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  • Fox lights up Empire State Building for Parkinson's - 9 April 2011
    -Actor Michael J. Fox lit up New York's iconic Empire State Building on Friday to raise awareness of his Parkinson's disease charity.-The Back To The Future star was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder in 1991 and went on to set up the Michael J. Fox Foundation in


  • No more Back To The Future without Fox - 26 October 2010
    Back To The Future films have ruled out reviving the franchise - because they would never consider revisiting the story without Michael J. Fox.- -Fox played iconic teenage hero Marty McFly in three films, and previously admitted he would be happy to see the movies reboo


  • Fox happy to be sober - 10 April 2010
    -Michael J. Fox is pleased to have put his alcohol addiction firmly behind him, because giving up booze has helped in his battle with Parkinson's disease.- -The Teen Wolf star was diagnosed with the progressive neurological condition in 1991 and he subsequently plunged

Michael J. Fox - what members say


  • The Frighteners
  • The Frighteners review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 5.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 10 May 2005
    ...Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) had pretty much given up on life since his wife died in a freak car accident. He was an up and coming architect before the wreak, but ever si...   Read customer review
  • The Secret Of My Success
  • The Secret Of My Success review by from Brighton
    Rated - 5.0 stars 80s magic with Teenwolf himself 13 April 2007
    ...list, reminds you of when you were a kid and everything was happy type film!!! Michael J. Fox does what he does best in his cheeky, opportunist way. This is Ferris Bueller'...   Read customer review
  • Back To The Future
  • Back To The Future review by from LONDON
    Rated - 5.0 stars 22 December 2003
    ...ns, like Back To The Future, which is as exciting and entertaining as ever. Michael J. Fox plays Marty, a fairly average Eighties film teenager in that his family are a m...   Read customer review

Michael J. Fox - filmography


  • Stuart Little 3 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Wayne Brady,  Geena Davis,  Michael J. Fox
    Director: Audu Paden
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The CGI animated sequel to the hit film franchise. It’s Stuart to the rescue in this all-new, fun-filled family adventure. When the Littles decide to spend their summer vacation in the Great Outdoors, they have no idea that the Beast -- a mountain lion who rules the wild with an iron paw -- is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 6,608 members
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  • Roast Of Denis Leary on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Denis Leary,  Jeff Garlin,  Sonya Rose Atkinson
    Director: John Fortenberry
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Acerbic funnyman Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honour. Dishing out the insults are Leary's friends and fellow entertainers Gina Gershon, Joe Mantegna, Christopher Walken, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, and many more. Hosted by Jeff ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 61 members
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  • Stuart Little 2 on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Nathan Lane,  Geena Davis
    Director: Rob Minkoff
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Lovable talking mouse Stuart Little (voiced by Michael J. Fox) lives with his human family in a quaint brownstone near Central Park in an idyllic New York City. In this sequel to the 1999 blockbuster, Stuart deals with growing pains. His mother (Geena Davis) is overprotective of her fearless ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,577 members
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  • Stuart Little on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Hugh Laurie,  Geena Davis,  Michael J. Fox
    Director: Rob Minkoff
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    He's clever, enthusiastic, a 'can do' guy with attitude-and he's a mouse. Combining live-action with groundbreaking visual effects technology by the artists and innovators at Sony Pictures Imageworks, it's the story of a mouse who is raised by the Littles, a human family who learns to dream big ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 7,546 members
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  • Stuart Little - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Hugh Laurie,  Geena Davis,  Michael J. Fox
    Director: Rob Minkoff
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Based on the novel by E.B. White, this is the heartwarming story of Stuart Little, a charming mouse who is adopted by a human family, to the disgust of the housecat and his new brother George. The tale unfolds as Stuart grows accustomed to his new role, eventually winning over everyone he meets. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 66 members
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  • The Frighteners (3 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Trini Alvarado,  Jeffrey Combs
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For Frank Bannister (Michael J Fox), death is a great way to make a living: ridding haunted houses of their unwelcome "guests". But he's in cahoots with the very ghosts he promises to evict! It's the perfect scam..until frank finds himself at the centre of a dark mystery. A diabolical spirit is on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,204 members
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  • Mars Attacks! on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 11,928 members
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  • The Frighteners - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Trini Alvarado,  Jeffrey Combs
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For Frank Bannister (Michael J Fox), death is a great way to make a living: ridding haunted houses of their unwelcome "guests". But he's in cahoots with the very ghosts he promises to evict! It's the perfect scam..until frank finds himself at the centre of a dark mystery. A diabolical spirit is on ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 93 members
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  • The Frighteners - HD (1996)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Trini Alvarado,  Jeffrey Combs
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When his hometown is struck by a series of mysterious deaths that appears to be the work of a malicious supernatural killer, a psychic private investigator (Michael J. Fox) who is able to communicate with the dead attempts to get to the bottom of things and put a stop to the murders. But even with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 403 members
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  • Mars Attacks! - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 602 members
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  • Blue In The Face on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Jim Jarmusch,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Wayne Wang,  Paul Auster
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,001 member
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  • Don't Drink the Water (1994)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Dom DeLuise,  Michael J. Fox
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 91 members
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  • Homeward Bound on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Don Ameche,  Sally Field
    Director: Duwayne Dunham
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Follow the incredible journey of two dogs and a Siamese cat as they trek across the country to find their owners. Featuring the voices of Michael J. Fox, Don Ameche and Sally Field.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,435 members
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  • The Concierge (1993)
    Starring: Michael J Fox,  Michael J. Fox,  Gabrielle Anwar
    Director: Barry Sonnenfield
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Doug is a young man who works all day as a concierge at a luxurious hotel, saving money to make his own business. Unfortunately, when he finds the financial supporter he needs, he discovers that his "saviour" is having an affair with the woman he loves! Now, he must choose between money and love.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 160 members
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  • The Hard Way on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  James Woods,  Stephen Lang
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Los Angeles glitz meets New York grit in director John Badham's action-packed comedy. In New York's Times Square a billboard looms larger than life for a new Hollywood blockbuster starring Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), an Indiana Jones-style superstar. The real Nick Lang is holed up in a neighboring ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,976 member
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  • Doc Hollywood on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Julie Warner,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A doctor from a Washington hospital is off to the West Coast and a life of cosmetic surgery. But on the way he is forced to stop in Grady, South Carolina, a town without a doctor. The job becomes more appealing after a meeting with the town's ambulance driver.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,515 members
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  • Casualties Of War on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Sean Penn,  Dan Harvey
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Casualties of War was based on a New Yorker article by Daniel Lang. This, in turn, was inspired by a true incident which illustrated the dehumanizing aspects of the Vietnam experience. Michael J. Fox plays Eriksson, a member of an American squadron stationed in the deepest jungles of Southeast Asia...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,402 members
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  • Casualties Of War - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Sean Penn,  Dan Harvey
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After being denied the chance to go to a nearby village to visit a prostitute before starting a reconnaissance mission, a tough, embittered American sergeant (Sean Penn) involves the four men of his patrol in the kidnapping of a young Vietnamese woman. The impending gang rape and murder of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 73 members
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  • Back To The Future Part 2 on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Elisabeth Shue,  James Tolkan,  Jeffrey Weissman
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A visit by Marty and the Doc to the year 2015 seems to resolve a few problems with the future McFly family. When they return home, they discover someone has tampered with time and Hill Valley, 1985. They must once again get back to 1955 to save the future.....
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 27,874 members
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  • Bright Lights, Big City on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Phoebe Cates,  Kiefer Sutherland
    Director: James Bridges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The film adaptation of Jay McInerney's best-selling novel stars Michael J. Fox as yuppie New Yorker Jamie Conway, an aspiring writer whose life has fallen apart: His mother (Dianne Wiest) has died, and his model wife (Phoebe Cates) has just left him. At night, Jamie seeks solace in cocaine, alcohol,..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 600 members
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  • The Secret Of My Success on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Helen Slater,  Margaret Whitton
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Young Brantley Foster is fresh out of college, and determined to climb New York's corporate ladder in a record time by masquerading as an up-and-coming executive, even though he's really the new mail boy. Love and romance don't seem to mix with business, no matter how much everybody tries......
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,889 members
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  • Back To The Future on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Thomas F. Wilson,  Claudia Wells,  James Tolkan
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, 'Back To The Future' presents the story of Marty McFly, a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-travelling DeLorean invented by Doc Brown, a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 55,829 members
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  • Poison Ivy (1985)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Nancy McKeon
    Director: Larry Elikann
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 44 members
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  • Teen Wolf - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  James Hampton,  Susan Ursitti
    Director: Rod Daniel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    What's a high school kid got to do to be popular? Just let down his hair and howl! Starring Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future), Teen Wolf is an outrageous comedy about a shy teenager with more than a changing voice to contend with... he's a budding young werewolf. And when his newfound powers help ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 5 members
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  • Back To The Future - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Crispin Glover,  Lea Thompson
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, 'Back To The Future' presents the story of Marty McFly, a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-travelling DeLorean invented by Doc Brown, a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 152 members
    Not available for rental
  • High School USA (1983)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Nancy McKeon,  Bob Denver
    Director: Rod Amateau
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    J.J. Madison is out to win Beth Franklin away from her regular date Beau Middleton. He decides to achieve this by challenging Beau to a car race. And that's when the fun starts...
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 182 members
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  • Family Ties - Season 1 (4 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Michael Gross,  Meredith Birney
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Michael J. Fox catapulted into superstardom--and created one of the most beloved television characters of all time--in the 1980s sitcom FAMILY TIES. Created by TV impresario Gary David Goldberg (LOU GRANT, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW), the series offered a clever take on the generation gap through the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 142 members
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Michael J. Fox facts

5 most recent films

Boston Legal - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
Stuart Little 3 - 2.5 stars
Roast Of Denis Leary - 3.0 stars
Stuart Little 2 - 3.0 stars
Atlantis - The Lost Empire - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Boston Legal - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
Back To The Future - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Back to the Future Trilogy - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Back To The Future Part 2 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Back To The Future - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Poison Ivy - 3.0 stars
Blue In The Face - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Teen Wolf - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam - 5.0 stars
Stuart Little 3 - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mitch Pileggi - 7 times - show films
Mark Valley - 7 times - show films
Hugh Laurie - 7 times - show films
Candice Bergen - 7 times - show films
Curtis Armstrong - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Zemeckis - 9 times - show films
Rob Minkoff - 8 times - show films
Oz Scott - 7 times - show films
Michael Pressman - 7 times - show films
Peter Jackson - 6 times - show films