Michael J Fox Net Worth: $70 Million (Approx.)
Net Worth: | $70 Million (Approx.) |
Date of Birth: | Jun 9, 1961 |
Age: | 61 years |
Height: | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Profession: | Actor, Author, Television producer, Film Producer, Voice Actor |
Nationality: | United States of America |
Michael Fox net worth is estimated to be around $70 million. Michael J. Fox is a famous actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
Michael J Fox Net Worth [current_date format=’Y’]:
Michael Fox net worth is estimated to be around $70 million in [current_date format=’F, Y’]. Michael Fox has a film and television career spanning from the 1970s, and is well known for his starring role in the “Back to the Future” films.
Michael J Fox Biography:
Michael Andrew Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on June 9, 1961. Michael J Fox age is 61 years. He is known by his stage name Michael J. Fox. His mother, Phyllis was an actress and payroll clerk, and his father, William Fox, was a police officer and Canadian Forces member.
Fox is of English and Scottish descent. Due to his father’s job roles, the family moved a lot before finally settling in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, when his father retired in 1971.
Fox attended Burnaby Central Secondary School.He was just 15 when he starred in the Canadian television series “Leo and Me”, produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The show was initially produced and filmed in 1976,butdid not air until 1981.
It had a total of 12 episodes. Michael had his American television debut in the TV film “Letters from Frank” (1979). Around 1979 when Fox tried to register with the Screen Actors Guild that Michael found that there was already an actor registered under the name Michael Fox.
Michael did not like the sound of “Michael A. Fox”, and he also did not like the names “Andrew” or “Andy”, so instead he chose to adopt a new middle initial. He settled on “J.” as a tribute to the actor Michael J. Pollard.
Michael J Fox Movies Career:
Fox’s first feature film role was in the 1980 film “Midnight Madness”, followed by the 1982 film “Class of 1984”. Then, in 1982, Fox was cast as “Young Republican” Alex P. Keaton in the NBC show “Family Ties”. The series aired for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989.
The original focus of the show was on future parents of the family, but after widespread positive reception of Fox’s character, NBC made him the main character after the fourth episode. Michael show was quiet successful; at the height of its popularity, it drew one-third of American household in as viewers every week.
For his performance on “Family Ties”, Michael Fox won three Emmy Awards (in 1986, 1987, and 1988) and a Golden Globe Award (in 1989). In January 1985, Michael Fox was cast as Marty McFly in the time travel film “Back to the Future”.
“Back to the Future” was a huge commercial and critical success. It earned a worldwide total of $381.11 million, and spent eight consecutive weekends as the No. 1 movie at the US box office in 1985.
Fox would later go on to star in the two successful sequels as well, “Back to the Future Part II” (1989) and “Back to the Future Part III” (1990).
During and immediately after working on the “Back to the Future” trilogy, Michael Fox starred in the films “Teen Wolf” (1985), “Light of Day” (1987), “The Secret of My Success” (1987), “Bright Lights, Big City” (1988), and “Casualties of War” (1989).
In 1991, Michael Fox starred in the films “Doc Hollywood” and “The Hard Way”. That same year, a private diagnosis confirmed he had Parkinson’s disease. After being told he likely had “ten good working years left”, Fox hurriedly signed a three-film contract.
This resulted in the films “For Love or Money” (1993), “Life With Mikey” (1993), and “Greedy” (1994). Michael Fox’s last major film role was in Peter Jackson’s 1996 film “The Frighteners”.
In addition to his on-screen roles, Michael Fox has lent his voice to multiple films. He voiced Chance the American Bulldog in Disney’s live-action film “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey” (1993), and its sequel “Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco” (1996).
Michael also voiced the titular character in “Stuart Little” (1999) and its sequels “Stuart Little 2” (2002) and “Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild” (2005), as well as the character of Milo Thatch in the Disney animated film “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” (2001).
Later in his career, Michael Fox starred in the ABC show “Spin City”, which began airing in 1996. He left the show after the fourth season. One of the major projects he has worked on since then includes “The Michael J. Fox Show”, which aired on NBC from 2013 to 2014.
Michael Fox Other Work:
Since 2000, Michael Fox has released three books: “Lucky Man: A Memoir” (2002), “Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” (2009), and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned” (2010).
Michael J Fox wife:
Michael Fox married actress Tracy Pollan in July 1988. Together, they share four children. Michael is the founder of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to help advance research work with embryonic stem cell studies with a goal of finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease. To date the foundation has raised over $300 million for Parkinson’s research.
The family lives primarily in Manhattan, but maintain an additional home in Quogue, New York (the Hamptons) which they purchased in October 2007 for $6.3 million.
In 1997 Michael Fox and Tracy custom-built a 5,000 square-foot home in on 72-acres in Sharon, Connecticut. They listed the home for sale in 2016 for $4.25 million, ultimately accepting $3.9 million in October, 2017.
Michael J Fox Interesting Facts:
In 1998, Michael Fox publicly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease seven years earlier. Fox subsequently became an advocate for finding a cure and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation in 2000 to help fund research.
Although the disease’s worsening symptoms forced Michael Fox to have a less active career, he continued to make guest appearances on television, including recurring roles on the FX comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009) and the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016) that garnered him critical acclaim.
Michael also worked in voice-over, voicing the title character in the Stuart Little films (1999–2005) and the lead of the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).
In 1998, Michael Fox publicly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease seven years earlier. Fox subsequently became an advocate for finding a cure and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation in 2000 to help fund research.
Although the disease’s worsening symptoms forced Michael Fox to have a less active career, he continued to make guest appearances on television, including recurring roles on the FX comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009) and the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016) that garnered him critical acclaim.
Michael also worked in voice-over, voicing the title character in the Stuart Little films (1999–2005) and the lead of the animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).
Michael J Fox Awards:
During his career, Michael Fox won 5 Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. Michael Fox was also appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, along with being inducted to Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. For his work advocating a cure for Parkinson’s disease, he received an honorary doctorate in 2010 from the Karolinska Institute.