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Michael J. Fox (born Michael Andrew Fox; June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian-American film and television actor. After suffering from Parkinson's disease, he founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) and is involved in science policy. Fox was born in Edmonton. In 1971, his parents moved with him and his four siblings to Burnaby (near Vancouver), British Columbia. In 1976, at the age of 15, he appeared on Canadian television for the first time. In order to devote himself entirely to acting, he dropped out of high school that same year. In 1979, he acquired a green card and moved to the USA.