List of awards and nominations received by Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox is an activist and actor. Throughout his career Fox won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was also appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, along with being inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. For his advocacy of a cure for Parkinson's disease he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2022.^[1]

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He is perhaps best known for his leading role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990) as well as Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and ABC sitcom Spin City Mike Flaherty (1996–2000). He has made numerous appearances on television including FX comedy-drama Rescue Me (2009) and the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2010–2016), the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011), and the CBS spinoff The Good Fight (2020). Fox officially retired in 2021 due to his declining health.^[2] He appeared in a 2025 episode of Shrinking.^[3]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1985	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Family Ties	Nominated	^[5]
1986	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series		Won	^[6]
1987			Won	^[7]
1988			Won	^[8]
1989			Nominated	^[9]
1997		Spin City	Nominated	^[10]
1998			Nominated	^[11]
1999			Nominated	^[12]
2000			Won	^[13]
2006	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Boston Legal (Season 2)	Nominated	^[14]
2009	Outstanding Nonfiction Special	Michael J. Fox: Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist	Nominated	^[15]
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Rescue Me (episode: "Sheila")	Won		^[15]
	2011	The Good Wife	Nominated	^[16]
	2012	The Good Wife	Nominated	^[17]
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Curb Your Enthusiasm (episode: "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox")	Nominated		^[17]
2013	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	The Good Wife	Nominated	^[18]
2015			Nominated	^[19]
2016			Nominated	^[20]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Back to the Future	Nominated	^[21]
Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical	Family Ties	Nominated		^[21]
		1987	Nominated	^[22]
		1988	Nominated	^[23]
		1989	Won	^[24]
	1997	Spin City	Nominated	^[25]
	1998		Won	^[26]
	1999		Won	^[27]
	2000		Won	^[28]
	2014	The Michael J. Fox Show	Nominated	^[29]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series	Spin City	Won	^[31]
2000	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series	Spin City	Won	^[32]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	The American President	Nominated
1999	Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series	Spin City	Nominated
2000	Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series	Spin City	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1988	Favorite Television Actor	Family Ties	Won
1989	Favorite Television Actor	Family Ties	Nominated
1990	Favorite Movie Actor	Back to the Future Part II	Won
1997	Favorite Television Actor	Spin City	Nominated
2000	Favorite Television Actor	Spin City	Nominated
2000	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Stuart Little	Nominated

Major associations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	Favorite Male Television Performer	Family Ties	Nominated
1987	Favorite Male Television Performer	Family Ties	Nominated
1988	Favorite Male Television Performer	Family Ties	Nominated
1989	Favorite Male Television Performer	Family Ties	Nominated
1997	Favorite Male Television Performer in a New Series	Spin City	Won
1997	Favorite Male Television Performer	Spin City	Nominated
1998	Favorite Male Television Performer	Spin City	Nominated
1999	Favorite Male Television Performer	Spin City	Nominated
2012	Favorite Television Guest Star	The Good Wife	Nominated
2014	Favorite Actor in a New Television Series	The Michael J. Fox Show	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1997	Best Actor in a Series – Comedy or Musical	Spin City	Nominated
1998	Best Actor in a Series – Comedy or Musical	Spin City	Nominated
1999	Best Actor in a Series – Comedy or Musical	Spin City	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Best Actor	Back to the Future	Won
1997	Best Actor	The Frighteners	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Favorite Actor in a Comedy	Spin City	Nominated
2000	Favorite Actor in a Comedy	Spin City	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good (shared with Courteney Cox)	Family Ties	Nominated
2008	Character You'd Pay to Do Your Homework for You	Family Ties	Won

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series	Family Ties	Won
1987	Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series	Family Ties	Won