Michael J Fox, Star of Back To The Future, who has Parkinson’s disease, unexpectedly showed up at the Baftas to accept the best film prize.
Despite using a wheelchair to enter the stage, the 62-year-old actor persisted on getting up at the podium to present the award to Oppenheimer, played by Christopher Nolan.
Many people on social media shared their feelings of joy upon witnessing Fox perform, and he was met with a standing ovation.
He hasn’t been in the public eye much since receiving his diagnosis in the 1990s.
20 Days in Mariupol defeated Davis Guggenheim’s Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which was nominated for best documentary.
Fox referred to movies as “magic” that have the power to “change your life” while introducing the best picture nominations.
Michael J Fox said: “Five films were nominated in this category tonight and all five have something in common. They are the best of what we do.”
Michael J Fox added: “There’s a reason why they say movies are magic because movies can change your day.
“It can change your outlook. Sometimes it can change your life.”
Social media users were quick to react to Fox’s appearance on X, formerly Twitter, with one saying he was “in floods of tears” the minute he came on stage.
Fox founded the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in 2000. According to CBS News, the Foundation has raised more than £1.58bn.
Parkinson’s disease, a condition in which parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years, affects around 128,000 people in England, according the NHS.
Parkinson’s UK describe it as “the fastest growing neurological condition in the world”
