Michael J. Fox
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.
133 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 133
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Zootopia 2
2025
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Good Wife
2009
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Scrubs
2001
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Boston Legal
2004
The View
1997
Night Court
1984
The Good Fight
2017
Family Ties
1982
Rescue Me
2004
Spin City
1996
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Designated Survivor
2016
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Shrinking
2023
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Back to the Future
1985
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Reichen Show
2005
Goldene Kamera
1984
Family
1976
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Clone High
2002
Reunited Apart
2020
Annie
2014
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Teen Wolf
1985
Mars Attacks!
1996
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
This Week
1981
Stuart Little
1999
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001
Interstate 60
2002
Corner Gas Animated
2018
The Frighteners
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
The Emmy Awards
1949
Teachers Only
1982
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Stuart Little 2
2002
Class of 1984
1982
Casualties of War
1989
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Here's Boomer
1981
The American President
1995
The Hard Way
1991
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
For Love or Money
1993
The Secret of My Success
1987
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Doc Hollywood
1991
The Concert for New York City
2001
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
Greedy
1994
Life with Mikey
1993
Being Canadian
2015
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
2023
Blue in the Face
1995
Back in Time
2015
Poison Ivy
1985
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Light of Day
1987
Don't Drink the Water
1994
The Universal Story
1996
See You Yesterday
2019
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
Your Studio and You
1995
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
Looking Back to the Future
2009
A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible
2018
Coldblooded
1995
Cola Wars
2019
A.R.C.H.I.E.
2016
High School U.S.A.
1983
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003
Leo and Me
1978
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993
The Love We Make
2011
Midnight Madness
1980
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
Back Home Again
2021
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
2002
Citizen Steve
1987
A Future on Stage
2025
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
1989
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
Back To the Present: The Special
2015
Family Ties Vacation
1985
The Return of Bruno
1987
Mr. Calzaghe
2015
Tales from the Future
2010
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997
Letters from Frank
1979
Saving Milly
2005
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
Looking Back at the Future
2006
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
2002
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
James Cagney: Top of the World
1992
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
The Ice Man Hummeth
1986
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2010
Michael J. Fox
2017
Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
2009
Eriksson's War: A Talk with Actor Michael J. Fox
2001
