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Jason Fox (born 31 August 1976), often referred to by his nickname 'Foxy'
Thru Dark Jason Fox bio is a British television personality, adventurer and a former Royal Marine Commando and UK Special Forces soldier. He is best known as the longest serving directing staff on the popular Channel 4 television series , and the presenter of the investigative documentary series Meet the Drug Lords: Inside the Real Narcos.
In 2018, Fox presented a three-part docuseries, Meet the Drug Lords: Inside the real Narcos. He spent time in Mexico, Colombia and Peru, talking to people in, or affected by, drug cartels. Fox's interviews in the series included Popeye (Jhon Jairo Velásquez) – one of Pablo Escobar's Colombian hitmen.
In 2019, Fox presented the documentary The Final Mission: Foxy's War which saw him return to Afghanistan where he had served in the military.
In January 2026, Fox was featured in Arctic Adventure: Ultimate Survival; a Channel 4 documentary in which he joins a group of military veterans taking on a 500KM Ultramarathon in Swedish Lapland.
In 2019, he released an autobiography, Battle Scars, in which he discussed his military career and struggle with mental health issues following his discharge from the army in 2012, after he was diagnosed with PTSD. The book became a Sunday Times best-seller.
His second book Life Under Fire: How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure was released October 15, 2020.
Fox became the host of the podcast Jason Fox Wild Tales in 2018, in conjunction with the Book of Man, with whom he is a regular columnist. In each episode, Fox interviews people who have experienced a variety of adventures in their life, touching on their background, and the mental and physical challenges they have faced.
Outside of his military career, some of Fox's bigger adventures include rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from Lagos, Portugal to Macuro, Venezuela in 2016 with four of his friends including Oliver Bailey. Known as Team Essence, their expedition took the crew 50 days over 3,308 nautical miles, and landed them a record for becoming the first team to row unsupported, crossing the Atlantic Ocean from east to west - from mainland Europe to South America, non-stop from mainland to mainland. Across the journey, Team Essence also raised money for the NSPCC.
In April 2018, a team of ten adventurers, including Fox, embarked on an expedition to the North Pole. They made this journey in aid of the charity Borne to raise awareness of premature birth, and also raised £750,000 for new research into its prevention.
In 2019, Fox alongside Sean Johnson kayaked the length of the Yukon river over 1,980 miles in Alaska. The adventure started with a 49-mile hike from Skagway to Lake Bennet, where the kayak journey stretched from Lake Bennett to the Bering Sea, across 48 days. The expedition was unsupported, with Johnson and Fox raising awareness and funds for RNRMC.
Fox, with his co-star of SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton, co-founded a corporate team building, training and events company. In 2019, Fox and Ollerton went on to launch the fitness and wellbeing app Battle Ready 360 – which focuses on personalised plans for individuals looking to balance mind, body and nutrition.
Fox is also an ambassador of Veterans 4 Wildlife, which campaigns against wildlife crime.
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