. While the show was still on the air, Fox hosted an episode of “Saturday Night Live” on NBC. Since the end of “Lost,” the actor has repeatedly said he’s done with the TV show.
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film career
Fox made his feature film debut in 1993 with a supporting role in the romantic zombie comedy My Boyfriend Is Back. Directed by Bob Balaban, it stars Andrew Lowery, Tracy Lynd and Mary Beth Hurt, with brief appearances by Matthew McConaughey and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Fox didn’t return to the big screen until 2006, when he had two films in the works. The first is the action thriller “Smokin’ Aces” starring Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Andy Garcia, Chris Pine, Common, Jeremy Piven and Ray Liotta. The second is “We Are Marshalls,” a historical drama about the aftermath of a plane crash in 1970 that killed multiple members of the Marshall Thunder football team. Fox stars as assistant coach William “Reid” in a cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Kate Mara and Ian McShane Dawson. In 2008, Fox starred in two more films: the political action thriller “Vantage Point” starring Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver; The franchise adaptation of the sports action comedy Speed Racer. 1960s. Directed by the Wachowskis, the film stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman and Susan Sarandon.
Fox went on to double down on movies in 2012. That year, he co-starred in the thriller “Alex Cross,” playing the villain of Michael “The Butcher” Sullivan. For the show, Fox lost most of his body fat in order to develop a highly muscular physique. Also in 2012, he played Brigadier General Bonner Ferrers in the American-Japanese historical drama The Emperor, with Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur. The following year, Fox had a role in Brad Pitt’s action-horror zombie film World War Z. In 2015, Fox starred in another apocalyptic zombie film, Extinction. That same year, he co-starred in the western cannibal movie “Bone Axe” with actors Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Lily Simmons and David Arquette.
Personal life and real estate
Fox married his longtime girlfriend, Colombian student Margherita Ronchi, an Italian, in 1992. The couple have two children together: Kyle and Bryon.
After “Lost” ended, Fox and his family settled in the mountain town of Bend, Oregon, in a 10-plus-acre mansion. The 4,000-square-foot home features four bedrooms and five bathrooms, as well as heated concrete floors and expansive windows with views of the Cascade Mountains. In addition, Fox has a private hangar for his small plane. In 2018, he listed the house on the hill for $4 million.
