Born Michael Andrew Fox in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he adopted the "J" as an homage to character actor Michael J. Pollard. Moving several times during the course of his childhood, Michael and his family settled in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver. At the age of 15 he made his professional acting debut in the situation comedy "Leo and Me" (1981). Moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18, Fox appeared in several small parts and a television series, "Palmerstown, U.S.A." (1980), before landing the role that would bring him to prominence in "Family Ties" (1982). Some of his other films include Bright Lights, Big City (1988), The Hard Way (1991), Light of Day (1987), Doc Hollywood (1991) and the three "Back to the Future" films.
Movie | Cine Docs: Back to the Future | Marty McFly (archive footage) | 2024-01-23 |
Movie | STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Self | 2023-01-20 |
Movie | Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe | Self | 2023-09-08 |
Movie | See You Yesterday | Mr. Lockhart | 2019-05-03 |
Movie | A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible | A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice) | 2018-07-17 |
Movie | A.R.C.H.I.E. | A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice) | 2016-04-19 |
Series | Designated Survivor | Ethan West | 2016-09-21 |
Movie | Being Canadian | Self | 2015-09-18 |
Movie | Back To the Present: The Special | 2015-10-18 | |
Movie | Back in Time | Self | 2015-10-20 |
Movie | Mr. Calzaghe | Himself | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Annie | Himself | 2014-12-18 |
Movie | Drew: The Man Behind the Poster | Himself | 2013-07-19 |
Series | The Michael J. Fox Show | Mike Henry | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Gary Heffley (uncredited) | 2011-03-25 |
Movie | Synchronize | Marty McFly (uncredited) (archival footage) | 2011-09-12 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 |
Movie | Looking Back to the Future | Self (archive footage) | 2009-02-10 |
Series | The Good Wife | Louis Canning | 2009-09-22 |
Movie | VH1 Rock Honors: The Who | Self | 2008-07-17 |
Movie | Looking Back at the Future | Himself | 2006-06-16 |
Movie | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Stuart Little (voice) | 2005-07-14 |
Series | The Reichen Show | 2005-11-11 | |
Series | Boston Legal | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary | Himself | 2003-08-10 |
Movie | The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' | Self | 2002-01-29 |
Movie | Interstate 60 | Mr. Baker | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
Movie | Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy | Self | 2002-12-17 |
Series | Clone High | Unknown | 2002-11-02 |
Movie | Stuart Little 2 | Stuart Little (voice) | 2002-07-19 |
Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
Movie | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Milo James Thatch (voice) | 2001-06-02 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Series | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Michael J. Fox | 2000-10-15 |
Movie | Stuart Little | Stuart Little (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Frighteners' | Himself | 1998-11-24 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | The Frighteners | Frank Bannister | 1996-07-18 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Chance (voice) | 1996-03-08 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | Jason Stone | 1996-12-13 |
Series | Spin City | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Movie | Blue in the Face | Pete Maloney | 1995-09-15 |
Movie | Your Studio and You | Curious Guy on the Porch | 1995-02-01 |
Movie | Coldblooded | Tim Alexander | 1995-09-15 |
Movie | The American President | Lewis Rothschild | 1995-11-17 |
Movie | Greedy | Daniel McTeague | 1994-03-04 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Don't Drink the Water | Axel Magee | 1994-12-18 |
Movie | Life with Mikey | Michael Chapman | 1993-06-04 |
Movie | Where the Rivers Flow North | Clayton Farnsworth | 1993-06-14 |
Movie | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Chance (voice) | 1993-02-03 |
Movie | For Love or Money | Doug Ireland | 1993-10-01 |
Movie | Time Machine: The Journey Back | Himself | 1993-08-25 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | James Cagney: Top of the World | Self - Host | 1992-07-05 |
Movie | The Hard Way | Nick Lang | 1991-03-08 |
Movie | Doc Hollywood | Benjamin Stone | 1991-08-02 |
Movie | The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Self | 1990-06-12 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part III | Marty McFly / Seamus McFly | 1990-05-25 |
Movie | Casualties of War | Private Eriksson | 1989-08-18 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation | Himself | 1989-11-17 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly | 1989-11-22 |
Movie | Bright Lights, Big City | Jamie | 1988-04-01 |
Movie | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Alex P. Keaton (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-11-13 |
Movie | Light of Day | Joe Rasnick | 1987-02-06 |
Movie | Citizen Steve | Self - Actor | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | The Secret of My Success | Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield | 1987-04-10 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Raymond Griffiths (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | The Return of Bruno | Michael J. Fox | 1987-02-07 |
Movie | The Making of Back to the Future | Self | 1986-10-25 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | Poison Ivy | Dennis Baxter | 1985-02-10 |
Movie | Back to the Future | Marty McFly | 1985-07-03 |
Movie | Teen Wolf | Scott Howard | 1985-08-23 |
Movie | Family Ties Vacation | Alex P. Keaton | 1985-09-22 |
Movie | High School U.S.A. | Jay-Jay Manners | 1983-10-16 |
Movie | Class of 1984 | Arthur | 1982-08-20 |
Series | Family Ties | Alex P. Keaton | 1982-09-22 |
Series | This Week | Unknown | 1981-11-15 |
Movie | Midnight Madness | Scott Larson | 1980-02-08 |
Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Willy-Joe Hall | 1980-03-20 |
Series | Here's Boomer | Unknown | 1980-03-14 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Series | Leo and Me | Jamie | 1978-01-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1949-01-25 |