Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series. Marty was born July 30, 1968 in Hill Valley, California.[citation needed] Little is known about Marty's life prior to the first Back to the Future film, except for the fact that he set his parents' living room rug on fire when he was 8.