Michael J. Fox
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Lynch/Oz
as Marty McFly (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2021)
Back Home Again
as Michael J. Bird (voice)
(2019)
See You Yesterday
as Mr. Lockhart
(2019)
Cola Wars
as Self [Archival Footage]
(2018)
A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible
as A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
(2016)
A.R.C.H.I.E.
as A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
(2015)
Back in Time
as Self
(2015)
Being Canadian
as Self
(2015)
Mr. Calzaghe
as Himself
(2015)
(2014)
Annie
as Himself
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2011)
The Love We Make
as Self
(2010)
Tales from the Future
as Self
(2009)
Looking Back to the Future
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2008)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
(2006)
Looking Back at the Future
as Himself
(2005)
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
as Stuart Little (voice)
(2003)
(2002)
Stuart Little 2
as Stuart Little (voice)
(2002)
Interstate 60
as Mr. Baker
(2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as Milo James Thatch (voice)
(2001)
(2001)
(1999)
Stuart Little
as Stuart Little (voice)
(1999)
Stuart Little: Making It Big
as Self
(1998)
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
as Himself
(1997)
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as Jason Stone
(1996)
The Frighteners
as Frank Bannister
(1996)
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Chance (voice)
(1996)
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
The American President
as Lewis Rothschild
(1995)
Blue in the Face
as Pete Maloney
(1995)
Your Studio and You
as Curious Guy on the Porch
(1995)
Coldblooded
as Tim Alexander
(1994)
Greedy
as Daniel
(1994)
Don't Drink the Water
as Axel Magee
(1993)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Chance (voice)
(1993)
For Love or Money
as Doug Ireland
(1993)
Life with Mikey
as Michael Chapman
(1993)
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Clayton Farnsworth
(1993)
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Himself
(1992)
James Cagney: Top of the World
as Self - Host
(1991)
Doc Hollywood
as Benjamin Stone
(1991)
The Hard Way
as Nick Lang
(1990)
Back to the Future Part III
as Marty McFly / Seamus McFly
(1990)
(1989)
Back to the Future Part II
as Marty McFly / Marty McFly Junior / Marlene McFly
(1989)
Casualties of War
as Private Eriksson
(1989)
(1988)
Bright Lights, Big City
as Jamie
(1988)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Alex P. Keaton (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1987)
The Secret of My Success
as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
(1987)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Raymond Griffiths (voice)
(1987)
(1987)
Light of Day
as Joe Rasnick
(1987)
The Return of Bruno
as Michael J. Fox
(1987)
Citizen Steve
as Self - Actor
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
Back to the Future
as Marty McFly
(1985)
Teen Wolf
as Scott Howard
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
Poison Ivy
as Dennis Baxter
(1985)
Family Ties Vacation
as Alex P. Keaton
(1984)
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Future Son
(1983)
High School U.S.A.
as Jay-Jay Manners
(1982)
Class of 1984
as Arthur
(1980)
Midnight Madness
as Scott Larson
(1980)
Trouble in High Timber Country
as Thomas Elston
(1979)
Letters from Frank
as Ricky
Crew
(2023)
(2009)
(1995)
Coldblooded
Producer