Laurence Fox
Biography
Laurence Fox is an English actor who followed his family into the business. Born in Leeds in 1978, the son of the actor James Fox, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he played leads in productions including The Wild Duck and Titus Andronicus, and graduated in 2001. That year he made his screen debut in the horror thriller The Hole (2001) and appeared in Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001). Uniformed roles followed in Deathwatch (2002) and The Last Drop, and his best-known part is Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the ITV detective drama Lewis, which ran from 2006 to 2015. He played Sir Christopher Hatton in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and a suitor in Becoming Jane (2007), later joining Victoria as Lord Palmerston. His stage credits include Treats and Strangers on a Train, and he has released two albums, Holding Patterns and A Grief Observed.
48years old
Turns 49 on May 26in 225 days
- Born Yorkshire
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Laurence Paul Fox (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 21 years2001 to 2022
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Big break
Kevin Whately saw Fox act in the final ten minutes of a film. At a meeting the following day about a new project, Whately said Fox "would be worth taking a look at".
Beyond film
Fox has released two albums, Holding Patterns in 2016 and A Grief Observed in 2019. Holding Patterns charted at number 89, while A Grief Observed did not chart.
Laurence Fox movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007 Biography, Drama, Historyas Sir Christopher Hatton
IMDb rating 6.879K votes
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Films together
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.