During his time there, he appeared in numerous theatre productions, including the lead roles of Gregers Werle in Ibsen's The Wild Duck, Marcus Andronicus in Titus Andronicus, and Stephen Daedalus in an adaptation of James Joyce's novel Ulysses. After working as a gardener and as an office worker, he discovered that he preferred acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He was unable to obtain a place at any university, due to a report about him from Harrow. Īt the age of 13, he was enrolled at Harrow School and was expelled a few weeks before his A-levels. The actors Emilia and Freddie Fox are his first cousins, being the children of Edward Fox.
His uncles are the actor Edward Fox and the theatrical and film producer Robert Fox. Lydia Fox is married to actor Richard Ayoade. Fox's siblings are Tom (born 1975), Robin (born 1976), Lydia (born 1979), and Jack (born 1985) Lydia and Jack are actors. His father, James, was the son of Robin Fox, a theatrical agent, who married Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, daughter of the playwright Frederick Lonsdale. Laurence Fox was born in 1978 in Leeds, the third of the five children of James Fox and Mary Elizabeth Piper.
