Michael Fox (British actor)
British actor
Michael Colin Fox (born 5 January 1989) is an English actor who is best known for playing Andrew Parker in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series Downton Abbey (2014–2015). One of his early television roles was in the 2001 CITV comedy Little Big Mouth.
Personal life
Fox was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. He resides in London. He is also a musician and is in a band called Luna. Since 2022, he has released several singles with his Downton Abbey co-star Michelle Dockery as a duo Michael & Michelle under a record deal with Decca Records.
Fox has been in a relationship with his Downton Abbey co-star Laura Carmichael since 2014. They have a son together.
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