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Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard
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| Matthew
Fox: |
Matthew
Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor. He is most well-known
for playing the character Charlie Salinger, in the television show
Party of Five and as Jack Shephard on the ABC drama Lost.
The son of Loretta and Francis Fox, Matthew was born as the middle of
three brothers on his family's ranch in Crowheart, Wyoming. He was
educated at Deerfield Academy and Columbia University, graduating in
1988, and acted with the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City.
Fox married Margherita Ronchi in 1992. They have two children, Kyle
(pronounced "Kyleigh") and Byron. Matthew is also a
Philadelphia Eagles fanatic. |
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| Jack
Shephard: |
Prior to
the crash of Oceanic Flight 815
Jack is a spinal surgeon who lived in the United States. He traveled
to Sydney to find his father, Dr. Christian Shephard.
Early in his medical career, he operates on a car crash victim named
Sarah whose spine was damaged in the accident. He is convinced that
surgery will not alleviate her paralysis, and he is characteristically
cold and direct with her about her chances. Convinced the operation
was a failure, both are startled to find that she can
"miraculously" move her toes and has regained feeling in her
legs. They eventually marry, despite Jack's apprehension in the days
preceding the ceremony. Eventually their marriage falls apart under
the pressure of his work; by the time of the flight, Jack is unmarried
and does not wear a wedding ring. He admits it is currently 'knocking
around in his sock drawer'.
Jack and his father are working a tumor patient named Angelo. His
daughter Gabriela is his translator. Jack and his father think that
the operation would not work like his miracle operation on Sarah. He
gets home to Sarah and she says that her pregnancy test was negative,
and Jack is relieved. Christian, Jack's father, sees that Jack is
attracted to Gabriela and tells him not to cheat. Angelo dies on the
operating table after a month of examination. On his way to his car,
Jack sees Gabriela, whom he tries to console. Gabriela ends up kissing
Jack; Jack tells her that it is not the right thing to do. When he
gets home, Jack confesses to his wife about what happened. She, in
turn, tells him that she had been cheating on him and that she is
leaving him. Jack, being a workaholic, feels he contributed to the
failure of the marriage.
His father, Christian, operates on a woman while under the influence
of alcohol; when a nurse tells Jack about this he relieves his father
and takes over the surgery. He is unable to repair the damage,
however, and the woman dies. Christian pressures Jack to sign a report
saying the woman was beyond medical assistance, but during the inquiry
Jack discovers that the woman was pregnant and reveals that his father
had caused fatal damage by severing a major artery. His father flees
with his medical career shattered, eventually ending up in Sydney.
While there, Christian encounters Sawyer in a bar and tells him that
he wanted to apologize and tell his son that he did the right thing,
but is too weak to call him. Christian Shephard later dies of a
massive heart attack brought on by alcohol poisoning. When Jack leaves
the United States, he knows only that his father is missing.
Eventually he finds him in a Sydney morgue. Jack has trouble getting
the casket onto the plane but is eventually successful.
Prior to the flight, Jack has a conversation in the airport bar with
Ana-Lucia Cortez, who will also be on the same flight. The two flirt
and promise to meet each other later during the flight, though they
are seated in different sections of the plane.
On the plane, he is seated next to Rose. When the turbulence strikes,
Rose's husband is in the bathroom and Jack promises to take care of
her until he returns. Before the plane's tail section broke off, Jack
loses consciousness. |
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Information
and image taken from:
ABC's Lost Site and Wikipedia.org |
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