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Michael J. Fox OC
Fox in 2020
Born	Michael Andrew Fox (1961-06-09) June 9, 1961 (age 63) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Citizenship	Canada (by birthplace) US (from 2000)
Occupations	Actor activist TV producer
Years active	1978\u20132020 (actor) 2000\u2013present (activist)^[a]
Spouse	\n Tracy Pollan (m. 1988)
Children	4
Awards	Full list
Website	michaeljfox.org
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Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American activist and retired actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982\u20131989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985\u20131990). Fox went on to star in films such as Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), and The Frighteners (1996). He returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996\u20132000).\n

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 him to reduce his acting work.\n

Fox voiced the lead roles in the Stuart Little films (1999\u20132005) and the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). He continued to make guest appearances on television, including comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009), the legal drama The Good Wife (2010\u20132016) and spin-off The Good Fight (2020), and the comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011, 2017). Fox's last major role was the lead on the short-lived sitcom The Michael J. Fox Show (2013\u20132014). He officially retired in 2020 due to his declining health.^[1]\n

Fox has won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, and was 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 the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2022^[2] and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.^[3]^[4]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n	Ref(s).\n
1980\n	Midnight Madness\n	Scott Larson\n	\n	\n
1982\n	Class of 1984\n	Arthur Summers\n	\n	\n
1985\n	Back to the Future\n	Marty McFly\n	\n	\n
Teen Wolf\n	Scott Howard\n	\n	\n
1987\n	Light of Day\n	Joe Rasnick\n	\n	\n
The Secret of My Success\n	Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield\n	\n	\n
1988\n	Bright Lights, Big City\n	Jamie Conway\n	\n	\n
1989\n	Casualties of War\n	PFC. Max Eriksson\n	\n	\n
Back to the Future Part II\n	Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly\n	\n	\n
1990\n	Back to the Future Part III\n	Marty McFly / Seamus McFly\n	\n	\n
1991\n	The Hard Way\n	Nick \"Nicky\" Lang\n	\n	\n
Doc Hollywood\n	Dr. Benjamin \"Ben\" Stone\n	\n	\n
1993\n	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey\n	Chance/Narrator\n	Voice\n	\n
Life with Mikey\n	Michael \"Mikey\" Chapman\n	\n	\n
For Love or Money\n	Doug Ireland\n	\n	\n
1994\n	Where the Rivers Flow North\n	Clayton Farnsworth\n	\n	\n
Greedy\n	Daniel \"Danny\" McTeague Jr.\n	\n	\n
1995\n	Coldblooded\n	Tim Alexander\n	Also producer\n	\n
Blue in the Face\n	Pete Maloney\n	\n	\n
The American President\n	Lewis Rothschild\n	\n	\n
1996\n	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco\n	Chance\n	Voice\n	\n
The Frighteners\n	Frank Bannister\n	\n	\n
Mars Attacks!\n	Jason Stone\n	\n	\n
1999\n	Stuart Little\n	Stuart Little\n	Voice\n	\n
2001\n	Atlantis: The Lost Empire\n	Milo James Thatch\n	\n
2002\n	Interstate 60\n	Mr. Baker\n	Cameo\n	\n
Stuart Little 2\n	Stuart Little\n	Voice\n	\n
2005\n	Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild\n	Voice, direct to video\n	\n
2013\n	Drew: The Man Behind the Poster\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n	\n
2014\n	Annie\n	Cameo\n	\n
2015\n	Being Canadian\n	Documentary\n	\n
Back in Time\n	^[116]\n
Mr Calzaghe\n	\n
2016\n	A.R.C.H.I.E.\n	A.R.C.H.I.E.\n	Voice\n	\n
2018\n	A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible\n	\n
2019\n	See You Yesterday\n	Mr. Lockhart\n	Cameo\n	\n
2021\n	Back Home Again\n	Michael J. Bird\n	Voice\n	\n
2023\n	Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n	\n

Year\n	Title\n	Functioned as\n	Role\n	Notes\n	Ref(s).\n
Actor\n	Director\n	Executive Producer\n
1978\n	The Magic Lie\n	Yes\n	No\n	No\n	Nicky\n	Episode: \"The Master\"\n	\n
Leo and Me\n	Jamie Romano\n	12 episodes\n	\n
Witch of Westminster Crossing\n	Harley\n	Television short film\n	\n
1979\n	Letters from Frank\n	Ricky\n	Television film\n	\n
Lou Grant\n	Paul Stone\n	Episode: \"Kids\"\n	\n
1980\n	Family\n	Richard Topol\n	Episode: \"Such a Fine Line\"\n	\n
Here's Boomer\n	Jackie\n	Episode: \"Tell 'Em Boomer Sent You\"\n	\n
Trapper John, M.D.\n	Elliot Schweitzer\n	Episode: \"Brain Child\"\n	\n
1980\u20131981\n	Palmerstown, U.S.A.\n	Willy-Joe Hall\n	11 episodes\n	\n
1982\n	Teachers Only\n	Jeff\n	Episode: \"The Make Up Test\"\n	\n
1982\u20131989\n	Family Ties\n	Alex P. Keaton\n	176 episodes\n	\n
1983\n	The Love Boat\n	Jimmy\n	Episode: \"He Ain't Heavy\"\n	\n
High School U.S.A.\n	Jay-Jay Manners\n	Television film\n	\n
1983\u20131984\n	The $25,000 Pyramid\n	Himself\n	30 episodes\n	\n
1984\n	Night Court\n	Eddie Simms\n	Episode: \"Santa Goes Downtown\"\n	\n
The Homemade Comedy Special\n	Host\n	Television special\n	\n
Don't Ask Me, Ask God\n	Future Son\n	\n
1985\n	Family Ties Vacation\n	Alex P. Keaton\n	Television film\n	\n
Poison Ivy\n	Dennis Baxter\n	\n
1986\n	David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival\n	Yes\n	Himself\n	Short film; segment: \"The Iceman Hummeth\"; also writer\n	\n
1987\n	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam\n	No\n	Pfc. Raymond Griffiths\n	Voice, documentary\n	\n
The Return of Bruno\n	Himself\n	Television documentary film\n	\n
Muppet Babies\n	Alex P. Keaton\n	Voice, episode: \"This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood\"\n	\n
1988\n	Mickey's 60th Birthday\n	Television special\n	\n
1990\n	Sex, Buys & Advertising\n	Himself\n	\n
1991\n	Saturday Night Live\n	Host\n	Episode: \"Michael J. Fox/The Black Crowes\"\n	\n
Tales from the Crypt\n	Yes\n	Prosecutor\n	Episode: \"The Trap\"\n	\n
1992\n	Brooklyn Bridge\n	No\n	n/a\n	Episode: \"Rainy Day\"\n	\n
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories\n	Yes\n	No\n	Narrator\n	Episode: \"There's a Nightmare in My Closet\"\n	\n
1994\n	Don't Drink the Water\n	Axel Magee\n	Television film\n	\n
1996\u20132001\n	Spin City\n	Yes\n	Mike Flaherty\n	103 episodes\n	\n
1997\n	The Chris Rock Show\n	No\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"Jesse Jackson/Rakim\"; Uncredited\n	\n
1999\n	Anna Says\n	No\n	Yes\n	n/a\n	\n	\n
2002\n	Otherwise Engaged\n	Pilot episode\n	\n
Clone High\n	Yes\n	No\n	Gandhi's Remaining Kidney\n	Voice, episode: \"Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand\"\n	\n
2003\n	Hench at Home\n	No\n	Yes\n	n/a\n	Also writer\n	\n
2004\n	Scrubs\n	Yes\n	No\n	Dr. Kevin Casey\n	2 episodes\n	\n
2005\n	Saving Milly\n	Himself\n	Television film; Uncredited\n	\n
2006\n	Boston Legal\n	Daniel Post\n	6 episodes\n	\n
2009\n	Rescue Me\n	Dwight\n	5 episodes\n	\n
The Magic 7\n	Marcel Maggot\n	Voice, television film\n	\n
2010\u20132016\n	The Good Wife\n	Louis Canning\n	26 episodes\n	\n
2011\n	Phineas and Ferb\n	Michael / Werewolf\n	Voice, episode: \"The Curse of Candace\"\n	\n
2011 & 2017\n	Curb Your Enthusiasm\n	Himself\n	2 episodes\n	\n
2013\u20132014\n	The Michael J. Fox Show\n	Yes\n	Mike Henry\n	22 episodes\n	\n
2015\n	Jimmy Kimmel Live!\n	No\n	Marty McFly\n	Skit celebrating Back to the Future\n	^[117]\n
2016\n	Nightcap\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"The Cannon\"\n	\n
2018\n	Designated Survivor\n	Ethan West\n	5 episodes\n	^[60]\n
2019\n	Corner Gas Animated\n	Himself\n	Voice, episode: \"Dream Waiver\"\n	\n
2020\n	The Good Fight\n	Louis Canning\n	2 episodes\n	\n
2021\n	Expedition: Back to the Future\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"Great Josh!\"\n	\n

Year\n	Title\n	Voice role\n	Notes\n
2011\n	Back to the Future: The Game\n	William McFly / Future Marty McFly\n	Episode: \"Outatime\"\n
2015\n	Lego Dimensions\n	Marty McFly\n	\n

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