Television
1980 - Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Character: Willy-Joe Hall
Episodes: 11
1980 - Family
Character: Richard Topol
Episode: "Such a Fine Line"
1980 - Here's Boomer
Character: Jackie
Episode: "Tell 'Em Boomer Sent You"
1980 - Trapper John, M.D.
Character: Elliot Schweitzer
Episode: "Brain Child"
1981 - Leo and Me
Character: Jamie
* Television film
1982 - Teachers Only
Character: Jeff
Episode: "The Make Up Test"
1982 - Family Ties
Character: Alex P. Keaton
Episodes: 176
* Ran 1982 - 1989
1983 - The Love Boat
Character: Jimmy
Episode: "I Like to Be in America"
1983 - High School U.S.A.
Character: Jay-Jay Manners
* Television film
1983 - The $25,000 Pyramid
Character: Himself
Episodes: 30
1984 - Night Court
Character: Eddie Simms
Episode: "Santa Goes Downtown"
1984 - The Homemade Comedy Special
Host
* Television special
1984 - Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Character: Future Son
* Television special
1985 - Family Ties Vacation
Character: Alex P. Keaton
* Television film
1985 - Poison Ivy
Character: Dennis Baxter
* Television film
1987 - Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Character: Pfc. Raymond Griffiths (voice)
* Television documentary film
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Fun Facts!
On March 29, 1987 WrestleMania III aired live from the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac Michigan
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Series 3 years in a row from 1986 - 88 for his role as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and in 2000 (Spin City)
His 80s movies alone grossed over $950 million
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Michael J. Fox
Born: Michael Andrew Fox
June 9, 1961
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Movies
1980 - Midnight Madness (Movie Debut)
Character: Scott Larson
Budget: N/A Box Office: $2.9 million
1982 - Class of 1984
Character: Arthur
Budget: $4.3 million Box Office: N/A
1985 - Back to the Future
Character: Marty McFly
Budget: $19 million Box Office: $381.1 million
1985 - Teen Wolf
Character: Scott Howard
Budget: $1.2 million Box Office: $80 million
1987 - Light of Day
Character: Joe Rasnick
Budget: N/A Box Office: $10.5 million
1987 - The Secret of My Success
Character: Brantley Foster
Budget: $15 million Box Office: $110 million
1988 - Bright Lights, Big City
Character: Jamie Conway
Budget: $25 million Box Office: $16.1 million
1989 - Casualties of War
Character: PFC. Max Eriksson
Budget: $22.5 million Box Office: $18.6 million
1989 - Back to the Future Part II
Characters: Marty McFly / Marty McFly Jr / Marlene McFly
Budget: $40 million Box Office: $335.9 million
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80s Trivia!
What TV Show won an Emmy for Best Sitcom in 1983, 1984 and 1989?
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Johnny Carson
Michael J. Fox made his first appearance on Johnny Carson July 25, 1985