Happy Birthday Michael J. Fox! He had many tv roles, but it was really Alex P. Keaton that made Fox well known when the sitcom Family Ties ran from 1982-1989. His most timeless part was as Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985). Fox won Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1986-1988. He was also the lead in Teen Wolf (1985). Then, he was in the comedy movie, The Secret of My Success (1987). One of Fox’s dramatic roles that stays with me is Brian De Palma’s Vietnam War drama, Casualties of War (1989). He returned as Marty McFly in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990). Fox had a 1991 episode of Tales from the Crypt. He was a paranormal investigator, Frank Bannister, in Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners (1996). Then, Fox was in Tim Burton’s wacky invasion Mars Attacks! (1996). Next, he was in another sitcom, Spin City (1996-2000) playing Mike Flaherty, Deputy Mayor of New York City. Fox repeated his Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his last season.
Stuart Little, based on E.B. White' 1945 book, featured Fox as the voice of the title character in Stuart Little (1999). In 2000, Fox founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. He voiced Milo James Thatch in Disney’s animated film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). In 2002, Fox received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also, he returned to voice the mouse in Stuart Little 2 (2002). Then, Fox was back in Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005). Next, he had his own sitcom, The Michael J. Fox Show (2013-2014), as Mike Henry, which ran one season. Fox was in the Designated Survivor (2018) television series. Fox was in the sci fi movie, See You Yesterday (2019). In 2020, Fox played Louis Canning in The Good Fight. The animated short, Back Home Again (2021), featured Fox as Michael J. Bird! The documentary, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, is streaming on Apple+ covering the movies and life of the actor. Happy Birthday Michael J. Fox!
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