James Fox
English actor (born 1939) · United Kingdom · Actors
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Something wrong?He was the golden boy of 1960s British cinema - The Servant, Performance - then disappeared for a decade into spiritual retreat, returning quieter and older to play butlers, spies, and upper-class ruins across forty more years of film.
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The Souvenir: Part IIFilm, Narrator Patrick's Musical2015
London SpySeries, James2014
Effie GrayFilm, Sir Charles Eastlake2013
The Great Train RobberySeries, Henry Brooke, Home Secretary2011
W.E.Film, King George V2009
Red RidingSeries
Bunny and the BullFilm, 2009Narrator2007
LewisSeries, Professor Norman Deering2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Colonel Arthur Bantry
The Prince & MeFilm, 2004King Haraald2000
The Golden BowlFilm, Colonel Bob Assingham1998
JinnahFilm, Mountbatten1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Sir Michael Fielding1994
Heart of DarknessFilm, Gosse1992
Afraid of the DarkFilm, Frank1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries, Colonel Race
Farewell to the KingFilm, 1989Col. Ferguson1982
WoganSeries1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1970
Performance.Film, Chas1967
Thoroughly Modern MillieFilm, Jimmy Smith1965
King RatFilm, Peter Marlowe1964BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film RolesAward1963
EspionageSeries, Paul1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerFilm, Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)1939Born19 May 1939Photos 1
Filmography 40
TIThe Souvenir: Part II
SRSurviving Christmas with the Relatives
TDThe DoubleEGEffie Gray
CLCleanskinWEW.E.
TKThe Kid
SHSherlock Holmes
RLRed Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980BBBunny and the Bull
MLMister Lonely
CFCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryTMThe Prince & Me
SBSexy Beast
TWThe Lost WorldTBThe Golden Bowl
UVUp at the Villa
MEMickey Blue EyesJIJinnah
AKAnna KareninaHDHeart of Darkness
TDThe Remains of the Day
PGPatriot GamesADAfraid of the Dark
THThe Russia House
TQThe Mighty QuinnFKFarewell to the King
TBThe Whistle Blower
ABAbsolute Beginners
GAGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
AIA Passage to IndiaPEPerformance.
SDSympathy for the Devil
ISIsadoraTMThoroughly Modern Millie
TCThe Chase
TMThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesKRKing Rat
TSThe ServantTRThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner120 credits on file
Television 24
LSLondon Spy
1864
UTUtopiaTRThe Great Train Robbery
DPDeath in ParadiseRRRed Riding
MEMerlinLELewis
COColditzAMAgatha Christie's Marple
NTNew Tricks
CSCambridge Spies
WDWaking the Dead
TWThe Lost WorldMMMidsomer Murders
GTGulliver's TravelsAPAgatha Christie's Poirot
SOScreen One
TOThe Play on OneWOWogan
AWAn Audience with...TTThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
PTPlay for TodayESEspionageAwards
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Born William Fox in 1939, he belonged to a family of actors and came up fast in the 1960s with The Servant, King Rat, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Performance. In the 1970s he stopped acting entirely, turning to personal and spiritual matters. He came back in the early 1980s and rebuilt his career around a different register: upper-class figures and serious character work in A Passage to India, Patriot Games, The Remains of the Day, Jinnah, Sherlock Holmes, and Effie Gray. He won the BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer for The Servant and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for A Passage to India. He is also a Golden Globe nominee.
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