Michael J. Fox
Acting
Born 1961-06-09
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
138 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Late Show with David Letterman
Zootopia 2
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Phineas and Ferb
The Good Wife
The View
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Shrinking
Scrubs
Boston Legal
CBS News Sunday Morning
Back to the Future
The Good Fight
Rescue Me
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Night Court
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Designated Survivor
Spin City
Family Ties
Tales from the Crypt
Late Night with David Letterman
People's Choice Awards
Back to the Future Part III
Trapper John, M.D.
The Reichen Show
Mars Attacks!
Back to the Future Part II
Goldene Kamera
Family
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Annie
Stuart Little
Comedy Central Roasts
Clone High
Reunited Apart
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Teen Wolf
The Michael J. Fox Show
The Frighteners
Stuart Little 2
The Secret of My Success
Doc Hollywood
Interstate 60
The American President
The Hard Way
Corner Gas Animated
Casualties of War
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
For Love or Money
Poison Ivy
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Directing
2 credits
Producing
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