Michael J. Fox: An actor who played Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. His character was involved in the adventure of going back and forth in time to save his family from a certain future and secure their existence in the present. He is also the founder of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which raises money for research on Parkinson’s disease.

Michael J. Fox: An actor who played Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. He is also known for playing Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties and Mike Flaherty on Spin City, as well as his portrayal of Scott Howard in Teen Wolf and his cameo as himself in The Secret of My Success. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, and disclosed his condition to the public in 1998.

Christopher Lloyd: An actor who played Emmett Brown (better known as “Doc”) in the Back to the Future trilogy. He has also had many other roles including Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi (1978–83), Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993), and Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).

Lea Thompson: An actress and television director who played Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. She also portrayed Sally Avril in Howard the Duck (1986) as well as Beverly Switzler, also of that film, in a cameo role at the end of Back to the Future Part II.

Crispin Glover

Michael J. Fox: An actor who played Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Crispin Glover: An actor who played George McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Christopher Lloyd: An actor who played Emmett “Doc” Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Christopher Lloyd: An actor who played Emmett “Doc” Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy. (born October 22, 1938)

Lea Thompson: An actress who played Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. (born May 31, 1961)

Crispin Glover: An actor who played George McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. (born April 20, 1964)

Thomas F. Wilson: An actor who played Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy. (born April 15, 1959)

Michael J. Fox is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, and film producer with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the Back to the Future trilogy in which he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom Spin City (1996–2000). He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to parents Phyllis Fox (née Piper), a payroll clerk, and William Fox. His family moved to Vancouver when he was very young. At age 15, he worked as a ballpark vendor at Vancouver’s Empire Stadium for the 1979 Grey Cup game between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes; this was shortly before acting became his full-time profession.

Fox met Tracy Pollan on the set of Family Ties in 1985. They were married on July 16, 1988; they have four children: Sam Michael (born May 30, 1989), twins Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances (

Michael J. Fox was born on June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Phyllis Fox (née Piper), a payroll clerk, and William Fox. His parents moved their 10-year-old son, his three sisters, Kelli Fox , Karen, and Jacki , and his brother Steven, to Vancouver, British Columbia, after his father, a sergeant in the Canadian Army Signal Corps , retired.

His family was of Irish origin. His childhood was a “difficult” time for him as he tried to cope with his parents’ separation in 1972. He and his siblings were raised by their mother. He also suffered from alcohol abuse and had to seek help after getting drunk at age 12.

He attended Burnaby Central Secondary School where he played basketball on the school team – the “Burnaby South Rebels”. He starred in school productions such as “Louis and Dave” and “Music Is.” After graduation in 1979 he studied acting at the Douglas College in New Westminster but left after only one year. He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

He is also known for his roles as Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties and Mike Flaherty on Spin City. He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.