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Birth of Michael, J Fox
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As a kid Michael J Fox was insterested in many things while growing up espically Hockey.
While his friends grew most into the sport he never grew large enough become a serious contender for professional hockey. -
While in school, he participated in drama class but at the time didn’t consider going into acting professionally. However, his drama teacher, suggested that he try out for a local television show entitled, Leo and Me
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Michael debuted as a professional actor at the age of 15.
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When he was 18 he moved to los angeles to try for the role of Alex P.Keaton in the series Family ties. 1982-89
From 1982-89 -
During Michaels seven years on family ties he has won 3 Emmy awards and a golden globe making him one of the world's most prominent actors.
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During Michaels busy tv work he became a international film star starring in The Back to the Future Trilogy, Teen Wolf, The Hard way and many other movies from Drama to comedy.
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Michael married his Family ties co-star actress Tracy Pollan in 1988 and they had 4 children.
Sam Michael Fox (Born 1989) Schuyler Frances Fox, and Aquinnah Kathleen Fox (Feb 1995),Esmé Annabelle Fox (Nov 2001). -
Although Michael would not share the news with the public for seven years he was diagnosed with young onset parkinson's disease in 1991.
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Upon disclosing his condition in 1998 he committed himself to the campaign for increasing the research on parkinson’s.
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Inspired to find projects that his kid would like he partnered up with sony and Disney, playing the voice of stuart little in 1999 and in 2001 played his first animated lead role in Atlantis The lost Empire.
Stuart Little in 1999 and Atlantis The lost Empire in 2001 -
Michael announced that he will be retiring from the tv show spin city after the fourth season and 100th episode.
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Michael J Fox Launches the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
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Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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In the spring of 2009 Michael played a drug- addict in the hit tv show "Rescue Me," a role that earned him his fifth Emmy Award.
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Michael is the recipient of honorary degrees from The Karolinska Institute in Sweden, New York University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the University of British Columbia.
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Michael is the bestselling author of three books. One of them being A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future and The Lucky One.
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Michael is named an Officer of the Order of Canada to recognize his service to humanity.
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In 2012 Michael announced his intentions on his returning to full - time acting. Michael announced that he had found a drug cocktail that will help him control the symptoms of parkinson disease.
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In 2013 he returned to the primetime tv network as Mike Henry's on the Michael J. Fox show which quickly gained nationwide attention. Centering the beloved newscaster and family man who returns to work following a diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease.
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The Michael J. Fox Show" is canceled.
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Michael models the first self-lacing shoes by Nike
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Michael J. Fox is a tragic shell of his former self and so crippled by Parkinson’s disease that he needs help getting into a car.
Parkinson’s will soon rob Fox of the ability to walk and force him into a wheelchair — something experts say could happen before the actor turns 60.
