The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give him the Jean Hershold Humanitarian Award in November.
It’s both for his work as an actor and as a founder of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.The actor rose to fame in the 1980s when he starred as young capitalist Alex Keaton on the TV show “Family Ties.”
He’s also starred in several movies, most notably as the protagonist Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” franchise. Fox has won Emmy awards, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild awards and even a Grammy, but this will be his first Oscar.Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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