Michael J. Fox Joins Apple TV+ Hit Series SHRINKING Season 3 in Return to Acting and Reunion With Bill Lawrence

Five-time Emmy winner Michael J. Fox (Family Ties, Back to the Future) is returning to acting with a major guest-starring role on the upcoming third season of Apple TV+’s hit comedy series Shrinking, toplined by Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.Details around the role are being kept under wraps but it may be connected to the character arc of Ford’s therapist Paul Rhoades. It was revealed at the end of Season 1 that Paul has Parkinson’s, a disease Fox has been battling for three and a half decades.This marks a reunion for Fox and Shrinking co-creator/executive producer Bill Lawrence. Fox headlined Lawrence’s first series as a creator, Spin City, for four seasons before leaving when his symptoms became more serious. The ABC comedy landed Fox his fifth Emmy award; he had won four for Family Ties.It also marks Fox’s return to Apple following their partnership on the award-winning documentary STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie.Co-created by Jason Segel, Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own. In addition to Segel and Ford, Shrinking stars Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley.Fox joins fellow Shrinking Season 3 cast additions Jeff Daniels, who will guest star as Jimmy’s father, with Sherry Cola and Isabella Gomez.via: Deadline

May 16, 2025 - 16:54

Michael J. Fox Joins Apple TV+ Hit Series SHRINKING Season 3 in Return to Acting and Reunion With Bill Lawrence

Five-time Emmy winner Michael J. Fox (Family Ties, Back to the Future) is returning to acting with a major guest-starring role on the upcoming third season of Apple TV+’s hit comedy series Shrinking, toplined by Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.

Details around the role are being kept under wraps but it may be connected to the character arc of Ford’s therapist Paul Rhoades. It was revealed at the end of Season 1 that Paul has Parkinson’s, a disease Fox has been battling for three and a half decades.

This marks a reunion for Fox and Shrinking co-creator/executive producer Bill Lawrence. Fox headlined Lawrence’s first series as a creator, Spin City, for four seasons before leaving when his symptoms became more serious. The ABC comedy landed Fox his fifth Emmy award; he had won four for Family Ties.

It also marks Fox’s return to Apple following their partnership on the award-winning documentary STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie.

Co-created by Jason Segel, Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own. In addition to Segel and Ford, Shrinking stars Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley.

Fox joins fellow Shrinking Season 3 cast additions Jeff Daniels, who will guest star as Jimmy’s father, with Sherry Cola and Isabella Gomez.

via: Deadline