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| caption = Michael J. Fox with his wife ], 1988, in front of the Pasadena Civic Auditorium | |||
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| birth_name = Michael Andrew Fox | |||
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1961|6|9}} | |||
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| birth_place = ], Alberta<!--Do NOT wikilink, see ].-->, Canada | |||
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| citizenship = {{ubl|Canada|United States (from 2000)}} | |||
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|activist|television producer}} | |||
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| years_active = 1978–2020 (Actor) 2000–present (activist){{efn|Fox retired from acting in 2020, but still makes public appearances as an activist.}} | |||
| othername = Mike Fox | |||
| spouse = {{marriage|]|July 16, 1988}} | |||
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| emmyawards = ''']''' <br>1986–1988 '']'' <br>2000 '']'' | |||
| website = {{URL|michaeljfox.org}} | |||
| goldenglobeawards = ''']''' <br> 1989 '']'' <br> 1998–2000 '']'' | |||
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| sagawards = ''']''' <br> 1998, 1999 '']'' | |||
| spouse = ] (1988–present) | |||
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'''Michael |
'''Michael Andrew Fox''' {{post-nominals|OC}} (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as '''Michael J. Fox''', is a Canadian and American<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO EITHER CANADIAN OR AMERICAN, SEE RFC ON TALK PAGE.--> activist and retired actor.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per ].--> Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying ] on the ] sitcom '']'' (1982–1989) and ] in the '']'' film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as '']'' (1985), '']'' (1987), '']'' (1989), '']'' (1991), and '']'' (1996). He returned to television on the ] sitcom '']'' in the lead role of ] (1996–2000). | ||
In 1998, Fox disclosed his 1991 diagnosis of ]. He subsequently became an advocate for finding a cure, and founded the ] in 2000 to help fund research. Worsening symptoms forced him to reduce his acting work. | |||
Fox was diagnosed with ] in 1991, and disclosed his condition to the public in 1998. As the symptoms of his disease worsened, he retired from full-time acting in 2000. | |||
Fox voiced the lead roles in the '']'' films (1999–2005) and the animated film '']'' (2001). He continued to make guest appearances on television, including comedy-drama '']'' (2009), the legal drama '']'' (2010–2016) and spin-off '']'' (2020), and the comedy series '']'' (2011, 2017). Fox's last major role was the lead on the short-lived sitcom '']'' (2013–2014). He officially retired in 2020 due to his declining health.<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite magazine|last=Perez|first=Lexy|date=November 17, 2020|title=Michael J. Fox Details Entering a "Second Retirement," Health Struggles in New Memoir|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-j-foxs-new-memoir-details-health-struggles-to-second-retirement|magazine=]|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202030218/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-j-foxs-new-memoir-details-health-struggles-to-second-retirement|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Early life== | |||
Fox was born in ], ], ], the son of Phyllis, an actress and payroll clerk, and William Fox, a police officer and member of the ].<ref>http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Michael-J-Fox.html</ref><ref name="actors">Stated in interview on '']''</ref> Fox's family lived in various cities and towns across Canada because of his father's career.<ref name="actors"/> The family finally settled in ], ], a suburb of ] when his father retired in 1971.<ref name="MikeBio"> , Michael J. Fox biography from michaeljfox.org, accessed on October 31, 2006.</ref> Fox also attended ] where there is currently a theatre named after him. | |||
Fox has won five ], four ], two ], and a ]. He was appointed an Officer of the ] in 2010, and was inducted to ] in 2000 and the ] in 2002. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease, he received the ] from the ] in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actor-michael-j-fox-accepts-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-advocacy-2022-11-20/|title= Actor Michael J. Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's advocacy|publisher= Reuters|date= November 20, 2022|accessdate= May 14, 2023|last1= Richwine|first1= Lisa}}</ref> | |||
Fox co-starred in the Canadian ] '']'' at age fifteen and in 1979, at eighteen, moved to ] to pursue an acting career.<ref name="actors"/> He was "found" by producer Ronald Shedlo and made his ] debut in the ] ''Letters from Frank'', credited under the name "Michael Fox". He intended to continue to use the name, but when he registered with the ], which does not allow duplicate registration names to avoid credit ambiguities, he discovered that ], a veteran ], was already registered under the name.<ref name="actors"/> As he explained in his ], ''Lucky Man'', and in interviews, he needed to come up with a different name. He did not like the sound of "Andrew" or "Andy" Fox. He decided against using his middle initial because he didn't want to fit into a Canadian ], as in Michael "Eh?" Fox, and because he did not want teen fan magazines referring to him as "Michael, A Fox!". He decided to adopt a new middle initial and settled on "J" in reference to character actor ].<ref name="MikeBio"/> Sometimes he jokes that the J stands for "Jenius" or "Jenuine". | |||
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== Early life == | ||
Fox was born in ], ], Canada, on June 9, 1961,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-J-Fox| title=Michael J. Fox: Canadian actor| encyclopedia=]| last=Tikkanen |first=Amy |date=June 5, 2021| access-date=January 23, 2022| archive-date=November 10, 2021| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110180644/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-J-Fox}}</ref> the son of Phyllis<ref name=FoxFoundation>{{cite web| url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/michaels-story| title=Michael's Story| publisher=The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research| access-date=January 23, 2022| archive-date=January 16, 2022| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116040023/https://www.michaeljfox.org/michaels-story}}</ref> (''née'' Piper) and William Nelson Fox.<ref name=noh>{{cite book| last=Fox| first=Michael J.| title=Lucky Man : A Memoir| publisher=Hyperion| year=2003| pages=| url=https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich/page/34| isbn=978-0-7868-8874-0}}</ref> William was a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Forces who later became a police dispatcher,<ref name=AARPMag>{{cite news| magazine=]| author=Corsello, Andrew| title=Unbreakable: After a tough, drak spell, Michael J. Fox has emerged steelier, more realistic – and ready to tackle whatever comes next| pages=36–41}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |date=October 21, 2015 |title=Back to the Future: a timeline of Michael J Fox's career |newspaper=] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/back-to-the-future/michael-j-fox-timeline-career-parkinsons/ |url-status=dead |access-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225020751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/back-to-the-future/michael-j-fox-timeline-career-parkinsons/ |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |issn=0307-1235 |quote=On June 9, 1961, six years after Marty McFly's parents are supposed to meet in Back to the Future, Michael J Fox is born in Canada to a police officer and an actress.}}</ref> while Phyllis was a payroll clerk and actress.<ref name=AARPMag/><ref name=Telegraph/> Fox is of English and Irish descent; his maternal grandparents were from England and ], ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RST-TPSH|title= Phyllis Piper Census Canada Census, 1931|publisher= ]|accessdate=February 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://parade.com/104611/dotsonrader/michael-j-fox-extras/ | title=Michael J. Fox on 'Back to the Future': 'I Truly Thought I Was Terrible' | magazine=Parade | date=March 29, 2012 | access-date=June 11, 2022 | archive-date=June 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611183541/https://parade.com/104611/dotsonrader/michael-j-fox-extras/ | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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===''Family Ties''=== | |||
Fox auditioned for the role of Alex P. Keaton, the arrogant, wise-cracking ] teenager on the television series '']''. The first audition did not go very well, as creator ] did not think he was right for the part. But casting director Judith Weiner convinced Goldberg to give Fox another shot. Goldberg had a change of heart at the next audition, but now Fox faced opposition from ] executive ].<ref name="actors"/> Goldberg tried to convince Tartikoff that Fox would be good for the role, and Tartikoff finally relented, famously commenting, "Go ahead if you insist. But I'm telling you, this is not the kind of face you'll ever see on a lunch box". A few years later, after '']'' opened to big success, Tartikoff received a lunch box in the mail that had Fox's picture on it. There was a note inside that read, "To Brandon: This is for you to put your ] in. Love and Kisses, Michael J. Fox." Tartikoff kept the lunch box in his office for the rest of his career. | |||
Fox's family lived in various cities and towns across Canada due to his father's career.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=32}} They moved to ], a city outside of ], when his father retired in 1971. His father died of a heart attack on January 6, 1990.<ref name=MikeBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/michael-story.html |title=Michael J. Fox Biography |publisher=The Michael J Fox Foundation |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212093048/https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/michael-story.html |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> His mother died in September 2022.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rice |first1=Nicholas |last2=VanHoose |first2=Benjamin |date=October 9, 2022 |title=Michael J. Fox Mourns His Mom at Back to the Future Comic-Con Event |url=https://people.com/movies/michael-j-fox-remembers-mom-after-death-back-to-the-future-comic-con-panel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009221922/https://people.com/movies/michael-j-fox-remembers-mom-after-death-back-to-the-future-comic-con-panel/ |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |magazine=People}}</ref> Fox attended ], and has a theatre named for him at ].<ref name="Burnaby"/> At age 16, Fox starred in the Canadian television series '']'', produced by the ], and in 1979, at age 18, he moved to Los Angeles to further his acting career.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=65}} Shortly after his 1988 marriage, he moved back to Vancouver.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=48}} | |||
'']'' struggled out of the gate, barely getting renewed in its first season. In 1984, it was paired up with '']'' on Thursday nights, and the two shows ranked in the top two for the ] ratings until 1987, when ''Family Ties'' was moved to Sunday nights. Fox won three ] and one ] for his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton. A famous episode in 1987, called "My Name is Alex", was directed like a theatrical play, with Alex seeing a psychiatrist to cope with the death of his best friend. This episode was picked as the 68th best in television history in a 1997 issue of '']''. In a 1999 issue, Alex P. Keaton was ranked #27 on their list of the ''50 Greatest TV Characters Ever''. Fox also met his future wife ], when she portrayed Alex's girlfriend Ellen Reed in the 1985–1986 season. The couple met again on the set of his 1988 movie '']''.<ref name="actors"/> | |||
Fox was discovered by producer Ronald Shedlo and made his American debut in the television film ''Letters from Frank'', credited under the name "Michael Fox". However, when he registered with the ], he discovered that ], a veteran actor, was already registered under that name.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-j-fox |title=Michael J. Fox |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615130359/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-j-fox |url-status=live }}</ref> Fox explained in his autobiography ''Lucky Man: A Memoir'': | |||
===Post-''Family Ties'' career=== | |||
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Fox shot to movie stardom in the mid 1980s with his leading role as ] in the '']'' trilogy starting with the first installment in 1985 and the last installment in 1990. His other notable films included '']'' (1985), '']'' (1988), '']'' (1991), '']'' (1993) or ''The Concierge'' in some countries , '']'' (1993), '']'' (1995), and '']'' (1996).<ref name="actors"/> His last major film role was in '']'' (1996). | |||
{{blockquote|The Screen Actors Guild prohibits any two members from working under the same stage name, and they already had a 'Michael Fox' on the books. My middle name is Andrew, but 'Andrew Fox' or 'Andy Fox' didn't cut it for me. 'Michael A. Fox' was even worse, the word fox having recently come into use as a synonym for attractive. (Presumptuous?) It also sounded uncomfortably Canadian – Michael Eh? Fox – but maybe I was just being oversensitive. And then I remembered one of my favorite character actors, ], the guileless accomplice in Bonnie and Clyde. I stuck in the J, which sometimes I tell people stands for either Jenuine or Jenius, and resubmitted my forms.<ref name=MikeBio />}} | |||
He is also the ] of ] in the ] and its ], which was based on the popular book by ]. He voiced Chance in '']'' and its sequel '']'' as well as Milo Thatch in '']''. | |||
== Acting career == | |||
'']'' was a ] that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ], based on a fictional local government running ], originally starring Fox as ], the Deputy Mayor of New York.<ref name="actors"/> After leaving the show, he was replaced by ] who portrayed the character Charlie Crawford. Altogether 145 episodes were made (see ]). | |||
=== Early career === | |||
Fox's first feature film roles were '']'' (1980) and '']'' (1982), credited in both as Michael Fox. Shortly afterward, he began playing "]" ] in the show '']'', which aired on ] for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989. In an interview with ] in April 2014, Fox stated he negotiated the role at a payphone at ]. He received the role only after ] was unavailable.<ref name=slate /> ''Family Ties'' had been sold to the television network using the pitch "] parents, ] kids",<ref name=slate>{{cite magazine |last=Haglund |first=David |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/dvdextras/2007/03/reagans_favorite_sitcom.single.html |title=Reagan's Favorite Sitcom: How Family Ties spawned a conservative hero |magazine=] |date=March 2, 2007 |access-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514172956/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/dvdextras/2007/03/reagans_favorite_sitcom.single.html |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> with the parents originally intended to be the main characters. However, the positive reaction to Fox's performance led to his character's becoming the focus of the show following the fourth episode.<ref name=slate /> Fox won three ]s for ''Family Ties'' in 1986, 1987, and 1988.<ref name="Emmy">{{cite web| url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=michael+j+fox&program=&start_year=0&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All| title=Emmy Award History| website=]| access-date=August 24, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404094337/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=michael+j+fox&program=&start_year=0&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All| archive-date=April 4, 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> He won a ] in 1989.<ref name="globes">{{cite web| url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox| title=Golden Globe Awards for Michael J. Fox| website=]| access-date=April 14, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418092738/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox| archive-date=April 18, 2016| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
], one of the show's producers, felt that Fox was too short in relation to the actors playing his parents, and tried to have him replaced. Tartikoff reportedly said that "this is not the kind of face you'll ever find on a lunchbox." After his later successes, Fox presented Tartikoff with a custom-made lunchbox with the inscription "To Brandon: This is for you to put your ] in. Love and Kisses, Michael J." Tartikoff kept the lunchbox in his office for the rest of his NBC career.{{sfn|Fox|2003|pages=}}<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brandon-tartikoff-private-files-revealed-379352| title=The Private Files of Brandon Tartikoff Revealed| magazine=The Hollywood Reporter| date=October 17, 2012 | first=Lacey| last=Rose| access-date=November 19, 2020| archive-date=November 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107060049/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brandon-tartikoff-private-files-revealed-379352| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2004, Fox guest starred in the comedy '']'' as Dr. Kevin Casey, who suffered from ]. In 2006, he appeared in four episodes of '']'' as a ] patient who used his influence in an experimental drug test to ensure he received the real drug instead of a ]. The producers brought him back in a recurring role for season 3, beginning with the season premiere. Though his character did not survive the season, Fox was nominated for an ] for best guest appearance. | |||
When Fox left the television series '']'' in 2000, his final episodes made numerous allusions to ''Family Ties'': ] (who played Alex's father Steven) portrays Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character's) therapist,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-20-ca-10674-story.html |title=Putting His Own Spin on 'City's' Season Finale |newspaper=] |date=March 20, 2000 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |first=Amy |last=Wallace |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221085727/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/mar/20/entertainment/ca-10674 |archive-date=February 21, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> and there is a reference to an off-screen character named "]".<ref>] (May 24, 2000). "Michael J. Fox, Playing 'Spin City' to a Fare-Thee-Well". '']''. C1.</ref> Also, when Flaherty becomes an environmental ] in Washington, D.C., he meets a conservative senator from ] named Alex P. Keaton,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldweekly.com/family-ties-the-hit-american-sitcom-that-defined-the-80s/37/ |title='Family Ties': The Hit American Sitcom that Defined the 80's |last=Abilock |first=Genni |date=June 14, 2022 |website=Herald Weekly |access-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904014244/https://www.heraldweekly.com/family-ties-the-hit-american-sitcom-that-defined-the-80s/37/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in one episode ] played Mike's mother.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/11/21/family-ties-lives-spin-city/ |title=''Family Ties'' lives on with ''Spin City'' |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=November 21, 1997 |magazine=] |access-date=August 23, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120141229/https://ew.com/article/1997/11/21/family-ties-lives-spin-city/ |archive-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life, illness and advocacy== | |||
Fox married actress ] on ] ], at West Mountain Inn in Arlington, VT. The couple have four children: Sam Michael (born ] ]), twins Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances (born ] ]), and Esmé Annabelle (born ] ]). Fox holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship.<ref> from ], accessed on October 28, 2006.</ref> | |||
As a result of working on ''Family Ties'', as well as his acting in '']'' and '']'', Fox became a ]. The ] television series '']'' later named him among their "50 Greatest Teen Idols".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=67297|title = Episode 080: 50 Greatest Teen Idols|publisher = ]|access-date = October 21, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120209143618/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=67297|archive-date = February 9, 2012}}</ref> | |||
Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset ] in 1990 while shooting the movie '']'', though he wasn't properly diagnosed until the next year. In 1998, he decided to go public with his condition, and since then he has been a strong advocate of Parkinson's disease research.<ref name="actors"/> His foundation, '']'', was created to help advance Parkinsons Disease research through ] studies.<ref name="actors"/> | |||
=== Film career === | |||
One of the few people to know that Fox had Parkinsons Disease before 1998 was one of Michael's best friends, his stunt double ]. Charles was one of the first people to know as he was there working with Michael on the set of '']''. In later years, he and Fox developed a system of hiding Michael's symptoms. {{Fact|date=February 2008}} | |||
] in August 1988]] | |||
In January 1985, Fox was cast to replace ] as ], a teenager who is accidentally sent ] from 1985 to 1955 in '']''. Director ] originally wanted Fox to play Marty, but ], the creator of '']'', on which Fox was working at the time, refused to allow Zemeckis even to approach Fox. Goldberg felt that, as ] was on maternity leave at the time, Fox's character ] was needed to carry the show in her absence. Stoltz was cast and was already filming ''Back to the Future'', but Zemeckis felt that Stoltz was not giving the right type of performance for the humor involved.<ref name="Making">"Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy: Chapter 1 (DVD Documentary)"</ref> | |||
In 1998, he was honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.<ref>http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/00_michaelj_fox.xml.htm</ref> | |||
Zemeckis quickly replaced Stoltz with Fox, whose schedule was now more open with the return of Baxter. During filming, Fox rehearsed for ''Family Ties'' from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; he then rushed to the ''Back to the Future'' set, where he would rehearse and shoot until 2:30 a.m. This schedule lasted for two full months. ''Back to the Future'' was both a critical and commercial success. The film spent eight consecutive weekends as the number-one movie at the US box office in 1985, and it eventually earned a worldwide total of $381.11 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backtothefuture.htm |title=Back to the Future |publisher=] |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918012246/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backtothefuture.htm |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> '']'' applauded the performances, opining that Fox and his co-star ] imbued Marty and ]'s friendship with a quality reminiscent of ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |magazine=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788826 |date=July 1, 1985 |title=Back to the Future |access-date=October 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828084007/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788826/ | archive-date=August 28, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was followed by two successful sequels, '']'' (1989) and '']'' (1990), which were produced at the same time but released separately.<ref name="dvdint2">{{cite video |people=Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis |title=''Back to the Future Part III''. Special Features: Making the Trilogy: Chapter Three |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment |date=2002 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> While filming the scene where ] tries to hang Marty in ''Part III'', Fox was allowed to perform the stunt himself as long as he knew where to put his hand on the noose to keep himself from choking; however, on the third take, Fox accidentally placed his hand in the wrong spot, which resulted in him choking, passing out, and nearly dying until Zemeckis noticed him in peril and had him cut down.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stolworthy |first=Jacob |date=May 27, 2024 |title=37 actors who almost died on set |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/actors-stunts-accidents-died-dangerous-b2552100.html |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Horn |first=Shawn |date=August 31, 2023 |title=This Back to the Future Stunt Almost Killed Michael J. Fox |url=https://collider.com/back-to-the-future-michael-j-fox-stunt/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> | |||
===Stem cell research advocacy=== | |||
{{Seealso|Stem cell controversy}} | |||
Fox, in a 2006 interview with Katie Couric, explained his political advocacy, "I'm in this situation with millions of other Americans...and we have a right, if there’s answers out there, to pursue those answers with the full support of our politicians."<ref> The CBS Evening News with ], ], ], accessed on ], 2006.</ref> | |||
] in September 1987]] | |||
Two years earlier, Fox had appeared in a television commercial for Republican ]'s 2004 Senate campaign.<ref>, Jeffrey Cohan, ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', ], 2004, accessed on ], 2006</ref> In the commercial, sponsored by Specter's re-election campaign, Fox comments that Specter "gets it" and Specter's voice is heard saying "there is hope." | |||
During and immediately after the ], Fox starred in '']'' (1985),'' ]'' (1987), '']'' (1987), '']'' (1988), and '']'' (1989). | |||
On ], ], Fox appeared in a taped interview on ]'s '']'', defending a Senate bill (]) that would have expanded federal funding for stem cell research.<ref name=WAPO2>, Laurie Kellman, '']'', ], 2006, accessed on ], 2006.</ref> The bill was not ]ed, however, being ] by President ]. | |||
In ''The Secret of My Success'', Fox played a recent graduate from ] who moves to New York City, where he deals with the ups and downs of the business world. The film was successful at the box office, grossing $110 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=secretofmysuccess.htm |title=The Secret of My Success |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203000815/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=secretofmysuccess.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> ] in the '']'' wrote, "Fox provides a fairly desperate center for the film. It could not have been much fun for him to follow the movie's arbitrary shifts of mood, from sitcom to slapstick, from sex farce to boardroom brawls."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870410/REVIEWS/704100301 |title=The Secret of My Success Review |newspaper=Chicago Sun- Times |first=Roger |last=Ebert |date=April 10, 1987 |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927205538/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19870410%2FREVIEWS%2F704100301 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
For the November 2006 ], Fox endorsed candidates on the basis of their support of embryonic stem cell research, as different from adult stem cell research. He appeared at events for several candidates including New Jersey Senator ], Iowa Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate ],<ref name="The DMR"> Thomas Beaumont, ''The DesMoines Register'', ], 2006, accessed on October 29, 2006</ref> Illinois congressional candidate ], Virginia senatorial candidate ] and Ohio senatorial candidate Congressman ]. | |||
In '']'', Fox played a fact-checker for a New York magazine who spends his nights partying with alcohol and drugs. The film received mixed reviews, with Hal Hinson in ''The Washington Post'' criticizing Fox by claiming that "he was the wrong actor for the job".<ref name="hinson">{{cite news| last=Hinson| first=Hal| title='City' Blight| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=April 1, 1988| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/01/city-blight/1688b77d-e98e-4849-9369-105b835cf059/| access-date=June 9, 2021| archive-date=February 19, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219102454/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/01/city-blight/1688b77d-e98e-4849-9369-105b835cf059/| url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, Roger Ebert praised the actor's performance: "Fox is very good in the central role (he has a long drunken monologue that is the best thing he has ever done in a movie)".<ref name="ebert">{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| title=Bright Lights, Big City| newspaper=], his on-screen girlfriend from '']''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Benson |first=Sheila |date=April 1, 1988 |title=MOVIE REVIEW: Passions Dim in 'Bright Lights, Big City' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-01-ca-446-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904014245/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-01-ca-446-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===2006 political advertisement controversy=== | |||
In late October 2006, Fox appeared in a , endorsing ], the ] candidate for ] and opposing incumbent senator ] for his specific opposition to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Fox also made similar ads in ] (supporting Governor ]) and in ], endorsing senatorial candidate Congressman ]. All three of the endorsed politicians won their respective elections. | |||
Fox then starred in '']'', a dark and violent war drama about the ], alongside ]. ''Casualties of War'' was not a major box office hit, but Fox was praised for his performance. Don Willmott wrote: "Fox, only one year beyond his ''Family Ties'' sitcom silliness, rises to the challenges of acting as the film's moral voice and sharing scenes with the always intimidating Penn."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1989/casualties-of-war/ |title=Casualties of War Review |website=FilmCritic.com |date=January 4, 2006 |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113234717/http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1989/casualties-of-war/ |archive-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref> While ''Family Ties'' was ending, his production company Snowback Productions set up a two-year production pact at ] to develop film and television projects.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 18, 1989 |title=Michael J. Fox's Snowback in Par pact |page=14 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> | |||
Conservative radio talk show host ] caused controversy by claiming Fox was "either off his medication or acting" in the ad for McCaskill, calling Fox "really shameless".<ref>, Chicago Tribune, accessed on ], 2006</ref> According to the ''Washington Post'', Limbaugh also told his listeners that Fox was "exaggerating the effects of the disease... He's moving all around and shaking, and it's purely an act."<ref name="WAPO 1"> David Montgomery, ''Washington Post'', October 25, 2006, accessed on ], 2006</ref> Limbaugh later said he would apologize to Fox "if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act. . ."<ref name="CBS 1"> ''CBS News'', October 26, 2006, accessed on ], 2006</ref><ref> ], ] ], 2006, accessed on ], 2006</ref><ref name="MMatters"> ''Media Matters'', ], 2006, accessed on ], 2006</ref> Elaine Richman, a neuroscientist in Baltimore who co-wrote ''Parkinson's Disease and the Family'' offered the opinion that "Anyone who knows the disease well would regard his movement as classic severe Parkinson's disease. Any other interpretation is misinformed."<ref name="WAPO 1"/> | |||
In 1991, he starred in '']'', a romantic comedy about a talented medical doctor who decides to become a plastic surgeon. While moving from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, he winds up as a doctor in a small southern town in South Carolina. ], of '']'', described Fox in the film as "at his frenetic best".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/65559/doc_hollywood.html |title=Doc Hollywood Review |magazine=Time Out |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118081240/http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/65559/doc_hollywood.html |archive-date=November 18, 2011}}</ref> '']'' was also released in 1991, with Fox playing an undercover actor learning from police officer ]. After being privately diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991 and being cautioned he had "ten good working years left",<ref name=AARPMag/> Fox hastily signed a three-film contract,{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} appearing in '']'' (1993), '']'' (1993), and '']'' (1994). In the mid-1990s Fox played smaller supporting roles in '']'' (1995) and '']'' (1996). | |||
Fox responded to Limbaugh's comments, ". . .it's difficult for people who don't have Parkinson's, or don't know about Parkinson's, to understand the symptoms and the way they work and the way medication works. You get what you get on any given day."<ref name="KO transcript oct 26"> MSNBC transcript, accessed on ], 2006</ref> | |||
His last major film role was in '']'' (1996), directed by ]. Fox's performance received critical praise, ] in the '']'' wrote; "The film's actors are equally pleasing. Both Fox, in his most successful starring role in some time, and ], who looks rather like ] here, have no difficulty getting into the manic spirit of things."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960719-3,0,6464899.story |title=The Frighteners Review |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=July 19, 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031053608/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960719-3%2C0%2C6464899.story |archive-date=October 31, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref> | |||
===Fox on living with Parkinson's disease=== | |||
] (PD) is a chronic neurological disorder which can be characterized by a triad of symptoms: rigidity (specifically "leadpipe" and "cogwheeling" rigidity), resting tremor, and bradykinesia (slow movement). At present, there is no cure, but medications provide some relief from the symptoms. Fox manages his symptoms using ],<ref name="NPR Fresh Air"> National Public Radio, April 2002.</ref> a commercial form of Levodopa (]). L-dopa ] decreases in effectiveness as it is used over a long period of time, so Fox, like many PD sufferers, extends the life of its effectiveness by using it as little as possible. | |||
He voiced the American Bulldog Chance in ]'s live-action film '']'' and its sequel '']'', the titular character in '']'' and its two sequels '']'' and '']'', and Milo James Thatch in Disney's animated film '']''.<ref name="Stuart">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020436/bio |title=Michael J Fox Biography |website=] |access-date=August 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615064655/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020436/bio |archive-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> | |||
In his memoir, ''Lucky Man'', Fox wrote that he did not take his medication prior to his testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in 1998. "I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling."<ref>. From michaeljfox.org, accessed on ], 2006.</ref> | |||
=== Later career and retirement === | |||
After years of ] treatment, new symptoms may develop called ], which are different than that of PD. In an April 2002 NPR interview,<ref name="NPR Fresh Air"/> Fox explained what he does when he becomes symptomatic during an interview: | |||
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'']'' ran from 1996 to 2002 on American television network ]. The show depicted a fictional New York City government, originally starring Fox as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Kaklamanidou |editor-first1=Betty |editor-last2=Tally |editor-first2=Margaret |date=2016 |title=Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television: Washington as Fiction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ST8lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 |location=Abingdon-on-Thames and New York |publisher=] |page=8 |isbn=978-1-4724-8604-2}}</ref> Fox won an ] for ''Spin City'' in 2000,<ref name="Emmy"/> three ] in 1998, 1999, and 2000,<ref name=globes/> and two ] in 1999 and 2000.<ref name=FoxFoundation/> During the third season, Fox told the cast and crew of the show that he had Parkinson's disease, and during the fourth season, he announced his retirement from the show.<ref name="QuitsSpinCity">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/609629.stm |title=Fox quits Spin City |website=] |date=January 19, 2000 |access-date=August 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309121615/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/609629.stm |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=live |quote=Fox revealed in 1998 that he had been suffering from Parkinson's since 1991. The condition was diagnosed after he noticed a twitch in his little finger while he was working on the set of the film, Doc Hollywood.}}</ref> A character played by ] replaced his,<ref name="Sheen">{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Weinraub |date=May 7, 2001 |title=Charlie Sheen Delivers A New Spin To 'Spin City' |newspaper=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/charlie-sheen-delivers-a-new-spin-to-spin-city.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002212446/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/charlie-sheen-delivers-a-new-spin-to-spin-city.html |archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> and he made three more appearances during the final season. In 2002, his Lottery Hill Entertainment production company attempted to set up a pilot for ABC with ] and ] company via first-look agreements, but it never went to series.<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Schneider| first=Michael| date=August 15, 2002| title=Fox spins ABC tale| url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/fox-spins-abc-tale-1117871268/|access-date=January 11, 2022| magazine=Variety| archive-date=January 11, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111003806/https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/fox-spins-abc-tale-1117871268/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| last1=Schneider| first1=Michael| first2=Jill| last2=Schneider| date=March 16, 2003| title=Bierko ices ABC role| url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/bierko-ices-abc-role-1117882340/| access-date=April 17, 2022| magazine=Variety| archive-date=January 11, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111003807/https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/bierko-ices-abc-role-1117882340/| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2004, Fox guest-starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama '']'' – created by ''Spin City'' creator Bill Lawrence – as Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with severe ].<ref name=Scrubs>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-01-05-michaeljfox-scrubs_x.htm |title=Michael J. Fox to scrub up twice for 'Scrubs' |newspaper=] |date=April 1, 2004 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |first1=Bill |last1=Keveney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929233950/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-01-05-michaeljfox-scrubs_x.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.avclub.com/scrubs-my-clean-break-my-catalyst-1798177304| title=Scrubs: "My Clean Break"/"My Catalyst"| last=McNutt| first=Myles| website=]| date=July 8, 2013| access-date=February 6, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005235/https://tv.avclub.com/scrubs-my-clean-break-my-catalyst-1798177304| archive-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, he appeared in four episodes of '']'' as a lung cancer patient. The producers brought him back in a recurring role for season three, beginning with the season premiere. Fox was nominated for an ] for best guest appearance.<ref name="Emmy" /> | |||
{{cquote|Well, actually, I've been erring on the side of caution--I think 'erring' is actually the right word--in that I've been medicating perhaps too much, in the sense times the symptoms that people see in some of these interviews that have been on are actually dyskinesia, which is a reaction to the medication. Because if I were purely symptomatic with Parkinson's symptoms, a lot of times speaking is difficult. There's a kind of a cluttering of speech and it's very difficult to sit still, to sit in one place. You know, the symptoms are different, so I'd rather kind of suffer the symptoms of dyskinesia. . .this kind of weaving and this kind of continuous thing is much preferable, actually, than pure Parkinson's symptoms. So that's what I generally do... | |||
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In 2009, Fox appeared in five episodes of the television series '']'' which earned him an Emmy for ].<ref name="Emmy" /> Starting in 2010, Fox played a recurring role in the American drama '']'' as crafty attorney Louis Canning and earned Emmy nominations for three consecutive years.<ref name="GoodWife">{{cite news| last1=Bobbin| first1=Jay| title='The Good Wife' Season 5: Emmy nominee Michael J. Fox 'open' to returning| url=http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/the_good_wife_season_5_emmy_nominee_michael_j_fox_open_to_returning-2013-07|access-date=March 18, 2015| publisher=]| date=July 27, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915085758/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/the_good_wife_season_5_emmy_nominee_michael_j_fox_open_to_returning-2013-07| archive-date=September 15, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, Fox portrayed himself in the eighth season of Larry David's '']'', in which David's fictionalized self becomes Fox's neighbor and accuses him of using his Parkinson's disease as a manipulative tool. Fox returned in 2017 for a brief appearance, referencing his prior time on the show.<ref>{{cite news| title=Curb Your Enthusiasm| url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/larry-vs-michael-j-fox,61416/| website=]| access-date=August 24, 2012| first=Meredith| last=Blake | author-link=Meredith Blake | date=September 12, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815165417/http://www.avclub.com/articles/larry-vs-michael-j-fox%2C61416/| archive-date=August 15, 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Curb Your Enthusiasm – Larry confronts Michael J. Fox – Season 8 Ep. 10| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIjDo-btyL0|via=YouTube| access-date=August 24, 2012| author=TheGuysTravel| date=September 12, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612013352/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIjDo-btyL0| archive-date=June 12, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In August 2012, ] announced that Fox would star in '']'', loosely based on his life. It was granted a 22-episode commitment from the network and premiered in September 2013,<ref>{{cite news| title=NBC: Michel J. Fox Will Return To Series TV| url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_MICHAEL_J_FOX_RETURNING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120821043959/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_MICHAEL_J_FOX_RETURNING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 21, 2012| publisher=]| first=Frazier| last=Moore| access-date=April 17, 2022}}</ref> but was taken off the air after 15 episodes and later cancelled.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-michael-j-fox-show-nbc-sitcom-officially-cancelled-32530/| title=Michael J. Fox Show: NBC Sitcom Now Officially Cancelled| date=May 11, 2014| access-date=January 19, 2021| website=TV Series Finale| archive-date=February 19, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219102435/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-michael-j-fox-show-nbc-sitcom-officially-cancelled-32530/| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
...I haven't had any, you know, problems with pure Parkinson's symptoms in any of these interviews, because I'll tend to just make sure that I have enough Sinemet in my system and, in some cases, too much. But to me, it's preferable. It's not representative of what I'm like in my everyday life. I get a lot of people with Parkinson's coming up to me saying, 'You take too much medication.' I say, 'Well, you sit across from ] and see if you want to tempt it.'}} | |||
Fox has made several appearances in other media. At the ] in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he delivered comedy monologues, along with ] and ], in the "I am Canadian" part of the show.<ref name="montrealgazette1">{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/2010+Michael+speaks+during+closing+ceremony+Vancouver+Winter+Olympics+Place/7786761/story.html |title=2010: Michael J. Fox speaks during the closing ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics at B.C. Place on Feb. 28 |newspaper=] |date=January 7, 2013 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501143206/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010+Michael+speaks+during+closing+ceremony+Vancouver+Winter+Olympics+Place/7786761/story.html |archive-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Filmography== | |||
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Despite sound-alike ] voicing Marty McFly in ], Fox lent his likeness to the in-game version of Marty alongside ]. Fox made a special guest appearance in the final episode of the series as an elder version of Marty, as well as his great-grandfather Willie McFly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-back-to-the/714558 |title=Back To The Future Episode 5: OUTATIME Video Game, E3 2011: Exclusive Developer Diary HD |website=] |access-date=June 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903010557/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-back-to-the/714558 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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Fox appeared in five episodes of the ] of the ] political drama '']'', in the recurring role of Ethan West, investigating whether the president was fit to continue in the job.<ref name="Hipes">{{cite magazine| url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/michael-j-fox-designated-survivor-guest-role-abc-1202239957/| title=Michael J. Fox Joining 'Designated Survivor' For Arc| date=January 10, 2018| magazine=]| access-date=January 10, 2018| first=Patrick| last=Hipes| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110193505/http://deadline.com/2018/01/michael-j-fox-designated-survivor-guest-role-abc-1202239957/| archive-date=January 10, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web| url=https://screenrant.com/designated-survivor-show-season-2-michael-fox-villain/| title=Designated Survivor: Michael J Fox Was A Perfect Season 2 Villain| date=November 2, 2019| website=ScreenRant| access-date=January 19, 2021| archive-date=November 3, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103115238/https://screenrant.com/designated-survivor-show-season-2-michael-fox-villain/| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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In 2020, Fox retired from acting due to the increasing unreliability of his speech.<ref name="AARPMag" /> Fox's memoir, ''No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality'', was released that November. In the book, Fox explained that, "not being able to speak reliably is a game-breaker for an actor" and that he was experiencing memory loss. Fox wrote, "There is a time for everything, and my time of putting in a 12-hour workday, and memorizing seven pages of dialogue, is best behind me...I enter a second retirement. That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it."<ref name="HollywoodReporter" /> | |||
In 2021, Fox appeared in one episode of the television series ''Expedition: Back to the Future'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Expedition: Back To The Future |url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/expedition-back-to-the-future/ |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=Discovery UK |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as in the animated film ''Back Home Again''. On May 12, 2023, '']'', a documentary which follows his career and Parkinson's disease diagnosis, was released.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Coming May 12: Apple TV+'s Feature Film, "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie" {{!}} Parkinson's Disease |url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/news/coming-may-12-apple-tvs-feature-film-still-michael-j-fox-movie |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=www.michaeljfox.org |language=en}}</ref> The film was directed by ] and made for ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=August 12, 2023 |title='Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Editor Michael Harte Says One Scene Set The Tone For The Whole Film – Contenders TV: The Nominees |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-editor-michael-harte-pivotal-scene-1235459302/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> It was positively received, winning four of the seven awards it was nominated for at the ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=January 8, 2024 |title='Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Claims Big Emmy Wins; Will That Threaten Its Oscar Chances? |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/creative-arts-emmys-still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-wins-best-documentary-special-1235698394/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/still-michael-j-fox-movie |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Television Academy {{!}} Emmys |language=en}}</ref> ] on behalf of ] wrote, "''Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie'' reminds us that a person stricken with a disease doesn’t ''become'' that disease...What’s striking about ''Still'' is how celebratory it is. This isn’t the story of a wonderful actor felled by an illness; it’s the story of a wonderful actor,"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=May 12, 2023 |title='Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Is Unsparing and Darkly Funny |url=https://time.com/6278172/still-review-michael-j-fox/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=] |language=en}}</ref> while ] of '']'' called it "An intimate, uplifting star portrait."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kermode |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kermode |date=May 14, 2023 |title=Still: A Michael J Fox Movie review – an intimate, uplifting star portrait |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/14/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-review-an-intimate-uplifting-star-portrait-davis-guggenheim |access-date=August 25, 2024 |work=] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> | |||
On June 29, 2024, he was featured on the ] as a guest of British rock band ], playing the guitar with them on the songs "Humankind" and "]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=June 30, 2024 |title=Watch Michael J. Fox Join Coldplay on Guitar at Glastonbury |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-michael-j-fox-glastonbury-surprise-performance-1235050355/ |access-date=June 30, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Lead singer and pianist ] mentioned during the show that "''Back to the Future'' is the main reason we became a band".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Glastonbury 2024: 15 magical and memorable moments |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ve1zn9wlyo |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref> | |||
== Other work == | |||
Fox served as an executive producer of ''Spin City'' alongside co-creators ] and ].<ref name="Sheen"/> | |||
Fox has authored four books: ''Lucky Man: A Memoir'' (2002), ''Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist'' (2009), ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned'' (2010), and ''No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality'' (2020).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-j-fox-mixes-candor-humor-and-hope-in-his-heartfelt-new-memoir/2020/11/23/e40ccbe4-2b4b-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html |title=Review | Michael J. Fox mixes candor, humor and hope in his heartfelt new memoir |first=Porochista |last=Khakpour |author-link=Porochista Khakpour |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 19, 2021| archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201060824/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-j-fox-mixes-candor-humor-and-hope-in-his-heartfelt-new-memoir/2020/11/23/e40ccbe4-2b4b-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
== Personal life == | |||
] at the ]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| website=]| access-date=December 26, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226055318/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-j-fox| archive-date=December 26, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> in August 1988 shortly after they were married]] | |||
Fox met his wife, ], when she played the role of his girlfriend, Ellen, on ''Family Ties''.<ref name=AARPMag/> They were married on July 16, 1988, at West Mountain Inn in ].<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan Are True to Each Other, but This Is a Fake Photo—and Thereby Hangs a Tale| first=Susan| last=Reed| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099585,00.html| magazine=]| date=August 1, 1988| volume=30| issue=5| access-date=March 5, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730044742/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099585,00.html| archive-date=July 30, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> The couple have four children: one son and three daughters.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116124,00.html| date=December 4, 1989| volume=32| issue=23| title=Getting Back to His Future| first=Michael| last=Alexander| magazine=People| access-date=March 5, 2013| archive-date=October 1, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001141231/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-getting-back-to-his-future-vol-32-no-23/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20105213,00.html| title=Passages| first=Mary| last=Huzinec| date=March 6, 1995| magazine=People| access-date=March 5, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730042352/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20105213,00.html| archive-date=July 30, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135756,00.html| date=November 19, 2001| volume=56| issue=21| title=21st Century Fox| magazine=People| access-date=March 5, 2013| archive-date=November 16, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116101409/https://people.com/archive/21st-century-fox-vol-56-no-21/| url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly before the couple's marriage, Fox purchased an estate named Lottery Hill Farm in ],<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael J. Fox's one-time Vermont farm listed at $2.75 million |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/entertainment/local/2013/04/15/michael-j-fox-s-one/10542284007/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=] |date=April 15, 2013}}</ref> which he listed in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Effron |first=Harris |title=Vermont Farm Previously Owned by Michael J. Fox (House of the Day) |url=https://www.aol.com/news/2012-09-17-vermont-farm-previously-owned-by-michael-j-fox-house-of-the-da.html |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=] |date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> In 1997, Fox purchased an apartment on ] within the Manhattan<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cheever |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Cheever |title=Michael J. Fox's Manhattan Apartment Features Picturesque Views of Central Park |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-tracy-pollan-new-york-apartment-article |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=] |date=October 1997}}</ref> neighbourhood of ],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-tracy-pollan-manhattan-home-article |title=Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan's Manhattan Home |magazine=] |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928191739/http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-tracy-pollan-manhattan-home-article |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> where he and his family lived primarily until 2020. The same year, Fox and Pollan built<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Nancy |title=Tour Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan's Cozy Family Home in New England |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-article-062000 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=] |date=June 2000}}</ref> an estate in ], which he listed in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Lidia |title=Michael J. Fox's Connecticut estate is on the market |url=https://www.ctpost.com/realestate/article/Michael-J-Fox-s-Connecticut-estate-is-on-the-9204942.php |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=] |date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> In 2007, Fox purchased a house in ],<ref>{{cite news |last=Hunsecker |first=J. J. |title=Michael J. Fox Can't Wait Until His Hedgerow Grows |url=https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/real-estate/michael-j-fox-cant-wait-until-his-hedgerow-grows |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=] |date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/01/michael-j-fox-house-quogue-southampton/ |title=Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan at Home in the Hamptons |first=Julia |last=Sweeten |website=HookedOnHouses.net |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820215754/https://hookedonhouses.net/2008/04/01/michael-j-fox-house-quogue-southampton/ |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> where he and his family lived part-time and spent the early months of the ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Elisabeth |title=When It Comes to Living With Uncertainty, Michael J. Fox Is a Pro |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/books/michael-j-fox-no-time-like-the-future.html |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=] |date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> In 2021, Fox sold the house<ref>{{cite news |last=Lovece |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Lovece |title=Michael J. Fox used alcohol to hide from Parkinson's |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/michael-j-fox-documentary-axorsd9a |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=] |date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> and moved to ], with his family; they took up residence in ] several months later.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nahas |first=Aili |title=Michael J. Fox Opens Up About His Health, Life with Tracy Pollan: 'I'm in a Really Good Groove' |url=https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-opens-up-health-beautiful-life-with-wife-tracy-pollan/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=] |date=October 20, 2021}}</ref> | |||
Fox became a US citizen in 2000<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fox-i-was-over-medicated-in-stem-cell-ad/ |title=Fox: I Was Over-Medicated In Stem Cell Ad |website=] |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=January 26, 2011 |first=Alfonso |last=Serrano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218083306/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/26/eveningnews/main2128188.shtml |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> but retains his Canadian citizenship.<ref name=CAN>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-j-fox-q-a-1.4017957|title=Michael J. Fox on his Canadian pride and why he speaks out|publisher=]|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603211419/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-j-fox-q-a-1.4017957|archive-date=June 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He provided a light-hearted segment during the ]' closing ceremony in Vancouver on February 28, 2010, when he expressed how proud he is to be Canadian.<ref name="montrealgazette1" /> On June 4, 2010, the city of ] granted him the ].<ref name="Burnaby">{{cite web |url=http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/residents/about/hstryh/freeman/michael-j-fox.html |title=Michael J. Fox Awarded Freeman Status |website=City of Burnaby |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=August 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165651/http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/residents/about/hstryh/freeman/michael-j-fox.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> Fox endorsed ] prior to the ].<ref name="deadline.com"></ref> | |||
=== Parkinson's disease === | |||
Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset ] in 1991 while shooting the film '']'' and was diagnosed shortly thereafter.<ref name="QuitsSpinCity" /> Though his initial symptoms were only a twitching little finger and a sore shoulder, he was told that within a few years he would not be able to work. The causes of Parkinson's disease are not well understood, and may include genetic and environmental factors. Fox is one of at least four members of the cast and crew of '']'' who developed early-onset Parkinson's. According to Fox, this is not enough people to be defined as a ] so it has not been well researched. In 2020, he told ] of '']'': "I can think of a thousand possible scenarios: I used to go fishing in a river near ]s and eat the ] I caught; I've been to a lot of farms; I smoked a lot of ] in high school when the government was ]. But you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out."<ref name="Gdn20201121">{{cite news| last=Freeman| first=Hadley| date=November 21, 2020| title=Michael J Fox: 'Every step now is a frigging math problem, so I take it slow'| newspaper=]| url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/21/michael-j-fox-every-step-now-is-a-frigging-math-problem-so-i-take-it-slow| access-date=November 21, 2020| issn=0261-3077| archive-date=November 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124092040/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/21/michael-j-fox-every-step-now-is-a-frigging-math-problem-so-i-take-it-slow| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
] in 2002 testifying before a Senate committee on providing government funding to combat Parkinson's]] | |||
After his diagnosis, Fox began ] and grew ].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/michael-j-fox-stunned-by-robin-williamss-parkinsons-diagnosis/ |title=Michael J. Fox 'Stunned' by Robin Williams's Parkinson's Diagnosis |first=Melody |last=Chiu |date=August 14, 2014 |magazine=People |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820215753/https://people.com/celebrity/michael-j-fox-stunned-by-robin-williamss-parkinsons-diagnosis/ |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, he eventually sought help and stopped drinking altogether.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |title=It's the gift that keeps on taking |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 11, 2009 |access-date=June 29, 2009 |location=London |first=Emma |last=Brockes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000425/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-stopped-drinking/|title=Michael J. Fox Reveals the Moment He Realized He Had to Stop Drinking|magazine=People|last=Cagle|first=Jess|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=January 23, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122093209/https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-stopped-drinking/|url-status=live}}</ref> Fox went public with his Parkinson's disease in 1998 and has become a strong advocate for Parkinson's disease research.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/22/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-still-documentary/11101412002/|title=Michael J. Fox says he became an alcoholic, hid Parkinson's diagnosis: 'There's no way out'|newspaper=USA Today|last=Ryan|first=Patrick|date=January 22, 2023|access-date=January 23, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122230736/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/22/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-still-documentary/11101412002/|url-status=live}}</ref> His foundation, ], was created to help advance every promising research path to curing Parkinson's disease.<ref name=AARPMag/><ref name=FoxFoundation/> Since 2010, he has led a $100-million effort, which is the Foundation's landmark observational study, to discover the biological markers of Parkinson's disease with the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI).<ref name="ppmi">{{cite web| url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/ppmi-clinical-study| title=Key Initiatives: PPMI Clinical Study| website=The Michael J Fox Foundation| access-date=August 30, 2020| archive-date=August 14, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814003846/https://www.michaeljfox.org/ppmi-clinical-study| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Fox manages the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease with the drug ].<ref name="NPR Fresh Air">{{cite episode| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142526| series=]| title=Actor Michael J. Fox| people=Terry Gross, interviewer| date=April 30, 2002| access-date=April 17, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031331/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142526| archive-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> He had a ] in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/parkinsons.deep.brain.stimulation/index.html |title=Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease |work=] |date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202200436/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/parkinsons.deep.brain.stimulation/index.html |archive-date=February 2, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
His first book, ''Lucky Man'', focused on how, after seven years of denial of the disease, he set up the Michael J. Fox Foundation, stopped drinking and became an advocate for people living with Parkinson's disease.<ref name="MJF_guardian">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons| title='It's the gift that keeps on taking' | date=April 11, 2009| first=Emma| last=Brockes| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| access-date=October 25, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000425/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons| archive-date=October 8, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> In ''Lucky Man'', Fox wrote that he did not take his medication prior to his testimony before the ] in 1999 ().<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9909/28/fox.parkinsons/| title=Michael J. Fox pitches for Parkinson's research| date=September 28, 1999| website=CNN| access-date=January 21, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011936/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9909/28/fox.parkinsons/| archive-date=February 3, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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|quote = I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling.<ref name=FoxFoundation/> | |||
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In an interview with ] in April 2002,<ref name="NPR Fresh Air"/> Fox explained what he does when he becomes symptomatic: | |||
{{Blockquote|quote = Well, actually, I've been erring on the side of caution—I think 'erring' is actually the right word—in that I've been medicating perhaps too much, in the sense ... the symptoms ... people see in some of these interviews that have been on are actually ], which is a reaction to the medication. Because if I were purely symptomatic with Parkinson's symptoms, a lot of times speaking is difficult. There's a kind of a ] of speech and it's very difficult to sit still, to sit in one place. You know, the symptoms are different, so I'd rather kind of suffer the symptoms of dyskinesia ... this kind of weaving and this kind of continuous thing is much preferable, actually, than pure Parkinson's symptoms. So that's what I generally do ... I haven't had any, you know, problems with pure Parkinson's symptoms in any of these interviews, because I'll tend to just make sure that I have enough ] in my system and, in some cases, too much. But to me, it's preferable. It's not representative of what I'm like in my everyday life. I get a lot of people with Parkinson's coming up to me saying, 'You take too much medication.' I say, 'Well, you sit across from ] and see if you want to tempt it.' | |||
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In 2006, Fox starred in a ] for then-] ] in her successful ] against incumbent ], expressing her support for embryonic ] research. In the ad, he visibly showed the effects of his Parkinson's disease: | |||
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|quote = As you might know, I care deeply about stem cell research. In Missouri, you can elect Claire McCaskill, who shares my hope for cures. Unfortunately, Senator Jim Talent opposes expanding stem cell research. Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us the chance for hope. They say all politics is local, but that's not always the case. What you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me. | |||
|source = Michael J. Fox, ''Campaign Advertisement for ]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6083472.stm |title=Michael J Fox makes stem cell ads |website=BBC News |date=October 25, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221105022/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6083472.stm |archive-date=December 21, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2121909n |title=Michael J. Fox In Campaign Ad |website=CBS News |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915063004/http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2121909n |archive-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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'']'' called it "one of the most powerful and talked about political advertisements in years" and polls indicated that the commercial had a measurable impact on the way voters voted, in an election that McCaskill won.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061026/26politicalwire.htm |title=The Michael J. Fox Effect |magazine=] |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517095318/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061026/26politicalwire.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref> His second book, ''Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist'', describes his life between 1999 and 2009, with much of the book centered on how Fox got into campaigning for stem cell research.<ref name="MJF_guardian"/> On March 31, 2009, Fox appeared on '']'' with ] to discuss his condition as well as his book, his family and his primetime special, which aired May 7, 2009, (''Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist'').<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Michael-J-Foxs-Life-with-Parkinsons-Stem-Cells-Optimism-and-More/2 |title=Michael J. Fox Speaks Out About Parkinson's |magazine=] |date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002040400/http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Michael-J-Foxs-Life-with-Parkinsons-Stem-Cells-Optimism-and-More/2 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
His work led him to be named one of the ] "whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world" in 2007 by ].<ref name="MJF_TIME">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615882,00.html |title=The TIME 100 – Michael J. Fox |date=May 3, 2007 |first=Patti |last=Davis |author-link=Patti Davis |magazine=Time |access-date=May 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425013526/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615882,00.html |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On March 5, 2010, Fox received an ] in medicine from ] for his contributions to research in Parkinson's disease.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/bioteknik_lakemedel/medicin_teknik/article740544.ece |title=Michael J Fox hedersdoktor på KI |website=Ny Teknik |date=March 5, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526050232/http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/bioteknik_lakemedel/medicin_teknik/article740544.ece |archive-date=May 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b170318_michael_j_fox_gets_doctored.html |title=Michael J. Fox Gets Doctored |website=] |date=March 5, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801093226/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b170318_michael_j_fox_gets_doctored.html |archive-date=August 1, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> He received an honorary doctorate of laws from the ].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=411f8372-c535-49fc-bf38-2145f5e5cb7c |title=Michael J. Fox 'deeply moved' by honorary degree from UBC |newspaper=] |date=May 23, 2008 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822035639/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=411f8372-c535-49fc-bf38-2145f5e5cb7c |archive-date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> | |||
On May 31, 2012, he received an honorary degree of ] from the ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jibc.ca/news/celebrating-convocation |title=Celebrating Convocation |website=] |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618002753/http://www.jibc.ca/news/celebrating-convocation |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> to recognize his accomplishments as a performer as well as his commitment to raising research funding and awareness for Parkinson's disease. Fox recalled performing in role-playing simulations as part of police recruit training exercises at the Institute early in his career. | |||
In 2016, his organization created a raffle to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease and raised $6.75 million, with the help of ] via two auctions, one in Hong Kong and the other in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nike-mag-raffle-reportedly-raised-s675-million-for-parkinsons-research-news.24878.html |title=The Michael J. Fox Foundation does raffle with Nike to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease |last=Rooney |first=Kyle |date=October 21, 2016 |website=] |access-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021120820/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nike-mag-raffle-reportedly-raised-s675-million-for-parkinsons-research-news.24878.html |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
At the 2022 ], Fox was awarded the ] for his efforts in fighting Parkinson's, having raised over $1 billion for research.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren and Cher at the Raucous Governors Awards |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/movies/michael-j-fox-diane-warren-cher-governors-awards-oscars.html |access-date=November 22, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121220236/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/movies/michael-j-fox-diane-warren-cher-governors-awards-oscars.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Fox receives honorary Oscar at emotional ceremony in Los Angeles |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/michael-j-fox-gets-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-work-emotional-ceremony-rcna58059 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=TODAY.com |date=November 20, 2022 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121223731/https://www.today.com/popculture/michael-j-fox-gets-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-work-emotional-ceremony-rcna58059 |url-status=live }}</ref> The award was presented by friend ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richwine |first=Lisa |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Actor Michael J. Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's advocacy |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actor-michael-j-fox-accepts-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-advocacy-2022-11-20/ |website=reuters.com}}</ref> | |||
In a 2023 interview with ] on '']'', Fox said, "I'm not gonna lie. It's getting harder. Every day it's tougher." He said he has had spinal surgery for a ] and has broken bones in several falls.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/30/entertainment/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-disease-cbs-interview/index.html |title=Michael J. Fox calls Parkinson's disease 'the gift that keeps on taking' in candid new interview |last=Heching |first=Dan |work=] |date=April 30, 2023 |access-date=May 1, 2023 }}</ref> | |||
His life is the subject of '']'', a 2023 documentary film by ] for ]. | |||
He was named in Time 2024 list of influential people in health.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Park |first=Alice |date=2024-05-02 |title=Michael J. Fox |url=https://time.com/6968408/michael-j-fox-2/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Filmography == | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Year | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] || Voice Role | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1980 | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || ] || Voice Role | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Scott Larson | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1982 | |||
| '']'' || Mr. Baker || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Arthur | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1985 | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] || Voice Role | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| ] || '']'' || Stuart Little || Voice Role <br> ] (nominated) | |||
| Scott Howard | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1987 | |||
| rowspan="3"|] || '']'' || ] || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Joe Rasnick | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Secret of My Success, The" | '']'' | |||
| '']'' || ] || ] (nominated) | |||
| Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988 | |||
| '']'' || Chance || Voice Role | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Jamie Conway | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1989 | |||
| rowspan="3"|] || '']'' || Lewis Rothschild || ] (nominated) | |||
| '']'' | |||
| PFC. Max Eriksson | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || ] || | |||
| Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1990 | |||
| '']'' || Pete Maloney || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Marty McFly / Seamus McFly | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1991 | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || ] || | |||
| data-sort-value="Hard Way, The" | '']'' | |||
| Nick "Nicky" Lang | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || Clayton Farnsworth || | |||
| Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Stone | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1993 | |||
| rowspan="3"|] || '']''|| ] || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Chance/Narrator | |||
| Voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' |
| '']'' | ||
| Michael "Mikey" Chapman | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || Chance || Voice Role | |||
| Doug Ireland | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1994 | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || ] || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Clayton Farnsworth | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || ] | |||
| Daniel "Danny" McTeague Jr. | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1995 | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] <br> ] || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Tim Alexander | |||
| Also producer | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || ] <br> Marty McFly Jr. <br> Marlene McFly || ] (won) | |||
| Pete Maloney | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="American President, The" | '']'' | |||
| '']'' || ] || | |||
| Lewis Rothschild | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1996 | |||
| ] || '']'' || Jamie Conway || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Chance | |||
| Voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Frighteners, The" | '']'' | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield || | |||
| Frank Bannister | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || ] || | |||
| Jason Stone | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1999 | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || Scott Howard || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Stuart Little | |||
| rowspan=2|Voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2001 | |||
| '']'' || ] || ] (won) <br> ] (nominated) | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Milo James Thatch | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|2002 | |||
| ] || '']'' || Arthur || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mr. Baker | |||
| Cameo | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| ] || '']'' || Scott || | |||
| rowspan=2|Stuart Little | |||
| Voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2005 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Voice, direct to video | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2013 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan=5|Himself | |||
| Documentary | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2014 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Cameo | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=3|2015 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan=3|Documentary | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=http://backintimefilm.com/|title=Back in Time Film| accessdate=April 17, 2022|website=Back In Time Film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005155349/http://backintimefilm.com/| archivedate=October 5, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2016 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan=2|A.R.C.H.I.E. | |||
| rowspan=2|Voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2018 | |||
| ''A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2019 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mr. Lockhart | |||
| Cameo | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2021 | |||
| ''Back Home Again'' | |||
| Michael J. Bird | |||
| Voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2023 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| Documentary | |||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Television== | === Television === | ||
{{sticky header}} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders sticky-header-multi" | |||
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | |||
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes | |||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Year | |||
| ] || '']'' || Marcel Maggot || Voice Role | |||
! rowspan=2 | Title | |||
! colspan=3 | Functioned as | |||
! rowspan=2 | Role | |||
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Actor | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] || ] (nominated) | |||
! Director | |||
! Executive<br>Producer | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1978 | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] || ] <br> ] | |||
| data-sort-value="Magic Lie, The" | '']'' | |||
| rowspan=27 {{yes}} | |||
| rowspan=19 {{no}} | |||
| rowspan=30 {{no}} | |||
| Nicky | |||
| Episode: "The Master" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] || Voice Role <br> ] | |||
| Jamie Romano | |||
| 12 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''Witch of Westminster Crossing'' | |||
| 1996-2001 || '']'' || Mike Flaherty || ] (nominated-2) <br> ] (won-1) (nominated-3) <br> ] (won-3) (nominated-1) <br> ] (nominated-2) <br> ] (nominated-3) <br> ] (won-2) <br> ] (nominated-2) | |||
| Harley | |||
| Television short film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1979 | |||
| ] || '']'' || Axel Magee || | |||
| ''Letters from Frank'' | |||
| Ricky | |||
| Television film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || Prosecutor || ] | |||
| Paul Stone | |||
| Episode: "Kids" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1980 | |||
| '']'' || Host || ] | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Richard Topol | |||
| Episode: "Such a Fine Line" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| ] || '']'' || || | |||
| Jackie | |||
| Episode: "Tell 'Em Boomer Sent You" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| 1982-1989 || '']'' || ] || ] (won-3) (nominated-2) <br> ] (won-1) (nominated-3) <br> ] (won) <br> ] (nominated) <br> ] (won-2) | |||
| Elliot Schweitzer | |||
| Episode: "Brain Child" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1980–1981 | |||
| ] || '']'' || ] || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Willy-Joe Hall | |||
| 11 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1982 | |||
| ] || '']'' || || '''Segment''': The Iceman Hummeth | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Jeff | |||
| Episode: "The Make Up Test" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1982–1989 | |||
| ] || '']'' || Dennis Baxter || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| 176 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1983 | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || Host || | |||
| data-sort-value="Love Boat, The" | '']'' | |||
| Jimmy | |||
| Episode: "He Ain't Heavy" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || Eddie Simms || ] | |||
| Jay-Jay Manners | |||
| Television film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1983–1984 | |||
| ] || '']'' || Jay-Jay Manners || | |||
| data-sort-value="$25,000 Pyramid, The" | '']'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| 30 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1984 | |||
| ] || '']'' || || '''Episode''': I Like to Be in America... | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Eddie Simms | |||
| Episode: "Santa Goes Downtown" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Homemade Comedy Special, The" | ''The Homemade Comedy Special'' | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || Jamie || | |||
| Host | |||
| rowspan=2|Television special | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''Don't Ask Me, Ask God'' | |||
| '']'' || Elliot Schweitzer || '''Episode''': Brain Child | |||
| Future Son | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2|1985 | |||
| rowspan="3"|] || '']'' || Thomas Elston || | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Alex P. Keaton | |||
| rowspan=2|Television film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' || Richard Topol || '''Episode''': Such a Fine Line | |||
| Dennis Baxter | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1986 | |||
| '']'' || Willy-Joe Hall || | |||
| ''David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival'' | |||
| {{yes}} | |||
| Himself | |||
| Short film; segment: "The Iceman Hummeth"; also writer | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=3|1987 | |||
| rowspan="2"|] || '']'' || Paul Stone || '''Episode''': Kids | |||
| '']'' | |||
|rowspan=6 {{no}} | |||
| Pfc. Raymond Griffiths | |||
| Voice, documentary | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| data-sort-value="Return of Bruno, The" | '']'' | |||
| '']'' || Ricky || | |||
| Himself | |||
| Television documentary film | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan=2|Alex P. Keaton | |||
| Voice, episode: "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1988 | |||
| ''Mickey's 60th Birthday'' | |||
| rowspan=2|Television special | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1990 | |||
| ''Sex, Buys & Advertising'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1991 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Host | |||
| Episode: "Michael J. Fox/]" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' <!--- June 15, 1991 ---> | |||
| rowspan=2 {{yes}} | |||
| Prosecutor | |||
| Episode: "The Trap" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|1992 <!--- April 13, 1992 ---> | |||
| '']'' | |||
| {{no}} | |||
| n/a | |||
| Episode: "Rainy Day" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' <!--- May 12, 1992 ---> | |||
| rowspan=4 {{yes}} | |||
| rowspan=23 {{no}} | |||
| Narrator | |||
| Episode: "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1994 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Axel Magee | |||
| Television film | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1996–2001 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| {{yes}} | |||
| Mike Flaherty | |||
| 103 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1997 | |||
| data-sort-value="Chris Rock Show, The" | '']'' | |||
| {{no}} | |||
| Himself | |||
| Episode: "Jesse Jackson/Rakim"; Uncredited | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1999 | |||
| ''Anna Says'' | |||
| rowspan=2 {{no}} | |||
| rowspan=2 {{yes}} | |||
| rowspan=2|n/a | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|2002 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Pilot episode | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' <!--- November 2, 2002 ---> | |||
| {{yes}} | |||
| {{no}} | |||
| Gandhi's Remaining Kidney | |||
| Voice, episode: "]" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2003 | |||
| ''Hench at Home'' | |||
| {{no}} | |||
| {{yes}} | |||
| n/a | |||
| Also writer | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2004 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| rowspan=15 {{yes}} | |||
| rowspan=8 {{no}} | |||
| Dr. Kevin Casey | |||
| 2 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2005 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| Television film; Uncredited | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2006 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Daniel Post | |||
| 6 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|2009 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Dwight | |||
| 5 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| data-sort-value="Magic 7, The" | '']'' | |||
| Marcel Maggot | |||
| Voice, television film | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2010–2016 | |||
| data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | '']'' | |||
| Louis Canning | |||
| 26 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2011 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Michael / Werewolf | |||
| Voice, episode: "The Curse of Candace" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2011 & 2017 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| 2 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2013–2014 | |||
| data-sort-value="Michael J. Fox Show, The" | '']'' | |||
| {{yes}} | |||
| Mike Henry | |||
| 22 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2015 | |||
| '']'' | |||
|rowspan=6 {{no}} | |||
| Marty McFly | |||
| Skit celebrating Back to the Future | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>Archived at {{cbignore}} and the {{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VGRlEJewA| title=Marty McFly & Doc Brown Visit 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'| work=]| date=October 22, 2015| access-date=November 4, 2020| medium=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2016 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| Episode: "The Cannon" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2018 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Ethan West | |||
| 5 episodes | |||
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Hipes"/> | |||
|- | |||
| 2019 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| Voice, episode: "Dream Waiver" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2020 | |||
| data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | '']'' | |||
| Louis Canning | |||
| 2 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 2021 | |||
| ''Expedition: Back to the Future'' | |||
| Himself | |||
| Episode: "Great Josh!" | |||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
== |
=== Video games === | ||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" | |||
*''Lucky Man: A Memoir'' (2002) (autobiography) | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Voice role | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
| 2011 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| William McFly / Future Marty McFly | |||
| Episode: "Outatime" | |||
|- | |||
| 2015 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Marty McFly | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
== |
=== Web === | ||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" | |||
*] | |||
|- | |||
*] | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
| 2020 | |||
| ] | |||
| Marty McFly | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
== Awards and honours == | |||
==References== | |||
] for Motion Picture – 7021 Hollywood Blvd.]] | |||
<!--See http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> | |||
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Michael J. Fox}} | |||
{{reflist|2}} | |||
Over his career Fox won five ], four ], two ], and a ]. He was also appointed an Officer of the ] in 2010, along with being inducted to ] in 2000 and the ] in 2002. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease he received the ] from the ] in 2022. | |||
* 2000: Honoured by the Family Television Awards for Acting. | |||
==External links== | |||
* 2000: Inducted into ], located in Toronto, Ontario, which acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2000/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| publisher=]| access-date=October 2, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113932/https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2000/michael-j-fox| archive-date=July 19, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
{{Commons|Michael J. Fox}} | |||
* December 16, 2002: Received the 2209th Star on the ] in recognition of his contributions to the motion picture industry, presented to him by the Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| publisher=]| access-date=October 2, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006023448/http://www.walkoffame.com/michael-j-fox| archive-date=October 6, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
*{{imdb name|id=0000150|name=Michael J. Fox}} | |||
* 2005: Received the Golden Plate Award of the ].<ref>{{cite web| title=Golden Plate Awardees| publisher=]| url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service| access-date=January 5, 2021| archive-date=December 15, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2005 Summit Highlights Photo |url=https://achievement.org/summit/2005/ |quote=Actor/activist Michael J. Fox is inducted into the Academy by Olympic figure-skating champion Dorothy Hamill. |access-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119062513/https://achievement.org/summit/2005/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
* 2011: Honoured with the ] for Lifetime Achievement – International. | |||
* 2010: Appointed ] – The Officer O.C. recognises national service or achievement.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2010/governor-general-announces-74-new-appointments-order-canada |title=Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada |publisher=] |date=June 30, 2010 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117200321/https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2010/governor-general-announces-74-new-appointments-order-canada |archive-date=November 17, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
* 2010: Received the ] Distinguished Service Award.<ref>{{cite web| title=Distinguished Service Award: Award Recipients |url=https://www.nab.org/events/awards/pastawardwinners.asp?id=1930 |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=National Association of Broadcasters |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518064743/https://www.nab.org/events/awards/pastAwardWinners.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
*2010: He received an ] from the ] | |||
* 2013: Honoured with the ] by the ]. | |||
* 2021: Doctor of Fine Arts, ], from ].<ref>{{cite press release| title=SFU announces 2021 Honorary Degree recipients| url=https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/03/sfu-announces-2021-honorary-degree-recipients.html| access-date=March 26, 2021| archive-date=March 26, 2021| publisher=Simon Fraser University| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326180535/http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/03/sfu-announces-2021-honorary-degree-recipients.html| url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
* 2022: Received the ] from 95th Academy Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2022 |title=THE ACADEMY TO HONOR MICHAEL J. FOX, EUZHAN PALCY, DIANE WARREN AND PETER WEIR WITH OSCARS® AT GOVERNORS AWARDS IN NOVEMBER |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-michael-j-fox-euzhan-palcy-diane-warren-and-peter-weir-oscarsr-governors-awards |access-date=July 2, 2022 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112015248/https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-michael-j-fox-euzhan-palcy-diane-warren-and-peter-weir-oscarsr-governors-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = Lucky Man: A Memoir | url = https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich | url-access = registration |publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0-7868-6764-6}} | |||
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* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist | url = https://archive.org/details/alwayslookingupa00foxm_0 | url-access = registration |publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2009 | isbn =978-1-4013-0338-9}} | |||
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* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781401323868 | url-access = registration | title = A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned | publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn =978-1-4013-2386-8}} | |||
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* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality | quote = | publisher = Flatiron Books | location = New York | year = 2020 | isbn = 978-1-2502-6561-6}} | |||
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Canadian and American actor (born 1961)
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Born | Michael Andrew Fox (1961-06-09) June 9, 1961 (age 63) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Years active | 1978–2020 (Actor) 2000–present (activist) |
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Michael Andrew Fox OC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American activist and retired actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), and The Frighteners (1996). He returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996–2000).
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 him to reduce his acting work.
Fox 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 comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009), the legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016) and spin-off The Good Fight (2020), and the comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011, 2017). Fox's last major role was the lead on the short-lived sitcom The Michael J. Fox Show (2013–2014). He officially retired in 2020 due to his declining health.
Fox has won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, and was inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2022.
Early life
Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on June 9, 1961, the son of Phyllis (née Piper) and William Nelson Fox. William was a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Forces who later became a police dispatcher, while Phyllis was a payroll clerk and actress. Fox is of English and Irish descent; his maternal grandparents were from England and Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Fox's family lived in various cities and towns across Canada due to his father's career. They moved to Burnaby, a city outside of Vancouver, when his father retired in 1971. His father died of a heart attack on January 6, 1990. His mother died in September 2022. Fox attended Burnaby Central Secondary School, and has a theatre named for him at Burnaby South Secondary. At age 16, Fox starred in the Canadian television series Leo and Me, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 1979, at age 18, he moved to Los Angeles to further his acting career. Shortly after his 1988 marriage, he moved back to Vancouver.
Fox was discovered by producer Ronald Shedlo and made his American debut in the television film Letters from Frank, credited under the name "Michael Fox". However, when he registered with the Screen Actors Guild, he discovered that Michael Fox, a veteran actor, was already registered under that name. Fox explained in his autobiography Lucky Man: A Memoir:
The Screen Actors Guild prohibits any two members from working under the same stage name, and they already had a 'Michael Fox' on the books. My middle name is Andrew, but 'Andrew Fox' or 'Andy Fox' didn't cut it for me. 'Michael A. Fox' was even worse, the word fox having recently come into use as a synonym for attractive. (Presumptuous?) It also sounded uncomfortably Canadian – Michael Eh? Fox – but maybe I was just being oversensitive. And then I remembered one of my favorite character actors, Michael J. Pollard, the guileless accomplice in Bonnie and Clyde. I stuck in the J, which sometimes I tell people stands for either Jenuine or Jenius, and resubmitted my forms.
Acting career
Early career
Fox's first feature film roles were Midnight Madness (1980) and Class of 1984 (1982), credited in both as Michael Fox. Shortly afterward, he began playing "Young Republican" Alex P. Keaton in the show Family Ties, which aired on NBC for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989. In an interview with Jimmy Fallon in April 2014, Fox stated he negotiated the role at a payphone at Pioneer Chicken. He received the role only after Matthew Broderick was unavailable. Family Ties had been sold to the television network using the pitch "Hip parents, square kids", with the parents originally intended to be the main characters. However, the positive reaction to Fox's performance led to his character's becoming the focus of the show following the fourth episode. Fox won three Emmy Awards for Family Ties in 1986, 1987, and 1988. He won a Golden Globe Award in 1989.
Brandon Tartikoff, one of the show's producers, felt that Fox was too short in relation to the actors playing his parents, and tried to have him replaced. Tartikoff reportedly said that "this is not the kind of face you'll ever find on a lunchbox." After his later successes, Fox presented Tartikoff with a custom-made lunchbox with the inscription "To Brandon: This is for you to put your crow in. Love and Kisses, Michael J." Tartikoff kept the lunchbox in his office for the rest of his NBC career.
When Fox left the television series Spin City in 2000, his final episodes made numerous allusions to Family Ties: Michael Gross (who played Alex's father Steven) portrays Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character's) therapist, and there is a reference to an off-screen character named "Mallory". Also, when Flaherty becomes an environmental lobbyist in Washington, D.C., he meets a conservative senator from Ohio named Alex P. Keaton, and in one episode Meredith Baxter played Mike's mother.
As a result of working on Family Ties, as well as his acting in Teen Wolf and Back to the Future, Fox became a teen idol. The VH1 television series The Greatest later named him among their "50 Greatest Teen Idols".
Film career
In January 1985, Fox was cast to replace Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time from 1985 to 1955 in Back to the Future. Director Robert Zemeckis originally wanted Fox to play Marty, but Gary David Goldberg, the creator of Family Ties, on which Fox was working at the time, refused to allow Zemeckis even to approach Fox. Goldberg felt that, as Meredith Baxter was on maternity leave at the time, Fox's character Alex Keaton was needed to carry the show in her absence. Stoltz was cast and was already filming Back to the Future, but Zemeckis felt that Stoltz was not giving the right type of performance for the humor involved.
Zemeckis quickly replaced Stoltz with Fox, whose schedule was now more open with the return of Baxter. During filming, Fox rehearsed for Family Ties from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; he then rushed to the Back to the Future set, where he would rehearse and shoot until 2:30 a.m. This schedule lasted for two full months. Back to the Future was both a critical and commercial success. The film spent eight consecutive weekends as the number-one movie at the US box office in 1985, and it eventually earned a worldwide total of $381.11 million. Variety applauded the performances, opining that Fox and his co-star Christopher Lloyd imbued Marty and Doc Brown's friendship with a quality reminiscent of King Arthur and Merlin. The film was followed by two successful sequels, Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990), which were produced at the same time but released separately. While filming the scene where Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen tries to hang Marty in Part III, Fox was allowed to perform the stunt himself as long as he knew where to put his hand on the noose to keep himself from choking; however, on the third take, Fox accidentally placed his hand in the wrong spot, which resulted in him choking, passing out, and nearly dying until Zemeckis noticed him in peril and had him cut down.
During and immediately after the Back to the Future trilogy, Fox starred in Teen Wolf (1985), Light of Day (1987), The Secret of My Success (1987), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), and Casualties of War (1989).
In The Secret of My Success, Fox played a recent graduate from Kansas State University who moves to New York City, where he deals with the ups and downs of the business world. The film was successful at the box office, grossing $110 million worldwide. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Fox provides a fairly desperate center for the film. It could not have been much fun for him to follow the movie's arbitrary shifts of mood, from sitcom to slapstick, from sex farce to boardroom brawls."
In Bright Lights, Big City, Fox played a fact-checker for a New York magazine who spends his nights partying with alcohol and drugs. The film received mixed reviews, with Hal Hinson in The Washington Post criticizing Fox by claiming that "he was the wrong actor for the job". Meanwhile, Roger Ebert praised the actor's performance: "Fox is very good in the central role (he has a long drunken monologue that is the best thing he has ever done in a movie)". During the shooting of Bright Lights, Big City, Fox co-starred again with Tracy Pollan, his on-screen girlfriend from Family Ties.
Fox then starred in Casualties of War, a dark and violent war drama about the Vietnam War, alongside Sean Penn. Casualties of War was not a major box office hit, but Fox was praised for his performance. Don Willmott wrote: "Fox, only one year beyond his Family Ties sitcom silliness, rises to the challenges of acting as the film's moral voice and sharing scenes with the always intimidating Penn." While Family Ties was ending, his production company Snowback Productions set up a two-year production pact at Paramount Pictures to develop film and television projects.
In 1991, he starred in Doc Hollywood, a romantic comedy about a talented medical doctor who decides to become a plastic surgeon. While moving from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, he winds up as a doctor in a small southern town in South Carolina. Michael Caton-Jones, of Time Out, described Fox in the film as "at his frenetic best". The Hard Way was also released in 1991, with Fox playing an undercover actor learning from police officer James Woods. After being privately diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991 and being cautioned he had "ten good working years left", Fox hastily signed a three-film contract, appearing in For Love or Money (1993), Life with Mikey (1993), and Greedy (1994). In the mid-1990s Fox played smaller supporting roles in The American President (1995) and Mars Attacks! (1996).
His last major film role was in The Frighteners (1996), directed by Peter Jackson. Fox's performance received critical praise, Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times wrote; "The film's actors are equally pleasing. Both Fox, in his most successful starring role in some time, and Alvarado, who looks rather like Andie MacDowell here, have no difficulty getting into the manic spirit of things."
He voiced the American Bulldog Chance in Disney's live-action film Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and its sequel Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, the titular character in Stuart Little and its two sequels Stuart Little 2 and Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, and Milo James Thatch in Disney's animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Later career and retirement
Spin City ran from 1996 to 2002 on American television network ABC. The show depicted a fictional New York City government, originally starring Fox as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty. Fox won an Emmy Award for Spin City in 2000, three Golden Globe Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2000, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1999 and 2000. During the third season, Fox told the cast and crew of the show that he had Parkinson's disease, and during the fourth season, he announced his retirement from the show. A character played by Charlie Sheen replaced his, and he made three more appearances during the final season. In 2002, his Lottery Hill Entertainment production company attempted to set up a pilot for ABC with DreamWorks Television and Touchstone Television company via first-look agreements, but it never went to series.
In 2004, Fox guest-starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama Scrubs – created by Spin City creator Bill Lawrence – as Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. In 2006, he appeared in four episodes of Boston Legal as a lung cancer patient. The producers brought him back in a recurring role for season three, beginning with the season premiere. Fox was nominated for an Emmy Award for best guest appearance.
In 2009, Fox appeared in five episodes of the television series Rescue Me which earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Starting in 2010, Fox played a recurring role in the American drama The Good Wife as crafty attorney Louis Canning and earned Emmy nominations for three consecutive years. In 2011, Fox portrayed himself in the eighth season of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, in which David's fictionalized self becomes Fox's neighbor and accuses him of using his Parkinson's disease as a manipulative tool. Fox returned in 2017 for a brief appearance, referencing his prior time on the show.
In August 2012, NBC announced that Fox would star in The Michael J. Fox Show, loosely based on his life. It was granted a 22-episode commitment from the network and premiered in September 2013, but was taken off the air after 15 episodes and later cancelled.
Fox has made several appearances in other media. At the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he delivered comedy monologues, along with William Shatner and Catherine O'Hara, in the "I am Canadian" part of the show.
Despite sound-alike A.J. LoCascio voicing Marty McFly in the 2011 Back to the Future episodic adventure game, Fox lent his likeness to the in-game version of Marty alongside Christopher Lloyd. Fox made a special guest appearance in the final episode of the series as an elder version of Marty, as well as his great-grandfather Willie McFly.
Fox appeared in five episodes of the second season of the ABC political drama Designated Survivor, in the recurring role of Ethan West, investigating whether the president was fit to continue in the job.
In 2020, Fox retired from acting due to the increasing unreliability of his speech. Fox's memoir, No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, was released that November. In the book, Fox explained that, "not being able to speak reliably is a game-breaker for an actor" and that he was experiencing memory loss. Fox wrote, "There is a time for everything, and my time of putting in a 12-hour workday, and memorizing seven pages of dialogue, is best behind me...I enter a second retirement. That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it."
In 2021, Fox appeared in one episode of the television series Expedition: Back to the Future, as well as in the animated film Back Home Again. On May 12, 2023, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, a documentary which follows his career and Parkinson's disease diagnosis, was released. The film was directed by Davis Guggenheim and made for Apple TV+. It was positively received, winning four of the seven awards it was nominated for at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards. Stephanie Zacharek on behalf of Time wrote, "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie reminds us that a person stricken with a disease doesn’t become that disease...What’s striking about Still is how celebratory it is. This isn’t the story of a wonderful actor felled by an illness; it’s the story of a wonderful actor," while Mark Kermode of The Guardian called it "An intimate, uplifting star portrait."
On June 29, 2024, he was featured on the Glastonbury Festival as a guest of British rock band Coldplay, playing the guitar with them on the songs "Humankind" and "Fix You". Lead singer and pianist Chris Martin mentioned during the show that "Back to the Future is the main reason we became a band".
Other work
Fox served as an executive producer of Spin City alongside co-creators Bill Lawrence and Gary David Goldberg.
Fox has authored four books: Lucky Man: A Memoir (2002), Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (2009), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned (2010), and No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality (2020).
Personal life
Fox met his wife, Tracy Pollan, when she played the role of his girlfriend, Ellen, on Family Ties. They were married on July 16, 1988, at West Mountain Inn in Arlington, Vermont. The couple have four children: one son and three daughters. Shortly before the couple's marriage, Fox purchased an estate named Lottery Hill Farm in South Woodstock, Vermont, which he listed in 2012. In 1997, Fox purchased an apartment on Fifth Avenue within the Manhattan neighbourhood of Upper East Side, where he and his family lived primarily until 2020. The same year, Fox and Pollan built an estate in Sharon, Connecticut, which he listed in 2016. In 2007, Fox purchased a house in Quogue, New York, where he and his family lived part-time and spent the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Fox sold the house and moved to Santa Barbara, California, with his family; they took up residence in Malibu several months later.
Fox became a US citizen in 2000 but retains his Canadian citizenship. He provided a light-hearted segment during the 2010 Winter Olympics' closing ceremony in Vancouver on February 28, 2010, when he expressed how proud he is to be Canadian. On June 4, 2010, the city of Burnaby granted him the Freedom of the City. Fox endorsed Pete Buttigieg prior to the 2020 United States presidential election.
Parkinson's disease
Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset Parkinson's disease in 1991 while shooting the film Doc Hollywood and was diagnosed shortly thereafter. Though his initial symptoms were only a twitching little finger and a sore shoulder, he was told that within a few years he would not be able to work. The causes of Parkinson's disease are not well understood, and may include genetic and environmental factors. Fox is one of at least four members of the cast and crew of Leo and Me who developed early-onset Parkinson's. According to Fox, this is not enough people to be defined as a cluster so it has not been well researched. In 2020, he told Hadley Freeman of The Guardian: "I can think of a thousand possible scenarios: I used to go fishing in a river near paper mills and eat the salmon I caught; I've been to a lot of farms; I smoked a lot of pot in high school when the government was poisoning the crops. But you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out."
After his diagnosis, Fox began drinking heavily and grew depressed. In 1992, he eventually sought help and stopped drinking altogether. Fox went public with his Parkinson's disease in 1998 and has become a strong advocate for Parkinson's disease research. His foundation, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, was created to help advance every promising research path to curing Parkinson's disease. Since 2010, he has led a $100-million effort, which is the Foundation's landmark observational study, to discover the biological markers of Parkinson's disease with the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI).
Fox manages the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease with the drug carbidopa/levodopa. He had a thalamotomy in 1998.
His first book, Lucky Man, focused on how, after seven years of denial of the disease, he set up the Michael J. Fox Foundation, stopped drinking and became an advocate for people living with Parkinson's disease. In Lucky Man, Fox wrote that he did not take his medication prior to his testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in 1999 (partial C-SPAN video clip).
I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling.
In an interview with NPR in April 2002, Fox explained what he does when he becomes symptomatic:
Well, actually, I've been erring on the side of caution—I think 'erring' is actually the right word—in that I've been medicating perhaps too much, in the sense ... the symptoms ... people see in some of these interviews that have been on are actually dyskinesia, which is a reaction to the medication. Because if I were purely symptomatic with Parkinson's symptoms, a lot of times speaking is difficult. There's a kind of a cluttering of speech and it's very difficult to sit still, to sit in one place. You know, the symptoms are different, so I'd rather kind of suffer the symptoms of dyskinesia ... this kind of weaving and this kind of continuous thing is much preferable, actually, than pure Parkinson's symptoms. So that's what I generally do ... I haven't had any, you know, problems with pure Parkinson's symptoms in any of these interviews, because I'll tend to just make sure that I have enough Sinemet in my system and, in some cases, too much. But to me, it's preferable. It's not representative of what I'm like in my everyday life. I get a lot of people with Parkinson's coming up to me saying, 'You take too much medication.' I say, 'Well, you sit across from Larry King and see if you want to tempt it.'
— Interview, April 30, 2002, Fresh Air, NPR
In 2006, Fox starred in a campaign ad for then-State Auditor of Missouri Claire McCaskill in her successful 2006 Senate campaign against incumbent Jim Talent, expressing her support for embryonic stem cell research. In the ad, he visibly showed the effects of his Parkinson's disease:
As you might know, I care deeply about stem cell research. In Missouri, you can elect Claire McCaskill, who shares my hope for cures. Unfortunately, Senator Jim Talent opposes expanding stem cell research. Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us the chance for hope. They say all politics is local, but that's not always the case. What you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me.
— Michael J. Fox, Campaign Advertisement for Claire McCaskill
The New York Times called it "one of the most powerful and talked about political advertisements in years" and polls indicated that the commercial had a measurable impact on the way voters voted, in an election that McCaskill won. His second book, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, describes his life between 1999 and 2009, with much of the book centered on how Fox got into campaigning for stem cell research. On March 31, 2009, Fox appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with Mehmet Oz to discuss his condition as well as his book, his family and his primetime special, which aired May 7, 2009, (Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist).
His work led him to be named one of the 100 people "whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world" in 2007 by Time magazine. On March 5, 2010, Fox received an honorary doctorate in medicine from Karolinska Institute for his contributions to research in Parkinson's disease. He received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of British Columbia.
On May 31, 2012, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the Justice Institute of British Columbia to recognize his accomplishments as a performer as well as his commitment to raising research funding and awareness for Parkinson's disease. Fox recalled performing in role-playing simulations as part of police recruit training exercises at the Institute early in his career.
In 2016, his organization created a raffle to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease and raised $6.75 million, with the help of Nike, Inc. via two auctions, one in Hong Kong and the other in London.
At the 2022 Governors Awards, Fox was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his efforts in fighting Parkinson's, having raised over $1 billion for research. The award was presented by friend Woody Harrelson.
In a 2023 interview with Jane Pauley on CBS Sunday Morning, Fox said, "I'm not gonna lie. It's getting harder. Every day it's tougher." He said he has had spinal surgery for a benign tumor and has broken bones in several falls.
His life is the subject of Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, a 2023 documentary film by Davis Guggenheim for Apple TV+.
He was named in Time 2024 list of influential people in health.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s). |
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1980 | Midnight Madness | Scott Larson | ||
1982 | Class of 1984 | Arthur | ||
1985 | Back to the Future | Marty McFly | ||
Teen Wolf | Scott Howard | |||
1987 | Light of Day | Joe Rasnick | ||
The Secret of My Success | Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield | |||
1988 | Bright Lights, Big City | Jamie Conway | ||
1989 | Casualties of War | PFC. Max Eriksson | ||
Back to the Future Part II | Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly | |||
1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Marty McFly / Seamus McFly | ||
1991 | The Hard Way | Nick "Nicky" Lang | ||
Doc Hollywood | Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Stone | |||
1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Chance/Narrator | Voice | |
Life with Mikey | Michael "Mikey" Chapman | |||
For Love or Money | Doug Ireland | |||
1994 | Where the Rivers Flow North | Clayton Farnsworth | ||
Greedy | Daniel "Danny" McTeague Jr. | |||
1995 | Coldblooded | Tim Alexander | Also producer | |
Blue in the Face | Pete Maloney | |||
The American President | Lewis Rothschild | |||
1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Chance | Voice | |
The Frighteners | Frank Bannister | |||
Mars Attacks! | Jason Stone | |||
1999 | Stuart Little | Stuart Little | Voice | |
2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Milo James Thatch | ||
2002 | Interstate 60 | Mr. Baker | Cameo | |
Stuart Little 2 | Stuart Little | Voice | ||
2005 | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Voice, direct to video | ||
2013 | Drew: The Man Behind the Poster | Himself | Documentary | |
2014 | Annie | Cameo | ||
2015 | Being Canadian | Documentary | ||
Back in Time | ||||
Mr Calzaghe | ||||
2016 | A.R.C.H.I.E. | A.R.C.H.I.E. | Voice | |
2018 | A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible | |||
2019 | See You Yesterday | Mr. Lockhart | Cameo | |
2021 | Back Home Again | Michael J. Bird | Voice | |
2023 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Himself | Documentary |
Television
Year | Title | Functioned as | Role | Notes | Ref(s). | ||
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Actor | Director | Executive Producer | |||||
1978 | The Magic Lie | Yes | No | No | Nicky | Episode: "The Master" | |
Leo and Me | Jamie Romano | 12 episodes | |||||
Witch of Westminster Crossing | Harley | Television short film | |||||
1979 | Letters from Frank | Ricky | Television film | ||||
Lou Grant | Paul Stone | Episode: "Kids" | |||||
1980 | Family | Richard Topol | Episode: "Such a Fine Line" | ||||
Here's Boomer | Jackie | Episode: "Tell 'Em Boomer Sent You" | |||||
Trapper John, M.D. | Elliot Schweitzer | Episode: "Brain Child" | |||||
1980–1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Willy-Joe Hall | 11 episodes | ||||
1982 | Teachers Only | Jeff | Episode: "The Make Up Test" | ||||
1982–1989 | Family Ties | Alex P. Keaton | 176 episodes | ||||
1983 | The Love Boat | Jimmy | Episode: "He Ain't Heavy" | ||||
High School U.S.A. | Jay-Jay Manners | Television film | |||||
1983–1984 | The $25,000 Pyramid | Himself | 30 episodes | ||||
1984 | Night Court | Eddie Simms | Episode: "Santa Goes Downtown" | ||||
The Homemade Comedy Special | Host | Television special | |||||
Don't Ask Me, Ask God | Future Son | ||||||
1985 | Family Ties Vacation | Alex P. Keaton | Television film | ||||
Poison Ivy | Dennis Baxter | ||||||
1986 | David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival | Yes | Himself | Short film; segment: "The Iceman Hummeth"; also writer | |||
1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | No | Pfc. Raymond Griffiths | Voice, documentary | |||
The Return of Bruno | Himself | Television documentary film | |||||
Muppet Babies | Alex P. Keaton | Voice, episode: "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood" | |||||
1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Television special | |||||
1990 | Sex, Buys & Advertising | Himself | |||||
1991 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Michael J. Fox/The Black Crowes" | ||||
Tales from the Crypt | Yes | Prosecutor | Episode: "The Trap" | ||||
1992 | Brooklyn Bridge | No | n/a | Episode: "Rainy Day" | |||
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Yes | No | Narrator | Episode: "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" | |||
1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Axel Magee | Television film | ||||
1996–2001 | Spin City | Yes | Mike Flaherty | 103 episodes | |||
1997 | The Chris Rock Show | No | Himself | Episode: "Jesse Jackson/Rakim"; Uncredited | |||
1999 | Anna Says | No | Yes | n/a | |||
2002 | Otherwise Engaged | Pilot episode | |||||
Clone High | Yes | No | Gandhi's Remaining Kidney | Voice, episode: "Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand" | |||
2003 | Hench at Home | No | Yes | n/a | Also writer | ||
2004 | Scrubs | Yes | No | Dr. Kevin Casey | 2 episodes | ||
2005 | Saving Milly | Himself | Television film; Uncredited | ||||
2006 | Boston Legal | Daniel Post | 6 episodes | ||||
2009 | Rescue Me | Dwight | 5 episodes | ||||
The Magic 7 | Marcel Maggot | Voice, television film | |||||
2010–2016 | The Good Wife | Louis Canning | 26 episodes | ||||
2011 | Phineas and Ferb | Michael / Werewolf | Voice, episode: "The Curse of Candace" | ||||
2011 & 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | 2 episodes | ||||
2013–2014 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Yes | Mike Henry | 22 episodes | |||
2015 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | No | Marty McFly | Skit celebrating Back to the Future | |||
2016 | Nightcap | Himself | Episode: "The Cannon" | ||||
2018 | Designated Survivor | Ethan West | 5 episodes | ||||
2019 | Corner Gas Animated | Himself | Voice, episode: "Dream Waiver" | ||||
2020 | The Good Fight | Louis Canning | 2 episodes | ||||
2021 | Expedition: Back to the Future | Himself | Episode: "Great Josh!" |
Video games
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2011 | Back to the Future: The Game | William McFly / Future Marty McFly | Episode: "Outatime" |
2015 | Lego Dimensions | Marty McFly |
Web
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | "The Origins of Holiday" (Lil Nas X song trailer) | Marty McFly |
Awards and honours
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Michael J. FoxOver his career Fox won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. 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. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2022.
- 2000: Honoured by the Family Television Awards for Acting.
- 2000: Inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, located in Toronto, Ontario, which acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians.
- December 16, 2002: Received the 2209th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of his contributions to the motion picture industry, presented to him by the Chamber of Commerce.
- 2005: Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
- 2011: Honoured with the Golden Camera Award for Lifetime Achievement – International.
- 2010: Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada – The Officer O.C. recognises national service or achievement.
- 2010: Received the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award.
- 2010: He received an honorary doctorate from the Karolinska Institute
- 2013: Honoured with the Golden Apple Award by the Casting Society of America.
- 2021: Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from Simon Fraser University.
- 2022: Received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from 95th Academy Awards
Books
- Fox, Michael J. (2002). Lucky Man: A Memoir. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-7868-6764-6.
- Fox, Michael J. (2009). Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-4013-0338-9.
- Fox, Michael J. (2010). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-4013-2386-8.
- Fox, Michael J. (2020). No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality. New York: Flatiron Books. ISBN 978-1-2502-6561-6.
Explanatory notes
- Fox retired from acting in 2020, but still makes public appearances as an activist.
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Actor/activist Michael J. Fox is inducted into the Academy by Olympic figure-skating champion Dorothy Hamill.
- "Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada" (Press release). Governor General of Canada. June 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- "Distinguished Service Award: Award Recipients". National Association of Broadcasters. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- "SFU announces 2021 Honorary Degree recipients" (Press release). Simon Fraser University. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- "THE ACADEMY TO HONOR MICHAEL J. FOX, EUZHAN PALCY, DIANE WARREN AND PETER WEIR WITH OSCARS® AT GOVERNORS AWARDS IN NOVEMBER". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 21, 2022. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
External links
- Michael J Fox Theatre
- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
- Michael J. Fox at IMDb
- Michael J. Fox at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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