It’s been announced by the Board of Trustees of Museum of Moving Image that activist and retired actor Michael J. Fox will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. He’ll be bestowed with the honor at the museum’s annual spring Moving Image Awards benefit, which will take place on June 6, 2023. This year’s event will celebrate leaders in comedy, and Fox will have his career recognized along with his new documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which has just been released on Apple TV+.
In a statement, MoMI’s Co-Chairmen Ivan Lustig and Michael Barker said, “We are honored to present the MoMI Lifetime Achievement Award to the legendary Michael J. Fox, a great artist and inspiring human being, at our Spring 2023 Moving Image Awards benefit event. His many contributions in film and television for over four decades have been memorable and meaningful and exemplary for so many who come through our Museum’s doors.”
Fox will be present to accept his award, and additional guests will be announced at a later date. Funds raised at the Moving Image Awards will help support MoMI’s exhibitions, screenings, and education and community engagement programs. Those will benefit both youth and adults, and children and their families, mostly those from the ethnically diverse Queens area. The event will be held in the Sumner M. Redstone Theater.
This won’t be the only award garnered by Fox. He previously won five Emmy Awards, a Grammy, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a People’s Choice Award. He’s also been named as the GQ Man of the Year. Fox was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2000 before having his name placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. More recently, he was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at last year’s Academy Awards.
Michael J. Fox Deserves the Honor
Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, has long been one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors. He rose to fame with his roles in Family Ties and the Back to the Future trilogy, going on to star in other Hollywood hits like The Secret of My Success, Doc Hollywood, Casualties of War, and The American President. Of course, we must also point out he voiced the titular character in the Stuart Little films. Fox’s other memorable TV roles include his award-winning run on Spin City along with appearances on Rescue Me, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Good Wife.
The retired actor is also known for his efforts with the race for a curse for Parkinson’s disease. He founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in 2000, which now stands as the leading Parkinson’s organization in the world. The foundation has raised more than $1.5 billion in funds dedicated to research on how to fight back against the disease.
Meanwhile, Fox has also been working as an author, having penned the books Lucky Man, Always Looking Up, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, and No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality. For more of his story, you can watch the acclaimed documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which is now streaming on Apple TV+.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
