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Michael J. Fox (born June 9, 1961Michael J. Fox is a Canadian-born actor, made famous by his roles as Marty McFly in the in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he adopted the J as a homage to character actor Michael J. Pollard. Since his father was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, Michael and his family lived in various cities and towns across Canada including North Bay, Ontario, before finally settling in the Vancouver, British Columbia suburb of Burnaby after his father retired in 1971.

Fox moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career, which proved a hard road ahead. His debut on American TV was in "Letters From Frank", as Michael Fox. It wasn't until he began selling pieces of his furniture that he landed the role on . He is the voice of Stuart Little in the series of movies based on the popular book by E. B. White, Chance in the , rather poignantly, as a doctor suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Fox has also written an autobiographical book, called , about his experience of young-onset Parkinson's disease, with which he was diagnosed in 1991. Since then he has been a strong advocate of Parkinson's disease research, especially stem cell research, which he believes may one day help sufferers of Parkinson's and other debilitating illnesses. His foundation, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, was created to help advance this research.

In 2000, he announced that he would be retiring from the lead role of due to his illness. (A new lead character would be created for Fox's replacement, Charlie Sheen.)

In 2003, he wrote a pilot episode for a sitcom entitled , but it was not picked up.

In 2005, he opened the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States as a tribute to boxer Muhammad Ali, fellow Parkinson's sufferer.

In 2006, he guest starred in three episodes of Boston Legal as a lung cancer patient who uses his influence in an experimental drug test to ensure he receives the real drug instead of a placebo.

Fox married actress Tracy Pollan on July 16, 1988. The couple have four children, Sam, Aquinnah, Schuyler and Esmé.

"Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) from the movie Back to the Future."