Michael J. Fox
Canadian actor
Born
09 June 1961
in EdmontonAlbertaCanada
Born as Michael Andrew Fox, Canadian actor. At age 18, he moved to Los Angeles and was offered a few roles in television series but he was known when he played the part of Alex P. Keaton on the situation comedy Family Ties (1982). best known also for Teen Wolf (1985), High School U.S.A. (1983), Poison Ivy (1985) and Back to the Future I, II, III (1985-1990). In 2000 he left the TV series Spin City, in which he played a major role, due to Parkinson’s disease, he launch the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Since then, Fox started writing - he wrote his autobiography Lucky Man, in which he describes his transition from disease and "Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist." Younger sister is stage (Stratford and Shaw Festivals) and television actress Kelli Fox. Received a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 16, 2002. His quote, "Pain is temporary, film is forever", is from the comedy movie Three O’Clock High (1987).
