What is Michael J. Fox?
{{inline|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael J. Fox | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Canada|OC]] | image = Michael J Fox 2020.jpg | caption = Fox in February 2020 | birth_name = Michael Andrew Fox | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|9}} | birth_place = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada | citizenship = {{hlist|Canadian|American}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-j-fox-q-a-1.4017957|title=Michael J. Fox on his Canadian pride and why he speaks out|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[CBC.ca]]|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603211419/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-j-fox-q-a-1.4017957|archive-date=June 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|author|producer|activist|comedian}} | years_active = 1978–2021 | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/michael-j-fox|title= Michael J. Fox Biography: Producer (1961–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]]|access-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530010321/https://www.biography.com/actor/michael-j-fox|archive-date=May 30, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|[[Tracy Pollan]]|July 16, 1988}} | children = 4 | relatives = [[Matthew Fox]] (possible cousin) }} '''Michael Andrew Fox''' {{post-nominals|OC}} (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as '''Michael J. Fox''', is a retired Canadian-American actor, author, comedian, movie producer and activist with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s to 2020. He played [[Marty McFly]] in ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' trilogy. On television, he played [[Alex P. Keaton]] in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Family Ties]]'' and [[Mike Flaherty (Deputy Mayor)|Mike Flaherty]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Spin City]]''. He has won five [[Primetime Emm