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Michael Andrew Fox, OC known professionally as Michael J. Fox is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author and film producer who is best known for his roles as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties from 1982 to 1989, and Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom Spin City from 1996 to 2001. He also voiced the titular character in the Stuart Little film trilogy.

For Disney, he played Scott Larson in the 1980 film, Midnight Madness. He also provided the voice of Chance in the 1993 film, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and its 1996 sequel, as well as voiced Milo Thatch in the 2001 animated feature film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Michael in the Phineas and Ferb episode "The Curse of Candace". Additionally, he portrayed Michael Chapman in the 1993 Touchstone Pictures film, Life with Mikey and Ethan West in the ABC TV show, Designated Survivor.

Since 1991, Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and has since become an advocate for the disease's cure.

Disney Roles

Trivia

Fox came up with the fake middle initial "J" because there was already another Michael Fox in the union and he didn't want magazine headlines to read "Michael A. Fox". He said that the J stood for "Jenius".
Fox was also considered for the role of Chicken Little in the 2005 film of the same name, along with Matthew Broderick and David Spade before Zach Braff was chosen.^[1]

Gallery

References

↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (2011-09-15). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary (in en). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486946.

[Hischak-1] Hischak, Thomas S. (2011-09-15). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary (in en). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486946.

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 |name = Michael J. Fox
-|born = Michael Andrew Fox<br>[[June 9]], [[1961]] (age 56)<br>Edmonton, Alberta, [[Canada]]
+|born = Michael Andrew Fox<br>[[June 9]], [[1961]] (age 58)<br>Edmonton, Alberta, [[Canada]]
 |nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American<br>[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px]] Canadian
 |occupation(s) = Actor, author, producer, activist
 |years active = [[1973]]-present
 |spouse = Tracy Pollan ([[1988]]-present)
-|children = Sam, Aquinnah, Schuyler, and Esmé}}'''Michael J. Fox''' (born '''Michael Andrew Fox'''; June 9, [[1961]]) is a Canadian-American actor, author, producer, and activist who is best known for his role as [[w:c:backtothefuture:Marty McFly|Marty McFly]] in the ''{{WikipediaLink|Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future}}'' trilogy, {{WikipediaLink|Alex P. Keaton}} on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''{{WikipediaLink||Family Ties}}'' from [[1982]] to [[1989]], and Mike Flaherty on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''{{WikipediaLink|Spin City}}'' from [[1996]] to [[2001]]. He also voiced [[w:c:stuartlittle:Stuart Little (character)|the titular character]] in the ''{{WikipediaLink|Stuart Little (franchise)|Stuart Little}}'' films.
+|children = Sam, Aquinnah, Schuyler, and Esmé}}'''Michael Andrew Fox''', [[Wikipedia:Order of Canada|OC]] known professionally as '''Michael J. Fox''' is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author and film producer who is best known for his roles as [[w:c:backtothefuture:Marty McFly|Marty McFly]] in the ''{{WikipediaLink|Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future}}'' trilogy, {{WikipediaLink|Alex P. Keaton}} on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''{{WikipediaLink||Family Ties}}'' from [[1982]] to [[1989]], and Mike Flaherty on the [[ABC]] sitcom ''{{WikipediaLink|Spin City}}'' from [[1996]] to [[2001]]. He also voiced [[w:c:stuartlittle:Stuart Little (character)|the titular character]] in the ''{{WikipediaLink|Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little}}'' {{WikipediaLink|Stuart Little 2|film}} {{WikipediaLink|Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild|trilogy}}.
-For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he played Scott Larson in the [[1980]] film ''[[Midnight Madness]]''. He also provided the voice of [[Chance]] in the [[1993]] film ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' and its [[1996]] [[Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco|sequel]], as well as voiced [[Milo Thatch]] in the [[2001]] animated film ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' and Michael in the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "[[The Curse of Candace]]". Additionally, he portrayed Michael Chapman in the [[1993]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] film ''[[Life with Mikey]]'' and Ethan West in the ABC TV show ''{{WikipediaLink|Designated Survivor}}''.
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he played Scott Larson in the [[1980]] film, ''[[Midnight Madness]]''. He also provided the voice of [[Chance]] in the [[1993]] film, ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' and its [[1996]] [[Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco|sequel]], as well as voiced [[Milo Thatch]] in the [[2001]] animated feature film, ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' and Michael in the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "[[The Curse of Candace]]". Additionally, he portrayed Michael Chapman in the [[1993]] [[Touchstone Pictures]] film, ''[[Life with Mikey]]'' and Ethan West in the ABC TV show, ''{{WikipediaLink|Designated Survivor}}''.
 Since [[1991]], Fox was diagnosed with {{WikipediaLink|Parkinson's disease}}, and has since become an advocate for the disease's cure.
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 MiloTatch.png|'''[[Milo Thatch]]'''<br>(''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'')
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+==Trivia==
+*Fox came up with the fake middle initial "J" because there was already another Michael Fox in the union and he didn't want magazine headlines to read "Michael A. Fox". He said that the J stood for "Jenius".
+*Fox was also considered for the role of [[Chicken Little (character)|Chicken Little]] in the [[2005]] [[Chicken Little (film)|film of the same name]], along with [[Matthew Broderick]] and [[David Spade]] before [[Zach Braff]] was chosen.<ref name="Hischak">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|date=2011-09-15|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486946|language=en}}</ref>
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="150">
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="150" spacing="small">
-full-michael-j.-fox.jpg|Michael J. Fox as his iconic role Marty McFly in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy
+Michael J. Fox behind the scenes Atlantis.jpg|Michael J. Fox behind the scenes of ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire''.
+MJF Tribeca Fest.jpg|Michael J. Fox attending the 2012 Tribeca Film Fest.
+Michael J. Fox &amp; wife Tracy Pollan Emmys.jpg|Michael J. Fox and his wife, Tracy Pollan attending the 65th Annual Emmy Awards in September 2013.
+Michael J. Fox BttF 30th anniversary.jpg|Michael J. Fox attending the 30th anniversary screening of ''Back to the Future'' in October 2015.
+Michael J. Fox visits JKL.jpg|Michael J. Fox visiting ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' in November 2015.
+Michael J. Fox &amp; Denis Leary Tribeca19.jpg|Michael J. Fox and [[Denis Leary]] attending the 2019 Tribeca Film Fest.
 </gallery>
-==Trivia==
-*Fox came up with the fake middle initial J because there was already another Michael Fox in the union and he didn't want magazine headlines to read "Michael A. Fox". He said that the J stood for "Jenius".
-*Fox was also considered for the role of [[Chicken Little (character)|Chicken Little]] in the [[2005]] film ''[[Chicken Little (film)|Chicken Little]]'', along with [[Matthew Broderick]] and [[David Spade]].<ref name="Hischak">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|date=2011-09-15|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486946|language=en}}</ref>
-*He was considered for the role of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in ''Star Wars: The Phantom Menace''.
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