A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Abrams thought he would be better for the role of Jack a role originally slated to be for the pilot episode only. That same year he also starred on a short-lived dramatic series Freshman Dorm. His father was from a "very blue-blood" Pennsylvania family of mostly English descent while his mother was of half Italian and half British Isles ancestry.

Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14 1966) is an American actor.