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Michael J. Fox
Michael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. 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 (19…
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entertainment · Canadian-American actor and activist (born 1961) · television actor · film actor · actor · voice actor · autobiographer · blogger · television producer · also Michael J. Fox, Michael Andrew Fox, Michael J Fox, Michael Fox, Fox
Born 9 June 1961 · Q395274
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2026· 7 entries
“s flattered when people bring up his movie work, but he looks suddenly, infinitely weary.”
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“we were able to harness that attention and there was a shift in public opinion about stem cells. We made some real headway.”
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“s crassness, and his mother, still living in Canada, had to be talked down from going to war, but”
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“but the thing is, the opportunity.”
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Soap Central: Shrinking star Michael J. Fox reflects on how Parkinson's has changed his perspective on life
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Snopes rated the claim “In early April 2026, news outlet CNN mistakenly implied that actor Michael J. Fox passed away.” True.
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2025· 3 entries
His fifth book, Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum, co-written with Nelle Fortenberry, was published by Flatiron Books
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Joe Biden (2025).
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It was revealed that Fox had been cast in the third season of the comedy drama Shrinking, making a return to acting
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2024· 2 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Michael J. Fox “doesn’t have Parkinson’s disease.”” Pants on Fire.
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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"
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2023· 1 entry
Awarded lifetime achievement award (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2022).
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And the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025
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2021· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph shared widely online in February 2021 showed actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, together, 35 years after the release of "Back to the Future."” True.
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“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.”
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Fox appeared in one episode of the television series Expedition: Back to the Future, as well as in the animated film Back Home Again
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Fox sold the house, and the family moved to Santa Barbara, California, where they spent several months before taking up residence in Malibu
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2020· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Radio host Rush Limbaugh once claimed that actor Michael J. Fox was "exaggerating" his Parkinson's disease symptoms in a political ad.” True.
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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 h
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His fourth book, No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, was released
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Fox retired from acting due to the increasing unreliability of his speech
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Due to his declining health, though he has made periodic acting appearances since then
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2018· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Michael J. Fox died at age 57 in August 2018 from complications related to Parkinson's disease.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Michael J. Fox announced in June 2018 that he was making 'Back to the Future IV.'” False.
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Instagram: 1.7M followers (@realmikejfox).
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (2017).
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For a brief appearance, referencing his prior time on the show
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2016· 1 entry
His organization created a raffle to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease and raised $6
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2015· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Multiple social media rumors circulated on Back to the Future Day (21 October 2015): that Michael J. Fox was arrested for "insider sports betting," that Nike delivered a pair of self-tying sneakers, and that the Biff Tannen character was based on Donald Trump.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Michael J. Fox chose the middle name 'Jello' for himself when he was a child.” False.
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2012· 1 entry
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 Park
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2011).
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Fox portrayed himself in the eighth season of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, in which David's fictionalized self becomes Fox's neighbour and accuses him of using his Parkinson's disease as a manipulative tool
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2010· 9 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of Canada (2010).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (2010).
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Awarded Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet (2010).
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The city of Burnaby granted him the Freedom of the City
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Fox received an honorary doctorate in medicine from Karolinska Institute for his contributions to research in Parkinson's disease
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When he expressed how proud he is to be Canadian
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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
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Along with being inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002
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And was inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Rescue Me (2009).
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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
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Fox appeared in five episodes of the television series Rescue Me which earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
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2007· 1 entry
Purchased a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) house in Quogue, New York, where the family lived part-time and spent the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic
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2006· 2 entries
Appeared in four episodes of Boston Legal as a lung cancer patient
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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
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2004· 1 entry
Fox guest-starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama Scrubs – created by Spin City creator Bill Lawrence – as Dr
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2002).
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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
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2000· 5 entries
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2000).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Spin City (2000).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for Spin City (2000).
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Three Golden Globe Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2000, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1999 and 2000
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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
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for Spin City (1999).
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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.
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1998· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Spin City (1998).
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And has become a strong advocate for Parkinson's disease research
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Fox disclosed his 1991 diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD)
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1997· 3 entries
Awarded People's Choice Awards for Spin City (1997).
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Fox and Pollan built an estate on 80 acres (320,000 m2) of farmland in Sharon, Connecticut, which he listed in 2016
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Fox purchased an apartment on Fifth Avenue within the Upper East Side, Manhattan, where the family lived primarily until 2020
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1992· 1 entry
Eventually sought help and stopped drinking altogether
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1991· 3 entries
Starred in Doc Hollywood, a romantic comedy about a talented medical doctor who decides to become a plastic surgeon
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With Fox playing an undercover actor learning from police officer James Woods
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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)
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1989· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Family Ties (1989).
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1988· 3 entries
At West Mountain Inn in Arlington, Vermont
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Family Ties (1988).
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Awarded Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male TV Star for Family Ties (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Family Ties (1987).
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1986· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Family Ties (1986).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for Back to the Future (1986).
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1985· 1 entry
And it eventually earned a worldwide total of $381
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1979· 1 entry
Fox moved to Los Angeles, California, to further his acting career
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-06-09.
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