Michael J. Fox
Michael Andrew Fox OC, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American retired actor, author, film producer and activist. He starred in the Back to the Future trilogy in which he portrayed Marty McFly. On television, he played Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties and Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom Spin City. He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 at age 29, and disclosed his condition to the public in 1998. He semi-retired from acting in 2000 as the symptoms of the disease worsened.
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Michael Andrew Fox OC, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American retired actor, author, film producer and activist. He starred in the Back to the Future trilogy in which he portrayed Marty McFly. On television, he played Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties and Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom Spin City. He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 at age 29, and disclosed his condition to the public in 1998. He semi-retired from acting in 2000 as the symptoms of the disease worsened. Since 1999, Fox has mainly worked as a voice-over actor in films such as Stuart Little and Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire. In 2020, Fox retired from acting due to his declining health. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010 and was also inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2000. His father died on January 6, 1990 from a heart attack. Fox attended Burnaby Central Secondary School, and now has a theatre named for him at Burnaby South Secondary. Fox’s first feature film roles were Midnight Madness and Class of 1984, credited in both as Michael Fox. In April 2014, Fox stated he negotiated the role of Matthew Broderick on Chicken Soup for the Soul with Jimmy Fallon. He received an interview with the television network only after the role was only after it had been sold to the Pioneer Chicken.
He also won a Golden Globe Award in 1989 for his role in Brandon Tartikoff’s TV series The Brandon Tartick Show. He is of Irish, English and Scottish descent. His family lived in various cities and towns across Canada because of his father’s career. They finally moved to Burnaby, a large suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, when his father retired in 1971. Fox has written four books: Lucky Man: A Memoir, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned, and No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality. He has also taken recurring guest roles and cameo appearances in Boston Legal, Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rescue Me, and Designated Survivor. He made his American television debut in the television film Letters from Frank, credited under the name \”Michael Fox. He intended to continue to use the name, but when he registered with the Screen Actor’s Guild, which requires unique registration names to avoid credit ambiguities, he discovered that Michael Fox, a veteran character actor, was already registered under the names. He did not like the sound of \”Michael A. Fox\” during a time when \”fox\” meant \”attractive\” and because his \”A\” sounded too much like the Canadian \”eh?\” so he decided to adopt a new middle initial and settled on \”J,\” as a tribute to actor Michael J.-Pollard.
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