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Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Actor · b. 1961 · 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.

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    Zootopia 2

    2025 · 3.4K votes

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    Back to the Future

    1985 · 22K votes

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    Mars Attacks!

    1996 · 6K votes

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    Stuart Little

    1999 · 4.8K votes

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    Atlantis: The Lost Empire

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    Teen Wolf

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    Annie

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    The Frighteners

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    Stuart Little 2

    2002 · 2.6K votes

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    Casualties of War

    1989 · 1K votes

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    The Hard Way

    1991 · 498 votes

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    Doc Hollywood

    1991 · 703 votes

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    Interstate 60

    2002 · 831 votes

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    The Secret of My Success

    1987 · 717 votes

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    For Love or Money

    1993 · 407 votes

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    Class of 1984

    1982 · 418 votes

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    1995 · 808 votes

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    2012 · 91 votes

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    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

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    The Daily Show

    1996 · 660 votes

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    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

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    The Graham Norton Show

    2007 · 290 votes

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    1979 · 24 votes

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    1977 · 199 votes

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    The Good Wife

    2009 · 707 votes

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    Phineas and Ferb

    2007 · 1.1K votes

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    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    2000 · 974 votes

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    Scrubs

    2001 · 233 votes

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    The Reichen Show

    2005 · 5 votes

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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    2003 · 179 votes

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    Boston Legal

    2004 · 399 votes

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    The Good Fight

    2017 · 353 votes

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    Night Court

    1984 · 149 votes

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    Spin City

    1996 · 349 votes

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    1979 · 23 votes