Michael J. Fox

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Canadian-American activist author film actor human television actor voice actor

Michael J. Fox is a Canadian-American actor and activist best known for his starring roles in the Back to the Future film trilogy and the TV series Family Ties and Spin City, as well as for his advocacy for Parkinson’s disease research.

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Michael Andrew Fox 1

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instanceOf Canadian-American ⓘ
activist ⓘ
author ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Screen Actors Guild Award ⓘ
birthName Michael J. Fox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Michael Andrew Fox
characterPortrayed Alex P. Keaton ⓘ
Louis Canning ⓘ
Marty McFly ⓘ
Mike Flaherty ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1961-06-09 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1988-07-16 ⓘ
diagnosedWith Parkinson's disease ⓘ
familyName Fox ⓘ
founded Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
honor Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for Parkinson's disease research ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
medicalCondition Parkinson's disease ⓘ
name Michael J. Fox self-link ⓘ
notableBook A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future ⓘ
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist ⓘ
Lucky Man: A Memoir ⓘ
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality ⓘ
notableWork Atlantis: The Lost Empire ⓘ
Back to the Future ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II ⓘ
Back to the Future Part III ⓘ
Doc Hollywood ⓘ
Family Ties ⓘ
Spin City ⓘ
Stuart Little ⓘ
Stuart Little 2 ⓘ
Teen Wolf ⓘ
The Michael J. Fox Show ⓘ
The Secret of My Success ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edmonton ⓘ
surface form: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
publiclyDisclosedCondition Parkinson's disease ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Tracy Pollan ⓘ
yearOfDiagnosis 1991 ⓘ
yearOfPublicDisclosure 1998 ⓘ

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Michael J. Fox → birthName → Michael J. Fox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Michael Andrew Fox
The American President → castMember → Michael J. Fox ⓘ
Fox → hasNotableBearer → Michael J. Fox ⓘ
Michael J. Fox → name → Michael J. Fox self-link ⓘ
Back to the Future → starring → Michael J. Fox ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II → starring → Michael J. Fox ⓘ
Back to the Future Part III → starring → Michael J. Fox ⓘ