Michael J. Fox

**Michael Andrew Fox**  (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as **Michael J. Fox**, is a retired Canadian-American actor, author, comedian, movie producer and activist with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s to 2020. He played Marty McFly in _Back to the Future_ trilogy. On television, he played Alex P. Keaton in the NBC sitcom _Family Ties_ and Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom _Spin City_. He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991, and told the public about it in 1998. He semi-retired from acting in 2000 as the symptoms of the disease worsened. He has since become an advocate for research toward finding a cure, and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Sweden's Karolinska Institute gave him an honorary doctorate on March 5, 2010 for his work advocating a cure for Parkinson's disease.

Fox has also worked as a voice-over actor on films, such as _Stuart Little_ and  _Atlantis: The Lost Empire_. On the CBS television show _The Good Wife_, he earned Emmy nominations for three consecutive years for his recurring role as crafty attorney Louis Canning. He has also taken recurring guest roles and cameo appearances in _Boston Legal_, _Scrubs_, _Curb Your Enthusiasm_, _Rescue Me_, and _Designated Survivor_. He has written four books. Fox was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010 and was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980|_Midnight Madness_|Scott Larson||
|1982|_Class of 1984_|Arthur||
|1985|_Back to the Future_|Marty McFly||
|1985|_Teen Wolf_|Scott Howard||
|1987|_Light of Day_|Joe Rasnick||
|1987|_The Secret of My Success_|Brantley Foster||
|1988|_Bright Lights, Big City_|Jamie Conway||
|1989|_Casualties of War_|PFC. Max Eriksson||
|1989|_Back to the Future Part II_|Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr / Marlene McFly||
|1990|_Back to the Future Part III_|Marty McFly / Seamus McFly||
|1991|_The Hard Way_|Nick "Nicky" Lang||
|1991|_Doc Hollywood_|Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Stone||
|1993|_Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey_|Chance|Voice|
|1993|_Life with Mikey_|Michael "Mikey" Chapman||
|1993|_For Love or Money_|Doug Ireland||
|1994|_Where the Rivers Flow North_|Clayton Farnsworth||
|1994|_Greedy_|Daniel "Danny" McTeague||
|1995|_Coldblooded_|Tim Alexander||
|1995|_Blue in the Face_|Pete Maloney||
|1995|_The American President_|Lewis Rothschild||
|1996|_Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco_|Chance|Voice|
|1996|_The Frighteners_|Frank Bannister||
|1996|_Mars Attacks!_|Jason Stone||
|1999|_The Iron Giant_|Sergeant|Voice Uncredited|
|1999|_Stuart Little_|Stuart Little|Voice|
|2001|_Atlantis: The Lost Empire_|Milo James Thatch|Voice|
|2002|_Interstate 60_|Mr. Baker|Cameo|
|2002|_Stuart Little 2_|Stuart Little|Voice|
|2005|_Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild_|Stuart Little|Voice Direct-to-DVD|
|2013|_Drew: The Man Behind the Poster_|Himself|Documentary|
|2014|_Annie_|Himself|Cameo|
|2015|_Being Canadian_|Himself|Documentary|
|2015|_Back in Time_|Himself|Documentary|
|2015|_Mr Calzaghe_|Himself|Documentary|
|2016|_A.R.C.H.I.E._|A.R.C.H.I.E.|Voice|
|2018|_A.R.C.H.I.E. 2_|A.R.C.H.I.E|Voice|
|2019|_See You Yesterday_|Mr. Lockhart||

## Other websites

- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
- The Michael J. Fox Database

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Michael J. Fox
- **honorific suffix**: Order of Canada, OC
- **image**: Michael J Fox 2020.jpg
- **caption**: Fox in February 2020
- **birth name**: Michael Andrew Fox
- **birth place**: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- **years active**: 1978–2021
- **children**: 4
- **relatives**: Matthew Fox (possible cousin)