Michael J. Fox
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
Actor
as Self
as Michael J. Bird (voice)
as Self
as Mr. Lockhart
as A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
as Michael J. Fox (voice)
as Louis Canning
as A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
as Ethan West
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Mike Henry
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Louis Canning
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Werewolf / Michael (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Himself
as Stuart Little (voice)
as Self
as Marty McFly (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Daniel Post
as Dwight
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Stuart Little (voice)
as Self
as Mr. Baker
as Gandhi's Remaining Kidney (voice)
as Self
as Milo James Thatch (voice)
as Kevin Casey
as Michael J. Fox
as Stuart Little (voice)
as Himself
as Self - Guest
as Jason Stone
as Frank Bannister
as Self (archive footage)
as Chance (voice)
as Mike Flaherty
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Lewis Rothschild
as Pete Maloney
as Tim Alexander
as Curious Guy on the Porch
as Axel Magee
as Daniel McTeague
as Self
as Doug Ireland
as Himself
as Clayton Farnsworth
as Michael Chapman
as Chance (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Host
as Narrator (Voice)
as Benjamin Stone
as Nick Lang
as Marty McFly / Seamus McFly
as Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly
as Private Eriksson
as Prosecutor
as Alex P. Keaton (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Jamie
as Raymond Griffiths (voice)
as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
as Alex P. Keaton
as Michael J. Fox
as Joe Rasnick
as Self - Actor
as Self
as Alex P. Keaton
as Scott Howard
as Marty McFly
as Self
as Dennis Baxter
as Future Son
as Eddie Simms
as Jay-Jay Manners
as Arthur
as Alex P. Keaton
as Thomas Elston
as Scott Larson
as Willy-Joe Hall
as Ricky
as Self
as Jamie
as Richard
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
Crew
as Thanks
Writer
as Book