A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where showing your emotions is frowned upon. It's just not manly. I don't do anything in life because I love doing it. It's because I want to be good at it.

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.