Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox (born June 9, 1961) is a Canadian-born actor, made famous by his roles as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy and as Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties.

Born Michael Andrew Fox in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he adopted the J as a homage to character actor Michael J. Pollard. He has written an autobiographical book, called Lucky Man, about his experience of young-onset Parkinson's disease.

Notable roles include the Back to the Future movies, Mars Attacks!, Teen Wolf, and the TV series Family Ties and Spin City. He is the voice of Stuart Little in the series of movies based on the popular book by E. B. White, Chance in the Homeward Bound series, and Milo Thatch in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

In 2000, he announced that he would be retiring from the lead role of Spin City after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. (A new lead character would be created for Fox's replacement, Charlie Sheen.) He has since become a prominent advocate and fundraiser for stem cell research, which he believes may one day help sufferers of Parkinson's and other debilitating illnesses.

In 2003, he wrote a pilot episode for a sitcom series entitled Hench at Home, but a full series was not produced.

Fox married actress Tracy Pollan in 1988. He has four children.

Select filmography

• Back to the Future (1985)
• Teen Wolf (1985)
• The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990)
• Doc Hollywood (1991)
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) (voice)
• For Love or Money (1993)
• Greedy (1994)
• The American President (1995)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) (voice)
• The Frighteners (1996)
• Stuart Little (1999) (voice)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (voice)
• Stuart Little 2 (2002) (voice)
• Scrubs (2003/2004) (guest appearance)

External links

• Michael J. Fox at the Internet Movie Database
• The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

References

• Mills, Brandi M. The Michael J. Fox Database: Hench At Home. Retrieved December 3, 2004.