Michael J. Fox is Back: Parkinson’s Shakes Him But Can’t Stop Him
Michael J. Fox is back with his own show. Fox returns to NBC in a new comedy from writer and executive producer Sam Laybourne and executive producer Will Gluck. From the sound of things, Fox still has “it”; he may not have been on camera in awhile but he hasn’t lost his comedic edge. Fox won over audiences in the 1980s for his role as conservative Alex P. Keaton on NBC sitcom “Family Ties,” and as teen adventurer Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” movies.
Fox, born Michael Andrew Fox, is a Canadian American actor, author, producer and activist. Fox has a film and television career spanning as far back as the late 1970s. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, and disclosed his condition to the public in 1999. He has since become an activist for research towards finding a cure. This led him to create the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Fox semi-retired from acting in 2000 as the symptoms of his disease became more severe and has mainly worked as a voice-over actor. In his first book, ‘Lucky Man,’ he focused on how, after seven years of denial of the disease, he set up the Michael J Fox Foundation, stopped drinking and began to be an advocate for Parkinson’s disease sufferers. As his experience with the disease continued to progress, Fox put his career on hold to spend more time with his family and focus on his health after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. But now five years later, with the kids busy growing up and Mike growing restless, it just might….. click HERE to continue reading
