Michael Fox:
Is an Canadian-American actor, producer, advocate.
Birth Name: Michael Andrew Fox

Born: June 9, 1961 (age 54), Edmonton, Canada 

First became known for his role as Alex P. Keaton on the popular sitcom Family Ties. He went on to star in such films as Back to the Future and Teen Wolf, as well as on the TV series Spin City. In 1999, Fox announced that he was battling Parkinson's disease. He left Spin City in 2000 to launch the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and focus on family, later guest-starring on such shows as Scrubs, Boston Legal and The Good Wife.

Fox attended Burnaby Central Secondary School, and now has a theatre named for him in Burnaby South Secondary. Fox is of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Fox, at age 15, starred in the Canadian television series Leo and Me produced by the CBC, and in 1979, at age 18, he moved to Los Angeles to further his acting career.


Early Career:

In 1976, at the age of 15, he made his professional acting debut on the CBS series Leo and Me, playing a 10-year-old.. After starring in the CBS movie Letters from Frank and  (also filmed in Canada), There, he landed a role on the series Palmerstown, U.S.A., before being cast as Alex Keaton on Family Ties, Lazos de familia about situation comedy  (1982-1989) He was only chosen after Matthew Broderick, who was originally considered for the role, refused to have a long-term television obligation. where he would woo audiences with his confident charm and impeccable comedic timing for the next seven years.

Big-Screen Success:

Also met with enormous success on the big screen, most notably playing Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis's zany romp Back to the Future, Volver al futuro  (1985). After playing comic roles in Teen Wolf, Muchacho lobo  (1985), and The Secret of My Success (1987). He played a factory worker in Light of Day (1987), a cocaine-snorting fact checker in Bright Lights, Big City (1988), and famous for his starring role alongside Sean Penn in Brian DePalma's Vietnam saga Casualties of War (1989), Poison Ivy (1985), High School U.S.A (1983). Back in 1989 with the role of Marty on Back to the Future 2,  Volver al futuro II. In 1982, appeared on the first episode of the Peter Marshall wish-fulfilling series Fantasy (1982)

In 1990 Back to the Future 3, Volver al futuro III Michael almost got to work with Reagan himself. By this time, Reagan's second term was drawing to a close. Michael was the first guest on The Daily Show (1996) when Jon Stewart took over as host on January 11, 1999. Accidentally injured co-star James Woods's finger on the set of Duro de aguantar (1991). Woods was throwing him into a popcorn machine when his finger got caught in the button hole of Fox's jacket and dislocated it.

 He continued making several films, such as For Love or Money (1993), Life With Mikey (1993) and Greedy (1994). Fox then played small supporting roles in political drama The American President (1995) and comedy Mars Attacks! (1996). And The same year His last major film role was in The Frighteners directed by Peter Jackson. The Frighteners tells the story of Frank Bannister, an architect who develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. 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 Thatch in Disney's animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire


Spin City:

Audiences applauded Fox's return to Back to the Future, for the second and third installments of the film series, released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. His pitch-perfect portrayal of a George Stephanopoulos-type character in The American President (1995) also earned him accolades, but it was his ceremonious return to prime-time TV with a role on the ABC sitcom Spin City, launched in 1996, that put Fox back where he belonged:


Later Roles:

In 2004, Fox guest starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama Scrubs as Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.  The series was created by Spin City creator Bill Lawrence. In 2006, he appeared in four episodes of Boston Legal as a lung cancer patient. The producers brought him back in a recurring role for Season three, beginning with the season premiere. Fox was nominated for an Emmy Award for best guest appearance.
In 2009, he appeared in five episodes of the television series Rescue Me which earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.  Since 2000 Fox has released three books, Lucky Man: A Memoir (2002), Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (2009) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned (2010).

 In 2011, Fox was featured as himself in the eighth season of the Larry David vehicle, Curb Your Enthusiasm. David's character (also himself) becomes a temporary resident of the New York City apartment building that Fox resides in and a conflict arises between the two, whereby David believes that Fox is using his condition (Parkinson's disease) as a manipulative tool. On August 20, 2012, NBC announced The Michael J. Fox Show, loosely based on his life. It was granted a 22-episode commitment from the network and premiered on NBC on September 26, 2013.

Personal Life:

Fox married actress Tracy Pollan (who played Ellen, Alex Keaton's girlfriend, on Family Ties) in 1988. The couple has four children: son Sam, twin girls Aquinnah and Schuyler, and daughter Esmé Annabelle.