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Michael J. Fox

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born 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.
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
  • Spin City
  • Casualties of War
  • Doc Hollywood
  • The Secret of My Success
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Family Ties
  • The Hard Way
  • Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
  • Greedy
  • Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
  • For Love or Money
  • The American President
  • The Good Wife
  • Bright Lights, Big City
  • Life with Mikey

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
A.R.C.H.I.E. · as A.r.c.h.i.e. (voice)
2016
Designated Survivor (TV Series) · as Ethan West
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)
2004
Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Daniel Post
2004
Rescue Me (TV Series) · as Dwight
2002
Interstate 60 · as Mr. Baker
2002
Clone High (TV Series) · as Gandhi's Remaining Kidney (voice)
2002
Stuart Little 2 · as Stuart Little (voice)
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
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 Mcteague
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
1960
This Week (TV Series)

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