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Welcome to the Cast Bios section, where you can find short biographies and filmographies for all major cast members of Family Ties, as well as a picture of most of the cast members. The filmography lists show all movies and TV shows that each cast member has appeared in, from the time Family Ties started airing (1982) till now.

Note! All the regular cast members below, except for Brian Bonsall (I e. Michael J. Fox, Justine, Tina, Michael Gross and Meredith), also appeared in the TV movie Family Ties Vacation from 1985. Because of its obvious connection to Family Ties, this movie is not listed in the filmographies below (although you can find some information about it in the Synopses page on this web site). This does not apply to any of the major guest stars featured on this page (Tracy Pollan, Courteney Cox, Marc Price or Scott Valentine).

This page contains: | Michael J. Fox | Justine Bateman | Tina Yothers | Brian Bonsall | Michael Gross | Meredith Baxter | Tracy Pollan | Courteney Cox | Marc Price | Scott Valentine |

MICHAEL J. FOX
(Alex P. Keaton)

His real name is Michael Andrew Fox.
Born on June 9th 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
He has one brother, Steven, and three sisters, Karen, Jackie and Kelli.
He is 5' 5" tall (approximately 165 centimeters).
Married to Tracy Pollan (Ellen Reed in Family Ties) since July 16th 1988.
He has three children with Tracy: Sam Michael Fox (born May 30th 1989 in Los Angeles), the twins Aquinnah Kathleen Fox and Schuyler Frances Fox (born February 15th 1995 in New York) and Esme Annabelle Fox (born November 5th 2001).
He is currently living in New York City, New York.

Picture from: ABC Television, 1998

Filmography:

2002: Magic Seven (voice)
2002: Interstate 60
2002: Stuart Little 2 (voice)
2001: Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (voice)
2000: Thirty Wishes (**)
2000: David Blaine: Frozen in Time (TV movie)
1999: Stuart Little (voice)
1997: I Am Your Child (TV movie)
1996: Mars Attacks!
1996-2000: Spin City (TV series) (** for season 3/4/5) (note: left the series in May 2000, after season 4)
1996: The Frighteners
1996: Disney's Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (voice)
1995: The American President
1995: Coldblooded (**)
(AKA: The Reluctant Hitman)
1995: Blue in the Face
1995: Your Studio and You
1995: The American President
1995: Blue in the Face
1994: Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
1994: Greedy
1993: For Love or Money
(AKA: The Concierge)
1993: Life with Mikey
(AKA: Give Me a Break)
1993: Disney's Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (voice)
1993: Where the Rivers Flow North
1991: Doc Hollywood
1991: The Hard Way
1991: The Trap (TV movie)
1990: Back to the Future III
1990: Miles Turns 21 (TV movie)
1990: Reach for the Stars 1990: The Official Boston Bruins Video (voice)
1990: Sex, Buys & Advertising (TV movie)
1989: Back to the Future II
1989: Casualties of War
1988: Bright Lights, Big City
1988: The Return of Bruno
1987: The Secret of My Success
1987: Light of Day
1987: Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (TV movie)
1985: Back to the Future
1985: Poison Ivy (TV movie)
1985: Teen Wolf
1983: High School U.S.A. (TV movie)

(**) means that he was also executive producer for the respective movie or TV show. Beside these, Michael J. Fox are also executive producer of the TV series "Anna Says", starring Tracy Pollan (his wife), which was supposed to start airing in the U.S. the fall of 1999. I'm currently uncertain as to whether or not this show is still aired (or ever have been). If you have any details about this show, please e-mail me. According to the Internet Movie Database, he is also executive producer for the new/upcoming TV series "Otherwise Engaged" (I don't have any information on what this is, for the time being).

Major TV guest star appearances: Anna Says (1999), The Daily Show (1996), Night Court (1986), The Love Boat (1983) and Teachers Only (1982)


JUSTINE BATEMAN
(Mallory Keaton)

Born on February 19th 1966 in Rye, New York, USA.
Her father is Kent Bateman, an actor/producer/writer.
She has one brother, Jason.
She is currently living in Los Angeles, California.
She is single.
Suffered from anorexia during a 10-year period, during the shooting of Family Ties, according to IMDB. She also confirmed this in an interview for Entertainment Tonight during the fall of 1999 (a program called "The Real Family Ties").
She is also a licensed pilot and a certified Scuba diver (according to IMDB).
She now also works as a fashion designer.
More biographies to come (hopefully). If you have any, please send them to me.

Justine Bateman photo

Filmography:

1999: Kiss & Tell
1999: Say You'll Be Mine
1997: Highball
1996: Men Behaving Badly (TV series)
(AKA: It's a Man's World)
1995: Bucket of Blood (TV movie)
(AKA: The Death Artist)
1995: God's Lonely Man
1994: Another Woman (TV movie)
1994: A Century of Women (TV mini series)
1994: Terror in the Night (TV movie)
1993: Deadbolt (TV movie)
1993: The Night We Never Met
1992: In the Eyes of a Stranger (TV movie)
1992: Primary Motive
1991: The Closer
1990: The Fatal Image (TV movie)
(AKA: French Kill)
1990: Miles Turns 21 (TV movie)
1988: Satisfaction
(AKA: Girls of Summer)
1986: Can You Feel Me Dancing? (TV movie)
1985: Right to Kill? (TV movie)

Major TV guest star appearances: Blind Date (2002), 4 episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996), Rugrats (1991) (voice), Tales from the Darkside (1984), It's Your Move (1984) and Glitter (1984)

 

TINA YOTHERS
(Jennifer Keaton)

Her full name is Kristina Louise Yothers.
Born on May 5th 1973 in Whittier, California, USA.
She has three brothers; Jeffery, Randy and Cory; and one sister, Kari.
She is currently living in Huntington Beach, California.
She is now the lead singer of the band Jaded. They recently released their first CD, called "Confessions" (should be in most music stores in the US, although it might be hard to get hold of it in other countries).
She is single.

(Note: If you have any newer photo of Tina, please send it to me.

Tina Yothers

Filmography:

1995: A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (TV movie)
1993: Spunk: The Tonya Harding Story (TV movie)
1991: The Tina Yothers Show (TV series) as host
1990: Laker Girls (TV movie)
1988: Crash Course (TV movie)
(AKA: Driving Academy)
1985: Circus of the Stars (TV movie)
1985: Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV movie)
1983: Your Place or Mine (TV movie)
1982: Shoot the Moon

Major TV guest star appearances: The Weakest Link (2001), Sports Talk (1998), Married... with Children (1987), Domestic Life (1984) and Father Murphy (1981).

 

BRIAN BONSALL
(Andrew Keaton)
appeared in Family Ties from season 5 (1986) and forward as a regular cast member. The character also appeared before season 5, but was back then played by uncredited twins (Garrett and Taylor Merriman).

Born on December 3rd 1981 in Torrance, California, USA.
He now works as a radio DJ.
He is currently living in Detroit, Michigan.
Graduated from high school in June 2000.
More biographies to come. If you have any, please send them to me. I'm also looking for more normal photos. Please e-mail it to webmaster@familyties-tv.com or daniel.hofverberg@telia.com

Brian Bonsall

Filmography:

1994: Lily in Winter (TV movie)
1994: Father and Scout (TV movie)
1994: Blank Check
1993: Distant Cousins
(AKA: Desperate Motive)
1993: Father Hood
(AKA: Honor Among Thieves)
(AKA: Desperado)
1992: Mikey
1992: Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
1991: False Arrest (TV movie)
1990: Angel of Death (TV movie)
1990: Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (TV movie)
1989: Do You Know the Muffin Man? (TV movie)
1988: Go to the Light (TV movie)

Major TV guest star appearances: Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1982), The Young Riders (1991), The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (1989) and Day by Day (1988)


MICHAEL GROSS
(Steven Keaton)

Born on June 21st 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
His sister is actress Mary Gross
Graduated from Yale University's School of Drama..
Married to Elza Bergeron since 1984.
He has two stepchildren.
He is currently living in Chicago.
More biographies to come. If you have any, please send them to me.

Michael Gross photo

Filmography:

2001: Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (video movie)
2001: ER (TV series)
1999: Batman Beyond - The Movie (TV movie) (voice)
1998: Hollywood Squares (TV series)
1998: Ground Control
(AKA: Jet)
1997: True Heart
1997: Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (TV movie)
1996: Hijacked: Flight 285 (TV movie)
1996: Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (TV movie)
1996: The Good Doctor: The Paul Fleiss Story (TV movie)
1996: Kounterfeit
1996: The Making of a Hollywood Madam (TV movie)
1996: Sometimes They Come Back... Again
1995: Awake to Murder (TV movie)
1995: Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth
1995: Tremors 2: Aftershocks (video movie)
1994: In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (TV movie)
1994: Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story (TV movie)
1994: In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
(AKA: Behind Closed Doors)
1993: Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (TV movie)
1992: With a Vengeance (TV movie)
1992: Alan & Naomi
1991: In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (TV movie)
(AKA: Midnight Murders)
1991: Cool as Ice
1990: Vestige of Honor (TV movie)
1990: Tremors
1989: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur' Court (TV movie)
1988: In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (TV movie)
1988: Big Business
1987: Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (video movie)
1987: Right to Die (TV movie)
1985: A Letter to Three Wives (TV movie)
1984: Summer Fantasy (TV movie)
1983: Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (TV movie)
1982: Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV movie)

Major TV guest star appearances: Law & Order (2002), two episodes of Family Law (2000), Spin City (2000), Law and Order (2000), Batman Beyond (1999) (voice), two episodes of The Norm Show (1999), Ally McBeal (1999), The Hunger (1997), The Outer Limits (1996), Dream On (1994), Batman: The Animated Series (1993) (voice), Law & Order (1990), Day by Day (1988), Night Court (1986) and Finder of Lost Love (1985)


MEREDITH BAXTER
formerly Meredith Baxter Birney
(Elyse Keaton)

Born on June 21st 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Her mother is actress Whitney Blake, from the old sitcom "Hazel".
She has two siblings, both older brothers.
Was married to screen-writer Michael Blodgett from October 21st 1995 until a couple of years ago (they are divorced now).
She is currently living in Santa Monica, California.
She has five children: Ted (aged 32), Eva (aged 30), Kate (aged 25) and the twins Mollie and Peter (aged 16). The last two are the only ones who still live with Meredith.
Meredith has recently started her own line of Meredith Baxter Personal Care Products (use the link for more information - it will open in a new window, close it to return to this site).

Photo taken by: Lynda Fuller - Meredith Baxter Fan Club

Meredith Baxter photo

Filmography:

2001: Murder on the Orient Express (TV movie)
2001: Aftermath (TV movie)
2000: A Mother's Fight For Justice (formerly "Crash Course") (TV movie)
2000: The Wednesday Woman (TV movie)
1999: Miracle on the 17th Green (TV movie)
1999: Down Will Come Baby (TV movie)
1999: Holy Joe (TV movie)
1997: Let Me Call You Sweetheart (TV movie)
1997: Miracle in the Woods (TV movie)
1997: Inheritance (TV movie)
1997: Dog' Best Friend (TV movie)
1996: The Faculty (TV series) (***)
1995: After Jimmy (TV movie)
1994: Betrayed: A Story of Three Women (TV movie) (**)
1994: My Breast (TV movie) (**)
1994: One More Mountain (TV movie)
1994: For the Love of Aaron (TV movie)
1993: Darkness Before Dawn (TV movie) (**)
1993: Other Mothers (TV movie)
1992: Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (TV movie)
(AKA: Till Murder Do Us Part II)
1992: A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (TV movie)
(AKA: Till Murder Do Us Part)
1991: A Mother's Justice (TV movie)
1991: Bump in the Night (TV movie)
1990: Burning Bridges (TV movie)
1990: The Kissing Place (TV movie)
1990: Jezebel' Kiss (TV movie)
1989: She Knows Too Much (TV movie)
1988: Winnie (TV movie)
1987: The Long Journey Home (TV movie)
1986: Kate's Secret (TV movie)
1985: The Rape of Richard Beck (TV movie)
1982: Take Your Best Shot (TV movie)

(**) means that she was also Co-Executive Producer for the movie. (***) means that she was also executive producer for the TV show.

Major TV guest star appearance: Spin City (1997)


TRACY POLLAN
(Ellen Reed)
appeared in Family Ties in the 4th season (1985 - 1986)

Born on June 22nd 1960 in Long Island, New York, USA.
She is 5' 6" tall (approximately 170 centimeters).
Her parents are named Steven and Corky.
She has two sisters and one brother, named Michael Pollan.
Married to Michael J. Fox (Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties) since July 16th 1988. She dated Kevin Bacon for a long period before that.
She has three children with Michael: Sam Michael Fox (born May 30th 1989 in Los Angeles) and the twins Aquinnah Kathleen Fox and Schuyler Frances Fox (born February 15th 1995 in New York).
She is currently living in New York City, New York.
She is best friends with actress Jennifer Grey (according to IMDB).

Tracy Pollan photo

Filmography:

1999-2000: Anna Says (TV series) (also executive producer)
1994: Children of the Dark (TV movie)
1993: Dying to Love You (TV movie)
(AKA: Lethal White Female)
1992: A Stranger Among Us
(AKA: Close to Eden)
1990: Danielle Steel's Fine Things (TV movie)
1990: The Kennedy's of Massachusetts (TV mini series)
1988: Bright Lights, Big City
1988: Promised Land
(AKA: Young Hearts)
1987: A Special Friendship (TV movie)
1987: The Baron and the Kid (TV movie)
1984: A Good Sport (TV movie)
1984: The Little Sister (TV movie)
(AKA: Forbidden)
(AKA: The Tender Age) 
1983: Baby, It's You
1983: Sessions (TV movie)
1983: Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (TV movie)
1982: For Lovers Only (TV movie)
1982: The Great Love Experiment (TV movie)

Major TV guest star appearance: Law & Order - Special Victims Unit (two episodes; 1999) and Spin City (two episodes; 1997 and 1998)


COURTENEY COX
nowadays Courteney Cox Arquette
(Lauren Miller)
appeared in Family Ties in the 6th and 7th season (1987 - 1989)

Born on June 15th 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Her nickname is Cece (according to IMDB).
She has 3 siblings; one brother named Richard and two sisters named Virginia and Dottie Pickett. She also has 9 half-siblings.
She is 5' 5" tall (approximately 165 centimeters).
Married to David Arquette (her co-star from "Scream") since June 12th 1999.
More biographies to come (hopefully). If you have any, please send them to me.

Courteney Cox photo

Filmography:

2001: 3,000 Miles to Graceland
2001: Get Well Soon
2001: Alien Love Triangle
2001: Friends - The Stuff You've Never Seen (TV special)
2000: The Shrink Is In (**)
2000: Scream 3
1999: The Runner
1999: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (TV movie)
1997: Scream 2
1997: Commandments
1996: Scream
1995: 1995 MTV Movie Awards (TV special) as host
1995: Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (TV movie)
(AKA: A Feel for Murder)
1994 - 2002: Friends (TV series)
1994: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1993: The Trouble with Larry (TV series)
1992: Battling for Baby (TV movie)
1992: The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1991: Blue Desert
1990: Curiosity Kills (TV movie)
1990: Mr. Destiny
1990: Shaking the Tree
1989: Judith Krantz' 'Till We Meet Again' (TV movie)
1989: Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (TV movie)
1988: I'll Be Home for Christmas (TV movie)
1988: Cocoon: The Return
1987: Masters of the Universe
1987: If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (TV movie)
1987: Down Twisted
1985: Misfits of Science (TV series)

(**) means that she was also Executive Producer for the movie.

Major TV guest star appearances: WCW Monday Nitro (2000), TFI Friday (1997), The Larry Sanders Show (1995), Seinfeld (1994), Dream On (1992), Morton & Hayes (1991) and Murder, She Wrote (1986; two episodes)

 

MARC PRICE
(Skippy Handleman)
Note: Technically he was only a guest star in Family Ties, although he did appear in most episodes (thruout all seven seasons).

Born on February 23rd 1968.
He is nowadays performing as a standup comedian.
More biographies to come. If you have any, please send them to me.

Filmography:

1993: Little Devils: The Birth
1992: Hearts Are Wild (TV series)
1991: Killer Tomatoes Eat France!
1990: Teen Win, Lose or Draw (TV series) as host
1989: Class Cruise (TV movie)
1988: The Rescue
1986: Combat High (TV movie)
(AKA: Combat Academy)
1986: Trick or Treat
1985: The Zoo Gang
1983: Condo (TV series)

Major TV guest star appearance: The Weakest Link (2001), Hotel (1987), Archie Bunker's Place (1982) and One Day at a Time (1982).

SCOTT VALENTINE
(Nick Moore)
appeared in Family Ties in seasons 4 - 7 (1985 - 1989)

Born on June 3rd 1958 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.
Attended Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, New York.
More biographies to come (hopefully). If you have any, please send them to me.

Scott Valentine photo

Filmography:

2001: Black Scorpion Returns (video movie)
2001: Black Scorpion (**)
2000: Black Ball
1998: Fallout
1998: Paranoia
1998: The Waterfront
1996: Black Scorpion 2: Aftershock
1996: Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
1996: Mars (video movie)
1996: Object of Obsession
1995: Out of Annie's Past (TV movie)
1995: Yakuza Connection (TV movie)
1994: Iron Man (TV series) (voice)
1994: Phantom 2040: The Ghost Who Walks (TV series) (voice)
1994: Double Obsession
1994: Till the End of the Night
1994: The Unborn II
(AKA: Baby Blood II)
1994: Whit & Charm
1993: To Sleep with a Vampire
1992: Jackie Collins' Lady Boss
1992: The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (TV movie)
1992: Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (TV movie)
(AKA: Perry Mason: The Case of the Posthumous Painter)
1991: Killer Instinct (AKA: Homicidal Impulse)
1990: After the Shock (TV movie)
1990: Dangerous Pursuit (TV movie)
1990: Without Her Consent (TV movie)
1990: Write to Kill
1988: Going to the Chapel (TV movie)
(AKA: Wedding Day)
(AKA: Wedding Day Blues)
1987: Deadtime Stories
1987: My Demon Lover
1986: True Stories

(**) means that he was also director for the movie.

Major TV guest star appearances: Providence (2000), JAG (2000), Batman Beyond (1999) (voice), NewsRadio (1997), Pinky and the Brain (1997) (voice), Promised Land (1997), Walker, Texas Ranger (1996), Superman (1997) (voice), Murder, She Wrote (two episodes, 1995 and 1993), Silk Stalkings (1995), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995), Sirens (1994), The Hitchhiker (1990), Iron Man (1994), Renegade (1992), Batman: The Animated Series (1992) (voice), Matlock (1986) and Knight Rider (1985).


Note: Pictures with no source information are public domain photos, collected from various sources.

This page will hopefully be updated with additional biographies for all cast members soon! If you have any kind of biographies (complete or partial) for any of the actors/actresses mentioned on the page, especially if you have information not already available on the page, please e-mail them to me right away so I can make a more complete page. Also contact me if you find any incomplete or incorrect information on this page, and I'll fix it ASAP!

Also, if you have any pictures of cast members I don't have pictures of that I can include here, or if you know where to find such, please let me know right away. If you have pictures, you're welcome to e-mail them to me (as attachments) without any prior notice. Please send any pictures to daniel.hofverberg@telia.com instead of my usual address, due to the often large file sizes of pictures and the limited space available on my Yahoo account.

Information from: The Internet Movie Database

Michael J. Fox and Tina Yothers Biographies provided by:

 Lora Colver, Michael J. Fox Official Fan Club

Meredith Baxter Biography and additional Filmography provided by:

 Lynda Fuller, Meredith Baxter Official Fan Club

Tracy Pollan Biography provided by:

 Harald Noordermeer, Tracy Pollan Home Page

Written and compiled by: Daniel Hofverberg

Page last updated: 07-11-2002 (MM-DD-YYYY)

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