
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.
Series | Here's Boomer | Unknown | 2022 |
Movie | See You Yesterday | Mr. Lockhart | 2019-05-03 |
Series | Corner Gas Animated | Himself (voice) | 2018-04-02 |
Movie | A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible | A.R.C.H.I.E. (voice) | 2018-07-17 |
Series | The Good Fight | Louis Canning | 2017-02-19 |
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 | Back To the Present: The Special | Unknown | 2015-10-18 |
Movie | Being Canadian | Self | 2015-09-18 |
Movie | Back in Time | Himself | 2015-10-20 |
Movie | Mr. Calzaghe | Himself | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
Movie | Annie | Himself | 2014-12-19 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Drew: The Man Behind the Poster | Himself | 2013-07-19 |
Series | The Michael J. Fox Show | Mike Henry | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | Tales from the Future | Unknown | 2010-10-26 |
Movie | Looking Back to the Future | Unknown | 2009-02-10 |
Movie | Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist | Himself | 2009-05-07 |
Series | The Good Wife | Louis Canning | 2009-09-22 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Looking Back at the Future | Himself | 2006-06-16 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Stuart Little (voice) | 2005-07-14 |
Series | Boston Legal | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary | Himself | 2003-08-10 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' | Self | 2002-01-29 |
Movie | Interstate 60 | Mr. Baker | 2002-04-13 |
Movie | Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy | Himself | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Stuart Little 2 | Stuart Little (voice) | 2002-07-19 |
Movie | Back to the Future: Hilarious Outtakes | Marty McFly | 2002-12-02 |
Series | Clone High | Gandhi's Kidney | 2002-11-02 |
Movie | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Milo James Thatch (voice) | 2001-06-02 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Series | Scrubs | Kevin Casey | 2001-10-02 |
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 |
Movie | Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party | Unknown | 1997-02-28 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | The Universal Story | Himself (archive footage) | 1996-04-21 |
Movie | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Chance | 1996-03-08 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
Movie | The Frighteners | Frank Bannister | 1996-07-18 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | Jason Stone | 1996-12-12 |
Series | Spin City | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
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 | Blue in the Face | Pete Maloney | 1995-09-15 |
Movie | Greedy | Daniel McTeague | 1994-03-04 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
Movie | Don't Drink the Water | Axel Magee | 1994-12-18 |
Movie | Life with Mikey | Michael Chapman | 1993-06-04 |
Movie | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Chance (voice) | 1993-02-03 |
Movie | Where the Rivers Flow North | Clayton Farnsworth | 1993-06-14 |
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 | Himself - host | 1992-07-05 |
Movie | The Hard Way | Ray Casanov | Nick Lang | 1991-03-08 |
Movie | Doc Hollywood | Benjamin Stone | 1991-08-02 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part III | Marty McFly / Seamus McFly | 1990-05-25 |
Movie | The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy | Himself | 1990-06-12 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | The Making of Back to the Future Part 2 | himself | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Casualties of War | Private Eriksson | 1989-08-18 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part II - Back to the Future Night | Himself | 1989-11-17 |
Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Marty McFly / Marty McFly Junior / Marlene McFly | 1989-11-22 |
Movie | Bright Lights, Big City | Jamie Conway | 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 | The Return of Bruno | Michael J. Fox | 1987-02-17 |
Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Raymond Griffiths (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | The Secret of My Success | Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield | 1987-04-10 |
Movie | The Making of Back to the Future | himself | 1986-10-25 |
Movie | Back to the Future | Marty McFly | 1985-07-03 |
Movie | Poison Ivy | Dennis Baxter | 1985-02-10 |
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 | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Letters from Frank | Ricky | 1979-11-22 |
Series | Leo and Me | Jamie | 1976-05-29 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | himself | 1966-01-25 |
Series | The Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1949-01-25 |