Rick Fox

Biography

Rick Fox is a Bahamian-Canadian former basketball player and actor who was born in Toronto and grew up in the Bahamas. He starred in college basketball at North Carolina before the Boston Celtics took him in the first round of the 1991 NBA draft, and he made the 1992 NBA All-Rookie Second Team. He signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1997 and won three championships there. He began acting while still in the NBA, playing Terry Hastings in Eddie (1996), Chick Deagan in Spike Lee's He Got Game, and inmate Jackson Vahue on the HBO drama Oz. Later credits include Detective Scholfield in Resurrection (1999), Clyde Sweetfeet Livingston in Holes, Fabrizio in Mini's First Time (2006), Harry in Meet the Browns (2008), and co-starring roles in Hallmark's Morning Show Mysteries from 2018 to 2019. He appeared in Krystal (2017) and Highest 2 Lowest (2025), and also worked in professional gaming.

57years old

Turns 58 on July 24in 256 days

Born July 24, 1969Toronto
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22

Movie Career

Films: 17
Career span: 29 years1996 to 2025

Genres

Drama59%, 10 films
Comedy35%, 6 films
Mystery35%, 6 films
Crime29%, 5 films
Romance18%, 3 films

First and latest

Did you know?!

A change of course
Fox and partner Amit Raizada bought the professional League of Legends team Gravity Gaming in 2015 and rebranded it as Echo Fox.

Rick Fox movies on Netflix

Highest 2 Lowest2025IMDb rating 5.5as Coach Rick Fox
Some Other Woman2024IMDb rating 4.3as Salvador Ranza
The Retirement Plan2023IMDb rating 5.1as Christopher
Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind2019IMDb rating 6.5as Ian Jackson
Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder2019IMDb rating 6.5as Ian Jackson
Morning Show Mysteries: Death by Design2019IMDb rating 6.5as Ian Jackson
A Twist of Christmas2018IMDb rating 6.4as Dr. Thomas Baxter
Morning Show Mysteries: Mortal Mishaps2018IMDb rating 6.5as Ian Jackson
Morning Show Mysteries: Murder on the Menu2018IMDb rating 6.5as Ian Jackson
Krystal2017IMDb rating 5.5as Bo
Dope2015IMDb rating 7.2as Councilman Blackmon
Navy Seals vs. Zombies2015IMDb rating 3.3as Vice President Bentley
The Christmas Gift2015IMDb rating 5.3as Cooper
Meet the Browns2008IMDb rating 4.6as Harry
Mini's First Time2006IMDb rating 5.8as Fabrizio
Resurrection1999IMDb rating 6.1as Scholfield
Eddie1996IMDb rating 5.2as Terry Hastings

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Meet the Browns2008 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Harry
IMDb rating 4.67.7K votes
Dope2015 Comedy, Crime, Dramaas Councilman Blackmon
IMDb rating 7.292K votes
Resurrection1999as Scholfield
IMDb rating 6.112K votes
Morning Show Mysteries: Mortal Mishaps2018as Ian Jackson
IMDb rating 6.5836 votes
Morning Show Mysteries: Murder on the Menu2018as Ian Jackson
IMDb rating 6.5673 votes
Navy Seals vs. Zombies2015as Vice President Bentley
IMDb rating 3.32.6K votes
Eddie1996as Terry Hastings
IMDb rating 5.211K votes
Mini's First Time2006as Fabrizio
IMDb rating 5.89.1K votes

Most often with

Kevin Fair directed four of these films. Six actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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