June 9: Happy Birthday Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox is celebrating his 57th birthday. When the Canadian actor was 15, he was cast in a Canadian series titled Leo and Me, but it did not air until 1981. He began working in US television in the late seventies, making guest appearances on series like Lou Grant and Trapper John, M.D. In 1982, Fox was cast as Alex Keaton on Family Ties. While the series was originally intended to center on Alex’s parents, played by Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross, Alex became the central character over time, and Fox went on to win three consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series from 1986-88. During the show’s run, Fox also appeared in his most famous feature film role, as the time-traveling Marty McFly in Back to the Future.


Beginning in the late eighties, Fox enjoyed several years of starring in feature films. Besides the Back to the Future sequels, he starred in romantic comedies like Doc Hollywood and For Love or Money, the Vietnam War drama Casualties of War, and the action comedy The Hard Way. He also voiced Chance the bulldog in the Homeward Bound films. By the mid-1990s, Fox had moved to playing more character roles in films like The American President. He returned to series television in 1995, starring as Mike Flaherty on Spin City, eventually winning his fourth Emmy and three Golden Globes in the role.

As many readers know, Fox has been battling Parkinson’s disease since the early 1990s. He has been able to continue acting in a series of guest and recurring roles on television, and has received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor on four different series, Boston Legal, Rescue Me (winning his fifth Emmy), Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Good Wife (he has been nominated five times in the role of Louis Canning). Fox and his wife (and onetime Family Ties costar), Tracy Pollan, will celebrate 30 years of marriage next month.