Matthew Fox career timeline

April 30, 1992
Fox makes his TV debut as a promising young baseball player -- whose plane narrowly avoids a collision due to poor visibility -- on "Wings."

Oct. 26, 1993
In the "CBS Schoolbreak Special: If I Die Before I Wake," Fox plays a high school track star grieving the loss of his teammates after their plane crashes while en route to the state meet.

Nov. 4, 1998
As teen heartthrob Charlie Salinger in an episode of Fox's "Party of Five," Fox anxiously awaits Claudia's (Lacey Chabert) safe return after she's stranded in a Massachusetts airport and endures countless delayed flights.

Sept. 22, 2004
Fox crash-lands into homes as Dr. Jack Shephard, one of the 48 survivors of doomed Oceanic Flight 815 on ABC's "Lost."

Dec. 22, 2006
After a college football team's fatal plane crash in the Warner Bros.' film "We Are Marshall," Fox steps in as assistant coach Red Dawson to rebuild a team -- and a town.

Jan. 10, 1010
While taking a stroll down "Sesame Street," Fox chats with his fuzzy friend Elmo to discuss bones, in an episode titled "A Wing in a Sling."