Michael J. Fox Biography (1961-)

Original name, Michael Andrew Fox; born June 9, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; immigrated to the United States, naturalized citizen; son of William (member of the Canadian Army and a police officer) and Phyllis (a payroll clerk and actress) Fox; brother of Kelli Fox (an actress); married Tracy Pollan (an actress), July 16, 1988; children: Sam Michael, Schuyler Frances, AquinnahKathleen, Esme Annabelle. Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: Baker/Winokur/Ryder, 909 Third Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer
Birth Details: June 9, 1961; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
(As Mike Fox) Jamie, Leo and Me, CBC, taped beginning c. 1976, broadcast beginning c. 1981
(As Michael Fox) Willy Joe Hall, Palmerstown U.S.A., CBS, 1980, later known as Palmerstown, CBS, 1981
Alex P. Keaton, Family Ties, NBC, 1982-89
Deputy mayor Michael Flaherty, Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC, 1996-2000, 2001
Himself, Healthy Kids, beginning 1998
Miniseries
Himself, The Greatest Canadian (documentary), CBC, 2004
Himself, 100 Greatest Teen Stars (also known as The Greatest), VH1, 2006
Movies
Ricky Miller, Letters from Frank, CBS, 1979
(As Michael Fox) Jay Jay Manners, High School U.S.A., NBC, 1983
Alex P. Keaton, Family Ties Vacation, NBC, 1985
Dennis Baxter, Poison Ivy, NBC, 1985
Axel (some sources cite Alex) Magee, Don't Drink the Water, ABC, 1994
Himself, Saving Milly, CBS, 2005
Voice of Marcel Maggot, The Magic 7 (animated), c. 2006
Specials
Host, The Homemade Comedy Special, NBC, 1984
Himself, Battle of the Network Stars XVI, ABC, 1984
Himself, Battle of the Network Stars XVII, ABC, 1984
Host and narrator, Time Travel: Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy, syndicated, 1985
Himself, The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1985
Himself, Bob Hope Buys NBC?, NBC, 1985
The NBC All-Star Hour, NBC, 1985
Night of 100 Stars II (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), ABC, 1985
The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1986
Comic Relief, HBO, 1986
"The Iceman Hummeth," David Letterman's Second Annual Holiday Film Festival, NBC, 1986
NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1986
Himself, Bruce Willis: The Return of Bruno (also known as The Return of Bruno), HBO, 1987
Himself, Funny, You Don't Look 200 (also known as Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville), ABC, 1987
Narrator, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (documentary; also known as Dear America), HBO, 1987
Alex P. Keaton, "Mickey's 60th Birthday Special" (also known as "Mickey's60th Birthday" and "Mickey's 60th Birthday Anniversary Shorts"), The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1988
Inside Family Ties: Behind the Scenes of a Hit (documentary), PBS,1988
Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1988
Himself, Miles Turns 21, 1990
Himself and Marty McFly, The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy, 1990
Sex, Buys, and Advertising, NBC, 1990
Dan Quayle, Saturday Night Live: President Bush, NBC, 1992
Host, James Cagney: Top of the World, TNT, 1992
The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show, NBC, 1992
Himself, I Am Your Child (also known as From Zero to Threeand Johnson & Johnson Presents: I Am Your Child), ABC, 1997
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party (also known as The 25th Anniversary of Walt Disney World), ABC, 1997
The Late Show with David Letterman Fifth Anniversary Special, CBS,1998
Himself, Stuart Little: Making It Big (documentary), HBO, 1999
Not Gettin' Any Steve Charleston, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock, NBC, 1999
Himself, David Blaine: Frozen in Time, ABC, 2000
Himself and Dan Quayle, Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000, NBC, 2000
Himself, The Concert for New York City, VH1, 2001
Himself, What Lies Beneath: Constructing the Perfect Thriller (documentary), 2001
Himself, NBC 75th Anniversary Special (also known as NBC 75th Anniversary Celebration), NBC, 2002
Himself, Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary, Comedy Central, 2003
(In archive footage) Himself, 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment, E! Entertainment Television, 2003
Presenter, ABC 50th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 2003
Himself, Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses, Comedy Central, 2004
Himself, Comedy Gold (documentary), CBC, 2005
(In archive footage) Himself, La marato 2005, TV3 (Television de Catalunya, Spain), 2005
Awards Presentations
The 58th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1986
The 38th Annual Emmy Awards, NBC, 1986
The 39th Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1987
The 40th Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1988
The 1996 Emmy Awards, ABC, 1996
The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1997
The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, 1998
The 55th Golden Globe Awards, 1998
The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1999
The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1999
Golden Hanger Awards, 1999
Himself, GQ's 2000 Men of the Year Awards, Fox, 2000
Presenter, The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 2000
The Second Annual Family Television Awards, CBS, 2000
Sixth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as Screen Actors Guild Sixth Annual Awards), TNT, 2000
Episodic
Paul Stone, "Kids," Lou Grant, CBS, 1979
Schoolboy, "Such a Fine Line," Family, ABC, 1980
Elliot Schweitzer, "Brain Child," Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1981

"The Make-Up Test," Teachers Only, NBC, 1982
"I Like to be in America/He Ain't Heavy/Abbey's Maiden Voyage," The Love Boat, ABC, 1983
Eddie Simms, "Santa Goes Downtown," Night Court, NBC, 1984
Coast to Coast, 1990
Prosecutor, "The Trap" (also known as "Carrion Death" and "Loved to Death"), Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1991
Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1991
Himself, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1991
Narrator, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet," Shelley Duvall's BedtimeStories, Showtime, 1992
Himself, The Howard Stern Show, syndicated, 1992
Himself, The Late Show with David Letterman (also known as TheLate Show), CBS, 1993, 1995, 2005
Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
"The Films of Rob Reiner" (also known as "Rob Reiner"), The Directors (also known as The Directors--Rob Reiner), Encore, c. 1997
The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 1997, 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1998
Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998, 1999
"Stuart Little," HBO First Look, HBO, 1999
Himself, "Meredith Baxter: Perfection & Reality," Biography (also known as A & E Biography: Meredith Baxter), Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Himself, "What Lies Beneath," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000
Voice of Gandhi's remaining kidney, "Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand," Clone High (animated; also known as Clone High U.S.A.), MTV, 2002
Himself, Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2002
Himself, The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2002
Himself, Entertainment Tonight (also known as Entertainment This Week, ET, E.T., ET Weekend, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated, 2003
Dr. Kevin Casey, "My Catalyst," Scrubs, NBC, 2004
The E! True Hollywood Story: Heather Locklear (documentary), E! Entertainment Television, 2004
Dr. Kevin Casey, "My Porcelain God," Scrubs, NBC, 2005
(In archive footage; uncredited) Marty McFly, "Flashback," VM Show Vol. 2, 2005
Himself, "Heather Locklear," Biography (also known as A & EBiography: Heather Locklear), Arts and Entertainment, 2005
Himself, Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2005
Daniel Post, "Breast in Show," Boston Legal (also known as Fleet Street, The Practice: Fleet Street, and The Untitled Practice), ABC, 2006
Daniel Post, "The Cancer Man Can," Boston Legal (also known as Fleet Street, The Practice: Fleet Street, and The Untitled Practice), ABC, 2006
Daniel Post, "Helping Hands," Boston Legal (also known as FleetStreet, The Practice: Fleet Street, and The Untitled Practice), ABC, 2006
Daniel Post, "Too Much Information," Boston Legal (also known as Fleet Street, The Practice: Fleet Street, and The Untitled Practice), ABC, 2006
Appeared in "The Master," The Magic Lie, ABC; and in episodes of other series, including 20/20 (also known as ABC News 20/20), ABC.
Pilots
(As Michael Fox) Thomas Elston, Trouble in High Timber Country (also known as The Yeagers), ABC, 1980
(As Michael Fox) Willy Joe Hall, "Palmerstown U.S.A.," Palmerstown U.S.A., CBS, 1980, series later known as Palmerstown.
Alex P. Keaton, Family Ties, NBC, 1982
Deputy mayor Michael Flaherty, Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC, 1996
Television Work
Series
Executive producer, Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC, 1996-
Executive consultant, Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC,2000-
Television Director
Specials
"The Iceman Hummeth," David Letterman's Second Annual Holiday Film Festival, NBC, 1986
Episodic
"The Trap" (also known as "Carrion Death" and "Loved to Death"), Talesfrom the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO,1991
"Rainy Day," Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1992
Television Work
Pilots
Executive producer, Anna Says, 1999
Executive producer, Otherwise Engaged, Lifetime, 2002
Producer, Hench at Home, ABC, 2003
Film Appearances
Scott, Midnight Madness (also known as The Great All-Nighter), Buena Vista, 1980
Arthur, Class of 1984, United Film Distribution Company, 1982
Marty McFly, Back to the Future, Universal, 1985
Scott Howard, Teen Wolf, Atlantic Releasing, 1985
Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield, The Secret of My Success (alsoknown as The Secret of My Succe$s), Universal, 1987
Joe Rasnick and song performer, Light of Day, TriStar, 1987
Jamie Conway, Bright Lights, Big City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1988
Marty McFly, Marty McFly, Jr., and Marlene McFly, Back to the Future,Part II (also known as Paradox), Universal, 1989
Private first class Eriksson, Casualties of War, Columbia, 1989
Marty McFly ("Clint Eastwood") and Seamus McFly, Back to the Future, Part III (also known as Three), Universal, 1990
Dr. Benjamin Stone, Doc Hollywood, Warner Bros., 1991
Nick Lang, The Hard Way, Universal, 1991
Clayton Farnsworth, Where the Rivers Flow North, Caledonia Pictures, 1993
Doug Ireland, For Love or Money (also known as The Concierge), Universal, 1993
Michael Chapman, Life with Mikey (also known as Give Me a Break), Buena Vista, 1993
Voice of Chance (the bulldog), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Buena Vista, 1993
Daniel McTeague, Jr., Greedy, Universal, 1994
Lewis Rothschild, The American President, Columbia, 1995
Himself, Your Studio and You (short film), Universal, 1995
Peter Maloney, Blue in the Face (also known as Brooklyn Boogie), Miramax, 1995
Tim Alexander, Coldblooded (also known as The Reluctant Hitman), IRS Releasing/Propaganda Films, 1995
Frank Bannister, The Frighteners (also known as Frightenersand Robert Zemeckis Presents: "The Frighteners"), Universal, 1996
Jason Stone, Mars Attacks!, Warner Bros., 1996
Voice of Chance (the bulldog), Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Buena Vista, 1996
(Uncredited) Himself, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1997
Voice of Stuart Little, Stuart Little, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
Thirty Wishes, Buena Vista, 1999
Voice of Milo James Thatch, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (animated; also known as Atlantis), Buena Vista, 2001
Mr. Baker, Interstate 60 (also known as Interstate 60: Episodesof the Road and I-60), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2002
Voice of Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2 (also known as SL2), Columbia, 2002
Himself, In Search of Ted Demme (documentary), IFC Films, 2005
Voice of Stuart Little, Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c. 2005
(In archive footage) Himself, Looking Back at the Future (documentary), Agenda Films, 2006
Film Work
Producer, Coldblooded (also known as The Reluctant Hitman),IRS Releasing/Propaganda Films, 1995
Director and executive producer, Thirty Wishes, Buena Vista, 1999
Stage Appearances
Night of 100 Stars II (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1985
Appeared as Steve, The Shadow Box, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Appeared in other productions.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Narrator, Reach for the Stars 1990: The Official Boston Bruins Video (documentary), 1990
Himself, Time Machine: The Journey Back (documentary), Warner Bros., 1993
Himself, The Making of "The Frighteners" (documentary), UniversalStudios Home Video, 1998
Himself, Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize (short documentary), National Hockey League/United Services, 2000
Himself, Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy (documentary), 2002
Video Games
Marty McFly, Back to the Future, 2004
Music Videos
Huey Lewis and the News, "Back in Time," 1985
Huey Lewis and the News, "Power of Love," 1985
Julian Lennon, "Stick Around," 1986
Joan Jett, "Light of Day," c. 1987
Taped Readings
Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2002
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Pilots
Hench at Home, ABC, 2003
Film Music
Songs
"You've Got No Place to Go," Light of Day, TriStar, 1987
Nonfiction
Lucky Man: A Memoir (autobiography), Hyperion, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers, Issue 3, Gale Group, 2001

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, September 5, 1997, p. 32; February 4, 2000,p. 18; April 12, 2002, pp. 68-69; September 12, 2003, p. 160
GQ, November, 1999
Interview, January, 1988, p. 26; August, 1996
New York Times, January 10, 1988
O, the Oprah Magazine, March, 2002, pp. 142-49
People Weekly, April 20, 1987, p. 86; December 4, 1989, p. 142; September 22, 1997, p. 164; June 26, 2000, p. 113; December 25, 2000, p. 54; June 18, 2001, p. 61; March 25, 2002, pp. 100-104, 106, 108, 111-12; February 23, 2004, p. 26; April 12, 2004, p. 82
Premiere, October, 1989, p. 84
Prevue, September, 1990, pp. 50-53
Redbook, September, 1996, p. 106
Rolling Stone, January 15, 1987, pp. 25-26; March 12, 1987, pp. 30-32
Starlog, February, 1990
TV Guide, September 30, 1996; February 4, 2000, p. 5; May 13, 2000, pp. 22-28, 30-34
US, August 21, 1989, p. 21

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