Michael J. Fox
Acting
Born: Jun 09, 1961
From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back Home Again | Michael J. Bird (voice) | 2021 | 7.0 |
| Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Stuart Little (voice) | 2005 | 5.248 |
| Stuart Little 2 | Stuart Little (voice) | 2002 | 5.768 |
| Interstate 60 | Mr. Baker | 2002 | 7.382 |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Milo James Thatch (voice) | 2001 | 7.038 |
| Stuart Little | Stuart Little (voice) | 1999 | 6.069 |
| Mars Attacks! | Jason Stone | 1996 | 6.423 |
| The Frighteners | Frank Bannister | 1996 | 6.923 |
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Chance (voice) | 1996 | 6.623 |
| Blue in the Face | Pete Maloney | 1995 | 6.536 |
| The American President | Lewis Rothschild | 1995 | 6.534 |
| Don't Drink the Water | Axel Magee | 1994 | 5.551 |
| Greedy | Daniel | 1994 | 6.164 |
| Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Chance (voice) | 1993 | 6.99 |
| For Love or Money | Doug Ireland | 1993 | 6.191 |
| Life with Mikey | Michael Chapman | 1993 | 5.725 |
| The Hard Way | Nick Lang | 1991 | 6.161 |
| Doc Hollywood | Benjamin Stone | 1991 | 6.354 |
| Back to the Future Part III | Marty McFly / Seamus McFly | 1990 | 7.492 |
| Back to the Future Part II | Marty McFly / Marty McFly … | 1989 | 7.779 |
| Casualties of War | Private Eriksson | 1989 | 7.15 |
| Bright Lights, Big City | Jamie | 1988 | 5.678 |
| Light of Day | Joe Rasnick | 1987 | 5.569 |
| The Secret of My Success | Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield | 1987 | 6.491 |
| Citizen Steve | Self - Actor | 1987 | 6.0 |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Raymond Griffiths (voice) | 1987 | 7.1 |
| Back to the Future | Marty McFly | 1985 | 8.3 |
| Teen Wolf | Scott Howard | 1985 | 6.208 |
| High School U.S.A. | Jay-Jay Manners | 1983 | 5.528 |
| Class of 1984 | Arthur | 1982 | 6.447 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1961 |
| From | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |