Michael J. Fox

Known for ActingBorn 1961-06-09 (age 65)Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Stuart Little: Making It Big

The Ice Man Hummeth

Leo and Me

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

People's Choice Awards

This Week

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

James Cagney: Top of the World

Scrubs

Back to the Future

E! True Hollywood Story

Shrinking

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Cola Wars

Phineas and Ferb

The Universal Story

Boston Legal

Zootopia 2

Tales from the Crypt

Night of 100 Stars II

Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe

Letters from Frank

Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy

Back To the Present: The Special

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Brooklyn Bridge

The Good Fight

The Good Wife

Back to the Future Part II

Rescue Me

Inside the Actors Studio

Clone High

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

Looking Back at the Future

Interstate 60

Back to the Future Part III

Looking Back to the Future

The Emmy Awards

The Making of Back to the Future

The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'

The Love We Make

Designated Survivor

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien