**James Fox (born May 19, 1939)** is a British actor known for his long and diverse film career, establishing himself as an iconic face of British cinema.

His ascent in the 1960s was marked by roles as young aristocratic or bourgeois men, often vulnerable and naive. His breakthrough role was that of the young and manipulable Tony in Joseph Losey's **"The Servant" (1963)**, which cemented his status as an icon of "Swinging London." He then appeared in significant films such as **"Isadora" (1968)** and the innovative and psychedelic **"Performance" (1970)**, where he played a gangster on the run alongside Mick Jagger.

After a hiatus, he successfully returned, often in supporting roles as authoritative or high-ranking social figures, in acclaimed films such as **"A Passage to India" (1984)**, **"The Remains of the Day" (1993)**, and **"Sexy Beast" (2000)**, where he demonstrated remarkable versatility even in darker and more complex characters. His acting is characterized by an innate elegance and an ability to convey both sophistication and a latent disquiet.