who was michael j fox?
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 JFK is a 1991 American historical legal @-@ conspiracy thriller film directed by Oliver Stone . It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged cover @-@ up through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ( Kevin Costner ) . 

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 Fox 's first feature film roles were Midnight Madness ( 1980 ) and Class of 1984 ( 1982 ) , credited in both as Michael Fox . Shortly afterward , he began playing " Young Republican " Alex P. Keaton in the show Family Ties which aired on NBC for seven seasons , 1982 – 89 . In an interview with Jimmy Fallon in April 2014 , Fox stated he negotiated the role at a payphone at Pioneer Chicken . He received the role only after Matthew Broderick was unavailable . Family Ties had been sold to the television network using the pitch " Hip parents , square kids , " with the parents originally intended to be the main characters . However , the positive reaction to Fox 's performance led to his character becoming the focus of the show following the fourth episode . At its peak , the audience for Family Ties drew one @-@ third of America 's households every week . Fox won three Emmy awards for Family Ties , in 1986 , 1987 and 1988 . He also won a Golden Globe Award in 1989 . 

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 In answer to Michael ’ s ( Steve Carell ) apparently constant recitation Chris Rock 's " Niggas Vs . Black People " routine , the corporate offices of Dunder Mifflin send a representative ( Larry Wilmore ) from Diversity Today to hold a meeting regarding diversity training . Michael finds it insulting and , as a response , holds his own diversity meeting . He shows a brief video that addresses nothing of significance , claims that his heritage is " two @-@ fifteenths Native American , " and instructs everyone to wear index cards with a certain race on it and to treat others however they might treat people of those races . 

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 James Woods as Michael Kitz , the skeptical National Security Advisor who also heads the Congressional investigation of Arroway 's mission 

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 X was introduced on the series via a phone call made to Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) in the second season episode " The Host " , telling Mulder that he had " a friend in the FBI " . However , the character did not appear on @-@ screen until " Sleepless " , two episodes later , aiding Mulder in an investigation by leaking information on a secret military project from the Vietnam War . While X 's loyalties and his own agenda were often unclear , he proved more than once that he at least does not want Mulder dead . In the episode " End Game " , he is approached by Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) , who pleads that she needs to know where Mulder is , believing his life to be in danger . Initially X refuses , and is subsequently confronted by Walter Skinner ( Mitch Pileggi ) , who seemed to recognize X. He relinquishes Mulder 's location , though not until after a brief but intense scuffle with Skinner . In the episode " 731 " , X 's loyalty to Mulder is further confirmed . Trapped on a train car equipped with a time bomb , Mulder , about to escape , is attacked brutally by the Red Haired Man , a Men in Black assassin . X fatally shoots the Red Haired Man as he is about to step off the car , then boards the car with only enough time left to save either Mulder or the alien @-@ human hybrid the car was transporting . He opts to save Mulder , and carries him off to safety just as the car explodes . 
