Michael J. Fox will make his first acting appearance in several years with a role in season three of Shrinking.
The five-time Emmy winner will guest star in the Apple TV+ comedy; details of his role are being kept under wraps. Season three of Shrinking is currently in production.
Fox’s last on-camera acting role was in The Good Fight in 2020, reprising his Emmy-nominated role as attorney Louis Canning. The actor has been living with Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years and has helped raise more than $2 billion for research through his eponymous foundation. In Shrinking, Harrison Ford’s character, Paul Rhoades, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s during season one.
Fox’s Shrinking appearance will be a reunion for him and co-creator Bill Lawrence. The two worked together on ABC’s Spin City (Lawrence’s first series as a creator), and Fox also guest-starred on Scrubs.
Fox joins Jeff Daniels, Sherry Cola and Isabella Gomez as additions to the season three cast. Shrinking stars co-creator Jason Segel, Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley.
Segel, Lawrence and Brett Goldstein created Shrinking. They executive produce with Neil Goldman, James Ponsoldt, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, Randall Winston, Annie Mebane, Rachna Fruchbom and Brian Gallivan, Ashley Nicole Black and Bill Posley. Warner Bros. Television, where Lawrence and Goldstein have overall deals, and Lawrence’s Doozer company produce.
Fox is repped by UTA and Vision PR.
Deadline first reported the news.
