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Michael J. Fox

Age: 48
Height: 5' 4 1/2"

Birth Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Born: Jun. 9th, 1961

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Michael J. Fox's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Spin City	Mike Flaherty
Family Ties	Alex P. Keaton
Showbiz Today	Michael J. Fox
100 Greatest Teen Stars	Michael J. Fox
Leo and Me (CA)	Jamie
Palmerstown, U.S.A.	Willy-Joe Hall

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born Michael Andrew Fox in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he adopted the "J" as an homage to character actor Michael J. Pollard. Moving several times during the course of his childhood, Michael and his family settled in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver. At the age of 15 he made his professional acting debut in the situation comedy "Leo and Me" (1981).

Moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18, Fox appeared in several small parts and a television series, "Palmerstown, U.S.A." (1980), before landing the role that would bring him to prominence in "Family Ties" (1982). Some of his other films include Bright Lights, Big City (1988), The Hard Way (1991), Light of Day (1987), Doc Hollywood (1991) and the three "Back to the Future" films.

TRIVIA:

Went to the same school as 'Bryan Adams (I)' (qv) during the 1970s.
He is good friends with Boston Bruin's legend, 'Cam Neely' (qv). He attended the retirement of Neely's number on January 12th, 2004 at the Fleet Center in Boston.
Younger sister is stage (Stratford and Shaw Festivals) and TV actress 'Kelli Fox' (qv).
Michael J Fox was invited by Sandeep Marwah President AAFT to visit the Asian Academy Of Film and TV in film city Noida India to interact with film and acting students.
Was the first guest when Jon Stewart took over as host on The Daily Show, January 11, 1999.
Admits there was a period when he was living, and working in the US illegally, and would not return to Canada, for fear of not being allowed back in to the US. Had to hire immigration lawyers to "straighten it all out".
(1987) Owned a black Ferrari Mondial coupe.
Received an honorary star on the 10th Annual Canadian Walk of Fame. [September 2008].