Michael J. Fox to return to acting in beloved Apple TV series years after retirement
The icon is set to appear on a beloved show.
Michael J. Fox retired from acting in 2020 due to his Parkinson’s disease, but it has now been announced that he is set to return to the screen.
The actor, 63, retired from acting in 2020 after revealing that his Parkinson’s disease – which he has been living with since 1991 – had made speaking difficult.
The actor was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 when he was just 30, and revealed his diagnosis publicly seven years later in 1998.
Although he hasn’t appeared on screen in five years, it has just been announced that the actor is set to make an exciting return to the screen.
The star has joined the cast of Apple TV’s Shriking, the incredible series starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.
It has been announced that he will appear in the third season of the series as a guest star, with no further information given about his appearance.
The actor retired in 2020 (Picture: Baden Roth/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutt)The series focuses on Jason Segel’s character Jimmy, a therapist who breaks down after a family tragedy and begins going rogue with his patients.
The comedy-drama dynamics focus on his relationship with his daughter, colleagues and neighbours, with a stacked supporting cast.
Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, and Ted McGinley all appear in the series which has an average 94% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes (the first season was given a 91% approval rating while season two received a 97% ranking).
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Previous Page Next Page Shrinking is considered an incredible hidden gem (Picture: Apple TV+/Beth Dubber. All Rights Reserved)In 2020, Michael detailed why he was stepping back from acting in his memoir No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality.
‘Not being able to speak reliably is a game-breaker for an actor,’ he wrote, adding that he was also coping with memory loss.
‘There is a time for everything, and my time of putting in a 12-hour workday, and memorising seven pages of dialogue, is best behind me…I enter a second retirement. That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it.’
