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Acting

James Fox

Career: Active from 1950 to 2014, busiest in 1989 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: King Rat
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 73 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Fox Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Scare
1.9, average 2.6
Pop Culture
1.6, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Social Commentary 8
Political Intrigue 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Literary Adaptation 5
Psychological Drama 4
Romantic Comedy 4
Period Drama 3
Period Piece 3
Historical Setting 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Identity Crisis 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 77

The Souvenir: Part II

77

as Narrator Patrick's Musical

2010s

14 titles · average score 58

London Spy

76

TV show · as James

The Double

70

as The Colonel

Unknown Heart

as Ludlow

1864

65

TV show · as Lord Palmerton

Effie Gray

51

as Sir Charles Eastlake

A Long Way From Home

38

as Joseph

Utopia

92

TV show · as The Assistant

The Great Train Robbery

69

TV show · as Henry Brooke, Home Secretary

All at Sea

60

as George

Cleanskin

57

as Scott Catesby

W.E.

42

as King George V

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Martin Goodman QC / Martin Goodman QC (voice) (uncredited)

2000s

29 titles · average score 65

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

82

as Philip Evans

Mister Lonely

56

as The Pope

Goodbye Mr Snuggles

as Mr. Tomly

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

71

as Mr. Salt

Colditz

67

as Lt. Colonel Fordham

Colditz

64

TV show · as Lt. Colonel Fordham

The Prince & Me

49

as King Haraald

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

70

TV show · as Jonas Collin

The Lost World

70

TV show · as Professor Summerlee

Sexy Beast

80

as Harry

The Lost World

61

as Prof. Summerlee

Up at the Villa

52

as Sir Edgar Swift

1990s

24 titles · average score 60

Mickey Blue Eyes

51

as Philip Cromwell

Jinnah

76

as Mountbatten

Anna Karenina

44

as Karenin

Gulliver's Travels

71

TV show · as Dr. Bates

The Choir

TV show · as Hugh Cavendish

The Remains of the Day

85

as Lord Darlington

Patriot Games

68

as Lord William Holmes

Afraid of the Dark

34

as Frank

TV show · as Angus Meikle

A Question of Attribution

72

as Sir Anthony Blunt

Never Come Back

TV show · as Foster

The Russia House

65

as Ned

1980s

22 titles · average score 65

The Mighty Quinn

69

as Thomas Elgin

She's Been Away

65

as Hugh Ambrose

Boys in the Island

as George Farrell

High Season

53

as Patrick

Absolute Beginners

59

as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

The Whistle Blower

73

as Lord

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

65

as Lord Charles Esker

A Passage to India

75

as Richard Fielding

The Road to 1984

as Eric Blair/George Orwell/Winston Smith

Runners

55

as Tom Lindsay

Anna Pavlova

59

as Victor d'André

Country

as Philip Carlion

1970s

3 titles · average score 72

No Longer Alone

as Alan Richards

Performance.

72

as Chas

Play for Today

72

TV show

1960s

11 titles · average score 74

Isadora

72

as Gordon Craig

Duffy

51

as Stefane Calvert

Thoroughly Modern Millie

77

as Jimmy Smith

Arabella

as Giorgio

The Chase

72

as Jason 'Jake' Rogers

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

74

as Richard Mays

King Rat

88

as Peter Marlowe

The Servant

86

as Tony

Espionage

TV show · as Paul

Tamahine

as Oliver

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

75

as Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)

1950s

4 titles · average score 56

The Verdict Is Yours

TV show · as Council for the Prosecution

One Wild Oat

52

as Porter

The Magnet

59

as Johnny Brent

The Miniver Story

56

as Toby Miniver