United Kingdom, March 11 -- Matthew Fox needed to quit Hollywood after missing a lot of his children's early years.

The 59-year-old actor - who became a huge star playing Dr. Jack Shepard in Lost from 2004 to 2010 - stepped away from his career on the small screen in 2015, and he has made his major TV return in new Yellowstone spinoff The Madison.

Reflecting on his hiatus, Matthew told Variety: "I felt like it was time to engage really intensely with my family.

"I had missed some of their childhood because I was on set all the time with Lost and doing films and promoting everything.

"It was the right moment for me to step back and take a moment and engage with the people that I love and care about the most in the world."

Matthew's fi...