Shortly after his 1988 marriage, he moved back to Vancouver.
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At age 16, Fox starred in the Canadian television series Leo and Me, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in 1979, at age 18, he moved to Los Angeles to further his acting career. Fox attended Burnaby Central Secondary School, and has a theatre named for him at Burnaby South Secondary. His father died of a heart attack on January 6, 1990. They moved to Burnaby, a city outside of Vancouver, when his father retired in 1971.
His family lived in various cities and towns across Canada due to his father's career. Fox is of Irish descent his maternal grandmother was from Belfast, Northern Ireland. William was a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Forces who later became a police dispatcher, while Phyllis was a payroll clerk and actress. Michael Andrew Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on June 9, 1961, the son of William and Phyllis ( née Piper). For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2022. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, and was inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. įox won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. Fox officially retired in 2021 due to his declining health. His last major role was the lead on the short-lived NBC sitcom The Michael J. He continued to make guest appearances on television, including FX comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009), the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016) and spinoff The Good Fight (2020), and the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011). Worsening symptoms forced Fox to reduce his acting work.įox voiced the lead roles in the Stuart Little films (1999–2005) and the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). Fox Foundation in 2000 to help fund research. He subsequently became an advocate for finding a cure, and founded the Michael J. In 1998, Fox disclosed his 1991 diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. Fox returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996–2000). He went on to star in films such as Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991), and The Frighteners (1996). Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Beginning his career in the 1970s, Fox rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Fox, is a Canadian and American activist and retired actor. Michael Andrew Fox OC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J.
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