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A-list celebrities leaped to their feet on Sunday night when movie icon Michael J. Fox made a surprise appearance at the BAFTA awards in London.
The 鈥淏ack to the Future鈥 star was greeted with rapturous applause when he was introduced by the event鈥檚 host, 鈥淒octor Who鈥 star David Tennant, who described him as a 鈥渢rue legend of cinema.鈥
The camera panned around the audience at the Royal Festival Hall as surprised stars including Robert Downey Jr., Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling stood up for the 62-year-old actor who, Tennant said, was 鈥the film star of the 1980s.鈥
Fox, who rose to fame as Alex P. Keaton on the hit 1980s sitcom 鈥淔amily Ties,鈥 was diagnosed with Parkinson鈥檚 Disease in 1991, at age 29. Parkinson is an incurable degenerative condition that affects the nervous system and motor skills, including walking and speech.
The five-time Emmy Award-winning actor, who also has four Golden Globes, a Grammy and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, came onto the stage in a wheelchair but made the final few steps to the podium unaided.
Fox was there to present the Best Film award, which eventually went to 鈥淥ppenheimer.鈥 The four other contenders were: 鈥淎natomy of a Fall,鈥 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon,鈥 鈥淭he Holdovers鈥 and 鈥淧oor Things.鈥
Before revealing the winner, Fox said: 鈥淎ll five of them have something in common: They are the best of what we do.
鈥淣o matter who you are or where you鈥檙e from, films can bring us together.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a reason why they say movies are magic, because movies can change your day, they can change your outlook, sometimes it can even change your life.鈥
Viewers took to social media to react to Fox鈥檚 emotional appearance, with many saying they were 鈥渋n tears鈥 after hearing the 62-year-old actor speak.
In 2000, the actor started the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson鈥檚 Research. Tennant told the audience that the foundation has raised more than SU$2 billion to date.
Fox鈥檚 life with his family, and how living with Parkinson鈥檚 affects their day-to-day reality, is the subject of the Apple TV+ documentary 鈥Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.鈥
It intercuts the actor鈥檚 narration of his life - more than 30 years of which have been with Parkinson鈥檚 - with clips from movies like 鈥淏ack To The Future鈥 and his many other career highlights.
In it, Fox talks about the shock of his diagnosis, which led to heavy drinking and other coping mechanisms, the massive impact on his family and his feelings about the future.
The film received a BAFTA nomination for the best documentary award but lost out to 鈥20 Days in Mariupol.鈥
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