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Fox met his wife, Tracy Pollan, on set Family ties in the mid-1980s, when she was cast as his character’s love interest.

About three years later, they tied the knot and welcomed four children together: Sam, 36, twins Aquinnah and Schuyler, 30, and Esmé, 23.

Reflecting on their decades-long romance, Pollan said, “We’re there for each other when we need each other, and then we give each other space when we need it.”

She also emphasized the importance of listening to each other.

As for Fox, he said his wife “gives our family everything we need.”

“Everything good in our family, everything good that we do, comes from her,” he continued. “She showers the people she loves with love, she shows them how she feels.”

Earlier this year, while attending the 2026 Actor Awards, Fox confessed that meeting Pollan on the beloved sitcom was the “greatest gift” of his career.

Referring to their children, he joked, “Sometimes I like to remind them that if they hadn’t been acting, they wouldn’t be here.”