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| image              = Michael J Fox 2020.jpg
| caption            = Fox in 2020
| birth_name         = Michael Andrew Fox
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1961|6|9|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Edmonton]], Alberta<!--Do NOT wikilink, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]].-->, Canada
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| years_active       = {{ubl|1978–present{{efn|Fox retired from acting from 2020 to 2025, and continued to make public appearances as an activist during that time.}}}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Tracy Pollan]]|July 16, 1988}}
| children           = 4
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Michael J. Fox|Full list]]
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'''Michael Andrew Fox''' (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as '''Michael J. Fox''', is a Canadian-American<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO EITHER CANADIAN OR AMERICAN, SEE RFC ON TALK PAGE.--> actor and activist.<!--Keep most notable occupations here, see [[MOS:ROLEBIO]].--> Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying [[Alex P. Keaton]] on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Family Ties]]'' (1982–1989) and [[Marty McFly]] in the ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as ''[[Teen Wolf]]'' (1985), ''[[The Secret of My Success (1987 film)|The Secret of My Success]]'' (1987), ''[[Casualties of War]]'' (1989), ''[[Doc Hollywood]]'' (1991) and ''[[The Frighteners]]'' (1996). He returned to television on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Spin City]]'' in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996–2000).

In 1998, Fox disclosed his 1991 diagnosis of [[Parkinson's disease]]. He became an advocate for finding a cure and founded [[The Michael J. Fox Foundation]] in 2000 to help fund research. Worsening symptoms forced him to reduce his acting work.

Fox voiced the lead roles in the ''[[Stuart Little (franchise)|Stuart Little]]'' films (1999–2005) and the animated film ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' (2001). He continued to make guest appearances on television, including comedy-drama ''[[Rescue Me (American TV series)|Rescue Me]]'' (2009), the legal drama ''[[The Good Wife]]'' (2010–2016) and spin-off ''[[The Good Fight]]'' (2020) and the comedy series ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' (2011, 2017). Fox's last major role was the lead on the short-lived sitcom ''[[The Michael J. Fox Show]]'' (2013–2014). He officially retired in 2020 due to his declining health,<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite magazine|last=Perez|first=Lexy|date=November 17, 2020|title=Michael J. Fox Details Entering a 'Second Retirement,' Health Struggles in New Memoir|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/michael-j-foxs-new-memoir-details-health-struggles-to-second-retirement-4093196/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=December 26, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615215948/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/michael-j-foxs-new-memoir-details-health-struggles-to-second-retirement-4093196/|url-status=live}}</ref> though he has made periodic acting appearances since then.

Fox has won five [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Awards]], four [[Golden Globe Awards]], two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] and a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]. 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. 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<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actor-michael-j-fox-accepts-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-advocacy-2022-11-20/|title= Actor Michael J. Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's advocacy|publisher= Reuters|date= November 20, 2022|accessdate= May 14, 2023|last1= Richwine|first1= Lisa}}</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The White House |date=January 4, 2025 |title=President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/04/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-3/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrison |first=Joey |title=Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros, 17 others |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/04/biden-medal-of-freedom-clinton-soros-wintour/77440603007/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Fox was born on June 9, 1961, in [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada.<ref name="TCE">{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Wise |first=Wyndham |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-j-fox |title=Michael J. Fox |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=October 19, 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615130359/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michael-j-fox |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-J-Fox| title=Michael J. Fox: Canadian actor| encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]| last=Tikkanen |first=Amy |date=June 5, 2021| access-date=January 23, 2022| archive-date=November 10, 2021| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110180644/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-J-Fox}}</ref> His mother, Phyllis Evelyn ({{née|Piper}}; 1929–2022), was a [[payroll]] clerk{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=50}} and actress,<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |date=October 21, 2015 |title=Back to the Future: a timeline of Michael J Fox's career |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/back-to-the-future/michael-j-fox-timeline-career-parkinsons/ |url-status=dead |access-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225020751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/back-to-the-future/michael-j-fox-timeline-career-parkinsons/ |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |issn=0307-1235 |quote=On June 9, 1961, six years after Marty McFly's parents are supposed to meet in Back to the Future, Michael J Fox is born in Canada to a police officer and an actress.}}</ref> while his father, William Nelson "Bill" Fox (1928–1990{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=39}}), served as a [[Regular Force|regular soldier]] in the [[Royal Canadian Corps of Signals]].<ref name="Bill's cause of death">{{cite news |title=Coronary illness claimed Fox, Sr., autopsy shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/79788899/ |access-date=June 27, 2025 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=January 10, 1990 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Fox|2002|pp=34, 46–47}}<ref name=AARPMag>{{cite interview|magazine=[[AARP: The Magazine]]|interviewer-last=Corsello|interviewer-first=Andrew|title=Unbreakable: After a tough, drak spell, Michael J. Fox has emerged steelier, more realistic – and ready to tackle whatever comes next|pages=36–41|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/celebrities/michael-j-fox-interview-2021/|date=November 30, 2021|access-date=June 25, 2025}}</ref> When they met in [[Ladner, British Columbia|Ladner]], a [[village#North America|village]] in the then-[[district municipality]] of [[Delta, British Columbia]], Phyllis was working for ''The Ladner Optimist'', a local newspaper, and Bill was serving at the nearby [[Vancouver Wireless Station]]. The couple married in 1950. Fox is the fifth of six children, with three sisters and two brothers.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=33}}<ref name=FoxFoundation>{{cite web| url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/michaels-story| title=Michael's Story| publisher=The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research| access-date=January 23, 2022| archive-date=January 16, 2022| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116040023/https://www.michaeljfox.org/michaels-story}}</ref> Phyllis's father was an English emigrant, and her mother was an emigrant from [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RST-TPSH|title= Phyllis Piper Census Canada Census, 1931|publisher= [[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=February 19, 2024}}</ref>{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=36}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://parade.com/104611/dotsonrader/michael-j-fox-extras/ | title=Michael J. Fox on 'Back to the Future': 'I Truly Thought I Was Terrible{{'-}} | magazine=Parade | date=March 29, 2012 | access-date=June 11, 2022 | archive-date=June 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611183541/https://parade.com/104611/dotsonrader/michael-j-fox-extras/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="obituary">{{cite news |title=Obituary for Phyllis Evelyn Fox (née Piper) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/175260936/ |access-date=June 25, 2025 |newspaper=[[The Province]] |date=October 9, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Bill's mother was born in [[Alberta]] to American parents, and his father was an English emigrant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Federal Census |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-PQ5Q-SB7 |publisher=[[Dominion Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=June 27, 2025 |location=[[Burnaby]], British Columbia, Canada |date=June 1, 1931 |via=[[FamilySearch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary for William Nelson Fox |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/59124063/ |access-date=June 27, 2025 |work=[[The Province]] |date=January 11, 1990 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The Fox family lived in various cities and towns across Canada due to Bill's career.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=32}} Bill served in the army for 25 years, retiring in 1971. The family moved to [[Burnaby]], British Columbia, the same year.{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=47}}<ref name=MikeBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/michael-story.html |title=Michael J. Fox Biography |publisher=The Michael J Fox Foundation |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212093048/https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/michael-story.html |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bill worked as a [[dispatcher]] for the [[Delta Police Department]] from the following year{{sfn|Fox|2002|p=50}} to 1985.<ref name="Bill's cause of death" /> Fox attended [[Burnaby Central Secondary School]] and has a theatre named for him at [[Burnaby South Secondary School]].<ref name="Burnaby"/> At the age of 16, he starred in the Canadian television series ''[[Leo and Me]]'', produced by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. Fox moved to [[Los Angeles]], California, in 1979 to further his acting career.<ref name="Britannica" /><ref name="Telegraph" />{{sfn|Fox|2002|pp=65, 94}}

Fox was discovered by producer Ronald Shedlo and made his American debut in the television film ''Letters from Frank'', credited under the name "Michael Fox". However, when he registered with the [[Screen Actors Guild]], he discovered that [[Michael Fox (American actor)|Michael Fox]], a veteran actor, was already registered under that name.<ref name="TCE" /> Fox explained in his [[memoir]] ''Lucky Man'':

{{blockquote|The Screen Actors Guild prohibits any two members from working under the same stage name, and they already had a 'Michael Fox' on the books. My middle name is Andrew, but 'Andrew Fox' or 'Andy Fox' didn't cut it for me. 'Michael A. Fox' was even worse, the word fox having recently come into use as a synonym for attractive. (Presumptuous?) It also sounded uncomfortably Canadian – Michael Eh? Fox – but maybe I was just being oversensitive. And then I remembered one of my favorite character actors, [[Michael J. Pollard]], the guileless accomplice in Bonnie and Clyde. I stuck in the J, which sometimes I tell people stands for either Jenuine or Jenius, and resubmitted my forms.<ref name=MikeBio />}}

== Acting career ==
=== 1980–1984: Early roles and television ===
[[File:Michael J. Fox 1985 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.75|Fox in 1985]]
Fox's first feature film roles were ''[[Midnight Madness (1980 film)|Midnight Madness]]'' (1980) and ''[[Class of 1984]]'' (1982), credited in both as Michael Fox. Shortly afterward, he began playing "[[Young Republicans|Young Republican]]" [[Alex P. Keaton]] in the show ''[[Family Ties]]'', which aired on [[NBC]] for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989. In an interview with [[Jimmy Fallon]] in April 2014, Fox stated he negotiated the role at a payphone at [[Pioneer Chicken]]. He received the role only after [[Matthew Broderick]] was unavailable.<ref name="slate" /> ''Family Ties'' had been sold to the television network using the pitch "[[Hip (slang)|Hip]] parents, [[Square (slang)|square]] kids",<ref name="slate">{{cite magazine |last=Haglund |first=David |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/dvdextras/2007/03/reagans_favorite_sitcom.single.html |title=Reagan's Favorite Sitcom: How Family Ties spawned a conservative hero |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=March 2, 2007 |access-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514172956/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/dvdextras/2007/03/reagans_favorite_sitcom.single.html |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> with the parents originally intended to be the main characters. However, the positive reaction to Fox's performance led to his character becoming the focus of the show following the fourth episode.<ref name="slate" /> 

[[Brandon Tartikoff]], one of the show's producers, felt that Fox was too short in relation to the actors playing his parents, and tried to have him replaced. Tartikoff reportedly said that "this is not the kind of face you'll ever find on a lunchbox." After his later successes, Fox presented Tartikoff with a custom-made lunchbox with the inscription "To Brandon: This is for you to put your [[eat crow|crow]] in. Love and Kisses, Michael J." Tartikoff kept the lunchbox in his office for the rest of his NBC career.{{sfn|Fox|2002|pages=[https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich/page/81 81–82]}}<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brandon-tartikoff-private-files-revealed-379352| title=The Private Files of Brandon Tartikoff Revealed| magazine=The Hollywood Reporter| date=October 17, 2012 | first=Lacey| last=Rose| access-date=November 19, 2020| archive-date=November 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107060049/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brandon-tartikoff-private-files-revealed-379352| url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 1985–1990: ''Back to the Future'' and stardom ===
[[File:Michael J Fox 1988-cropped1.jpg|thumb|upright|Fox at the [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in August 1988]]

In January 1985, Fox was cast to replace [[Eric Stoltz]] as [[Marty McFly]], a teenager who is accidentally sent [[Time travel|back in time]] from 1985 to 1955 in ''[[Back to the Future]]''. Director [[Robert Zemeckis]] originally wanted Fox to play Marty, but [[Gary David Goldberg]], the creator of ''[[Family Ties]]'', on which Fox was working at the time, refused to allow Zemeckis even to approach Fox. Goldberg felt that, as [[Meredith Baxter]] was on maternity leave at the time, Fox's character [[Alex Keaton]] was needed to carry the show in her absence. Stoltz was cast and was already filming ''Back to the Future'', but Zemeckis felt that Stoltz was not giving the right type of performance for the humour involved.<ref name="Making">"Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy: Chapter 1 (DVD Documentary)"</ref>

Zemeckis quickly replaced Stoltz with Fox, whose schedule was now more open with the return of Baxter. During filming, Fox rehearsed for ''Family Ties'' from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; he then rushed to the ''Back to the Future'' set, where he would rehearse and shoot until 2:30&nbsp;a.m. This schedule lasted for two full months. ''Back to the Future'' was both a critical and commercial success. The film spent eight consecutive weekends as the number-one movie at the US box office in 1985, and it eventually earned a worldwide total of $381.11 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backtothefuture.htm |title=Back to the Future |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918012246/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=backtothefuture.htm |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' applauded the performances, opining that Fox and his co-star [[Christopher Lloyd]] imbued Marty and [[Emmett Brown|Doc Brown]]'s friendship with a quality reminiscent of [[King Arthur]] and [[Merlin]].<ref>{{cite news |magazine=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788826 |date=July 1, 1985 |title=Back to the Future |access-date=October 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828084007/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117788826/ | archive-date=August 28, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Fox's performance in particular was praised, earning him a nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] at the [[43rd Golden Globe Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Fox |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox/ |access-date=January 16, 2025 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was followed by two successful sequels, ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989) and ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]'' (1990), which were produced at the same time but released separately.<ref name="dvdint2">{{cite video |people=Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis |title=''Back to the Future Part III''. Special Features: Making the Trilogy: Chapter Three |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment |date=2002 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> While filming the scene where [[Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen]] tries to hang Marty in ''Part III'', Fox was allowed to perform the stunt himself as long as he knew where to put his hand on the noose to keep himself from choking; however, on the third take, Fox accidentally placed his hand in the wrong spot, which resulted in him choking, passing out, and nearly dying until Zemeckis noticed him in peril and had him cut down.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stolworthy |first=Jacob |date=May 27, 2024 |title=37 actors who almost died on set |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/actors-stunts-accidents-died-dangerous-b2552100.html |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Horn |first=Shawn |date=August 31, 2023 |title=This Back to the Future Stunt Almost Killed Michael J. Fox |url=https://collider.com/back-to-the-future-michael-j-fox-stunt/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Michael J. Fox (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Fox at the [[39th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in September 1987]]

As a result of working on ''Family Ties'', and his back-to-back hit performances in ''Back to the Future'' and ''[[Teen Wolf]]'' (1985), Fox became a [[teen idol]]. The [[VH1]] television series ''[[The Greatest (VH1 TV series)|The Greatest]]'' later named him among their "50 Greatest Teen Idols".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Episode 080: 50 Greatest Teen Idols |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=67297 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209143618/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=67297 |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |publisher=[[VH1]]}}</ref>

During and immediately after the [[Back to the Future (franchise)|''Back to the Future'' trilogy]], Fox starred in ''[[Teen Wolf]]'' (1985),'' [[Light of Day]]'' (1987), ''[[The Secret of My Success (1987 film)|The Secret of My Success]]'' (1987), and ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]'' (1988). In ''The Secret of My Success'', Fox played a recent graduate from [[Kansas State University]] who moves to New York City, where he deals with the ups and downs of the business world. The film was successful at the box office, grossing $110&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=secretofmysuccess.htm |title=The Secret of My Success |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203000815/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=secretofmysuccess.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] in the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' wrote, "Fox provides a fairly desperate center for the film. It could not have been much fun for him to follow the movie's arbitrary shifts of mood, from sitcom to slapstick, from sex farce to boardroom brawls."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19870410/REVIEWS/704100301 |title=The Secret of My Success Review |newspaper=Chicago Sun- Times |first=Roger |last=Ebert |date=April 10, 1987 |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927205538/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19870410%2FREVIEWS%2F704100301 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]'', Fox played a fact-checker for a New York magazine who spends his nights partying with alcohol and drugs. The film received mixed reviews, with Hal Hinson in ''The Washington Post'' criticizing Fox by claiming that "he was the wrong actor for the job".<ref name="hinson">{{cite news| last=Hinson| first=Hal| title='City' Blight| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=April 1, 1988| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/01/city-blight/1688b77d-e98e-4849-9369-105b835cf059/| access-date=June 9, 2021| archive-date=February 19, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219102454/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/01/city-blight/1688b77d-e98e-4849-9369-105b835cf059/| url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, Roger Ebert praised the actor's performance: "Fox is very good in the central role (he has a long drunken monologue that is the best thing he has ever done in a movie)".<ref name="ebert">{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Bright Lights, Big City |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |date=April 1, 1988 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bright-lights-big-city-1988 |access-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref> During the shooting of ''Bright Lights, Big City'', Fox co-starred again with [[Tracy Pollan]], his on-screen girlfriend from ''[[Family Ties]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Benson |first=Sheila |date=April 1, 1988 |title=Movie Review: Passions Dim in 'Bright Lights, Big City{{'-}} |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-01-ca-446-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904014245/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-01-ca-446-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Fox won three [[Emmy Award]]s for ''Family Ties'' in 1986, 1987, and 1988.<ref name="Emmy">{{cite web |title=Emmy Award History |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=michael+j+fox&program=&start_year=0&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404094337/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=michael+j+fox&program=&start_year=0&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]}}</ref> He won a [[Golden Globe Award]] in 1989,<ref name="globes">{{cite web |title=Golden Globe Awards for Michael J. Fox |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418092738/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/michael-j-fox |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2016 |website=[[Golden Globe Awards]]}}</ref> the year the show ended.<ref name="slate" /> When Fox left the television series ''[[Spin City]]'' in 2000, his final episodes made numerous allusions to ''Family Ties'': [[Michael Gross (actor)|Michael Gross]] (who played Alex's father Steven) portrays Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character's) therapist,<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Amy |date=March 20, 2000 |title=Putting His Own Spin on 'City's' Season Finale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-20-ca-10674-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221085727/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/mar/20/entertainment/ca-10674 |archive-date=February 21, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> and there is a reference to an off-screen character named "[[Justine Bateman|Mallory]]".<ref>[[Tom Shales|Shales, Tom]] (May 24, 2000). "Michael J. Fox, Playing 'Spin City' to a Fare-Thee-Well". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. C1.</ref> Also, when Flaherty becomes an environmental [[lobbyist]] in Washington, D.C., he meets a conservative senator from [[Ohio]] named Alex P. Keaton,<ref>{{cite web |last=Abilock |first=Genni |date=June 14, 2022 |title={{-'}}Family Ties': The Hit American Sitcom that Defined the 80's |url=https://www.heraldweekly.com/family-ties-the-hit-american-sitcom-that-defined-the-80s/37/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904014244/https://www.heraldweekly.com/family-ties-the-hit-american-sitcom-that-defined-the-80s/37/ |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Herald Weekly}}</ref> and in one episode [[Meredith Baxter]] played Mike's mother.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=November 21, 1997 |title=''Family Ties'' lives on with ''Spin City'' |url=https://ew.com/article/1997/11/21/family-ties-lives-spin-city/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120141229/https://ew.com/article/1997/11/21/family-ties-lives-spin-city/ |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

Fox then starred in ''[[Casualties of War]]'' (1989), a dark and violent war drama about the [[Vietnam War]], alongside [[Sean Penn]]. ''Casualties of War'' was not a major box office hit, but Fox was praised for his performance. Don Willmott wrote: "Fox, only one year beyond his ''Family Ties'' sitcom silliness, rises to the challenges of acting as the film's moral voice and sharing scenes with the always intimidating Penn."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1989/casualties-of-war/ |title=Casualties of War Review |website=FilmCritic.com |date=January 4, 2006 |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113234717/http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1989/casualties-of-war/ |archive-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref> While ''Family Ties'' was ending, his production company Snowback Productions set up a two-year production pact at [[Paramount Pictures]] to develop film and television projects.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 18, 1989 |title=Michael J. Fox's Snowback in Par pact |page=14 |magazine=Variety}}</ref>

=== 1991–2001: Further films and acclaim ===
In 1991, he starred in ''[[Doc Hollywood]]'', a romantic comedy about a talented medical doctor who decides to become a plastic surgeon. While moving from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, he winds up as a doctor in a small southern town in South Carolina. [[Michael Caton-Jones]], of ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', described Fox in the film as "at his frenetic best".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/65559/doc_hollywood.html |title=Doc Hollywood Review |magazine=Time Out |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118081240/http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/65559/doc_hollywood.html |archive-date=November 18, 2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hard Way (1991 film)|The Hard Way]]'' was also released in 1991, with Fox playing an undercover actor learning from police officer [[James Woods]]. After being privately diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991 and being cautioned he had "ten good working years left",<ref name=AARPMag/> Fox hastily signed a three-film contract,{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} appearing in ''[[For Love or Money (1993 film)|For Love or Money]]'' (1993), ''[[Life with Mikey]]'' (1993), and ''[[Greedy (film)|Greedy]]'' (1994). In the mid-1990s Fox played smaller supporting roles in ''[[The American President]]'' (1995) and ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' (1996).

His last major film role was in ''[[The Frighteners]]'' (1996), directed by [[Peter Jackson]]. Fox's performance received critical praise, [[Kenneth Turan]] in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote; "The film's actors are equally pleasing. Both Fox, in his most successful starring role in some time, and [Trini] [[Trini Alvarado|Alvarado]], who looks rather like [[Andie MacDowell]] here, have no difficulty getting into the manic spirit of things."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960719-3,0,6464899.story |title=The Frighteners Review |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=July 19, 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031053608/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie960719-3%2C0%2C6464899.story |archive-date=October 31, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref>

In the 1990s and 2000s, Fox took on multiple voice acting roles. He voiced the American Bulldog Chance in [[Disney]]'s live-action film ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' and its sequel ''[[Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco]]'', the titular character in ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]'' and its two sequels ''[[Stuart Little 2]]'' and ''[[Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild]]'', and Milo James Thatch in Disney's animated film ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''.<ref name="Stuart">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020436/bio |title=Michael J Fox Biography |website=[[Yahoo!]] |access-date=August 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615064655/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020436/bio |archive-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref>

=== 1996–2020: Later career and retirement ===
[[File:Michael J. Fox Hand Prints.jpg|upright|thumb|Hand prints of Fox in front of [[The Great Movie Ride]] at [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park]]
''[[Spin City]]'' ran from 1996 to 2002 on American television network [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The show depicts a fictional New York City government, originally starring Fox as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Kaklamanidou |editor-first1=Betty |editor-last2=Tally |editor-first2=Margaret |date=2016 |title=Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television: Washington as Fiction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ST8lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 |location=Abingdon-on-Thames and New York |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page=8 |isbn=978-1-4724-8604-2}}</ref> Fox served as an executive producer of ''Spin City'' alongside co-creators [[Bill Lawrence (producer)|Bill Lawrence]] and [[Gary David Goldberg]].<ref name="Sheen" /> He won an [[Emmy Award]] for ''Spin City'' in 2000,<ref name="Emmy"/> three [[Golden Globe Awards]] in 1998, 1999, and 2000,<ref name=globes/> and two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] in 1999 and 2000.<ref name=FoxFoundation/>  During the third season, Fox told the cast and crew of the show that he had Parkinson's disease, and during the fourth season, he announced his retirement from the show.<ref name="QuitsSpinCity">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/609629.stm |title=Fox quits Spin City |website=[[BBC News]] |date=January 19, 2000 |access-date=August 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309121615/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/609629.stm |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=live |quote=Fox revealed in 1998 that he had been suffering from Parkinson's since 1991. The condition was diagnosed after he noticed a twitch in his little finger while he was working on the set of the film, Doc Hollywood.}}</ref> A character played by [[Charlie Sheen]] replaced his,<ref name="Sheen">{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Weinraub |date=May 7, 2001 |title=Charlie Sheen Delivers A New Spin To 'Spin City' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/charlie-sheen-delivers-a-new-spin-to-spin-city.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002212446/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/07/arts/charlie-sheen-delivers-a-new-spin-to-spin-city.html |archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> and he made three more appearances during the final season. In 2002, his Lottery Hill Entertainment production company attempted to set up a pilot for ABC with [[DreamWorks Television]] and [[ABC Signature|Touchstone Television]] company via first-look agreements, but it never went to series.<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Schneider| first=Michael| date=August 15, 2002| title=Fox spins ABC tale| url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/fox-spins-abc-tale-1117871268/|access-date=January 11, 2022| magazine=Variety| archive-date=January 11, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111003806/https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/fox-spins-abc-tale-1117871268/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| last1=Schneider| first1=Michael| first2=Jill| last2=Schneider| date=March 16, 2003| title=Bierko ices ABC role| url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/bierko-ices-abc-role-1117882340/| access-date=April 17, 2022| magazine=Variety| archive-date=January 11, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111003807/https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/bierko-ices-abc-role-1117882340/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, Fox guest-starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' – created by ''Spin City'' creator Bill Lawrence – as Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with severe [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]].<ref name=Scrubs>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-01-05-michaeljfox-scrubs_x.htm |title=Michael J. Fox to scrub up twice for 'Scrubs' |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=April 1, 2004 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |first1=Bill |last1=Keveney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929233950/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-01-05-michaeljfox-scrubs_x.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.avclub.com/scrubs-my-clean-break-my-catalyst-1798177304| title=Scrubs: 'My Clean Break'/'My Catalyst'| last=McNutt| first=Myles| website=[[The A.V. Club]]| date=July 8, 2013| access-date=February 6, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005235/https://tv.avclub.com/scrubs-my-clean-break-my-catalyst-1798177304| archive-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, he appeared in four episodes of ''[[Boston Legal]]'' as a lung cancer patient. The producers brought him back in a recurring role for season three, beginning with the season premiere. Fox was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for best guest appearance.<ref name="Emmy" />
[[File:Michael J. Fox 2012 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|254x254px|Fox speaking at [[Lotusphere]] 2012]]
In 2009, Fox appeared in five episodes of the television series ''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'' which earned him an Emmy for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]].<ref name="Emmy" /> Starting in 2010, Fox played a recurring role in the American drama ''[[The Good Wife]]'' as crafty attorney Louis Canning and earned Emmy nominations for three consecutive years.<ref name="GoodWife">{{cite news| last1=Bobbin| first1=Jay| title='The Good Wife' Season 5: Emmy nominee Michael J. Fox 'open' to returning| url=http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/the_good_wife_season_5_emmy_nominee_michael_j_fox_open_to_returning-2013-07|access-date=March 18, 2015| publisher=[[Zap2it]]| date=July 27, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915085758/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/the_good_wife_season_5_emmy_nominee_michael_j_fox_open_to_returning-2013-07| archive-date=September 15, 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, Fox portrayed himself in the eighth season of Larry David's ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', in which David's fictionalized self becomes Fox's neighbour and accuses him of using his Parkinson's disease as a manipulative tool. Fox returned in 2017 for a brief appearance, referencing his prior time on the show.<ref>{{cite news| title=Curb Your Enthusiasm| url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/larry-vs-michael-j-fox,61416/| website=[[The A.V. Club]]| access-date=August 24, 2012| first=Meredith| last=Blake | author-link=Meredith Blake | date=September 12, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815165417/http://www.avclub.com/articles/larry-vs-michael-j-fox%2C61416/| archive-date=August 15, 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Curb Your Enthusiasm – Larry confronts Michael J. Fox – Season 8 Ep. 10| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIjDo-btyL0|via=YouTube| access-date=August 24, 2012| author=TheGuysTravel| date=September 12, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612013352/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIjDo-btyL0| archive-date=June 12, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2012, [[NBC]] announced that Fox would star in ''[[The Michael J. Fox Show]]'', loosely based on his life. It was granted a 22-episode commitment from the network and premiered in September 2013,<ref>{{cite news| title=NBC: Michel J. Fox Will Return To Series TV| url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_MICHAEL_J_FOX_RETURNING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120821043959/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TV_MICHAEL_J_FOX_RETURNING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 21, 2012| publisher=[[Associated Press]]| first=Frazier| last=Moore| access-date=April 17, 2022}}</ref> but was taken off the air after 15 episodes and later cancelled.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-michael-j-fox-show-nbc-sitcom-officially-cancelled-32530/| title=Michael J. Fox Show: NBC Sitcom Now Officially Cancelled| date=May 11, 2014| access-date=January 19, 2021| website=TV Series Finale| archive-date=February 19, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219102435/https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-michael-j-fox-show-nbc-sitcom-officially-cancelled-32530/| url-status=live}}</ref>

Fox has made several appearances in other media. At the [[2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony]] in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he delivered comedy monologues, along with [[William Shatner]] and [[Catherine O'Hara]], in the "I am Canadian" part of the show.<ref name="montrealgazette1">{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/2010+Michael+speaks+during+closing+ceremony+Vancouver+Winter+Olympics+Place/7786761/story.html |title=2010: Michael J. Fox speaks during the closing ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics at B.C. Place on Feb. 28 |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=January 7, 2013 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501143206/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010+Michael+speaks+during+closing+ceremony+Vancouver+Winter+Olympics+Place/7786761/story.html |archive-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite sound-alike [[A.J. LoCascio]] voicing Marty McFly in [[Back to the Future: The Game|the 2011 ''Back to the Future'' episodic adventure game]], Fox lent his likeness to the in-game version of Marty alongside [[Christopher Lloyd]]. Fox made a special guest appearance in the final episode of the series as an elder version of Marty, as well as his great-grandfather Willie McFly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-back-to-the/714558 |title=Back To The Future Episode 5: OUTATIME Video Game, E3 2011: Exclusive Developer Diary HD |website=[[GameTrailers]] |access-date=June 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903010557/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-back-to-the/714558 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Fox appeared in five episodes of the [[List of Designated Survivor episodes#Season 2 (2017–18)|second season]] of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] political drama ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]'', in the recurring role of Ethan West, investigating whether the president was fit to continue in the job.<ref name="Hipes">{{cite magazine| url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/michael-j-fox-designated-survivor-guest-role-abc-1202239957/| title=Michael J. Fox Joining 'Designated Survivor' For Arc| date=January 10, 2018| magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| access-date=January 10, 2018| first=Patrick| last=Hipes| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110193505/http://deadline.com/2018/01/michael-j-fox-designated-survivor-guest-role-abc-1202239957/| archive-date=January 10, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web| url=https://screenrant.com/designated-survivor-show-season-2-michael-fox-villain/| title=Designated Survivor: Michael J Fox Was A Perfect Season 2 Villain| date=November 2, 2019| website=ScreenRant| access-date=January 19, 2021| archive-date=November 3, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103115238/https://screenrant.com/designated-survivor-show-season-2-michael-fox-villain/| url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Coldplay_Glasto24_290624_(272)_(53836785472)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Fox playing the guitar with [[Coldplay]] at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] in 2024]]
In 2020, Fox retired from acting due to the increasing unreliability of his speech.<ref name="AARPMag" /> Fox's memoir, ''No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality'', was released that November. In the book, Fox explained that, "not being able to speak reliably is a game-breaker for an actor" and that he was experiencing memory loss. Fox wrote, "There is a time for everything, and my time of putting in a 12-hour workday, and memorizing seven pages of dialogue, is best behind me...I enter a second retirement. That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it."<ref name="HollywoodReporter" />

=== 2021–present: ''Still'', and return to acting ===
In 2021, Fox appeared in one episode of the television series ''Expedition: Back to the Future'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Expedition: Back To The Future |url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/expedition-back-to-the-future/ |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=Discovery UK |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as in the animated film ''Back Home Again''. On May 12, 2023, ''[[Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie]]'', a documentary which follows his career and Parkinson's disease diagnosis, was released.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2023 |title=Coming May 12: Apple TV+'s Feature Film, 'Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie{{'-}} |url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/news/coming-may-12-apple-tvs-feature-film-still-michael-j-fox-movie |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=[[The Michael J. Fox Foundation|The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research]]}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Davis Guggenheim]] and made for [[Apple TV+]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=August 12, 2023 |title='Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Editor Michael Harte Says One Scene Set The Tone For The Whole Film – Contenders TV: The Nominees |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-editor-michael-harte-pivotal-scene-1235459302/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> It was positively received, winning four of the seven awards it was nominated for at the [[75th Primetime Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=January 8, 2024 |title='Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Claims Big Emmy Wins; Will That Threaten Its Oscar Chances? |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/creative-arts-emmys-still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-wins-best-documentary-special-1235698394/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/still-michael-j-fox-movie |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Television Academy {{!}} Emmys |language=en}}</ref> [[Stephanie Zacharek]] on behalf of [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] wrote, "''Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie'' reminds us that a person stricken with a disease doesn't ''become'' that disease... What's striking about ''Still'' is how celebratory it is. This isn't the story of a wonderful actor felled by an illness; it's the story of a wonderful actor,"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=May 12, 2023 |title='Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Is Unsparing and Darkly Funny |url=https://time.com/6278172/still-review-michael-j-fox/ |access-date=August 25, 2024 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |language=en}}</ref> while [[Mark Kermode]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it "An intimate, uplifting star portrait."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kermode |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kermode |date=May 14, 2023 |title=Still: A Michael J Fox Movie review – an intimate, uplifting star portrait |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/14/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-review-an-intimate-uplifting-star-portrait-davis-guggenheim |access-date=August 25, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

On June 29, 2024, he was featured on the [[Glastonbury Festival]] as a guest of British rock band [[Coldplay]], playing the guitar with them on the songs "Humankind" and "[[Fix You]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=June 30, 2024 |title=Watch Michael J. Fox Join Coldplay on Guitar at Glastonbury |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-michael-j-fox-glastonbury-surprise-performance-1235050355/ |access-date=June 30, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Lead singer and pianist [[Chris Martin]] mentioned during the show that "''Back to the Future'' is the main reason we became a band".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Glastonbury 2024: 15 magical and memorable moments |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ve1zn9wlyo |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

On May 15, 2025, it was revealed that Fox had been cast in the third season of the comedy drama ''[[Shrinking (TV series)|Shrinking]]'', making a return to acting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 15, 2025 |title=Michael J. Fox Joins Apple TV+'s 'Shrinking' Season 3 In Acting Return & Bill Lawrence Reunion |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/michael-j-fox-cast-shrinking-season-3-apple-bill-lawrence-1236399706/ |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2025, Fox acted for the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Boston Bruins]], playing himself in a video parodying ''Back to the Future'' to promote new uniforms for the team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Adam |title=Bruins Unveil New Uniforms in Video With Michael J. Fox, Photos After Logo Reveal |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25216158-bruins-unveil-new-uniforms-video-michael-j-fox-photos-after-logo-reveal |access-date=June 26, 2025 |website=bleacherreport.com |language=en}}</ref> Fox is a close friend of Bruins president [[Cam Neely]], who also appeared in the video.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 25, 2025 |title=Bruins reveal new jerseys with video featuring Michael J. Fox {{!}} NHL.com |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/boston-reveals-2025-2026-jersey-with-michael-j-fox-video |access-date=June 26, 2025 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>

On October 14, 2025, his fifth book, ''Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum'', co-written with Nelle Fortenberry, was published by [[Flatiron Books]]. The memoir covers his time on set while filming ''[[Back to the Future]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eddy |first1=Cheryl |title=Michael J. Fox Looks Back on His Wild 1985 in This Excerpt From His New Memoir, 'Future Boy' |url=https://gizmodo.com/michael-j-fox-looks-back-on-his-wild-1985-in-this-except-from-his-new-memoir-future-boy-2000668880 |access-date=16 October 2025 |publisher=Gizmodo |date=14 October 2025}}</ref>

He had a voice cameo in the 2025 [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] film [[Zootopia 2|''Zootopia 2'']] as an incarcerated fox, whose name—“Michael J. the fox”—is a play on Fox’s own name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Abigail |date=2025-11-14 |title=Michael J. Fox's Zootopia 2 Role Revealed & The Animal Couldn't Be More Perfect |url=https://screenrant.com/zootopia-2-michael-j-fox-role-revealed/ |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

== Activism ==
Fox was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in 1991.<ref name="QuitsSpinCity" /> He has since become an activist and began [[the Michael J. Fox Foundation]] to increase research efforts to find a cure.<ref name="FoxFoundation" />

He has written several memoirs on his experiences. His first book, ''Lucky Man'', focused on how, after seven years of denial of the disease, he set up the Michael J. Fox Foundation, stopped drinking and became an advocate for people living with Parkinson's disease.<ref name="MJF_guardian">{{cite news |last=Brockes |first=Emma |date=April 11, 2009 |title={{-'}}It's the gift that keeps on taking{{'-}} |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000425/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |access-date=October 25, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> In 2006, Fox starred in a [[campaign ad]] for then-[[State Auditor of Missouri]] [[Claire McCaskill]] in her successful [[2006 United States Senate election in Missouri|2006 Senate campaign]] against incumbent [[Jim Talent]], expressing her support for embryonic [[stem cell]] research. In the ad, he visibly showed the effects of his Parkinson's disease:
{{Blockquote
|quote = As you might know, I care deeply about stem cell research. In Missouri, you can elect Claire McCaskill, who shares my hope for cures. Unfortunately, Senator Jim Talent opposes expanding stem cell research. Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us the chance for hope. They say all politics is local, but that's not always the case. What you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me.
|source = Michael J. Fox, ''Campaign Advertisement for [[Claire McCaskill]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6083472.stm |title=Michael J Fox makes stem cell ads |website=BBC News |date=October 25, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221105022/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6083472.stm |archive-date=December 21, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2121909n |title=Michael J. Fox In Campaign Ad |website=CBS News |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915063004/http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2121909n |archive-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
}}[[File:Michael J Fox Theatre.jpg|thumb|The Michael J. Fox Theatre at [[Burnaby South Secondary School]]]]

''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "one of the most powerful and talked about political advertisements in years" and polls indicated that the commercial had a measurable impact on the way voters voted, in an election that McCaskill won.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 26, 2006 |title=The Michael J. Fox Effect |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061026/26politicalwire.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517095318/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061026/26politicalwire.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> His second book, ''Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist'', describes his life between 1999 and 2009, with much of the book centered on how Fox got into campaigning for stem cell research.<ref name="MJF_guardian" /> On March 31, 2009, Fox appeared on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' with [[Mehmet Oz]] to discuss his condition as well as his book, his family and his primetime special, which aired May 7, 2009, (''Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist'').<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 19, 2009 |title=Michael J. Fox Speaks Out About Parkinson's |url=http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Michael-J-Foxs-Life-with-Parkinsons-Stem-Cells-Optimism-and-More/2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002040400/http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Michael-J-Foxs-Life-with-Parkinsons-Stem-Cells-Optimism-and-More/2 |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |magazine=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]]}}</ref>

His work led him to be named one of the [[Time 100|100 people]] "whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world" in 2007 by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]].<ref name="MJF_TIME">{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Patti |author-link=Patti Davis |date=May 3, 2007 |title=The TIME 100 – Michael J. Fox |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615882,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425013526/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615754_1615882,00.html |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=May 14, 2011 |magazine=Time}}</ref> On March 5, 2010, Fox received an honorary doctorate in medicine from [[Karolinska Institute]] for his contributions to research in Parkinson's disease.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Michael J Fox hedersdoktor på KI |url=http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/bioteknik_lakemedel/medicin_teknik/article740544.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526050232/http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/bioteknik_lakemedel/medicin_teknik/article740544.ece |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2010 |website=Ny Teknik |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 5, 2010 |title=Michael J. Fox Gets Doctored |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b170318_michael_j_fox_gets_doctored.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801093226/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b170318_michael_j_fox_gets_doctored.html |archive-date=August 1, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |website=[[E! News]]}}</ref> He received an honorary doctorate of laws from the [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite news |date=May 23, 2008 |title=Michael J. Fox 'deeply moved' by honorary degree from UBC |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=411f8372-c535-49fc-bf38-2145f5e5cb7c |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822035639/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=411f8372-c535-49fc-bf38-2145f5e5cb7c |archive-date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |newspaper=[[The Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref> His third book, ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned'', was released in 2010.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Khakpour |first=Porochista |author-link=Porochista Khakpour |title=Review &#124; Michael J. Fox mixes candor, humor and hope in his heartfelt new memoir |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-j-fox-mixes-candor-humor-and-hope-in-his-heartfelt-new-memoir/2020/11/23/e40ccbe4-2b4b-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201060824/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-j-fox-mixes-candor-humor-and-hope-in-his-heartfelt-new-memoir/2020/11/23/e40ccbe4-2b4b-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=January 19, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

On May 31, 2012, he received an honorary degree of [[Doctor of Laws]] from the [[Justice Institute of British Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web |date=May 31, 2012 |title=Celebrating Convocation |url=http://jibc.ca/news/celebrating-convocation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618002753/http://www.jibc.ca/news/celebrating-convocation |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2012 |website=[[Justice Institute of British Columbia]]}}</ref> to recognize his accomplishments as a performer as well as his commitment to raising research funding and awareness for Parkinson's disease. Fox recalled performing in role-playing simulations as part of police recruit training exercises at the Institute early in his career.

In 2016, his organization created a raffle to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease and raised $6.75&nbsp;million, with the help of [[Nike, Inc.]] via two auctions, one in Hong Kong and the other in London.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rooney |first=Kyle |date=October 21, 2016 |title=The Michael J. Fox Foundation does raffle with Nike to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nike-mag-raffle-reportedly-raised-s675-million-for-parkinsons-research-news.24878.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021120820/http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nike-mag-raffle-reportedly-raised-s675-million-for-parkinsons-research-news.24878.html |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2016 |website=[[HotNewHipHop]]}}</ref>

In 2020, his fourth book, ''No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality'', was released.<ref name=":0" />

At the 2022 [[Governors Awards]], Fox was awarded the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] for his efforts in fighting Parkinson's, having raised over $1&nbsp;billion for research.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren and Cher at the Raucous Governors Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/movies/michael-j-fox-diane-warren-cher-governors-awards-oscars.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121220236/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/movies/michael-j-fox-diane-warren-cher-governors-awards-oscars.html |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Michael J. Fox receives honorary Oscar at emotional ceremony in Los Angeles |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/michael-j-fox-gets-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-work-emotional-ceremony-rcna58059 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121223731/https://www.today.com/popculture/michael-j-fox-gets-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-work-emotional-ceremony-rcna58059 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=TODAY.com}}</ref> The award was presented by friend [[Woody Harrelson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richwine |first=Lisa |date=November 20, 2022 |title=Actor Michael J. Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's advocacy |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/actor-michael-j-fox-accepts-honorary-oscar-parkinsons-advocacy-2022-11-20/ |website=reuters.com}}</ref>

In a 2023 interview with [[Jane Pauley]] on ''[[CBS Sunday Morning]]'', Fox said, "I'm not gonna lie. It's getting harder. Every day it's tougher." He said he has had spinal surgery for a [[benign tumour]] and has broken bones in several falls.<ref>{{cite news |last=Heching |first=Dan |date=April 30, 2023 |title=Michael J. Fox calls Parkinson's disease 'the gift that keeps on taking' in candid new interview |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/30/entertainment/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-disease-cbs-interview/index.html |access-date=May 1, 2023 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

He was named in ''[[Time Magazine]]'''s 2024 list of influential people in health.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Park |first=Alice |date=May 2, 2024 |title=Michael J. Fox |url=https://time.com/6968408/michael-j-fox-2/ |access-date=September 23, 2024 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
[[File:Michael J Fox Tracy Pollan2.jpeg|thumb|right|upright|Fox with [[Tracy Pollan]] at the [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]| access-date=December 26, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226055318/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-j-fox| archive-date=December 26, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> in August 1988 shortly after their marriage]]

=== Marriage and family ===
Fox met his wife, [[Tracy Pollan]], when she played the role of his girlfriend, Ellen, on ''Family Ties''.<ref name=AARPMag/> The couple married on July 16, 1988, at West Mountain Inn in [[Arlington, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan Are True to Each Other, but This Is a Fake Photo—and Thereby Hangs a Tale| first=Susan| last=Reed| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099585,00.html| magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]| date=August 1, 1988| volume=30| issue=5| access-date=March 5, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730044742/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099585,00.html| archive-date=July 30, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> They have four children: one son<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116124,00.html| date=December 4, 1989| volume=32| issue=23| title=Getting Back to His Future| first=Michael| last=Alexander| magazine=People| access-date=March 5, 2013| archive-date=October 1, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001141231/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-getting-back-to-his-future-vol-32-no-23/| url-status=live}}</ref> and three daughters.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135756,00.html| date=November 19, 2001| volume=56| issue=21| title=21st Century Fox| magazine=People| access-date=March 5, 2013| archive-date=November 16, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116101409/https://people.com/archive/21st-century-fox-vol-56-no-21/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20105213,00.html| title=Passages| first=Mary| last=Huzinec| date=March 6, 1995| magazine=People| access-date=March 5, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730042352/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20105213,00.html| archive-date=July 30, 2013| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Shortly before the couple's marriage, Fox purchased a {{convert|121|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate named Lottery Hill Farm in [[South Woodstock, Vermont]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Michael J. Fox's one-time Vermont farm listed at $2.75 million |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/entertainment/local/2013/04/15/michael-j-fox-s-one/10542284007/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=April 15, 2013}}</ref> which he listed in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bear |first=Rob |title=Michael J. Fox's Former Vermont Farm Now Listed for $2.75M |url=https://archive.curbed.com/2012/9/11/10330600/ |access-date=September 29, 2025 |website=[[Curbed]] |date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> In 1997, Fox purchased an apartment on [[Fifth Avenue]] within the [[Upper East Side]], Manhattan,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-tracy-pollan-manhattan-home-article |title=Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan's Manhattan Home |magazine=[[Architectural Digest]] |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928191739/http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-tracy-pollan-manhattan-home-article |archive-date=September 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cheever |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Cheever |title=Michael J. Fox's Manhattan Apartment Features Picturesque Views of Central Park |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-tracy-pollan-new-york-apartment-article |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[Architectural Digest]] |date=October 1997}}</ref> where he and his family lived primarily until 2020. The same year, Fox and Pollan built an estate on {{convert|80|acre|m2}} of farmland<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Nancy |title=Tour Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan's Cozy Family Home in New England |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/michael-j-fox-article-062000 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[Architectural Digest]] |date=June 2000}}</ref> in [[Sharon, Connecticut]], which he listed in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Lidia |title=Michael J. Fox's Connecticut estate is on the market |url=https://www.ctpost.com/realestate/article/Michael-J-Fox-s-Connecticut-estate-is-on-the-9204942.php |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=[[Connecticut Post]] |date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> In 2007, Fox purchased a {{convert|7000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} house in [[Quogue, New York]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Mann |first=Laura |title=Fox Buys in Quogue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/730769377/ |access-date=September 29, 2025 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |date=March 28, 2008 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> where he and his family lived part-time and spent the early months of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Elisabeth |title=When It Comes to Living With Uncertainty, Michael J. Fox Is a Pro |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/books/michael-j-fox-no-time-like-the-future.html |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> In 2021, Fox sold the house<ref>{{cite news |last=Lovece |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Lovece |title=Michael J. Fox used alcohol to hide from Parkinson's |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/michael-j-fox-documentary-axorsd9a |access-date=August 16, 2024 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> and moved to [[Santa Barbara, California]], with his family; they took up residence in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] several months later.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nahas |first=Aili |title=Michael J. Fox Opens Up About His Health, Life with Tracy Pollan: 'I'm in a Really Good Groove' |url=https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-opens-up-health-beautiful-life-with-wife-tracy-pollan/ |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=October 20, 2021}}</ref>

=== Citizenship and politics ===
Fox acquired US citizenship in 2000<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fox-i-was-over-medicated-in-stem-cell-ad/ |title=Fox: I Was Over-Medicated In Stem Cell Ad |website=[[CBS News]] |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=January 26, 2011 |first=Alfonso |last=Serrano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218083306/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/26/eveningnews/main2128188.shtml |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> but remains a Canadian citizen as well.<ref name=CAN>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-j-fox-q-a-1.4017957|title=Michael J. Fox on his Canadian pride and why he speaks out|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603211419/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-j-fox-q-a-1.4017957|archive-date=June 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He provided a light-hearted segment during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]' closing ceremony in Vancouver on February 28, 2010, when he expressed how proud he is to be Canadian.<ref name="montrealgazette1" /> On June 4, 2010, the city of [[Burnaby]] granted him the [[Freedom of the City]].<ref name="Burnaby">{{cite web |url=http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/residents/about/hstryh/freeman/michael-j-fox.html |title=Michael J. Fox Awarded Freeman Status |website=City of Burnaby |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=August 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165651/http://www.city.burnaby.bc.ca/residents/about/hstryh/freeman/michael-j-fox.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> Fox endorsed [[Pete Buttigieg]] prior to the [[2020 United States presidential election]].<ref name="deadline.com">[https://deadline.com/2020/02/democratic-candidates-endorsements-hollywood-celebrities-media-chart-1202869881/ Who's Backing Whom? Tracking Democratic Presidential Candidates' Celebrity Endorsements]</ref>

=== Parkinson's disease ===
Fox started displaying symptoms of early-onset [[Parkinson's disease]] in early 1991 while shooting the film ''[[Doc Hollywood]]'' and was diagnosed shortly thereafter.<ref name="QuitsSpinCity" /> Though his initial symptoms were only a twitching little finger and a sore shoulder, he was told that within a few years he would not be able to work. The causes of Parkinson's disease are not well understood, and may include genetic and environmental factors. Fox is one of at least four members of the cast and crew of ''[[Leo and Me]]'' who developed early-onset Parkinson's. According to Fox, this is not enough people to be defined as a [[Cluster analysis|cluster]] so it has not been well researched. In 2020, he told [[Hadley Freeman]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'': "I can think of a thousand possible scenarios: I used to go fishing in a river near [[paper mill]]s and eat the [[salmon]] I caught; I've been to a lot of farms; I smoked a lot of [[Cannabis (drug)|pot]] in high school when the government was [[Paraquat#"Paraquat pot"|poisoning the crops]]. But you can drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out."<ref name="Gdn20201121">{{cite news| last=Freeman| first=Hadley| date=November 21, 2020| title=Michael J Fox: 'Every step now is a frigging math problem, so I take it slow'| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/21/michael-j-fox-every-step-now-is-a-frigging-math-problem-so-i-take-it-slow| access-date=November 21, 2020| issn=0261-3077| archive-date=November 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124092040/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/21/michael-j-fox-every-step-now-is-a-frigging-math-problem-so-i-take-it-slow| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:0522 ma big (cropped1).jpg|thumb|left|Fox and [[Muhammad Ali]] in 2002 testifying before a US Senate committee on providing government funding to combat Parkinson's]]
After his diagnosis, Fox began [[Alcohol abuse|drinking heavily]] and grew [[Major depressive disorder|depressed]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/michael-j-fox-stunned-by-robin-williamss-parkinsons-diagnosis/ |title=Michael J. Fox 'Stunned' by Robin Williams's Parkinson's Diagnosis |first=Melody |last=Chiu |date=August 14, 2014 |magazine=People |access-date=August 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820215753/https://people.com/celebrity/michael-j-fox-stunned-by-robin-williamss-parkinsons-diagnosis/ |archive-date=August 20, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, he eventually sought help and stopped drinking altogether.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |title=It's the gift that keeps on taking |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 11, 2009 |access-date=June 29, 2009 |location=London |first=Emma |last=Brockes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000425/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/michael-j-fox-parkinsons |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-stopped-drinking/|title=Michael J. Fox Reveals the Moment He Realized He Had to Stop Drinking|magazine=People|last=Cagle|first=Jess|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=January 23, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122093209/https://people.com/tv/michael-j-fox-stopped-drinking/|url-status=live}}</ref> Fox went public with his Parkinson's disease in 1998 and has become a strong advocate for Parkinson's disease research.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/22/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-still-documentary/11101412002/|title=Michael J. Fox says he became an alcoholic, hid Parkinson's diagnosis: 'There's no way out'|newspaper=USA Today|last=Ryan|first=Patrick|date=January 22, 2023|access-date=January 23, 2023|archive-date=January 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122230736/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/01/22/michael-j-fox-parkinsons-still-documentary/11101412002/|url-status=live}}</ref> His foundation, [[The Michael J. Fox Foundation]], was created to help advance every promising research path to curing Parkinson's disease.<ref name=AARPMag/><ref name=FoxFoundation/> Since 2010, he has led a $100-million effort, which is the Foundation's landmark observational study, to discover the biological markers of Parkinson's disease with the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI).<ref name="ppmi">{{cite web| url=https://www.michaeljfox.org/ppmi-clinical-study| title=Key Initiatives: PPMI Clinical Study| website=The Michael J Fox Foundation| access-date=August 30, 2020| archive-date=August 14, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814003846/https://www.michaeljfox.org/ppmi-clinical-study| url-status=live}}</ref>

Fox manages the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease with the drug [[carbidopa/levodopa]].<ref name="NPR Fresh Air">{{cite episode| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142526| series=[[Fresh Air]]| title=Actor Michael J. Fox| people=Terry Gross, interviewer| date=April 30, 2002| access-date=April 17, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031331/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142526| archive-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> He had a [[thalamotomy]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/parkinsons.deep.brain.stimulation/index.html |title=Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease |work=[[CNN]] |date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202200436/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/parkinsons.deep.brain.stimulation/index.html |archive-date=February 2, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''Lucky Man'', Fox wrote that he did not take his medication prior to his testimony before the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Subcommittee]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9909/28/fox.parkinsons/| title=Michael J. Fox pitches for Parkinson's research| date=September 28, 1999| website=CNN| access-date=January 21, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203011936/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9909/28/fox.parkinsons/| archive-date=February 3, 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 1999 |title=Michael J. Fox Testimony on Parkinson |url=https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-committee/michael-j-fox-testimony-on-parkinson/4400604 |access-date=October 12, 2025 |website=[[C-SPAN]]}}</ref>
{{Blockquote
|quote = I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling.<ref name=FoxFoundation/> 
}}In an interview with [[NPR]] in April 2002,<ref name="NPR Fresh Air"/> Fox explained what he does when he becomes symptomatic:

{{Blockquote|quote = Well, actually, I've been erring on the side of caution—I think 'erring' is actually the right word—in that I've been medicating perhaps too much, in the sense [that] ... the symptoms ... people see in some of these interviews that [I] have been on are actually [[dyskinesia]], which is a reaction to the medication. Because if I were purely symptomatic with Parkinson's symptoms, a lot of times speaking is difficult. There's a kind of a [[cluttering]] of speech and it's very difficult to sit still, to sit in one place. You know, the symptoms are different, so I'd rather kind of suffer the symptoms of dyskinesia ... this kind of weaving and this kind of continuous thing is much preferable, actually, than pure Parkinson's symptoms. So that's what I generally do ... I haven't had any, you know, problems with pure Parkinson's symptoms in any of these interviews, because I'll tend to just make sure that I have enough [[Sinemet]] in my system and, in some cases, too much. But to me, it's preferable. It's not representative of what I'm like in my everyday life. I get a lot of people with Parkinson's coming up to me saying, 'You take too much medication.' I say, 'Well, you sit across from [[Larry King]] and see if you want to tempt it.'
|source = Interview, April 30, 2002, ''[[Fresh Air]]'', [[NPR]]
}}

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Midnight Madness (1980 film)|Midnight Madness]]''
| Scott Larson
| 
| 
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Class of 1984]]''
| Arthur Summers
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1985
| ''[[Back to the Future]]''
| [[Marty McFly]] 
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[Teen Wolf]]''
| Scott Howard
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1987
| ''[[Light of Day]]''
| Joe Rasnick
| 
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Secret of My Success, The" | ''[[The Secret of My Success (1987 film)|The Secret of My Success]]''
| Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield
| 
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]''
| Jamie Conway
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
| ''[[Casualties of War]]''
| [[Private first class|PFC]]. Max Eriksson
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''
| Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly
| 
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]''
| Marty McFly / Seamus McFly 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1991
| data-sort-value="Hard Way, The" | ''[[The Hard Way (1991 film)|The Hard Way]]''
| Nick "Nicky" Lang 
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[Doc Hollywood]]''
| Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Stone
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|1993
| ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]''
| Chance/Narrator
| Voice
| 
|-
| ''[[Life with Mikey]]''
| Michael "Mikey" Chapman
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[For Love or Money (1993 film)|For Love or Money]]''
| Doug Ireland
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1994
| ''[[Where the Rivers Flow North]]''
| Clayton Farnsworth
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[Greedy (film)|Greedy]]''
| Daniel "Danny" McTeague Jr.
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|1995
| ''[[Coldblooded (film)|Coldblooded]]''
| Tim Alexander
| Also producer 
| 
|-
| ''[[Blue in the Face]]''
| Pete Maloney
| 
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="American President, The" | ''[[The American President]]''
| Lewis Rothschild
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|1996
| ''[[Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco]]''
| Chance
| Voice
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Frighteners, The" | ''[[The Frighteners]]''
| Frank Bannister
| 
| 
|-
| ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''
| Jason Stone
| 
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''
| Stuart Little
| rowspan=2|Voice
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''
| Milo James Thatch
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|2002
| ''[[Interstate 60]]''
| Mr Baker
| Cameo
| 
|-
| ''[[Stuart Little 2]]''
| rowspan=2|Stuart Little
| Voice
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild]]''
| Voice, direct to video
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Drew: The Man Behind the Poster]]''
| rowspan=5|Himself
| Documentary
| 
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Annie (2014 film)|Annie]]''
| Cameo
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|2015
| ''[[Being Canadian]]''
| rowspan=3|Documentary
| 
|-
| ''[[Back in Time (2015 film)|Back in Time]]''
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web| url=http://backintimefilm.com/|title=Back in Time Film| accessdate=April 17, 2022|website=Back in Time Film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005155349/http://backintimefilm.com/| archivedate=October 5, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| ''Mr. Calzaghe''
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[A.R.C.H.I.E.]]''
| rowspan=2|A.R.C.H.I.E.
| rowspan=2|Voice
| 
|-
| 2018
| ''A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible''
| 
|-
| 2019
| ''[[See You Yesterday]]''
| Mr Lockhart
| Cameo
| 
|- 
| 2021
| ''Back Home Again'' 
| Michael J. Bird
| Voice

|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie]]''
| Himself
| Documentary

|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Zootopia 2]]''
| Michael J. The Fox
| Voice

| 
|}

=== Television ===
{{sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders sticky-header-multi"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Year
! rowspan=2 | Title
! colspan=3 | Functioned as
! rowspan=2 | Role
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Notes
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
! Actor
! Director
! Executive<br>Producer
|-
| rowspan=3|1978
| data-sort-value="Magic Lie, The" | ''[[The Magic Lie]]''
| rowspan=27 {{yes}}
| rowspan=19 {{no}}
| rowspan=30 {{no}}
| Nicky
| Episode: "The Master"
| 
|-
| ''[[Leo and Me]]''
| Jamie Romano
| 12 episodes
| 
|-
| ''Witch of Westminster Crossing''
| Harley
| Television short film
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1979
| ''Letters from Frank''
| Ricky
| Television film
| 
|-
| ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
| Paul Stone
| Episode: "Kids"
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|1980
| ''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]''
| Richard Topol
| Episode: "Such a Fine Line"
| 
|-
| ''[[Here's Boomer]]''
| Jackie
| Episode: "Tell 'Em Boomer Sent You"
| 
|-
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
| Elliot Schweitzer
| Episode: "Brain Child"
| 
|-
| 1980–1981
| ''[[Palmerstown, USA]]''
| Willy-Joe Hall
| 11 episodes
| 
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Teachers Only]]''
| Jeff
| Episode: "The Make Up Test"
| 
|-
| 1982–1989
| ''[[Family Ties]]''
| [[Alex P. Keaton]] 
| 176 episodes
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1983
| data-sort-value="Love Boat, The" | ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Jimmy
| Episode: "He Ain't Heavy"
| 
|-
| ''[[High School USA]]''
| Jay-Jay Manners
| Television film
| 
|-
| 1983–1984
| data-sort-value="$25,000 Pyramid, The" | ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $25,000 Pyramid]]''
| Himself
| 30 episodes
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|1984
| ''[[Night Court]]''
| Eddie Simms
| Episode: "Santa Goes Downtown"
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Homemade Comedy Special, The" | ''The Homemade Comedy Special''
| Host
| rowspan=2|Television special
| 
|-
| ''Don't Ask Me, Ask God''
| Future Son
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1985
| ''[[List of Family Ties episodes#Film .281985.29|Family Ties Vacation]]''
| Alex P. Keaton
| rowspan=2|Television film
| 
|-
| ''[[Poison Ivy (1985 film)|Poison Ivy]]''
| Dennis Baxter
| 
|-
| 1986
| ''David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival''
| {{yes}}
| Himself
| Short film; segment: "The Iceman Hummeth"; also writer
| 
|-
| rowspan=3|1987
| ''[[Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam]]''
|rowspan=6 {{no}}
| Pfc. Raymond Griffiths
| Voice, documentary
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Return of Bruno, The" | ''[[The Return of Bruno (film)|The Return of Bruno]]''
| Himself
| Television documentary film
| 
|-
| ''[[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]]''
| rowspan=2|Alex P. Keaton
| Voice, episode: "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood"
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Mickey's 60th Birthday''
| rowspan=2|Television special
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''Sex, Buys & Advertising''
| Himself 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1991
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Host
| Episode: "Michael J. Fox/[[The Black Crowes]]"
| 
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' <!--- June 15, 1991 --->
| rowspan=2 {{yes}}
| Prosecutor
| Episode: "The Trap"
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|1992 <!--- April 13, 1992 --->
| ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]''
| {{no}}
| n/a
| Episode: "Rainy Day"
| 
|-
| ''[[Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories]]'' <!--- May 12, 1992 --->
| rowspan=4 {{yes}}
| rowspan=23 {{no}}
| Narrator
| Episode: "There's a Nightmare in My Closet"
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Don't Drink the Water (1994 film)|Don't Drink the Water]]''
| Axel Magee
| Television film
| 
|-
| 1996–2001
| ''[[Spin City]]''
| {{yes}}
| Mike Flaherty
| 103 episodes
| 
|-
| 1997
| data-sort-value="Chris Rock Show, The" | ''[[The Chris Rock Show]]''
| {{no}}
| Himself
| Episode: "Jesse Jackson/Rakim"; Uncredited
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''Anna Says''
| rowspan=2 {{no}}
| rowspan=2 {{yes}}
| rowspan=2|n/a
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|2002
| ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]''
| Pilot episode
| 
|-
| ''[[Clone High]]'' <!--- November 2, 2002 --->
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Gandhi's Remaining Kidney
| Voice, episode: "[[Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand]]"
| 
|-
| 2003
| ''Hench at Home''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| n/a
| Also writer
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''
| rowspan=15 {{yes}}
| rowspan=8 {{no}}
| Dr. Kevin Casey
| 2 episodes
| 
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Saving Milly]]''
| Himself
| Television film; Uncredited
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Boston Legal]]''
| Daniel Post
| 6 episodes
| 
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[Rescue Me (American TV series)|Rescue Me]]''
| Dwight
| 5 episodes
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Magic 7, The" | ''[[The Magic 7]]''
| Marcel Maggot
| Voice, television film
| 
|-
| 2010–2016
| data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | ''[[The Good Wife]]''
| Louis Canning
| 26 episodes
| 
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
| Michael / Werewolf
| Voice, episode: "The Curse of Candace"
| 
|-
| 2011, 2017
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
| 
|-
| 2013–2014
| data-sort-value="Michael J. Fox Show, The" | ''[[The Michael J. Fox Show]]''
| {{yes}}
| Mike Henry
| 22 episodes
| 
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''
|rowspan=6 {{no}}
| Marty McFly
| Skit celebrating Back to the Future
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Q0VGRlEJewA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151022080932/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VGRlEJewA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VGRlEJewA| title=Marty McFly & Doc Brown Visit 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'| work=[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]| date=October 22, 2015| access-date=November 4, 2020| medium=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Nightcap (2016 TV series)|Nightcap]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "The Cannon"
| 
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]''
| Ethan West
| 5 episodes
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Hipes"/>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Corner Gas Animated]]''
| Himself
| Voice, episode: "Dream Waiver"
| 
|-
| 2020
| data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | ''[[The Good Fight (TV series)|The Good Fight]]''
| Louis Canning
| 2 episodes
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''Expedition: Back to the Future''
| Himself
| Episode: "Great Josh!"
| 
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
! Notes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]'' 
| William McFly / Future Marty McFly
| Episode: "Outatime"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Lego Dimensions]]'' 
| Marty McFly 
| 
|}

=== Web ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2020
| [[Holiday (Lil Nas X song)|"The Origins of Holiday" (Lil Nas X song trailer)]]
| Marty McFly
| 
|}

== Awards and honours ==
[[File:Michael J Fox Walk of fame.jpg|thumb|Fox's star on the [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for Motion Picture – 7021 Hollywood Blvd.]]
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Michael J. Fox}}
Over his career Fox won five [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Awards]], four [[Golden Globe Awards]], two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] and a [[Grammy Award]]. He was also appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 2010, along with being inducted to [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in 2000 and the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2002. 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.

* 2000: Honoured by the Family Television Awards for Acting.
* 2000: Inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]], located in Toronto, Ontario, which acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2000/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| publisher=[[Canada's Walk of Fame]]| access-date=October 2, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113932/https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2000/michael-j-fox| archive-date=July 19, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
* December 16, 2002: Received the 2209th Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in recognition of his contributions to the motion picture industry, presented to him by the Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/michael-j-fox| title=Michael J. Fox| publisher=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]| access-date=October 2, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006023448/http://www.walkoffame.com/michael-j-fox| archive-date=October 6, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2005: Received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Golden Plate Awardees| publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]| url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service| access-date=January 5, 2021| archive-date=December 15, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2005 Summit Highlights Photo |url=https://achievement.org/summit/2005/ |quote=Actor/activist Michael J. Fox is inducted into the Academy by Olympic figure-skating champion Dorothy Hamill. |access-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119062513/https://achievement.org/summit/2005/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2011: Honoured with the [[Golden Camera Award]] for Lifetime Achievement – International.
* 2010: Appointed [[Order of Canada|Officer of the Order of Canada]] – The Officer O.C. recognizes national service or achievement.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2010/governor-general-announces-74-new-appointments-order-canada |title=Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada |publisher=[[Governor General of Canada]] |date=June 30, 2010 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117200321/https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2010/governor-general-announces-74-new-appointments-order-canada |archive-date=November 17, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2010: Received the [[National Association of Broadcasters]] Distinguished Service Award.<ref>{{cite web| title=Distinguished Service Award: Award Recipients |url=https://www.nab.org/events/awards/pastawardwinners.asp?id=1930 |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=National Association of Broadcasters |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518064743/https://www.nab.org/events/awards/pastAwardWinners.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2010: He received an honorary doctorate from the [[Karolinska Institute]] 
* 2013: Honoured with the [[Golden Apple Award]] by the [[Casting Society of America]].
* 2021: Doctor of Fine Arts, [[Honorary degree|''honoris causa'']], from [[Simon Fraser University]].<ref>{{cite press release| title=SFU announces 2021 Honorary Degree recipients| url=https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/03/sfu-announces-2021-honorary-degree-recipients.html| access-date=March 26, 2021| archive-date=March 26, 2021| publisher=Simon Fraser University| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326180535/http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2021/03/sfu-announces-2021-honorary-degree-recipients.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2022: Received the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] from 95th Academy Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2022 |title=The Academy to Honor Michael J. Fox, Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Peter Weir with Oscars at Governors Awards in November |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-michael-j-fox-euzhan-palcy-diane-warren-and-peter-weir-oscarsr-governors-awards |access-date=July 2, 2022 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112015248/https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-honor-michael-j-fox-euzhan-palcy-diane-warren-and-peter-weir-oscarsr-governors-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2025: [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[Joe Biden]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Feinberg|first1=Andrew|last2=Marcus|first2=Josh|date=January 4, 2025|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-medal-of-freedom-hillary-clinton-b2673570.html|title=Michael J Fox cheered at White House as he steps forward to receive Medal of Freedom from Biden|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>

== Books ==
* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = Lucky Man: A Memoir | url = https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich | url-access = registration |publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0-7868-6764-6}}
* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist | url = https://archive.org/details/alwayslookingupa00foxm_0 | url-access = registration |publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2009 | isbn =978-1-4013-0338-9}}
* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781401323868 | url-access = registration | title = A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned | publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn =978-1-4013-2386-8}}
* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality | quote = | publisher = Flatiron Books | location = New York | year = 2020 | isbn = 978-1-2502-6561-6}}
* {{Cite book | first = Michael J. | last = Fox | title = Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum | publisher = Flatiron Books | location = New York | year = 2025 | isbn = 978-1-2508-6678-3}}

== Explanatory notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons}}
* [https://www.michaeljfoxtheatre.ca/ Michael J Fox Theatre]
* [http://www.michaeljfox.org/ The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research]
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