Freddie Fox (actor)


Frederick Samson Robert Morice Fox is an English actor. His screen career highlights include roles as singer Marilyn in the BBC's Boy George biopic Worried About the Boy, King Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers, Edwin Drood in the BBC's The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Freddie Baxter in the two gay-themed television series Cucumber and Banana.
His many notable theatre credits include starring as Oscar Wilde's young lover Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas in The Judas Kiss, opposite Rupert Everett, at London's Hampstead Theatre plus a UK tour and West End transfer.
In 2016 he won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards, for his 2015 performance as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Sheffield Crucible. His proficiency with the role led him to be called into service again as Romeo, this time opposite Lily James in Kenneth Branagh's 2016 production at the Garrick Theatre, when the existing Romeo and his understudy were both injured. Fox took over the role on 26 July and performed it till the end of the play's run on 13 August 2016.

Early life

Frederick Samson Robert Morice Fox was born in Hammersmith, London. Fox comes from a thespian family: his mother is actress Joanna David and his father is actor Edward Fox. His uncle is James Fox and his cousins Jack, Laurence and Lydia also have successful acting careers. His elder sister is the actress Emilia Fox.

Education

From 1994 to 2002, Fox was educated at Arnold House School, a preparatory school for boys in the St John's Wood area of London, followed by Bryanston School, a co-educational boarding school in the market town of Blandford Forum in Dorset. He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, from which he graduated in 2010.

Personal life

While promoting the Channel 4 comedy Cucumber in 2015, Fox said that he does not wish to define his sexuality, adding "I’ve had girlfriends, but I wouldn’t wish to say ’I am this or I am that’, because at some time in my life I might fall in love with a man." He also expressed that bisexuality is often misunderstood, and that people can have meaningful relationships "no matter what sex they are." In a later interview he drew back from those remarks, saying "my life... is my own business,” while adding "I think as an actor you’ve got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there’s still an element of surprise about where characters come from."

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Radio

Fox appeared as Nathaniel in the BBC Radio 3 drama As Innocent As You Can Get by Rex Obano, and as Lord Byron in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Boswell's Life of Byron by Jon Canter.