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Michael Andrew Fox OC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American activist and retired actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as Teen ...
Pollan married actor and activist Michael J. Fox in 1988, and has since occasionally acted. In film, she has starred in the dramas Baby It's You (1983) and Promised Land (1987), the tragedy Bright Lights, Big City (1988) and the crime drama A Stranger Among Us (1992). Her other television credits include two episodes of Spin City (1997–1998) and TV films such as First to Die (2003), Natalee ...
Michael J. Pollard (born Michael John Pollack Jr.; May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019) was an American character actor. With his distinctive bulbous nose, dimpled chin and smirk, he gained a cult following, usually portraying quirky, off-beat, simplistic but likeable supporting characters. He was best known for his role as C.W. Moss, in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which earned him ...
Fox's star was on the rise when he suddenly encountered some health challenges in the early '90s. Per the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the actor developed a tremor in his ...
Sam Fox, Esme Fox, Tracy Pollan, Michael J. Fox, Aquinnah Fox, and Schuyler Fox attend the 13th Governors Awards on Nov. 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
April 4, 2024 at 1:43 PM. Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in 2020, but a walk down memory lane with ET cracked the door open to the possibility of acting again. ET's Rachel ...
In 2006 it was the "largest private funder of research" into Parkinson's, according to The Guardian. [6] As of 2023, it had raised $2 billion for Parkinson's research projects. [7] [4] According to Town and Country, in 2022 the organization funded more Parkinson's research than the US government. [4] According to Fox Business, it is the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's research in the ...
Early life and family. Nancy Justine McKeon was born on April 4, 1966, in Westbury, New York, to Donald McKeon, a travel agent, [1] and Barbara McKeon. She began her entertainment career by modeling baby clothing for the Sears & Roebuck catalog when she was two. During some of her childhood, the family resided in Forest Hills, New York in Queens.