3. TIMELINE
Michael
Andrew Fox
was born
on June 9,
1961, in
Edmonton,
Alberta,
Canada
Fox
attended
Burnaby
Central
Secondary
School
School
Married
Fox married
with the
actress Tracy
Pollan on July
16, 1988
Sam
Sam
Shuyler
Esmé
Aquinnah
His parents
Phyllis (née
Piper), an
actress/payroll
clerk, and
William Fox, a
police officer
and Canadian
Forces member.
4. Acting
career
Leo and me
Fox, at age
15, starred
in the
Canadian
television
1976
Fox was
discovered by
producer Ronald
Shedlo and made
his American
television debut
in the television
film Letters from
Frank1979
Fox's first
feature film
roles were
Midnight
Madness
1980
Family Ties
Family Ties is an
American sitcom
that aired on NBC for
seven seasons.
1982-1989
His parents
Phyllis (née
Piper), an
actress/payroll
clerk, and
William Fox, a
police officer
and Canadian
Forces
member.
Back to the
Future
American science
fiction adventure
comedy film
1985
1989
1990
5.
6. Teen Wolf
American fantasy-
comedy film
1985
The Secret of my
Sucess
American comedy
film produced and
directed by
Herbert Ross
1987
Fox played a
fact-checker for a
New York
magazine, who
spends his
nights partying
with alcohol and
drugs1988
Bright Lights,
Big City
American
war drama
film
1989
Casualities
Of War
The Frighteners
New Zealand-
American
fantasy horror
comedy film
1996
His parents
Phyllis (née
Piper), an
actress/payroll
clerk, and
William Fox, a
police officer
and Canadian
Forces
member.
Spin City
Is an
American
television
Six
seasons1996 –2002
7. Awards and
nominations
Double Helix Medal
2012
Canada's Walk of Fame
2000
King Street
West (between
John Street and
Simcoe Street)
In Toronto
Hollywood Walk of Fame
2002
8. Goldene Kamera für
Lebenswerk (Lifetime
Achievement Award), German
film and TV award. 2011
GRAMMY AWARDS Won, Best
Spoken Word Album – Always
Looking Up: Adventures of
An Incurable Optimist - 2010
Awarded "Most Influential
Canadian Expat", Canadian
Expat Association
2009
9. Golden Globe Awards
9 Nominations
1989 – Family Ties
1998/99/2000 – Spin City
Primetime Emmy Awards
16 Nominations
1986/87/88 – Family Ties
2000 – Spin City
2009 – Outstaning lead Actor
Resccue Me: Sheila
10. Lucky Man
2002
ABC Entertainment president Susan Lyne said
"A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Future: Twists and Turns
and Lessons Learned”
2010
"Always Looking Up: The
adventures of an Incurable
Optimist”
2009
“Michael has proven to be as
skilled a writer as he is an actor."
books
11. Health
and
activism
Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset
Parkinson's disease in 1991 while shooting the
movie Doc Hollywood, although he was not
properly diagnosed until the next year.
In 1998, he decided to go public with his
condition, and since then he has been a strong
advocate of Parkinson's disease research.
In 2012 Fox announced his intention to return to
full-time acting.
In 2013, he returned to primetime network TV as
Mike Henry on NBC's "The Michael J. Fox Show.
12. The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for
Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda
and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those
living with Parkinson's today. Watch our video to find out how we will
get to a cure.
