Laurence Fox

Laurence Paul Fox was born in Leeds on 26 May 1978,{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Laurence |title=Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) / X |url=https://twitter.com/LozzaFox |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810085024/https://twitter.com/LozzaFox |archive-date=10 August 2023 |access-date=13 August 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en |quote=Born May 26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a35478230/fox-laurence-emilia-freddie-james-edward/|title=The Fox family explained: Making sense of Laurence, Emilia and Freddie's family tree|work=Digital Spy|date=24 March 2021|accessdate=1 February 2022}}{{citation|first=Elizabeth|last=Grice|title=The young pretender| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3648784/The-young-pretender.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3648784/The-young-pretender.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 December 2005}}{{cbignore}}.{{citation|first=Ann|last=McFerran|title=Relative Values: James Fox and his son Laurence, actors|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/cornwall/relative-values-james-fox-and-his-son-laurence-actors-d7clz3wfgz2|newspaper=The Times|date=11 July 2004}} the son of Mary Elizabeth Piper and actor James Fox.{{cite news |last=Fordy |first=Tom |date=24 January 2020 |title=Crazy like a Fox: Laurence, James, and the history of a very un-PC acting dynasty |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/crazy-like-fox-laurence-james-history-un-pc-acting-dynasty/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/crazy-like-fox-laurence-james-history-un-pc-acting-dynasty/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=21 September 2020}}{{cbignore}} His paternal grandfather was talent agent Robin Fox and his paternal grandmother was actress Angela Worthington, whose father was playwright Frederick Lonsdale. He has two older brothers named Tom and Robin, a younger sister named Lydia, and a younger brother named Jack. Robin is a film producer,{{cite web | url=https://mubi.com/cast/robin-c-fox | title=Robin C. Fox }} while Lydia and Jack are actors; Lydia is married to comedian and filmmaker Richard Ayoade.{{citation|first=Alex|last=Petridis|title=Richard Ayoade: Meet Mr Modest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/15/richard-ayoade-interview |newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 January 2011}}. Fox's uncles are actors Edward Fox and producer Robert Fox. He is also the cousin of actors Emilia and Freddie Fox, the children of his uncle Edward.

Fox was raised as an evangelical Christian. At the age of 13, he was enrolled at Harrow School.{{citation|first=Damian|last=Whitworth|title=The face: Laurence Fox: He's got that luvvy feeling |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article3099982.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517113219/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article3099982.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2011 |newspaper=The Times|date=28 December 2007}}. He was expelled a few weeks before taking his A-Level exams, and was unable to obtain a place at any university due to a report about him from Harrow.{{citation|first=Cassandra|last=Jardine|title=I wished Dad was a hell-raiser |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3585064/I-wished-Dad-was-a-hell-raiser.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3585064/I-wished-Dad-was-a-hell-raiser.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=1 November 2002}}{{cbignore}}.

After working as a gardener and in an office, he decided to follow his family into acting, and successfully auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). During his time there, he appeared in numerous student 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.{{citation|title=Laurence Fox|url=http://www.rada.org/grad01/fox.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203101323/http://www.rada.org/grad01/fox.html|archive-date=3 February 2008|publisher=Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|access-date=18 March 2008}}. He graduated in 2001.{{citation|title=Graduate directory: Fox, Laurence |url=http://www.rada.org/alumni/directory.aspx?id=108&frm=y&sur=Fox&nme=Laurence |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524104115/https://www.webcitation.org/5iJJrgAFT?url=http://www.rada.org/alumni/directory.aspx%3Fid=108&frm=y&sur=Fox&nme=Laurence |archive-date=24 May 2024 |publisher=Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |access-date=16 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{citation|title=Graduate actors – 2001 part 1 |url=http://www.rada.org/grad01/grad01a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225061327/http://www.rada.org/grad01/grad01a.html |archive-date=25 December 2007 |publisher=Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |access-date=19 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}.

Fox made his acting debut in the horror-thriller film The Hole (2001). He next appeared in Robert Altman's film Gosford Park (2001). He then donned uniforms in a slew of film and television features, including roles as a German airman in Island at War (2004), an SS officer in The Last Drop (2005), and as British soldiers in the 2002 films Deathwatch and Ultimate Force, and in Colditz (2005). In the last made-for-television film, Fox played Capt. Tom Willis who, after an unsuccessful attempt to break out of a prisoner-of-war camp, is brought to Oflag IV-C in Colditz Castle, one of the most infamous German POW camps for officers in World War II. Actor Kevin Whately caught Fox's performance in the last ten minutes of the film. The next day, at a meeting regarding a new project, Whately mentioned that Fox "would be worth taking a look at".{{citation|first=Gerard|last=Gilbert|title=Kevin Whately: An inspector calls|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kevin-whately-an-inspector-calls-6112010.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=11 January 2006}}.

As a result, Fox was cast in the ITV detective drama Lewis as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway, who becomes the partner of Detective Inspector Robert Lewis, played by Whately. The pilot of this spin-off from Inspector Morse (1987–2000) was ITV's highest-rated drama of 2006.{{citation|title=Laurence Fox interview|url=http://www.itv.com/Drama/copsandcrime/Lewis/Castinterviews/LaurenceFox/default.html|publisher=ITV|date=16 August 2007|access-date=16 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331010400/http://www.itv.com/Drama/copsandcrime/Lewis/Castinterviews/LaurenceFox/default.html|archive-date=31 March 2008}}.

Fox has also portrayed Prince Charles, in Whatever Love Means (2005);{{citation|first=Tom|last=Peterkin|title=Royal love stories to be retold on TV|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/28/nroyal28.xml|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 May 2005}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}; {{citation|first=Andrew|last=Anthony|title=Even Bragg was boggled [review of Whatever Love Means]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2006/jan/01/features.review37|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 January 2006}}. Wisley, one of Jane Austen's suitors, in Becoming Jane (2007); and Sir Christopher Hatton, the Lord Chancellor of England in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, also released in 2007. In addition, in that year Fox was seen on ITV as Cecil Vyse in Andrew Davies's adaptation of A Room with a View based on E.M. Forster's 1908 novel.

On stage, Fox appeared in Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw at the Strand Theatre (now the Novello Theatre) in London in 2002,{{citation|first=Rhoda|last=Koenig|title=Mrs Warren's Profession, Strand Theatre, London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/mrs-warrens-profession-strand-theatre-london-140165.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=15 October 2002}}. and John Ford's 17th-century play 'Tis Pity She's a Whore in 2005.{{citation|first=Michael|last=Coveney|title='Tis Pity She's A Whore, Southwark Playhouse, London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/reviews/tis-pity-shes-a-whore-southwark-playhouse-london-509682.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 October 2005}} Between 2006 and 2007 he starred in Treats by Christopher Hampton with his future wife, Billie Piper.{{citation|title=Tickets now on sale for Treats at the Garrick Theatre|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/tickets-now-on-sale-for-treats-at-the-garrick-theatre|work=London Theatre Guide|date=28 December 2006|access-date=16 March 2008}}; {{citation|title=Treats reviews|url=http://www.albemarle-london.com/Reviews.php?Show_No=9778|work=Albemarle of London|year=2007|access-date=17 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104715/http://www.albemarle-london.com/Reviews.php?Show_No=9778|archive-date=7 July 2011}}; {{citation|title=Treats – Richmond Theatre|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/treats-richmond-theatre-review|work=IndieLondon|year=2007|access-date=16 March 2008}}; {{citation|first=Michael|last=Billington|title=Treats, Garrick Theatre, London|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2030066,00.html|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 March 2007}}; {{citation|first=Alice|last=Jones|title=First Night: Treats, Garrick Theatre, London: Billie finds it hard to shine in two dimensions|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/reviews/first-night-treats-garrick-theatre-london-439506.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=9 March 2007}}; {{citation|title=Review round-up: Was Piper treated to good notices?|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821173438399|publisher=Whatsonstage.com|date=9 March 2007|access-date=17 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322100743/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821173438399|archive-date=22 March 2007}}; {{citation|first=Viv|last=Groskop|title=The method in Billie's maladies: Despite – or because of? – her turbulent week, Billie Piper's stage debut is a triumph|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/news/story/0,,2030912,00.html|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 March 2007}}. In April 2007, Fox received a police caution after he was arrested for assault when he punched a photographer outside the Garrick Theatre in London where he was performing in Treats.{{cite news |last1=Selby |first1=Jenn |title=Laurence Fox branded 'disgusting and appalling' by police after leaving five-year-old son in car |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/laurence-fox-branded-disgusting-and-appalling-human-being-police-after-leaving-five-year-old-son-car-9121355.html |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=The Independent |date=11 February 2014}} The caution remained on his record for three years.{{cite web|title=Fox 'bitterly regrets' assault arrest|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/fox%20bitterly%20regrets%20assault%20arrest_1028864|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105090941/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/fox%20bitterly%20regrets%20assault%20arrest_1028864|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2008|work=Contactmusic.com|date=23 April 2007|access-date=16 March 2008}} In 2013, Fox played Guy Haines{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/acting-dynasties-collide-in-revival-of-thriller-strangers-on-a-train-8883334.html | title=Acting dynasties collide in revival of thriller Strangers on a Train | publisher=London Evening Standard | work=standard.co.uk | date=16 October 2013 | access-date=16 January 2014}} in Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24172568 | title=Fatal Attraction and Strangers On A Train head to West End stage | work=BBC News | date=20 September 2013 | access-date=16 January 2014}} On 9 May 2015, he read a letter written by a soldier three days prior to his death in the Second World War, as part of VE Day 70: A Party to Remember, an anniversary concert for VE Day.{{cite news|title=VE Day 70th anniversary concert: Katherine Jenkins, Pixie Lott and Status Quo lead celebrations|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ve-day-70th-anniversary-concert-katherine-jenkins-pixie-lott-and-status-quo-lead-party-10239026.html|work=Evening Standard|date=9 May 2015|last=de Peyer|first=Robin}}

As a singer-songwriter, Fox released his debut album Holding Patterns in 2016 through his own label, Fox Cub Records.{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/laurence-fox-why-only-person-i-bow-down-my-wife-1804110|work=Yorkshire Post|title=Laurence Fox: Why the only person I bow down to is my wife|date=13 February 2006}} Holding Patterns peaked at number 89 in the UK album chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26517/laurence-fox/|title=Laurence Fox|publisher=Official Charts Company}} His second album A Grief Observed was released in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/21/laurence-fox-less-chelsea-hotel-travelodge-privilege|work=The Guardian|title=Laurence Fox's music career: less Chelsea Hotel than Chelsea Travelodge|last=Hann|first=Michael|date=21 January 2020}}

In 2018, Fox joined the cast of the ITV series Victoria, playing Lord Palmerston, for its third season, which first aired on PBS in January 2019.{{cite news | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-07-04/victoria-season-3-cast-lewis-actor-laurence-fox/ | title=Lewis actor Laurence Fox joins Victoria as ITV announces new stars for series three | work=Radio Times | date=4 July 2018 | access-date=23 January 2019}}

In November 2020, Fox was dropped by his talent agency Artists Rights Group after stating on Question Time that an audience member's description of him as a "white privileged male" was "racist". He had been dropped by his previous managers Authentic Talent earlier in the year.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/laurence-fox-dropped-agency-racism-row-1234615190/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=13 November 2020|last=Grater|first=Tom|title='White Lines' Actor Laurence Fox Dropped By Agency After Racism Row}}

In 2021, Fox portrayed Hunter Biden in filmmaker Robert Davi's biopic My Son Hunter, starring alongside fellow conservatives Gina Carano and John James, the former of whom was also dropped by her agent after allegedly expressing some of the same opinions as Fox.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/gina-carano-hunter-biden-biopic-my-son-hunter-1234877180/ |title=Gina Carano Joins Hunter Biden Biopic 'My Son Hunter' |date=18 November 2021 |work=Deadline.com |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony}} The film was distributed by the American right-wing media company Breitbart.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Alex |date=2022-06-09 |title=The premiere of the new Hunter Biden film was as wild as you'd think |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/06/breitbart-hunter-biden-film-00055040 |website=Politico}}

Fox has released two albums, Holding Patterns in 2016 and A Grief Observed in 2019. The former charted, at no. 89, but the latter did not.

From November 2022, Fox presented a regular Friday night slot on GB News.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Tim |title=Farage, Fox and rolling outrage: the inside story of GB News |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/11/farage-fox-and-rolling-outrage-the-inside-story-of-gb-news |access-date=18 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=11 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Laurence Fox |url=https://www.gbnews.com/shows/laurence-fox/ |publisher=GB News |access-date=18 April 2023}}

In September 2023, during an appearance on Dan Wootton's GB News show, Fox said of journalist Ava Evans: "Show me a single self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman ever [...] That little woman has been fed, spoon-fed oppression day after day after day." He concluded by saying: "Who'd want to shag that?" Fox and Wootton, along with Calvin Robinson, were suspended by the channel.{{Cite news |date=27 September 2023 |title=GB News suspends Laurence Fox over comments about journalist Ava Evans |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66932538 |access-date=27 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/laurence-fox-gb-news-suspended-comments-female-journalist-joe-evans-1235557153/|title=GB News Suspends Laurence Fox Over On-Air Comments About Female Journalist, Former Actor Hits Back On Social Media|date=27 September 2023 |publisher=deadline}} Fox released on Twitter an apparent private message exchange with Wootton in which he had reacted approvingly to what Fox had said.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/27/why-laurence-fox-turned-on-dan-wootton-gb-news-rant-apology |title=How Laurence Fox turned on Dan Wootton for GB News rant apology |last1=Topping |first1=Alexandra |last2=Waterson |first2=Jim |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 September 2023 |access-date=28 September 2023}} In early October 2023, GB News confirmed that, following its investigation, it had terminated the contracts of Fox and Robinson.{{Cite news |date=4 October 2023 |title=Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson sacked by GB News |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67009045 |access-date=4 October 2023}} Ofcom, the government's broadcasting regulatory body, opened an investigation into the incident. Ofcom announced that the incident was the most complained about broadcast on British television in 2023, with the regulator receiving 8,867 complaints.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=That's a wrap: TV's most complained about programmes of 2023 revealed |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/thats-a-wrap-tvs-most-complained-about-programmes-of-2023-revealed |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Ofcom |language=en}} On 4 March 2024 Ofcom ruled that Fox's "misogynistic" comments broke broadcasting rules and “were degrading and demeaning both to [her] and women generally”.{{Cite news |title=Laurence Fox's 'misogynistic' comments about journalist on GB News broke broadcasting rules, Ofcom says |url=https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-foxs-misogynistic-comments-on-gb-news-broke-broadcasting-rules-ofcom-says-13087094 |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=SKY News}}{{Cite web |title=Watchdog slams GB News over 'misogynistic' comments by actor Laurence Fox |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8e4980ec-89a6-471e-9147-bfe618c423a0 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.ft.com}}

In 2016, Fox criticised Julie Walters and Christopher Eccleston for speaking about a lack of working-class voices in acting. He said: "I think people should keep pretty quiet about stuff like that especially given the money they earn. It's not completely true either. And didn't Julie Walters get paid 400 grand using taxpayers' money to do ­something recently? She's a really sweet woman but, please, shut up."{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a784749/julie-walters-should-shut-up-about-posh-actors-says-lewis-star-laurence-fox/ | title=Julie Walters should "shut up" about posh actors, says Lewis star Laurence Fox | work=Digital Spy | first=Sam | last=Warner | date=25 February 2016 | access-date=28 May 2025}}

In 2020, Fox told James Delingpole in a podcast: "The most annoying thing is the minute a black actor — it's the same with working-class actors — the minute they've got five million quid in the bank, every interview they do is about how racism is rampant and rife in the industry."{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66960728 | title=Who is Laurence Fox? The actor who became a political activist | work=BBC News | first=Annabel| last=Rackham | date=4 October 2023 | access-date=31 May 2025}}

In a November 2019 interview with The Times to promote his second album, Fox said YouTube videos had "totally radicalised" him against "woke culture" and "political correctness".{{cite web | url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/laurence-fox-interview-let-the-hipsters-hate-me-i-wont-dance-to-their-politically-correct-tune-5d7tdgwz7 | title=Laurence Fox interview: Let the hipsters hate me — I won’t dance to their politically correct tune | work=The Times | date=17 November 2019 | access-date=31 May 2025}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fox frequently criticised the British government's response to the pandemic and encouraged people to disregard the government's social distancing guidance and disobey other public health restrictions.{{Cite web|date=30 November 2020|title=NHS nurse gives moving response after Laurence Fox urges people to meet and hug friends|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/covid-laurence-fox-nurse-nhs-social-distancing-b1764104.html|access-date=28 March 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}} During an interview on Good Morning Britain, he said that "if the NHS can't cope, then the NHS isn't fit for purpose". Hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid censured this. During a national lockdown in March 2021, Fox participated in an anti-lockdown protest.{{Cite web|title=Laurence Fox criticises 'despicable' police at lockdown protest|url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/laurence-fox-criticises-despicable-police-lockdown-protest-093222762.html|access-date=28 March 2021|website=uk.style.yahoo.com|date=21 March 2021 |language=en-GB}}

Appearing as a panellist on the BBC's political debate programme Question Time in January 2020, Fox said that Meghan Markle was not a victim of racism and described an audience member who called him a "white privileged male" as racist.{{cite news|date=13 March 2020|title=Laurence Fox: Actors union Equity apologises for 'disgrace' tweets|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51870046|access-date=13 March 2020}} The British actors' union Equity called him "a disgrace to our industry" for his views, but withdrew its criticism and apologised two months later.

In January 2020, Fox attracted media attention for stating that the depiction of a Sikh soldier in the film 1917 was "forced diversity" in spite of Sikh soldiers having fought on the Western Front in the First World War.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/laurence-fox-1917-racism-sikh-soldier-gmb-first-world-war-piers-morgan-a9296476.html|title=Laurence Fox addresses criticism after saying Sikh soldier in 1917 'forced diversity' on viewers|date=22 January 2020|work=The Independent}} When interviewed, he explained, "I suppose it would have been less incongruous to me if he'd got on the truck to a whole regiment of Sikh soldiers. [...] I mean, as you've noticed, I say quite a lot of unfortunate things, but I think it's really important that one is able to express one's opinion." He followed by apologising on Twitter to "fellow humans who are Sikhs" and wrote, "I am as moved by the sacrifices your relatives made as I am by the loss of all those who die in war, whatever creed or colour. Please accept my apology for being clumsy in the way I expressed myself."{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51233734 | title=Laurence Fox apologises to Sikhs for 'clumsy' 1917 comments | work=BBC News | date=24 January 2020 | access-date=24 November 2020}}

In August 2021, Fox posted a tweet stating "get kneeling, fuckers" about the recent arrest of black footballer Benjamin Mendy on charges of rape and sexual assault. The tweet was removed by Twitter and the account was temporarily locked for violating its rules against "hateful conduct".{{Cite web|date=27 August 2021|title=Laurence Fox condemned as 'disgusting piece of work' over Benjamin Mendy tweet|url=https://www.indy100.com/news/laurence-fox-benjamin-mendy-tweet-b1909687|access-date=27 August 2021|website=www.indy100.com|language=en}}

In August 2023, Fox posted a photo of himself in blackface, describing himself as having "racially transitioned".{{Cite news |date=2023-11-22 |title=Laurence Fox offered fewer acting roles after racism accusations, court hears |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/22/laurence-fox-offered-fewer-acting-roles-after-racism-accusations-court-hears |access-date=2023-11-24 |issn=0261-3077}}

In June 2022, Fox tweeted an image of a swastika made from the Progress Pride flag with the caption, "You can openly call the [Union Flag] a symbol of fascism and totalitarianism on Twatter{{sic}}. You cannot criticise the holy flags." This led to his being suspended from Twitter for a day.{{Cite web |date=27 June 2022 |title=Laurence Fox temporarily suspended from Twitter after posting LGBTQ+ swastika |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/27/laurence-fox-suspended-lgbtq-swastika/ |access-date=27 June 2022 |website=PinkNews }} His actions were publicly condemned by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and the Campaign Against Antisemitism.{{Cite web |last=Pope |first=Felix |date=2022-06-27 |title=Laurence Fox condemned by Holocaust charities over rainbow flag swastika post |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/laurence-fox-condemned-by-holocaust-charities-over-rainbow-flag-swastika-post-knbw0s45 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Laurence Fox returns to Twitter after ban - and criticises comedian Kathy Burke over tweet |url=https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-returns-to-twitter-after-ban-and-criticises-comedian-kathy-burke-over-tweet-12641756 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Sky News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Quadri |first=Sami |date=27 June 2022 |title=Laurence Fox banned from Twitter for posting LGBTQ+ swastika |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/laurence-fox-twitter-ban-pride-flag-holocaust-memorial-trust-b1008657.html |access-date=27 June 2022 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

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In September 2020, Fox attracted funding for a new political party, provisionally called Reclaim,{{cite news|last=Hope|first=Christopher|date=27 September 2020|title=Laurence Fox launches a new political party to fight the culture wars|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/09/26/laurence-fox-launching-new-political-party-fight-culture-wars/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/09/26/laurence-fox-launching-new-political-party-fight-culture-wars/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news|last=Heren|first=Kit|date=27 September 2020|title=Laurence Fox to set up new political party dubbed 'Ukip for culture'|work=Evening Standard|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/laurence-fox-political-party-ukip-culture-reclaim-a4557171.html|access-date=5 October 2020}} and dubbed "UKIP for culture".{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=27 September 2020|title=Laurence Fox to launch new political party described as 'Ukip for culture'|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/laurence-fox-politics-bbc-culture-wars-ukip-b641500.html|access-date=18 November 2020}} In October 2020, Fox became leader of the party, succeeding Jeremy Hosking.{{cite web|author=|title=FOI 019-21 - Response (page 4)|url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/FOI%20019-21%20-%20Response%20%28redacted%29.pdf|access-date=21 February 2023|website=|publisher=The Electoral Commission}}

It emerged in October 2020 that the party name had yet to be successfully registered with the Electoral Commission and that there was a naming conflict with the "Reclaim Project" of Manchester, an established charity in Manchester endeavouring to give opportunities to working-class children.{{cite web|last=Littlejohn|first=Georgina|date=11 October 2020|title=Laurence Fox faces legal action from youth charity Reclaim over party name|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/actor-laurence-fox-faces-legal-action-charity-reclaim-party-711661|access-date=22 November 2020|website=inews.co.uk}} The name Reclaim Party was approved in February 2021 as an identity mark for Brexit Express.{{cite web|author=|date=|title=2021 Party registration decisions|url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-02/2021%20Party%20registration%20decisions-english%20version_0.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205224054/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-02/2021%20Party%20registration%20decisions-english%20version.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2021|access-date=5 February 2021|website=|publisher=The Electoral Commission|quote=}}{{Cite web|title=Laurence Fox films police officers at front door after being accused of breaking COVID rules|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/laurence-fox-films-police-accused-breaking-covid-rules-150722024.html|access-date=28 March 2021|website=uk.movies.yahoo.com|date=24 March 2021 |language=en-GB}}

In May 2023 the Reclaim Party gained its first MP, Andrew Bridgen, after he was expelled from the governing Conservative Party.{{cite news |title=Ex-Tory Andrew Bridgen joins Laurence Fox's Reclaim party |work=BBC News |date=10 May 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65543018 |access-date=10 May 2023}} Bridgen resigned from the party in December 2023 due to a "difference in the direction of the party".{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67770990 | title=Andrew Bridgen: Ex-Tory MP quits Reclaim Party after seven months | work=BBC News | date=20 December 2023 | access-date=31 May 2025}}

In July 2023, Fox stood in the 2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election as a Reclaim Party candidate.{{Cite web |title=Laurence Fox to run for MP in Boris Johnson's former constituency |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/laurence-fox-run-mp-boris-johnson-constituency/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |website=amp.lbc.co.uk}} He finished fourth with 2.3% of the vote, losing his deposit.{{cite web |title=Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election 2023 results |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/by-election-results |website=Hillingdon Council |access-date=21 July 2023 |language=en}}

In March 2021, Fox announced he would stand in the London mayoral election, in order to "fight against extreme political correctness" and pledging to "end the Met's obsession with diversity and inclusivity."{{Cite web|last=Bayley|first=James|date=20 April 2021|title=Laurence Fox pledges to 'end the Met's obsession with diversity'|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-mayor-candidate-laurence-fox-20426988|access-date=21 April 2021|website=MyLondon|language=en}}{{cite news|last=Hope|first=Christopher|date=6 March 2021|title=Laurence Fox exclusive: I'm standing for London Mayor to offer a voice to those being dominated into silence|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/03/06/laurence-fox-exclusive-standing-london-mayor-tooffer-voice-dominated/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/03/06/laurence-fox-exclusive-standing-london-mayor-tooffer-voice-dominated/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

The major source of Fox's campaign funds was Brexit backer Jeremy Hosking,{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Robbie|date=19 April 2021|title=Londoner's Diary: Laurence Fox's Reclaim party has banking problems|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-laurence-fox-reclaim-party-banking-problems-b930423.html|access-date=9 May 2021|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}} who, in the first quarter of 2021, gave the Reclaim Party more than £1,000,000 in cash and services.{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |title=Laurence Fox's political party received almost same donations as Lib Dems |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/03/laurence-foxs-political-party-received-almost-same-donations-as-lib-dems |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=3 June 2021}} Fox finished in sixth place with 47,634 votes (1.9%) in the mayoral election. This placed him fifth in a field of twenty candidates. He lost his £10,000 election deposit.{{Cite web|last=Sinclair|first=Leah|date=9 May 2021|title=Laurence Fox loses £10,000 deposit in London mayor bid|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/laurence-fox-loses-deposit-london-mayor-bid-b934063.html|access-date=9 May 2021|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}}{{cite web|date=9 May 2021|title=Results 2021|url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=London Elects|language=en-GB}}

Fox attempted to stand in 2024 London mayoral election but failed to fill in the nomination forms correctly.{{Cite news |last=Grierson |first=Jamie |date=2024-03-28 |title=Laurence Fox's London mayor hopes end after errors filling in forms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/28/laurence-fox-ruled-out-london-mayor-contest-errors-nomination |access-date=2024-03-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The election authorities returned Fox's deposit and other fees.

He was a candidate on the London-wide list in the 2024 London Assembly election, though he stood under 'no description', rather than for Reclaim.{{Cite web |last=Harpley |first=Mary |title=Election of London Members of the London Assembly – STATEMENT OF PARTIES AND INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES NOMINATED {{!}} London Elects |url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-03/Statement%20Of%20Persons%20NominatedAssembly.final_.pdf |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=www.londonelects.org.uk }} He received 13,795 out of a total 2,476,687 votes (0.56%) and was not elected, losing his £5,000 deposit.{{Cite web |title=GLA 2024 ELECTIONS: ELECTION OF THE LONDON-WIDE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS |url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-05/total_london-wide_member_results_2024.pdf |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.londonelects.org.uk}}{{Cite web |last=Lydall |first=Jacob Phillips, Ross |date=2024-05-04 |title=Laurence Fox loses deposit after failing to become London Assembly member |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/laurence-fox-city-hall-london-mayor-sadiq-khan-susan-hall-ofcom-b1155757.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

In October 2020, Fox announced he would boycott the supermarket Sainsbury's because they "support racial segregation and discrimination", making reference to the store establishing "safe spaces" for black employees, while asking others to do the same. Sainsbury's later clarified that the safe spaces were online support groups established in response to Black Lives Matter and were promoted as part of support for Black History Month.{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Young |date=7 October 2020|title=Laurence Fox boycotts Sainsbury's after it supports Black History Month|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/laurence-fox-sainsburys-black-history-month-twitter-boycott-b800925.html|access-date=7 October 2020}} Feeling he was "falsely smeared as a racist", Fox replied to a number of tweets reacting to that announcement by calling their authors paedophiles. Two of those people, RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant Crystal (Colin Seymour) and Simon Blake, deputy chair of the LGBT rights charity Stonewall, both gay men, later announced they would sue Fox for defamation. Fox deleted the tweets and explained in further tweets that he wanted to teach people a lesson in calling people something which they are not.{{cite news|date=7 October 2020|title=Laurence Fox to be sued by RuPaul's Drag Race star and charity boss over 'paedophile' comments|work=Sky News|url=https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-to-be-sued-by-rupauls-drag-race-star-and-charity-boss-over-paedophile-comments-12098310|access-date=7 October 2020}}

In April 2021, Crystal and Blake lodged a claim for defamation in the High Court and were joined in the legal action by actress Nicola Thorp, whom Fox also called a paedophile.{{cite news|date=7 April 2021|title=Laurence Fox sued by RuPaul's Drag Race star, Coronation Street actress, and charity boss over 'paedophile' comments|language=en|work=Sky News|url=https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-sued-by-rupauls-drag-race-star-coronation-street-actress-and-charity-boss-over-paedophile-comments-12267671}} In response, Fox filed a countersuit over the accusations of racism.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2022 |title=Laurence Fox loses bid for jury to hear libel battle with Drag Race queen |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/19/laurence-fox-crystal-simon-blake-nicola-thorp-libel-case/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |website=PinkNews }} In December 2021, judge Barbara Fontaine urged the protagonists to reach a compromise; Fox's lawyers had estimated his legal costs would be between £360,000 and £500,000 for a full trial.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/22/laurence-fox-urged-settle-libel-case-paedophiles-twitter-row/ |title=Laurence Fox urged to settle libel case after 'paedophiles' Twitter row |last=Diver |first=Tony |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=limited |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=28 September 2023}}

In April 2022, Fox requested a jury trial and said that "a judge could show involuntary bias", the first such request since the Defamation Act 2013. It was refused.{{cite news |url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/laurence-fox-denied-first-libel-jury-trial-for-a-decade/5112542.article |title=Laurence Fox denied first libel jury trial for a decade |last=Tobin |first=Sam |website=Law Gazette |publisher=The Law Society |date=18 May 2022 |access-date=28 September 2023}} Court documents revealed that this request cost Fox legal fees of more than £116,000.{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Rachael |date=27 May 2022 |title=Laurence Fox must pay £36,000 legal fees of trio in 'paedophile' libel case |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/laurence-fox-must-pay-36000-legal-fees-in-paedophile-libel-case-16721699/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |website=Metro |language=en}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/05/27/laurence-fox-legal-fees-libel-case/ |title=Laurence Fox ordered to pay £36,000 legal fees to actor, Drag Race queen and ex-Stonewall trustee |last=Chudy |first=Emily |website=PinkNews |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=28 September 2023}} Later that month the High Court ruled that Fox must pay more than £36,000 in legal fees to Blake, Seymour and Thorp.{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Rachael |date=27 May 2022 |title=Laurence Fox must pay £36,000 legal fees of trio in 'paedophile' libel case |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/laurence-fox-must-pay-36000-legal-fees-in-paedophile-libel-case-16721699/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |website=Metro |language=en}}

The trial progressed at the High Court to decisions on preliminary issues such as the "natural and ordinary" meanings of the tweets, which included that they were a factual claim that "Ms Thorp was a paedophile". Fox took this decision to the Court of Appeal, who ruled in August 2023 that they were "satisfied that the ordinary reasonable reader of that tweet would not have taken the word [paedophile] literally", but dismissed Fox's other challenges.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/laurence-fox-nicola-thorp-stonewall-justice-high-court-b2399423.html |title=Actor Laurence Fox scores victory in latest pre-trial stage of libel fight |last=Farmer |first=Brian |website=The Independent |date=25 August 2023 |access-date=28 September 2023}}

The libel trial and trials for counterclaims was heard between 22 November and 1 December 2023 at the High Court by Mrs Justice Collins Rice as judge, with Blake and Seymour as claimants, against Fox as defendant and counterclaimant, and Thorp as defendant to the counterclaim.

On 29 January 2024 a judgment was given with Justice Collins Rice ruling in favour of the claimants.{{Cite web |last=Collins Rice |first=Justice |date=29 January 2024 |title=High Court Judgement. Neutral Citation Number: (2024) EWHC 146 (KB). Case No: QB-2021-001248 |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Blake-and-Seymour-v-Fox-Judgment.pdf |website=High Court of Justice (judiciary.uk)}} The judge ruled that Fox's labelling of Crystal and Blake as paedophiles was "seriously harmful, defamatory and baseless" and Fox's tweets "the very epitome of 'mere retaliation' – an escalatory and disproportionate response by way of entirely irrelevant statements." In ruling against Fox, the judge summarised that "the law affords few defences to defamation of this sort. Mr Fox did not attempt to show these allegations were true, and he was not able to bring himself on the facts within the terms of any other defence recognised in law."{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Laurence Fox loses High Court battle after calling people paedophiles on social media |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/laurence-fox-loses-libel-case-high-court-b2486600.html |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Fox's counterclaims of defamation against Crystal, Blake and Thorp were also dismissed. Whilst the judge did not make a judgement on whether or not describing Fox as "a racist" was "substantially true", the judge ruled that the expression of such opinions were unlikely to significantly damage his reputation and that there were multiple other probable causes to any reputational damage. The judge summarised that "Mr Fox did not attempt to show these allegations were true, and he was not able to bring himself on the facts within the terms of any other defence recognised in law".{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Tristan |date=2024-01-29 |title=Laurence Fox loses libel battle over 'paedophiles' social media row |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/laurence-fox-high-court-twitter-x-libel-ruling-b1135385.html |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

After the ruling, Fox said he was considering an appeal.{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Matthew |date=2024-01-29 |title=Laurence Fox loses libel battle with Twitter users he called paedophiles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/29/laurence-fox-loses-libel-battle-with-twitter-x-users-he-called-paedophiles |access-date=2024-01-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |date=2024-01-29 |title=Laurence Fox loses High Court libel case over social media row |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68132377 |access-date=2024-01-29 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} On 25 April 2024, it was announced that Fox would have to pay a total of £180,000 in compensatory damages to Crystal and Blake.{{Cite news |date=2024-04-25 |title=Laurence Fox told to pay £180,000 in libel damages |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68899248 |access-date=2024-04-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

During the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on 26 July Fox commented on a segment featuring French drag performer and host of Drag Race France Nicky Doll, along with other French drag performers, calling them "deviant little pedos" and "child fuckers" on Twitter. Nicky Doll responded the following day on Twitter saying "Lawyer on the line, see you in court!" Doll later posted on 2 August that he had filed a defamation complaint against Fox and other Twitter users through lawyer Anne-Sophie Laguens and NGO Stop Homophobie.{{Cite web |title=Nicky Doll is suing Laurence Fox for Olympics hateful speech |url=https://www.out.com/news/rupauls-drag-race-nicky-doll-lawsuit-laurence-fox-paris-2024-olympics |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}

On 4 October 2023, it was reported that Fox had been arrested by police on suspicion of conspiring to commit criminal damage to ULEZ cameras and encouraging or assisting offences to be committed. He was reported as having said on the previous day in an interview on Rumble that he declared support for a ULEZ vigilante group, saying: "I encourage them to tear down every single camera there is and I will be joining them [...] I am pretty close with several and I will be out there with my angle grinder."{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=Laurence Fox arrested as footage shows his home being raided by police |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23833354.police-arrest-laurence-fox-footage-shows-home-raided/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=The National |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Topping |first=Alexandra |date=4 October 2023 |title=Laurence Fox arrested over comments urging people to vandalise Ulez cameras |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/04/laurence-fox-arrested-over-comments-urging-people-to-vandalise-ulez-cameras |access-date=4 October 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}

In May 2025, it was reported that Fox had been charged with intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence, and was expected to appear in court to answer the charge.{{Cite web |last=Bowkett |first=Bill |date=2025-05-09 |title=Laurence Fox charged 'after encouraging people to vandalise ULEZ cameras' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/laurence-fox-charged-ulez-cameras-b1226940.html |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=The Standard |language=en}}

On 31 January 2024, a hearing was held at the High Court whereby Fox took legal action against a man who called him a "racist" on social media. Fox sued Mukhtar Ali Yassin for libel over a row on X (formerly known as Twitter) over four tweets sent during the exchange in May 2023. Ben Gallop, representing Fox, told the court that Yassin had made "seriously defamatory allegations of racism against my client that are bare comments". Judge Mrs Justice Collins Rice ruled that a hearing should take place to decide whether the posts were statements of fact or opinion, and what should be included in any future trial.{{Cite news |last=Reporters |first=Telegraph |date=2024-01-31 |title=Laurence Fox now suing man who called him racist online |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/31/laurence-fox-suing-man-racist-online-court-paedophile-actor/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Laurence Fox suing man who called him 'racist' on social media |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/laurence-fox-justice-high-court-london-nicola-thorp-b2488122.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Parke |first=Callum |date=2024-01-31 |title=Laurence Fox suing man who called him 'racist' on social media |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/laurence-fox-fox-justice-high-court-london-b1136112.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Laurence Fox suing man who called him 'racist' on social media |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24087946.laurence-fox-suing-man-called-racist-twitter/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The National |language=en}} Fox said in March 2024 that he had discontinued the case; Yassin said Fox had agreed to its dismissal, paying thousands of pounds of legal fees to do so.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Laurence Fox abandons his libel case against Twitter user who called him a racist |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/laurence-fox-abandons-libel-case-32269716/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}{{better source needed|date=March 2024}}

On 3 May 2024, multiple news sources reported that Fox was under investigation by police for allegedly sharing an upskirt photo of the broadcaster Narinder Kaur on Twitter.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/03/laurence-fox-narinder-kaur-upskirting-photo-police/ |title=Laurence Fox under police investigation over 'upskirting' photo |last=Hamblin |first=Andrea |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=limited |date=3 May 2024 |access-date=3 May 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Laurence Fox facing police probe after sharing upskirt picture of TV presenter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/laurence-fox-police-narinder-kaur-b2538389.html |access-date=2024-05-06|first=Andy|last=Gregory |website=The Independent |language=en}} Fox said he "would like to apologise" to Kaur, stating it was not his fault that Kaur was pictured in the compromising image more than 15 years ago.{{cite news |title=Laurence Fox charged with sex offence for 'sharing upskirting photo of TV star' |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-25/laurence-fox-charged-with-sex-offence-for-sharing-upskirting-photo-of-tv-star |work=ITV News |date=25 March 2025}} On 25 March 2025, Fox was charged with a sexual offence in relation to an alleged breach of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, with Fox alleged to have intentionally shared sexual images of someone without their consent, with the aim of causing alarm, distress, or humiliation, or for sexual gratification.{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-charged-with-sexual-offence-13335577 |title=Laurence Fox charged with sexual offence |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |website=Sky News |date=25 March 2025 |access-date=25 March 2025}} Fox responded by describing the allegations as "untrue, ridiculous, vexatious and malicious nonsense", stating: "This is yet another deeply concerning example of the two-tier British justice system in all its Soviet glory."{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Matthew |title=Laurence Fox responds to being charged with sexual offence |url=https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/25036812.laurence-fox-responds-charged-sexual-offence/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=Greenock Telegraph |date=25 March 2025}}

Fox met actress Billie Piper while they were performing together in the play Treats in 2006. They started dating soon after, and were married on 31 December 2007.{{citation|title=Church wedding for Piper and Fox|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165825.stm|work=BBC News |date=31 December 2007}}.{{citation|first=Hilary|last=Osborne|title=Stars respond to Piper's wedding call|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/31/theatrenews.theatre|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 December 2007}}; {{citation|first=Helen|last=Pidd|title=Billie Piper goes traditional for her second wedding|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/01/musicnews.theatrenews|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 January 2008}}; {{citation|title=The things they say 7468|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/the%20things%20they%20say%207468_1061243|work=Contactmusic.com|date=2 March 2008|access-date=16 March 2008}} Fox and Piper have two sons.{{citation|first=Chris|last=Evans|author-link=Chris Evans (presenter)|title=Winston James Fox, welcome to Planet Earth |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisevans/2008/10/winston_james_fox_welcome_to_p.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024122945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisevans/2008/10/winston_james_fox_welcome_to_p.shtml |archive-date=24 October 2008 |publisher=Chris Evans blog, BBC |date=21 October 2008 |access-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}; {{citation|title=Billie Piper and Gillian Anderson give birth |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/billie-piper-and-gillian-anderson-give-birth-14010105.html |newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph |date=22 October 2008 }}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/billie+piper-235075.html|title=Billie Piper names son Eugene Pip Fox|date=12 April 2012|website=www.femalefirst.co.uk}} They divorced in May 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-05-12/actress-billie-piper-and-actor-laurence-fox-divorce/|title=Billie Piper and Laurence Fox divorce|publisher=ITV News|date=12 May 2016|access-date=12 May 2016}}{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Camilla |date=2024-03-16 |title=The Interview: Laurence Fox talks Billie Piper, divorce and career suicide |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-interview-laurence-fox-talks-billie-piper-divorce-and-career-suicide-ljrsfwkbj |access-date=2024-03-16 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite news |last=Greenstreet |first=Rosanna |date=2019-12-14 |title=Laurence Fox: 'I don't lose sleep over my divorce – I did for about a year' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/14/laurence-fox-interview-divorce-brushes-with-law-not-being-bond |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-26 |title=Laurence Fox admits he used to shout 'cut' at Billie Piper to end an argument |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/laurence-fox-billie-piper-divorce-question-time-meghan-markle-a9484361.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}} In 2024, Piper commented on the divorce in British Vogue, where she expressed the desire for her children to have privacy and anonymity, and the difficulty of this given Fox's public profile.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title="These Days I Really Do Give A Sh*t": Billie Piper Gets Candid On Fame, Relationships And A Very Royal Scandal |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/billie-piper-interview |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=Laurence Fox hits back at ex-wife Billie Piper as she admits co-parenting struggles |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/vogue-billie-piper-laurence-fox-b2513229.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2024-03-15 |title=Billie Piper: Actress speaks out over dealing with comments by ex-husband Laurence Fox |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68579518 |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Billie Piper admits 'enormous difficulty' of co-parenting with Laurence Fox |url=https://news.sky.com/story/billie-piper-admits-enormous-difficulty-of-co-parenting-with-laurence-fox-13095237 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Sky News |language=en}} Fox disputed some of Piper's claims. He also said that the pair had been to court many times since their split and criticised the family court system as biased towards the mother.{{Cite web |title=Laurence Fox says ex-wife Billie Piper's co-parenting claims are 'outright lies' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-responds-after-ex-wife-billie-piper-claims-enormous-difficulty-in-co-parenting-with-him-13095462 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

In an October 2012 Independent interview, Fox described himself as a "vaguely lapsed Christian" who occasionally prays and thinks "the world is a better place for people who believe in God" despite not having "squared that circle" himself.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Alice |date=4 October 2012 |title=Eccentric Mr Fox |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/eccentric-mr-fox-8194533.html |access-date= |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Some information in this table was obtained from {{citation|title=Laurence Fox: Filmography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289114/|publisher=Internet Movie Database (IMDb)|access-date=16 March 2008}}.

Some information in this table was obtained from the following websites: {{citation|title=Laurence Fox|url=http://www.rada.org/grad01/fox.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203101323/http://www.rada.org/grad01/fox.html|archive-date=3 February 2008|publisher=Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|access-date=18 March 2008}}; {{citation|title=Laurence Fox: Other works|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289114/otherworks|publisher=Internet Movie Database (IMDb)|access-date=16 March 2008}}.

;Albums

• Holding Patterns (2016)
• A Grief Observed (2019)

;Singles/EPs{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3940300-Laurence-Fox|work=Discogs|title=Laurence Fox|access-date=21 March 2019}}

• "Gunfight" (2012)
• "So Be Damned" (2013){{citation|first=Andy|last=Morris|title=Lewis be damned: Check out Laurence Fox's emotional new single|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-02/26/laurence-fox-music|magazine=GQ|date=26 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301082942/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-02/26/laurence-fox-music|archive-date=1 March 2013}}.
• Sorry for My Words EP (2013){{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-fantastic-fox-family-and-stitching-up-the-critics-8544096.html|title=The fantastic Fox family; and stitching up the critics|last=Jones|first=Alice|date=21 March 2013|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2 September 2017|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807054637/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-fantastic-fox-family-and-stitching-up-the-critics-8544096.html|url-status=dead}}
• "Headlong" (2015)
• "Rise Again" (2016)

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