Michael J. Fox

Acting · Born 1961-06-09 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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…

Filmography

• Mars Attacks! as Jason Stone
• Back to the Future as Marty McFly
• Back to the Future Part II as Marty McFly / Marty McFly Junior / Marlene McFly
• Back to the Future Part III as Marty McFly / Seamus McFly
• Stuart Little as Stuart Little (voice)
• Casualties of War as Private Eriksson
• Light of Day as Joe Rasnick
• The Secret of My Success as Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
• Don't Drink the Water as Axel Magee
• The Frighteners as Frank Bannister