James Fox

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Birthday:

19 May 1939, London, England, UK

Birth Name:

William Fox

Height:

186 cm

James Fox is the second of three sons, born to the theatrical agent Robin Fox and his actress wife Angela Worthington - aka Angela Fox. His brothers are the actor Edward Fox and the producer Robert Fox. He started acting as a child actor and used his real name, until he reached his early 20s. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He left for nine years from 1970 to 1979 to pursue Christian vocational work. His niece is the actress Emilia Fox and he has a half-brother to the actor Daniel Chatto. From his marriage to Mary Piper, he has four sons: Thomas Fox, born 1975; Robin Fox, born 1976; the actors Laurence Fox, born 1978; Jack Fox, born 1985, and one daughter, Lydia Fox, born 1979. He published a book, "Comeback: An Actor's Direction", in 1983. Show less «

[on his 9-year break from acting]: People think Performance (1970) blew my mind... my mind was blown long before that.

Performance (1970) gave me doubts about my way of life. Before that I had been completely involved in the more bawdy side of the film busine...Show more »

Performance (1970) gave me doubts about my way of life. Before that I had been completely involved in the more bawdy side of the film business. But after that everything changed. Show less «

After I made "Performance", for about a year and a half I started to try and reform my life. I thought it was a mess. I did start going back...Show more »

After I made "Performance", for about a year and a half I started to try and reform my life. I thought it was a mess. I did start going back to church and I started to read the New Testament. Show less «