As he turns 62 years old, here's a look back at the life and career of Michael J. Fox Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since April 2022.

Fox, famed for his optimism and tireless activism ... In a memoir two years ago, he chronicled what he called the worst year of his life, a period beginning in 2018 in which a risky spinal-cord ...