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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-06-09 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael J. Fox

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.

Known For

Acting

2023

Lynch/Oz as Marty McFly (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

Back Home Again as Michael J. Bird (voice)

2020

2019

See You Yesterday as Mr. Lockhart
Cola Wars as Self [Archival Footage]

2018

A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible as A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
Corner Gas Animated as Michael J. Fox (voice)

2017

The Good Fight as Louis Canning

2016

A.R.C.H.I.E. as A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
Designated Survivor as Ethan West

2015

Back in Time as Self
Mr. Calzaghe as Himself

2014

Annie as Himself
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)

2011

2010

2009

Looking Back to the Future as Self (archive footage)
The Good Wife as Louis Canning

2008

2007

Phineas and Ferb as Werewolf / Michael (voice)
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest

2006

2005

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild as Stuart Little (voice)

2004

Boston Legal as Daniel Post
Rescue Me as Dwight

2003

2002

Stuart Little 2 as Stuart Little (voice)
Interstate 60 as Mr. Baker
Clone High as Gandhi's Remaining Kidney (voice)

2001

Atlantis: The Lost Empire as Milo James Thatch (voice)
Scrubs as Kevin Casey

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm as Michael J. Fox

1999

Stuart Little as Stuart Little (voice)

1998

1997

The View as Self - Guest

1996

Mars Attacks! as Jason Stone
The Frighteners as Frank Bannister
The Universal Story as Self (archive footage)
Spin City as Mike Flaherty
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

1995

Blue in the Face as Pete Maloney
The American President as Lewis Rothschild
Your Studio and You as Curious Guy on the Porch
Coldblooded as Tim Alexander

1994

Don't Drink the Water as Axel Magee
Greedy as Daniel

1993

For Love or Money as Doug Ireland
Life with Mikey as Michael Chapman
Where the Rivers Flow North as Clayton Farnsworth

1992

1991

The Hard Way as Nick Lang
Doc Hollywood as Benjamin Stone

1990

Back to the Future Part III as Marty McFly / Seamus McFly

1989

Back to the Future Part II as Marty McFly / Marty McFly Junior / Marlene McFly
Casualties of War as Private Eriksson
Tales from the Crypt as Prosecutor ("segment "The Trap")

1988

Mickey's 60th Birthday as Alex P. Keaton (archive footage) (uncredited)

1987

Light of Day as Joe Rasnick
The Secret of My Success as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
Citizen Steve as Self - Actor
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Raymond Griffiths (voice)
A, My Name Is Alex as Alex P. Keaton
The Return of Bruno as Michael J. Fox

1986

1985

Back to the Future as Marty McFly
Teen Wolf as Scott Howard
Poison Ivy as Dennis Baxter
Family Ties Vacation as Alex P. Keaton

1984

Don't Ask Me, Ask God as Future Son
Night Court as Eddie Simms

1983

High School U.S.A. as Jay-Jay Manners

1982

Class of 1984 as Arthur
Family Ties as Alex P. Keaton

1981

1980

Midnight Madness as Scott Larson
Palmerstown, U.S.A. as Willy-Joe Hall

1979

1978

Leo and Me as Jamie

1976

Family as Richard

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter

1962

1949

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Crew

Writing

Production

2013

The Michael J. Fox Show as Executive Producer

1996

Spin City as Producer

1995

Coldblooded as Producer

Directing

1991

Brooklyn Bridge as Director