Rick Fox

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Rick Fox

Ulrich Alexander (Rick) Fox (born July 24, 1969 in Toronto, Canada) is an actor and former professional basketball player.

Born to a Bahamian father and Italian-Canadian mother, Fox's family moved to their native Bahamas when Fox was two. He attended Queen's College, Nassau and was a member of the high school's basketball team, "The QC Comets." He then also played high school basketball in Warsaw, Indiana, United States, before starring collegiately at the University of North Carolina where his highlights included upsetting number one Oklahoma in the second round of the 1990 NCAA Tournament with a short bank shot at the buzzer, and leading the Tar Heels to the 1991 NCAA Final Four. Fox began his pro-basketball career when he was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft.

Fox played for thirteen seasons in the NBA (from 1991–1997 with the Boston Celtics and from 1997–2004 with the Los Angeles Lakers). He retired prior to the 2004-05 season after being traded to the Celtics, along with Gary Payton. The Lakers won three NBA championships during his tenure with them.

Fox was formerly married to actress and former Miss America Vanessa Williams. They divorced in 2004 after pictures were published in the National Enquirer showing Fox in a compromising position with another woman. His acting credits include playing prison inmate Jackson Vayhue on the HBO prison drama Oz. He has also appeared in a number of basketball themed films, namely Eddie, He Got Game, and Blue Chips. Recently, he has guest starred in One Tree Hill.

Fox has signed on with the show Dirt to play a recurring role in a multiepisode story line. [1]

Fox played internationally for Canada once, at the 1994 FIBA Basketball World Championship held in Toronto. His team was eliminated on the final possession of a game against Greece when he failed to get off a final shot.

Sports Illustrated once reported that he suffered from attention deficit disorder. ^{[citation needed]}