AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Michael J. Fox returns to acting 35 years after going public with Parkinson's diagnosis
Michael J. Fox is heading back to a television set for another season of Apple TV+'s Shrinking, a move that extends a comeback few expected from a man who retired from acting during the pandemic and whose foundation has now funded more than $3 billion in Parkinson's research. Fox, 65, confirmed he will return for […] The post Michael J. Fox returns to acting 35 years after going public with Parkinson's diagnosis appeared first on American Almanac .
Michael J. Fox is heading back to a television set for another season of Apple TV+'s Shrinking, a move that extends a comeback few expected from a man who retired from acting during the pandemic and whose foundation has now funded more than $3 billion in Parkinson's research. Fox, 65, confirmed he will return for Season 4 of the comedy series, where he plays a character who, like Fox himself, lives with Parkinson's disease. He is also currently nominated for an Emmy for his three-episode arc in Season 3, a run that marked the first time in his career he played someone whose Parkinson's was written directly into the role rather than worked around it. The Hollywood Reporter profiled Fox and his foundation co-founder Deborah W. Brooks in…Open