Michael J. Fox#Parkinson's disease
{{Short description|Canadian-American actor and activist (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|OC}}
| image = Michael J Fox 2020.jpg
| caption = Fox in 2020
| birth_name = Michael Andrew Fox
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|9|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| citizenship = {{ubl|Canada|US (2000–present)}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|activist|TV producer}}
| years_active = {{ubl|1978–2020 (actor)|2000–present (activist){{efn|Fox retired from acting in 2020, but still makes public appearances as an activist.}}}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Tracy Pollan|July 16, 1988}}
| children = 4
| awards = Full list
| website = {{URL|michaeljfox.org}}
| signature = Michael J. Fox official signature (2021).svg
}}
Michael Andrew Fox (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.{{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=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/michael-j-foxs-new-memoir-details-health-struggles-to-second-retirement-4093196/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=December 26, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615215948/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/michael-j-foxs-new-memoir-details-health-struggles-to-second-retirement-4093196/|url-status=live}}
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{{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}} and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.{{Cite web |last=The White House |date=2025-01-04 |title=President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/04/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-3/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Garrison |first=Joey |title=Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros, 17 others |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/04/biden-medal-of-freedom-clinton-soros-wintour/77440603007/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}
Early life
Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on June 9, 1961,{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-J-Fox| title=Michael J. Fox: Canadian actor| encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica| 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}} the son of Phyllis{{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}} (née Piper) and William Nelson Fox.{{cite book| last=Fox| first=Michael J.| title=Lucky Man : A Memoir| publisher=Hyperion| year=2003| pages=[https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich/page/34 34, 46–47]| url=https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich/page/34| isbn=978-0-7868-8874-0}} William was a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Forces who later became a police dispatcher,{{cite news| magazine=AARP: The 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}}{{cite news |date=October 21, 2015 |title=Back to the Future: a timeline of Michael J Fox's career |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |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.}} while Phyllis was a payroll clerk and actress. Fox is of English and Northern Irish descent; his maternal grandparents were from England and Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite web|url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RST-TPSH|title= Phyllis Piper Census Canada Census, 1931|publisher= FamilySearch|accessdate=February 19, 2024}}{{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 }}
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 Burnaby, a city outside of Vancouver, when his father retired in 1971. His father died of a heart attack on January 6, 1990.{{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}} His mother died in September 2022.{{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}} 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.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=65}} Shortly after his 1988 marriage, he moved back to Vancouver.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=48}}
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.{{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 }} Fox explained in his autobiography Lucky Man: A Memoir:
{{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, 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
= 1980–1984: Early roles and television =
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",{{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=Slate |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}} with the parents originally intended to be the main characters. However, the positive reaction to Fox's performance led to his character becoming the focus of the show following the fourth episode.
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.{{sfn|Fox|2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich/page/81 81–82]}}{{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}}
= 1985–1990: ''Back to the Future'' and stardom =
File:Michael J Fox 1988-cropped1.jpg in August 1988]]
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."Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy: Chapter 1 (DVD Documentary)"
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backtothefuture.htm |title=Back to the Future |publisher=Box Office Mojo |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}} 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.{{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}} Fox's performance in particular was praised, earning him a nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards.{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Fox |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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=The Independent}}{{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=Collider |language=en}}
File:Michael J. Fox (cropped).jpg in September 1987]]
As a result of working on Family Ties, and his back-to-back hit performances in Back to the Future and Teen Wolf (1985), Fox became a teen idol. The VH1 television series The Greatest later named him among their "50 Greatest Teen Idols".{{Cite web |title=Episode 080: 50 Greatest Teen Idols |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=67297 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209143618/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=67297 |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |publisher=VH1}}
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), and Bright Lights, Big City (1988). 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.{{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}} 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."{{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}}
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".{{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}} 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)".{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Bright Lights, Big City |website=RogerEbert.com |date=April 1, 1988 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bright-lights-big-city-1988 |access-date=December 26, 2024}} During the shooting of Bright Lights, Big City, Fox co-starred again with Tracy Pollan, his on-screen girlfriend from Family Ties.{{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 }}
Fox won three Emmy Awards for Family Ties in 1986, 1987, and 1988.{{cite web |title=Emmy Award History |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 |url-status=live |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 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |website=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences}} He won a Golden Globe Award in 1989,{{cite web |title=Golden Globe Awards for Michael J. Fox |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418092738/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2016 |website=Golden Globe Awards}} the year the show ended. 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,{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Amy |date=March 20, 2000 |title=Putting His Own Spin on 'City's' Season Finale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-20-ca-10674-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221085727/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/mar/20/entertainment/ca-10674 |archive-date=February 21, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} and there is a reference to an off-screen character named "Mallory".Shales, Tom (May 24, 2000). "Michael J. Fox, Playing 'Spin City' to a Fare-Thee-Well". The Washington Post. C1. Also, when Flaherty becomes an environmental lobbyist in Washington, D.C., he meets a conservative senator from Ohio named Alex P. Keaton,{{cite web |last=Abilock |first=Genni |date=June 14, 2022 |title={{-'}}Family Ties': The Hit American Sitcom that Defined the 80's |url=https://www.heraldweekly.com/family-ties-the-hit-american-sitcom-that-defined-the-80s/37/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904014244/https://www.heraldweekly.com/family-ties-the-hit-american-sitcom-that-defined-the-80s/37/ |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Herald Weekly}} and in one episode Meredith Baxter played Mike's mother.{{cite magazine |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=November 21, 1997 |title=Family Ties lives on with Spin City |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/11/21/family-ties-lives-spin-city/ |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 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
Fox then starred in Casualties of War (1989), 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."{{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}} 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.{{cite news |date=January 18, 1989 |title=Michael J. Fox's Snowback in Par pact |page=14 |magazine=Variety}}
= 1991–2001: Further films and acclaim =
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".{{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}} 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,{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} 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 [Trini] Alvarado, who looks rather like Andie MacDowell here, have no difficulty getting into the manic spirit of things."{{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}}
In the 1990s and 2000s, Fox took on multiple voice acting roles. 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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020436/bio |title=Michael J Fox Biography |website=Yahoo! |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}}
= 1996–2020: Later career and retirement =
File:Michael J. Fox Hand Prints.jpg at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park]]
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.{{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=Routledge |page=8 |isbn=978-1-4724-8604-2}} Fox served as an executive producer of Spin City alongside co-creators Bill Lawrence and Gary David Goldberg. He 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.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/609629.stm |title=Fox quits Spin City |website=BBC News |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.}} A character played by Charlie Sheen replaced his,{{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=The New York Times |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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}
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.{{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=USA Today |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}}{{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=The A.V. Club| 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}} 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.
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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.{{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=Zap2it| 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=dead}} 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.{{cite news| title=Curb Your Enthusiasm| url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/larry-vs-michael-j-fox,61416/| website=The A.V. Club| 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}}{{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}}
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,{{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=Associated Press| first=Frazier| last=Moore| access-date=April 17, 2022}} but was taken off the air after 15 episodes and later cancelled.{{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}}
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.{{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=Montreal Gazette |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}}
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.{{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=GameTrailers |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}}
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.{{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=Deadline Hollywood| 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}}{{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}}
File:Coldplay_Glasto24_290624_(272)_(53836785472)_(cropped).jpg at the Glastonbury Festival in 2024]]
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."
= 2021–2024: ''Still'' and brief film roles =
In 2021, Fox appeared in one episode of the television series Expedition: Back to the Future,{{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}} 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.{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Coming May 12: Apple TV+'s Feature Film, 'Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie{{'-}} |url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/news/coming-may-12-apple-tvs-feature-film-still-michael-j-fox-movie |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research}} The film was directed by Davis Guggenheim and made for Apple TV+.{{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}} It was positively received, winning four of the seven awards it was nominated for at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.{{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}}{{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}} 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,"{{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=TIME |language=en}} while Mark Kermode of The Guardian called it "An intimate, uplifting star portrait."{{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=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
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".{{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}} Lead singer and pianist Chris Martin mentioned during the show that "Back to the Future is the main reason we became a band".{{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}}
Activism
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991. He has since become an activist and began the The Michael J. Fox Foundation to increase research efforts to find a cure.
He has written several memoirs on his experiences. 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.{{cite news |last=Brockes |first=Emma |date=April 11, 2009 |title={{-'}}It's the gift that keeps on taking{{'-}} |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |url-status=live |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 |access-date=October 25, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London}} 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:
{{Blockquote
|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 Claire McCaskill{{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}}{{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}}
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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.{{cite magazine |date=October 26, 2006 |title=The Michael J. Fox Effect |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061026/26politicalwire.htm |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 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}} 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).{{cite magazine |date=March 19, 2009 |title=Michael J. Fox Speaks Out About Parkinson's |url=http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Michael-J-Foxs-Life-with-Parkinsons-Stem-Cells-Optimism-and-More/2 |url-status=live |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 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |magazine=O, The Oprah Magazine}}
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.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Patti |author-link=Patti Davis |date=May 3, 2007 |title=The TIME 100 – Michael J. Fox |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615882,00.html |url-status=dead |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 |access-date=May 14, 2011 |magazine=Time}} On March 5, 2010, Fox received an honorary doctorate in medicine from Karolinska Institute for his contributions to research in Parkinson's disease.{{cite web |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Michael J Fox hedersdoktor på KI |url=http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/bioteknik_lakemedel/medicin_teknik/article740544.ece |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 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |website=Ny Teknik |language=sv}}{{cite news |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Michael J. Fox Gets Doctored |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b170318_michael_j_fox_gets_doctored.html |url-status=live |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 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |website=E! News}} He received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of British Columbia.{{cite news |date=May 23, 2008 |title=Michael J. Fox 'deeply moved' by honorary degree from UBC |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=411f8372-c535-49fc-bf38-2145f5e5cb7c |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 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |newspaper=The Vancouver Sun}} His third book, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned, was released in 2010.{{cite news |last=Khakpour |first=Porochista |author-link=Porochista Khakpour |title=Review | Michael J. Fox mixes candor, humor and hope in his heartfelt new memoir |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 |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=January 19, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
On May 31, 2012, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the Justice Institute of British Columbia{{cite web |date=May 31, 2012 |title=Celebrating Convocation |url=http://jibc.ca/news/celebrating-convocation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618002753/http://www.jibc.ca/news/celebrating-convocation |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2012 |website=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.{{cite web |last=Rooney |first=Kyle |date=October 21, 2016 |title=The Michael J. Fox Foundation does raffle with Nike to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nike-mag-raffle-reportedly-raised-s675-million-for-parkinsons-research-news.24878.html |url-status=live |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 |access-date=October 21, 2016 |website=HotNewHipHop}}
In 2020, his fourth book, No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, was released.
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.{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren and Cher at the Raucous Governors Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/movies/michael-j-fox-diane-warren-cher-governors-awards-oscars.html |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2022 |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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121223731/https://www.today.com/popculture/michael-j-fox-gets-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-work-emotional-ceremony-rcna58059 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=TODAY.com}} The award was presented by friend Woody Harrelson.{{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}}
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.{{cite news |last=Heching |first=Dan |date=April 30, 2023 |title=Michael J. Fox calls Parkinson's disease 'the gift that keeps on taking' in candid new interview |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/30/entertainment/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-disease-cbs-interview/index.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |work=CNN}}
He was named in Time Magazine's 2024 list of influential people in health.{{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}}
Personal life
File:Michael J Fox Tracy Pollan2.jpeg at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards{{cite web| url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| website=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences| 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}} in August 1988 shortly after they were married]]
= Marriage and family =
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.{{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=People| 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}} The couple have four children: one son and three daughters.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} Shortly before the couple's marriage, Fox purchased an estate named Lottery Hill Farm in South Woodstock, Vermont,{{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=Akron Beacon Journal |date=April 15, 2013}} which he listed in 2012.{{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=AOL |date=September 17, 2012}} In 1997, Fox purchased an apartment on Fifth Avenue within the Manhattan{{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=Architectural Digest |date=October 1997}} neighbourhood of Upper East Side,{{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=Architectural Digest |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}} where he and his family lived primarily until 2020. The same year, Fox and Pollan built{{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=Architectural Digest |date=June 2000}} an estate in Sharon, Connecticut, which he listed in 2016.{{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=Connecticut Post |date=September 6, 2016}} In 2007, Fox purchased a house in Quogue, New York,{{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=Guest of a Guest |date=March 26, 2008}}{{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}} where he and his family lived part-time and spent the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{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=The New York Times |date=November 13, 2020}} In 2021, Fox sold the house{{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=Newsday |date=January 23, 2023}} and moved to Santa Barbara, California, with his family; they took up residence in Malibu several months later.{{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=People |date=October 20, 2021}}
= Citizenship and politics =
Fox became a US citizen in 2000{{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=CBS News |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}} but retains his Canadian citizenship.{{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=CBC News|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}} 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.{{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}} Fox endorsed Pete Buttigieg prior to the 2020 United States presidential election.[https://deadline.com/2020/02/democratic-candidates-endorsements-hollywood-celebrities-media-chart-1202869881/ Who’s Backing Whom? Tracking Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Celebrity Endorsements]
= Parkinson's disease =
Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset Parkinson's disease in early 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."{{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=The Guardian| 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}}
File:0522 ma big (cropped1).jpg in 2002 testifying before a U.S. Senate committee on providing government funding to combat Parkinson's]]
After his diagnosis, Fox began drinking heavily and grew depressed.{{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}} In 1992, he eventually sought help and stopped drinking altogether.{{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}}{{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}} Fox went public with his Parkinson's disease in 1998 and has become a strong advocate for Parkinson's disease research.{{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}} 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).{{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}}
Fox manages the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease with the drug carbidopa/levodopa.{{cite episode| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142526| series=Fresh Air| 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}} He had a thalamotomy in 1998.{{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=CNN |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}}
In Lucky Man, Fox wrote that he did not take his medication prior to his testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in 1999 ([https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4400604/michael-j-fox-testimony-parkinson partial C-SPAN video clip]).{{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}}
{{Blockquote
|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.
}}In an interview with NPR in April 2002, 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 [that] ... the symptoms ... people see in some of these interviews that [I] 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.'
|source = Interview, April 30, 2002, Fresh Air, NPR
}}
Filmography
= Film =
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |
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1980
| Scott Larson | | |
1982
| Arthur Summers | | |
rowspan=2|1985
| | |
Teen Wolf
| Scott Howard | | |
rowspan=2|1987
| Joe Rasnick | | |
data-sort-value="Secret of My Success, The" | The Secret of My Success
| Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield | | |
1988
| Jamie Conway | | |
rowspan=2|1989
| PFC. Max Eriksson | | |
Back to the Future Part II
| Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly | | |
1990
| Marty McFly / Seamus McFly | | |
rowspan=2|1991
| data-sort-value="Hard Way, The" | The Hard Way | Nick "Nicky" Lang | | |
Doc Hollywood
| Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Stone | | |
rowspan=3|1993
| Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Chance/Narrator | Voice | |
Life with Mikey
| Michael "Mikey" Chapman | | |
For Love or Money
| Doug Ireland | | |
rowspan=2|1994
| Clayton Farnsworth | | |
Greedy
| Daniel "Danny" McTeague Jr. | | |
rowspan=3|1995
| Tim Alexander | Also producer | |
Blue in the Face
| Pete Maloney | | |
data-sort-value="American President, The" | The American President
| Lewis Rothschild | | |
rowspan=3|1996
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Chance | Voice | |
data-sort-value="Frighteners, The" | The Frighteners
| Frank Bannister | | |
Mars Attacks!
| Jason Stone | | |
1999
| Stuart Little | rowspan=2|Voice | |
2001
| Milo James Thatch | |
rowspan=2|2002
| Mr. Baker | Cameo | |
Stuart Little 2
| rowspan=2|Stuart Little | Voice | |
2005
| Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Voice, direct to video | |
2013
| Drew: The Man Behind the Poster | rowspan=5|Himself | Documentary | |
2014
| Annie | Cameo | |
rowspan=3|2015
| rowspan=3|Documentary | |
Back in Time
| style="text-align:center;" |{{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}} |
Mr Calzaghe
| |
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
| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Himself | Documentary | |
= Television =
{{sticky header}}
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders sticky-header-multi" |
rowspan=2 | Year
! 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
! Director ! Executive |
rowspan=3|1978
| data-sort-value="Magic Lie, The" | The Magic Lie | rowspan=27 {{yes}} | rowspan=19 {{no}} | rowspan=30 {{no}} | Nicky | Episode: "The Master" | |
Leo and Me
| Jamie Romano | 12 episodes | |
Witch of Westminster Crossing
| Harley | Television short film | |
rowspan=2|1979
| Letters from Frank | Ricky | Television film | |
Lou Grant
| Paul Stone | Episode: "Kids" | |
rowspan=3|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
| Willy-Joe Hall | 11 episodes | |
1982
| Jeff | Episode: "The Make Up Test" | |
1982–1989
| 176 episodes | |
rowspan=2|1983
| data-sort-value="Love Boat, The" | The Love Boat | Jimmy | Episode: "He Ain't Heavy" | |
High School U.S.A.
| Jay-Jay Manners | Television film | |
1983–1984
| data-sort-value="$25,000 Pyramid, The" | The $25,000 Pyramid | Himself | 30 episodes | |
rowspan=3|1984
| Eddie Simms | Episode: "Santa Goes Downtown" | |
data-sort-value="Homemade Comedy Special, The" | The Homemade Comedy Special
| Host | rowspan=2|Television special | |
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
| Future Son | |
rowspan=2|1985
| Alex P. Keaton | rowspan=2|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 | |
rowspan=3|1987
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam |rowspan=6 {{no}} | Pfc. Raymond Griffiths | Voice, documentary | |
data-sort-value="Return of Bruno, The" | The Return of Bruno
| Himself | Television documentary film | |
Muppet Babies
| 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/The Black Crowes" | |
Tales from the Crypt
| rowspan=2 {{yes}} | Prosecutor | Episode: "The Trap" | |
rowspan=2|1992
| {{no}} | n/a | Episode: "Rainy Day" | |
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
| 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" | The Chris Rock Show | {{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 | |
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 | 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" | The Magic 7
| Marcel Maggot | Voice, television film | |
2010–2016
| data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | The Good Wife | 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" | The Michael J. Fox Show | {{yes}} | Mike Henry | 22 episodes | |
2015
|rowspan=6 {{no}} | Marty McFly | Skit celebrating Back to the Future | style="text-align:center;" | Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Q0VGRlEJewA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151022080932/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VGRlEJewA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VGRlEJewA| title=Marty McFly & Doc Brown Visit 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'| work=Jimmy Kimmel Live!| date=October 22, 2015| access-date=November 4, 2020| medium=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
2016
| Nightcap | Himself | Episode: "The Cannon" | |
2018
| Ethan West | 5 episodes |
2019
| Himself | Voice, episode: "Dream Waiver" | |
2020
| data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | The Good Fight | Louis Canning | 2 episodes | |
2021
| Expedition: Back to the Future | Himself | Episode: "Great Josh!" | |
= Video games =
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
Year
! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |
---|
2011
| Back to the Future: The Game | William McFly / Future Marty McFly | Episode: "Outatime" |
2015
| Marty McFly | |
= Web =
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
---|
2020
| "The Origins of Holiday" (Lil Nas X song trailer) | Marty McFly | |
Awards and honours
File:Michael J Fox Walk of fame.jpg for Motion Picture – 7021 Hollywood Blvd.]]
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Michael J. Fox}}
Over 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.{{cite web| url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2000/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame| 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}}
- 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame| 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}}
- 2005: Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.{{cite web| title=Golden Plate Awardees| publisher=American Academy of Achievement| 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}}{{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}}
- 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.{{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=Governor General of Canada |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}}
- 2010: Received the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award.{{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}}
- 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.{{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}}
- 2022: Received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from 95th Academy Awards{{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 }}
- 2025: Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden{{cite news|last1=Feinberg|first1=Andrew|last2=Marcus|first2=Josh|date=January 4, 2025|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-medal-of-freedom-hillary-clinton-b2673570.html|title=Michael J Fox cheered at White House as he steps forward to receive Medal of Freedom from Biden|work=The Independent|access-date=January 4, 2025}}
Books
- {{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}}
- {{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}}
- {{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}}
- {{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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- [https://www.michaeljfoxtheatre.ca/ Michael J Fox Theatre]
- [http://www.michaeljfox.org/ The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research]
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