Years active 2006-present Name Fox Jackson-Keen | Role Television actor | |
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Born 14 May 1995 (age 28) ( 1995-05-14 ) Hornsey, London, England Occupation Stage actor
Television actor
Singer
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Fox Jackson Keen
Fox Jackson-Keen (born 1995 in Hornsey, London, England) is an English stage and television actor, singer and dancer. He is known for his shared performances in a two and a half year run as the star role of 'Billy' in Billy Elliot the Musical at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. He has appeared as Mobbsy in the 26 episode live action children's comedy series My Phone Genie on ITV and CITV.
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Jackson-Keen has appeared in a wide range of advertising campaigns and TV shows, and competed four times in the UK National Gymnastics finals. He received the first name of "Fox" because his father was a fan of the TV's The X Files. His father was a gymnast, and in initially followed in his father's footsteps, Fox entered and won several youth competitions before representing London in a national competition, where he came third. At 9-years-old in 2006, he started break-dancing and hip-hop, and then studied ballet and tap.
His broadcast career began in 2006 with a role in the U.K. television series The Bill, and in the award-winning film Terry Pratchett's Hogfather.
From June 2008 to March 2010 Jackson-Keen played the role of Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical in London. When cast at 12½ years old, he became the 16th boy to play that role. His 23 June 2008 debut marked the first Londoner to play that role. At 14½ years old, and after 205 performances, he retired from the role of Billy on 27 March 2010 as the oldest of the 'Billys'.
On 8 March 2010, Jackson-Keen and three other boys from the cast were invited to 10 Downing Street, and met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, Peter Mandelson and Minister for Culture and Tourism Margaret Hodge.
In 2013 he appeared as Roger in the Teatro Kismet touring production of the Philip Pullman novel I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers, in the United Kingdom.