James Fox  

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

During the 1960s he gained popularity and appeared to be heading for stardom. His roles in films such as The Servant (1963) and Performance (1970) (alongside Mick Jagger), as well as his relationship with actress Sarah Miles, had made him a media personality.

After finishing work on Performance, and following his father's death, Fox suspended his acting career. He became an evangelical Christian.

Selected film and television appearances

• The Miniver Story (1950) - as Toby Miniver
• The Magnet (1950) - Johnny Brent
• One Wild Oat (1951) - Porter
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) - as Gunthorpe
• The Servant (1963) - as Tony
• King Rat (1965) - as Peter Marlowe
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) - as Richard Mays
• The Chase - as Jason 'Jake' Rogers
• Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) - as Jimmy
• Duffy (1968) - as Stephane Calvert
• Performance (1970) - as Chas
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) - as Lord Charles Esker
• A Passage to India (1984) - as Richard Fielding
• Absolute Beginners (1986) - as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
• The Whistle Blower - as Lord
• The Mighty Quinn (1989) - as Thomas Elgin
• The Russia House (1990) - as Ned
• Patriot Games (1992) - as Lord William Holmes
• A Question of Attribution (1992) (TV) - as Sir Anthony Blunt
• The Remains of the Day (1993) - as Lord Darlington
• Heart of Darkness (1994) - as Gosse
• The Choir (1995) - as the Dean, Hugh Cavendish
• Gulliver's Travels (1996) - as Dr. Bates
• Anna Karenina (1997) - as Karenin
• Jinnah (film) (1998) - as Mountbatten
• Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) - as Philip Cromwell
• Up at the Villa (2000) - as Sir Edgar Swift
• Sexy Beast (2000) - as Harry
• The Golden Bowl (2000) - as Colonel Bob Assingham
• The Lost World (2001) - as Prof. Leo Summerlee
• Cambridge Spies (2003) - as Lord Halifax
• The Prince and Me (2004) - as King Haraald
• Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004) - as Colonel Race
• Marple: The Body in the Library (2004) - as Colonel Arthur Bantry
• Colditz (2005) - as Lt. Colonel Jimmy Fordham
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - as Mr. Salt
• Absolute Power - The Nation's Favourite (2005) - as Gerald Thurnham
• Mister Lonely (2007) - as The Pope
• Margaret (2009) - Charles Powell
• Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Sir Thomas