Michael J. Fox(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Michael J. Fox was born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961 in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, to Phyllis Fox (née Piper), a payroll clerk, and William
Fox. His parents moved their 10-year-old son, his three sisters,
Kelli Fox, Karen, and
Jacki, and his brother Steven, to Vancouver, British Columbia, after his
father, a sergeant in the Canadian Army Signal Corps, retired. During these
years Michael developed his desire to act. At 15 he successfully auditioned
for the role of a 10-year-old in a series called Leo and Me (1978). Gaining
attention as a bright new star in Canadian television and movies, Michael
realized his love for acting when he appeared on stage in "The Shadow Box."
At 18 he moved to Los Angeles and was offered a few television-series
roles, but soon they stopped coming and he was surviving on boxes of
macaroni and cheese. Then his agent called to tell him that he got the
part of Alex P. Keaton on the situation comedy
Family Ties (1982). He starred in
the feature films Teen Wolf (1985),
High School U.S.A. (1983),
Poison Ivy (1985) and
Back to the Future (1985).
