Michael J. Fox’s life behind the cameras has long been shaped by a reality the public didn’t fully see. While audiences knew him for his charm, humor, and iconic film roles, he was also quietly living with Parkinson’s disease, diagnosed at just 29.

At the time, he and his wife, Tracy Pollan, were beginning to build their family. Instead of stepping away from life’s demands, he chose to move forward, raising children while managing a progressive illness.

Together, they went on to have four children: Sam, twins Aquinnah and Schuyler, and their youngest daughter Esme. Through it all, Fox balanced public fame with the private work of being a father.