Michael J. Fox

Acting · 3.9 popularity

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Born: June 9, 1961
From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Biography

Michael Andrew Fox OC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a retired Canadian-American actor. Beginning his career in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989). Fox is famous for his role as protagonist Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), a critical and commercial success. He went on to headline several films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), and The Frighteners (1996). Fox returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty from 1996 to 2000. In 1998, Fox disclosed his 1991 diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. He subsequently became an advocate for finding a cure and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation in 2000 to help fund research. Worsening symptoms forced Fox to reduce his activities and led to his return to television in Spin City when he was still a major movie star. He continued to make guest appearances on television, including recurring roles on the FX comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009) and the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016) that garnered him critical acclaim. He voiced the lead roles in the Stuart Little films (1999–2005) and the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). His final major role was on the NBC sitcom The Michael J. Fox Show (2013–2014). Fox retired in 2020 due to his declining health. Fox won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was also appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, along with being inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease, he received an honorary doctorate in 2010 from the Karolinska Institute and an honorary Oscar in 2022.

Works

90 films

Zootopia 2

20257.7

Back to the Future

19858.3

Mars Attacks!

19966.4

Back to the Future Part II

19897.8

Back to the Future Part III

19907.5

Stuart Little

19996.1

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

20017.0

Annie

20146.2

The Frighteners

19967.0

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

19937.0

Teen Wolf

19856.2

Stuart Little 2

20025.8

Interstate 60

20027.4

Doc Hollywood

19916.4

The Secret of My Success

19876.5

Poison Ivy

19856.0

The American President

19956.5

The Hard Way

19916.2

Casualties of War

19897.2

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

19966.6

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild

20055.2

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

20237.8

Greedy

19946.2

For Love or Money

19936.2

Class of 1984

19826.4

Cola Wars

20197.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Bright Lights, Big City

19885.7

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

1985

Light of Day

19875.5

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

Life with Mikey

19935.7

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

20038.0

The Concert for New York City

20015.1

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

20026.0

Citizen Steve

19876.0

See You Yesterday

20195.5

Don't Drink the Water

19945.5

Family Ties Vacation

19855.0

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

19877.1

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

20035.0

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Back in Time

20156.5

Back To the Present: The Special

20157.3

Midnight Madness

19805.8

Blue in the Face

19956.5

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

20137.0

Blast 'Em

19927.0

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony

20102.0

Looking Back at the Future

20066.7

Coldblooded

19956.2

High School U.S.A.

19835.5

Being Canadian

20155.6

Where the Rivers Flow North

19936.4

A.R.C.H.I.E.

20166.0

A Future on Stage

2025

Mr. Calzaghe

20156.5

Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe

20237.6

Mickey's 60th Birthday

19886.8

Tales from the Future

20106.2

The Making of Back to the Future

19867.6

James Cagney: Top of the World

19928.5

Your Studio and You

19956.9

Trouble in High Timber Country

19807.0

The Universal Story

19968.0

Looking Back to the Future

20096.6

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2008

A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible

20184.0

The Return of Bruno

19876.5

Saving Milly

20055.7

The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'

20027.3

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

19988.5

The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

19905.0

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

20035.8

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

1984

Back Home Again

20217.0

Letters from Frank

19798.0

The Love We Make

20117.2

Stuart Little: Making It Big

199910.0

Time Machine: The Journey Back

19937.0

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party

19975.5

Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy

20027.8

Michael J Fox: Actor, Activist, Optimist

2026

Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation

19897.6

The Ice Man Hummeth

198610.0

Dragoons

2026

Eriksson's War: A Talk with Actor Michael J. Fox

20018.0

Michael J. Fox

2017

Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

20095.0

Time Travel: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy

1985