Michael J. Fox is an activist and actor. Throughout his career Fox won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was also appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, and promoted to Companion in 2026 for his outspoken advocacy for Parkinson's Disease. He was inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2022.
He is perhaps best known for his leading role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990) as well as Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and ABC sitcom Spin City Mike Flaherty (1996–2000). He has made numerous appearances on television including FX comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009) and the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016), the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011), and the CBS spinoff The Good Fight (2020). Fox officially retired in 2021 due to his declining health. He appeared in a 2025 episode of Shrinking.https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/michael-j-fox-makes-acting-comeback-after-5-year-retirement-from-hollywood-despite-parkinsons-battle?msockid=078e6817ea7063c533997ec8eb0b6296
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2023Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1985 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesFamily Ties 1986 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 1987 1988 1989 1997Spin City 1998 1999 2000 2006 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Boston Legal (Season 2) 2009 Outstanding Nonfiction Special Michael J. Fox: Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Rescue Me (episode: "Sheila") 2011The Good Wife 2012 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Curb Your Enthusiasm (episode: "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox") 2013 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Good Wife 2015 2016 2026 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Shrinking (episode: "The Field") Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Back to the Future Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or MusicalFamily Ties 1987 1988 1989 1997Spin City 1998 1999 2000 2014 The Michael J. Fox Show
Grammy Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2010 Best Spoken Word Album Always Looking Up
Screen Actors Guild Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1999Outstanding Actor in a Comedy SeriesSpin City 2000
Miscellaneous awards Aftonbladet TV Prize Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2001 Best Foreign Television Personality – Male Spin City
American Comedy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture The American President 1999 Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series Spin City 2000
Bravo Otto Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Best Actor Family Ties
Critics Choice Television Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series The Good Wife
Jupiter Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Best International Actor Back to the Future
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1988 Favorite Television Actor Family Ties 1989 1990 Favorite Movie Actor Back to the Future Part II 1997 Favorite Television Actor Spin City 2000 Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Stuart Little
People's Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Favorite Male Television Performer Family Ties 1987 1988 1989 1997 Favorite Male Television Performer in a New Series Spin City Favorite Male Television Performer 1998 1999 2012 Favorite Television Guest Star The Good Wife 2014 Favorite Actor in a New Television Series The Michael J. Fox Show
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1997 Best Actor in a Series – Comedy or Musical Spin City 1998 1999
Saturn Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Actor Back to the Future 1997 The Frighteners
TV Guide Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Favorite Actor in a Comedy Spin City 2000
TV Land Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good (shared with Courteney Cox) Family Ties 2008 Character You'd Pay to Do Your Homework for You
Viewers for Quality Television Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series Family Ties 1987 Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series
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