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Michael J. Fox
Born · June 9, 1961 (63 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Bio
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.
Coldplay - Live at Glastonbury
Self
8.0
2024
Coldplay: Live at Glastonbury 2024
Self
0.0
2024
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
Self
6.0
2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Self
7.7
2023
Back Home Again
Michael J. Bird (voice)
7.0
2021
Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2020
See You Yesterday
Mr. Lockhart
5.5
2019
A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible
A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
4.5
2018
Corner Gas Animated
Michael J. Fox (voice) · (1 episode)
7.1
2018
The Good Fight
Louis Canning · (2 episodes)
7.6
2017
Designated Survivor
Ethan West · (5 episodes)
7.1
2016
A.R.C.H.I.E.
A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice)
6.1
2016
Mr. Calzaghe
Himself
6.5
2015
Back in Time
Self
6.5
2015
Back To the Present: The Special
7.8
2015
Being Canadian
Self
5.7
2015
Annie
Himself
6.2
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
5.8
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
The Michael J. Fox Show
Mike Henry · (22 episodes)
5.9
2013
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
7.0
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
7.5
2012
The Love We Make
Self
7.2
2011
Tales from the Future
Self
7.5
2010
The Good Wife
Louis Canning · (26 episodes)
7.6
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.0
2009
Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Himself
5.0
2009
Looking Back to the Future
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2009
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
0.0
2008
Phineas and Ferb
Werewolf / Michael (voice) · (1 episode)
7.9
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
Looking Back at the Future
Himself
8.6
2006
The Reichen Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Stuart Little (voice)
5.2
2005
Boston Legal
Daniel Post · (3 episodes)
7.9
2004
Rescue Me
Dwight · (4 episodes)
7.7
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Himself
5.9
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2003
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
Self
7.3
2002
Clone High
Gandhi's Remaining Kidney (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
2002
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little (voice)
5.8
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
0.0
2002
Interstate 60
Mr. Baker
7.4
2002
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
Self
7.3
2002
Eriksson's War: A Talk with Actor Michael J. Fox
Himself
8.0
2001
The Concert for New York City
Self
4.6
2001
Scrubs
Kevin Casey · (2 episodes)
8.0
2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Milo James Thatch (voice)
7.0
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Michael J. Fox · (2 episodes)
8.0
2000
Stuart Little
Stuart Little (voice)
6.1
1999
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
Himself
8.8
1998
The View
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
Self
5.5
1997
Mars Attacks!
Jason Stone
6.4
1996
Spin City
Mike Flaherty · (103 episodes)
7.0
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · (3 episodes)
8.0
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (3 episodes)
6.4
1996
The Frighteners
Frank Bannister
6.9
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
7.7
1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Chance (voice)
6.6
1996
The American President
Lewis Rothschild
6.5
1995
Blue in the Face
Pete Maloney
6.6
1995
Coldblooded
Tim Alexander
6.4
1995
Your Studio and You
Curious Guy on the Porch
6.8
1995
Don't Drink the Water
Axel Magee
5.6
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Greedy
Daniel McTeague
6.2
1994
For Love or Money
Doug Ireland
6.2
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Himself
7.0
1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
Clayton Farnsworth
6.8
1993
Life with Mikey
Michael Chapman
5.7
1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Chance (voice)
7.0
1993
James Cagney: Top of the World
Self - Host
10.0
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
1992
Doc Hollywood
Benjamin Stone
6.4
1991
The Hard Way
Nick Lang
6.1
1991
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
Self
5.6
1990
Back to the Future Part III
Marty McFly / Seamus McFly
7.5
1990
Back to the Future Part II
Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly
7.8
1989
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
Himself
7.5
1989
Casualties of War
Private Eriksson
7.1
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Prosecutor · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Alex P. Keaton (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.8
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
Jamie
5.7
1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Raymond Griffiths (voice)
7.1
1987
The Secret of My Success
Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
6.5
1987
A, My Name Is Alex
Alex P. Keaton
10.0
1987
The Return of Bruno
Michael J. Fox
6.6
1987
Light of Day
Joe Rasnick
5.5
1987
Citizen Steve
Self - Actor
5.7
1987
The Making of Back to the Future
Self
7.2
1986
Family Ties Vacation
Alex P. Keaton
4.7
1985
Teen Wolf
Scott Howard
6.2
1985
Back to the Future
Marty McFly
8.3
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
8.0
1985
Poison Ivy
Dennis Baxter
6.3
1985
Night Court
Eddie Simms · (1 episode)
7.3
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Future Son
0.0
1984
High School U.S.A.
Jay-Jay Manners
5.6
1983
Family Ties
Alex P. Keaton · (176 episodes)
7.3
1982
Class of 1984
Arthur
6.4
1982
Teachers Only
(1 episode)
5.0
1982
This Week
(1 episode)
9.0
1981
Trouble in High Timber Country
Thomas Elston
0.0
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Willy-Joe Hall · (18 episodes)
5.5
1980
Here's Boomer
(1 episode)
5.3
1980
Midnight Madness
Scott Larson
5.6
1980
Letters from Frank
Ricky
0.0
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
(1 episode)
6.3
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1979
Leo and Me
Jamie · (12 episodes)
0.0
1978
Family
Richard · (1 episode)
7.0
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
8.8
1975
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1966
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
7.4
1962
The Emmy Awards
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1949