Michael J. Fox Set to Appear in Season 3 of ‘Shrinking’

Michael J. Fox is going back to where it all began.

The five-time Emmy Award recipient is set to make a guest appearance in the third season of the Apple TV+ series “Shrinking.”

On May 15, the streaming platform and the actor revealed a joint post on Instagram announcing the news.

“Big feelings incoming. Michael J. Fox joins the Shrinking cast as a guest star in season 3,” read the caption. “Shrinking Season 2 — Now Streaming.”

Details about Fox’s character have yet to be disclosed.

In “Shrinking,” Harrison Ford portrays a therapist who, revealingly at the end of the first season, has Parkinson’s disease—the same condition Fox publicly acknowledged having in 1998. Fox recently collaborated with Apple TV+ on the 2023 Emmy-winning documentary “Still,” which explored his life and his journey with Parkinson’s.

Fox will reunite with co-creator and executive producer Bill Lawrence on “Shrinking,” who also co-created the sitcom “Spin City,” where Fox starred before stepping away from full-time acting in 2000 to devote time to his foundation. Fox earned his fourth Emmy Award for “Spin City,” adding to his three wins for “Family Ties.”

Over the years, Fox made numerous TV appearances, winning another Emmy for his guest role on the FX series “Rescue Me” in 2009. He received five additional Emmy nominations for his performance in the CBS drama “The Good Wife.” Fox’s credits also include roles in “Designated Survivor,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Boston Legal,” and he led his own short-lived series, “The Michael J. Fox Show.”

“Shrinking” marks Fox’s first television acting role since his appearance in the 2020 spinoff of “The Good Wife,” titled “The Good Fight.”

That same year, Fox announced his intention to retire from acting for a second time.

“The early signs of a decline in my ability to recall words and to articulate them are just the latest ripples in the pond,” he wrote in his memoir “No Time Like the Future.”

“There are various factors affecting my memory issues — whether due to age, cognitive impacts from the disease, distractions from the persistent sensations of Parkinson’s, or diminished sensation in my spine — but I see it as a message, an indication,” he continued.

“There’s a time for every activity, and my period of enduring twelve-hour workdays and memorizing seven pages of dialogue is likely behind me, at least for now.”

Fox humorously acknowledged the difficulties that acting brings him, though he didn’t fully close the door on a future return.

“In fairness to myself and those involved—producers, directors, editors, along with beleaguered script supervisors, and actors who appreciate a brisk pace—I’m entering a second retirement,” he wrote.

“That could change, however, as everything is subject to change. But if this marks the end of my acting career, then so be it.”