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Michael J. Fox

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn June 9, 1961 (63 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Class of 1984
  • High School U.S.A.
  • A.R.C.H.I.E.
  • A.R.C.H.I.E. 2

Known For

  • Back to the Future
  • Back to the Future Part II
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Stuart Little
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire
  • The Frighteners
  • Teen Wolf
  • Stuart Little 2
  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
  • Casualties of War
  • Doc Hollywood
  • The Secret of My Success
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Spin City
  • Family Ties
  • The Hard Way
  • Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
  • Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  • Greedy
  • For Love or Money
  • The American President
  • The Good Wife
  • Bright Lights, Big City
  • Life with Mikey

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2023
    Jeopardy! Masters (TV Series)
    2020
    The Oscars · as Marty Mcfly
    2019
    See You Yesterday · as Mr. Lockhart
    2018
    A.R.C.H.I.E. 2 · as A.r.c.h.i.e. (voice)
    2018
    Corner Gas Animated (TV Series) · as Michael J. Fox (voice)
    2018
    Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles (TV Series) · as Marty Mcfly
    2017
    The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Louis Canning
    2016
    Designated Survivor (TV Series) · as Ethan West
    2016
    A.R.C.H.I.E. · as A.r.c.h.i.e. (voice)
    2014
    2013
    The Michael J. Fox Show (TV Series) · as Mike Henry
    2012
    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage)
    2012
    2011
    These Amazing Shadows · as Marty Mcfly (clip From Back To The Future (1985))
    2009
    The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Louis Canning
    2009
    Sunday Night (TV Series) · as Cast
    2007
    Phineas and Ferb (TV Series) · as Werewolf / Michael (voice)
    2005
    Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild · as Stuart Little (voice)
    2005
    This Week (TV Series)
    2004
    Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Daniel Post
    2004
    Rescue Me (TV Series) · as Dwight
    2002
    Clone High (TV Series) · as Gandhi's Remaining Kidney (voice)
    2002
    Stuart Little 2 · as Stuart Little (voice)
    2002
    Interstate 60 · as Mr. Baker
    2001
    Scrubs (TV Series) · as Kevin Casey
    2001
    Atlantis: The Lost Empire · as Milo James Thatch (voice)
    1999
    Stuart Little · as Stuart Little (voice)
    1999
    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock · as Not Gettin' Any Steve Charleston
    1996
    Mars Attacks! · as Jason Stone
    1996
    The Magic 7 · as Marcel Maggot
    1996
    Spin City (TV Series) · as Mike Flaherty
    1996
    The Frighteners · as Frank Bannister
    1996
    1995
    The American President · as Lewis Rothschild
    1995
    Blue in the Face · as Pete Maloney
    1995
    Coldblooded · as Tim Alexander
    1995
    Your Studio and You · as Curious Guy On The Porch
    1994
    Don't Drink the Water · as Axel Magee
    1994
    Greedy · as Daniel
    1993
    For Love or Money · as Doug Ireland
    1993
    Where the Rivers Flow North · as Clayton Farnsworth
    1993
    Life with Mikey · as Michael Chapman
    1993
    1992
    1992
    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    1991
    Doc Hollywood · as Benjamin Stone
    1991
    The Hard Way · as Nick Lang
    1990
    Back to the Future Part III · as Marty Mcfly / Seamus Mcfly
    1989
    Back to the Future Part II · as Marty Mcfly / Marty Mcfly Jr. / Marlene Mcfly
    1989
    Casualties of War · as Private Eriksson
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Prosecutor
    1988
    Mickey's 60th Birthday · as Alex P. Keaton (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1988
    1987
    Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as Raymond Griffiths (voice)
    1987
    The Secret of My Success · as Brantley Foster Aka Carlton Whitfield
    1987
    Light of Day · as Joe Rasnick
    1985
    Family Ties Vacation · as Alex P. Keaton
    1985
    Teen Wolf · as Scott Howard
    1985
    Back to the Future · as Marty Mcfly
    1985
    Poison Ivy · as Dennis Baxter
    1984
    Night Court (TV Series) · as Eddie Simms
    1983
    High School U.S.A. · as Jay-Jay Manners
    1982
    Family Ties (TV Series) · as Alex P. Keaton
    1982
    1982
    Teachers Only (TV Series)
    1980
    Here's Boomer (TV Series)
    1980
    Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) · as Willy-Joe Hall
    1980
    Midnight Madness · as Scott Larson
    1979
    Letters from Frank · as Ricky
    1979
    Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series)
    1977
    Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Paul Stone
    1977
    The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Jimmy Cowens
    1976
    Family (TV Series) · as Richard

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