Michael J Fox was born July 9th 1961 at 12:15am. He was born in Edmonton which is in Canada. Michael's mother is called Phyllis. She was an actress. His father is named William and he worked for the army. Mike has four siblings, one elder brother who is called Steve, he also has three sisters, Kelli, Jackie and Karren. Kelli is the youngest sister and the other two sisters are older than Mike.
Michael has starred in many films and television shows including Family Ties and Spin City, very popular american sitcoms. Acting wasn't actually Michael's first choice of career, he originally wanted to be involved with Ice Hockey. He enjoyed the sport as a child, but was told he was too short for the team. Michael is currently 43 and is only 5'4!
July 16th 1988, Michael J Fox married Tracy Pollan in Vermont, and they had four children. The eldest is Samuel Michael, who was born on the 30th May, 1989. He is currently 15 years of age. They then had twin girls who were born, February 15th, 1995, Aquinnah Kathleen and Shuyler Frances (Currently aged 9). There other child was born November 3rd, 2001 and her name is Esme Annabell (Aged 2). If your wondering how to pronounce these names: Aquinnah ~ Ah-kwin-ah, Shuyler ~ Sky-ler.
Michael has won awards for his career, in film and television, including Family Ties, Spin City and Back To The Future I, II and III. He has his own production called Lottery Hill, Spin City viewers will probably be familiar with this name.
In the year 2000, Michael J Fox announced that he suffered from Parkinson's Disease, he had been keeping it from the public since 1991. The disease is uncureable, so Michael, as kind natured as he is, setup his own foundation, known as the Michael J Fox Foundation. He has managed to raise lots of money, but hasn't found a cure, as of yet. When it came out that Michael had the disease, he left his job at Spin City as the loveble character of Michael Flahety, and had a break with his family.
Michael doesn't appear in many films anymore, and some say he is "retired", but Michael still appears as a guest, on shows. His latest appearance was on Scrubs. Which Bill Lawrence works on, he knew Bill from Spin City as they worked together.
