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James Fox is a Actor and Director British born on 19 may 1939 at London (United-kingdom)

James Fox

James Fox
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Birth name William Fox
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 may 1939 (84 years) at London (United-kingdom)

William "James" Fox (born 19 May 1939) is an English actor.

Biography

In the 1960s, Fox had a relationship with the actress Sarah Miles.

He married Mary Elizabeth Piper in 1973, with whom he has five children: actors Laurence, Lydia, and Jack Fox, and sons Robin and Thomas. In 2007, Laurence and Lydia married actors Billie Piper and Richard Ayoade, respectively. Fox is grandfather to Laurence's two sons with Piper and Lydia's two daughters by Ayoade. His niece Emilia Fox is also an actress. Both Emilia and James Fox have portrayed roles in BBC's hit TV series Merlin and Fox has guest-starred in his son Laurence's television series, Lewis.

In her 2014 book A Story Lately Told, Anjelica Huston references a sexual relationship with Fox when she was a teenager.

Best films

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
(Actor)
A Passage to India (1984)
(Actor)
Sexy Beast (2001)
(Actor)

Usually with

Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens
(4 films)
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of James Fox (67 films)

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Actor

Effie Gray
Effie Gray (2014)
, 1h48
Directed by Richard Laxton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Derek Jacobi, Julie Walters, Tom Sturridge
Roles Sir Charles Eastlake
Rating59% 2.99892.99892.99892.99892.9989
In a pre-credit sequence Effie Gray is seen walking through a garden speaking about a fairy story in which a girl married a man with wicked parents. After the credits, the marriage of Effie to John Ruskin in Perth, Scotland is seen. The couple travel to London to stay with his parents. Effie soon begins to feel isolated, especially as she is repeatedly belittled by John's mother. Her distress is compounded by the fact that her husband shows no interest in consummating the marriage and refuses to discuss the subject.
The Double
The Double (2014)
, 1h33
Directed by Richard Ellef Ayoade
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Rade Šerbedžija, Yasmin Paige
Roles The Colonel
Rating64% 3.249933.249933.249933.249933.24993
Downtrodden Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg) has worked at his office for seven years, but he is ignored by his boss and colleagues. From his apartment he spies on a beautiful co-worker he admires, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska), who lives in the apartment opposite. He sees her throwing away art and secretly retrieves and admires it.
Unknown Heart, 3h
Directed by Giles Foster
Genres Romance
Actors Greg Wise, Jane Seymour, Julian Sands, James Fox, Gedeon Burkhard, Sophie Cookson
Roles Ludlow
Rating65% 3.293083.293083.293083.293083.29308
Elisabeth Lancaster, la quarantaine, vient de subir une transplantation cardiaque après des mois de luttes. Bouleversée par les implications éthiques de l'intervention, elle prend ses distances avec ses enfants et son mari. Andrew Shaw, le veuf de la donneuse, souhaite quant à lui faire la connaissance de celle à qui on a greffé le cœur de son épouse. Par la suite Elisabeth Lancaster montre des signes de rejet de la greffe et n'en a plus pour longtemps à vivre. Andrew démissionne de son poste d'architecte pour l'aider à ne pas vendre la distillerie, détruite par les flammes. Encouragé par ses enfants, Ben et Millie, Duncan son mari tente de reconquérir Elisabeth.
The Great Train Robbery, 1h30
Directed by Julian Jarrold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Luke Evans, Neil Maskell, Martin Compston, Paul Anderson, Del Synnott, James Wilby
Roles Home Secretary Henry Brooke
Rating72% 3.6487353.6487353.6487353.6487353.648735
A Robber's Tale is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. Beginning at London Heathrow Airport where the big practice robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) gathered a group of men to target the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London.
Cleanskin
Cleanskin (2012)
, 1h48
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Ryan, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton
Roles Scott Catesby
Rating61% 3.0965453.0965453.0965453.0965453.096545
Harry (Sam Douglas), a British arms dealer, is seen in bed with a prostitute named Rena (Shivani Ghai). While toying with Harry's pistol, she unloads it but replaces the magazine. Harry's bodyguard Ewan (Sean Bean), is a British Secret Service Agent. Harry and Ewan travel to a bank, transporting a briefcase of Semtex. The men are followed by two terrorists, Ash (Abhin Galeya) and Ibrahim (Mens-Sana Tamakloe). Ibrahim approaches Harry and Ewan from the top of a staircase, shooting at them. After Ewan is shot by Ash twice, Harry tries to shoot Ash, only to discover there are no bullets in his gun. Ash then kills Harry and takes the briefcase of Semtex. However, Ewan manages to shoot Ash in the arm, but before he can apprehend him Ash returns fire and escapes with the briefcase.
W.E.
W.E. (2011)
, 1h55
Directed by Madonna
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, David Harbour
Roles King George V
Rating62% 3.1017953.1017953.1017953.1017953.101795
Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) is a lonely housewife, living in 1998 in New York City. She is neglected by her doctor husband, William Winthrop (Richard Coyle) and finds solace in the love story of King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy) and his lover, Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough). Wally travels to the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate, showcasing items used by Wallis and Edward in their lifetime, and reminisces about their relationship.
The Kid
The Kid (2010)
, 1h51
Directed by Nick Moran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Rupert Friend, Natascha McElhone, William Miller, Ioan Gruffudd, Con O'Neill, Augustus Prew
Roles Alan
Rating67% 3.3966953.3966953.3966953.3966953.396695
Based on the real-life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and how he put his life together again afterwards. The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additional writing by Nick Moran.
Sherlock Holmes, 2h8
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., William Hope, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly
Roles Sir Thomas Rotheram
Rating75% 3.796123.796123.796123.796123.79612
In 1891, London detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and his partner and flatmate Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) race to prevent the ritual murder of a woman by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), who has killed five other young women similarly. They stop the murder before Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) and the police arrive to arrest Blackwood.
Bunny and the Bull, 1h41
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui, Noel Fielding, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Julian Barratt
Roles Narrator
Rating65% 3.2965953.2965953.2965953.2965953.296595
Stephen is an agoraphobic recluse who has not left his flat in nearly a year. Each of his days are structured around carefully planned routines, but one day his routine is disrupted when he discovers an infestation of mice in the kitchen cupboards. He contemplates leaving the flat to buy mouse traps, but can not bring himself to open the door, so he reminisces about the events leading up to his current situation, with objects around the flat triggering flash backs.
Margaret
Margaret (2009)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Lindsay Duncan, James Fox, Robert Hardy, Ian McDiarmid, Rupert Vansittart, Alan Cox
Roles Charles Powell, Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor and Private Secretary
Rating70% 3.53333.53333.53333.53333.5333
La démission en novembre 1990 de Geoffrey Howe (John Sessions), leader de la Chambre des communes, en protestation contre la politique étrangère de Margaret Thatcher (Lindsay Duncan), débouche sur une crise au sein du Parti conservateur. Michael Heseltine (Oliver Cotton), ancien secrétaire d'État à la Défense, défie le Premier ministre en se portant candidat au leadership du parti. Sûre d'elle et malgré les avertissements de son mari (Ian McDiarmid), Margaret Thatcher néglige de faire campagne elle-même et préfère se rendre à une conférence internationale. Des flashbacks montrent sa campagne contre Ted Heath et son accession à la tête du Parti conservateur en 1975. Mise en ballottage, elle est dissuadée par le Cabinet de se maintenir au second tour et se désiste en faveur de John Major (Michael Maloney).
Mister Lonely, 1h52
Directed by Harmony Korine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg
Roles The Pope
Rating64% 3.20023.20023.20023.20023.2002
A young man living in Paris scratches out a living as a Michael Jackson look-alike, dancing on the streets, public parks, tourist spots and trade shows. During a show in an old people's home, he meets Marilyn Monroe. Haunted by her angelic beauty, he follows her to a commune in the Scottish Highlands, joining her husband Charlie Chaplin, and her daughter Shirley Temple. Here, the Pope, the Queen, Madonna, James Dean, and other impersonators build a stage in the hope that the world will visit and watch them perform.
United 93
United 93 (2006)
, 1h45
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Documentary, Action, Historical, Crime
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Khalid Abdalla, Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, Sarmed al-Samarrai, David Alan Basche, David Rasche
Roles lui-même / le major James Fox
Rating75% 3.7969053.7969053.7969053.7969053.796905
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four al-Qaeda terrorists Ziad Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, and Ahmed al-Haznawi pray in their respective hotel rooms before arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport. The quartet wait at a gate after getting through security to board San Francisco-bound United 93. After 40 minutes of delay due to traffic the plane takes off, flown by captain Jason Dahl and first officer Leroy Homer, with all four terrorists on board.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1h55
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Cooking films, Films about children, Films about families, Children's films
Actors Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Geoffrey Holder, Julia Winter, Helena Bonham Carter
Roles Mr. Salt
Rating67% 3.3547453.3547453.3547453.3547453.354745
Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a kind and loving boy living in poverty with his parents (Noah Taylor and Helena Bonham Carter) and four bedridden grandparents. They all rely on his father for income, employed at a toothpaste factory, responsible for putting the caps on the tubes. Down the street is Willy Wonka's (Johnny Depp) chocolate factory, which reopened after industrial espionage forced him into seclusion and to sack his employees. Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) worked for Wonka before the termination.
Colditz
Colditz (2005)
, 3h5
Directed by Stuart Orme
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Actors Damian Lewis, Tom Hardy, Sophia Myles, Laurence Fox, James Fox, Timothy West
Roles Lt. Colonel Fordham
Rating67% 3.3765253.3765253.3765253.3765253.376525
L'aventure de soldats britanniques du Special Operations Executive (SOE) durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale.
The Prince & Me, 1h45
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, Miranda Richardson, James Fox, Alberta Watson
Roles King Haraald
Rating58% 2.904252.904252.904252.904252.90425
Paige Morgan (Julia Stiles) is a pre-medical student at University of Wisconsin–Madison. Across the Atlantic, Denmark's Prince Edvard (Luke Mably), heir to the throne, regularly shirks his princely duties (including opening a cabinet meeting) by acting recklessly (like drag racing).