Michael J. Fox returned to television - Informador.com.mx

name=”HOTWordsTxt”> MEXICO CITY (08/JUN/2013.) – The Canadian-born actor Michael J. Fox, famous for starring in the series “Back to the Future” and the series “Family ties” in the eighties, will meet this Sunday 52 years of life, with his return to television with the series “The Michael J. Fox show “which will be released in autumn.

detected that Parkinson’s disease 20 years ago, the actor dropped his career and appeared only sporadically on television, but now waits to see what will happen with this new production framing her return to acting.

“The Michael J. Fox show” will consist of 22 chapters, in an autobiographical story with humor that aims to address living with the disease.

Michael Andrew Fox, winner of three Golden Globes and three Emmys, was born on June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Canada. Military is the son of Bill Fox and actress Phyllis Fox

From an early age he moved with his family to Vancouver, after breaking into acting, got popularity in his country to be chosen to star in 1976 the television series “Leo and me”, after which, at age 18 moved to the United States.

It started with the name of Michael Fox, but then added the letter J. to not cause misunderstandings with the performer of the same name and as a tribute to artist Michael J. Pollard.

In the United States experienced economic hardship and appeared in TV series like “Lou Grant” and the telefilms “High School USA” and “Poison Ivy”, until in “Family Ties” won the lead role , after the actor Matthew Broderick rejected it.

With his work on the television series won three Emmy Awards, while the emotional level met actress Tracy Pollan, whom he married in 1988 and had four children.

On the big screen, Michael debuted in 1980 with “Midnight Madness” film that followed “Class of 1984″, conducted by Mark L. Lester.

later worked with Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg, who gave him his big break when he was elected to replace Eric Stoltz in the lead role of the trilogy “Back to the Future” (1985), a series of sci-fi films that made Fox a big movie star.

During the ’80s also starred in hit titles like “Teen Wolf” (1985), comedy directed by Rod Daniel, “The Secret of My Success “(1987), Herbert Ross, and” Casualties of War “(1989), war film made by Brian De Palma.

In 1996, Fox returned to work on a television series, “Spin City”, with which he won three Golden Globes and three Emmy nominations, People’s Choice Award Award and two Screen Actors Guild awards Award.

small height and boyish face, Michael, to who in 1991, at age 30, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, left in 2000 the series “Spin City”, for the damage to his health impacted decisively in the course of his career.

From Therefore, the actor spends some of his time and effort with its founding Michael J. Fox in the fight against the disease, while decreasing their film appearances.

Michael J. Fox worked in supporting roles in films like “The American President” (1995) and “Mars attack!” (1996) as well as lending his voice to “Stuart Little”, in 1999 and 2002.

Also, the actor has made sporadic appearances on television series. One was in 2006, on “Boston Legal,” ABC American chain, where he played a character with cancer.

In 2008, a fire at Universal Studios destroyed the iconic central plaza ” Back to the Future “, including the clock tower in the movie allowed to travel in time to the actor.

Other work supporting the career of the actor on television are” Rescue me “, in which he portrayed “Dwight” in several chapters.

Among the honors he has achieved, is the Officer of the Order of Canada, which was granted with 13 other people for their continued fight against Parkinson’s disease.