Edward Fox
Biography
Edward Fox is an English actor, born in Chelsea, London, into a theatrical family, who built his career from stage work in the 1960s, including a turn as Hamlet, into major British films. He won the BAFTA award for best supporting actor in a film twice, for The Go-Between (1971) and A Bridge Too Far (1977), and took the BAFTA television award for best actor as Edward VIII in Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978). He is known for starring in The Day of the Jackal (1973) as a professional assassin, and appeared in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Battle of Britain (1969), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Gandhi (1982), The Bounty (1984), Never Say Never Again (1983), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and Stage Beauty (2004). Stage work in London's West End has also featured throughout his career, and he received the Order of the British Empire for services to drama in 2003.
89years old
Turns 90 on April 13in 191 days
- Born Chelsea
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Edward Charles Morrice Fox (birth name)Also credited as Edward Charles Morice Fox
Movie Career
- Films
- 31
- Career span
- 55 years1963 to 2018
Genres
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Big break
Fox won the role of the assassin in The Day of the Jackal (1973) after director Fred Zinnemann sought an actor who was not well known, beating contenders such as Roger Moore and Michael Caine.
Edward Fox movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Richard Attenborough directed three of these films, Guy Hamilton three and Michael Winner three. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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John Gielgud's page
John Mills's page
Dirk Bogarde's page
All films by Richard Attenborough
Guy HamiltonDirector, 3 films, 1969 to 1980
All films by Guy Hamilton
All films by Michael Winner
Also three films together2 more actors
- Michael RedgraveThe Go-Between (1971), Battle of Britain (1969) and Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
- John ClementsGandhi (1982), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) and The Mind Benders (1963)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Edward Fox's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$666 million
15 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 31 films: 15 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$160M24.0% of the total
- 2$159M23.9% of the total
- 3$136M20.4% of the total
- 4$78M11.7% of the total
- 5$51M7.6% of the total
- 6$17M2.6% of the total
- 7$16M2.4% of the total
- 8$13M2.0% of the total
$36.2 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1972 to 1978, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA | |||
| 1978 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | A Bridge Too Far | Won |
| 1972 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Go-Between | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.