Michael Andrew Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on June 9, 1961, the son of William and Phyllis ( née Piper). For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease, he received an honorary doctorate in 2010 from the Karolinska Institute and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2022. 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. įox won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. Fox retired in 2021 due to his declining health. His final major role was on the NBC sitcom The Michael J. He voiced the lead roles in the Stuart Little films (1999–2005) and the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). 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. 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. Fox Foundation in 2000 to help fund research. He subsequently became an advocate for finding a cure and founded the Michael J. In 1998, Fox disclosed his 1991 diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

Fox returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty from 1996 to 2000. He went on to headline several films throughout the 1980s and 90s, including Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), and The Frighteners (1996).

Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989).įox is famous for his role as protagonist Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), a critical and commercial success. Beginning his career in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Fox, is a Canadian-American activist and retired actor. Michael Andrew Fox OC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J.

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