Michael J. Fox is supported by his family and co-star Christopher Lloyd at Governors Awards in LA - Daily Mail

Michael J. Fox was supported by his household on with Back To The Future co-star, Christopher Lloyd, arsenic helium gratefully accepted a precocious grant astatine the 13th Annual Governors Awards connected Saturday successful Los Angeles.

The present retired actor, 61, received the honorary Oscar known arsenic the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award which is fixed to an individual, 'whose humanitarian efforts person brought recognition to the industry.'

The Back To The Future alum was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease successful 1991, and created the Michael J. Fox Foundation to assistance money further probe for the upset successful 2000.

The Spin City prima kept his look classical and blase for the peculiar nighttime arsenic an honoree. 

He donned a achromatic suit which helium paired with a achromatic formal garment and achromatic tie. The histrion slipped into a brace of achromatic sneakers to implicit his wide ensemble. 

The Emmy award-winner posed for an assortment of snaps adjacent to his stunning wife, who was elegantly chic for the evening. The blessed couple, who tied the knot successful 1988, archetypal met connected acceptable of the fashionable sitcom series, Family Ties.  

Tracy opted for a form-fitting, long-sleeved achromatic sequin gown that fell down towards the ground. 

The histrion accessorized her look with dangly, metallic earrings on with thin, rhinestone necklace. Her hairsbreadth was parted successful the mediate and swept up into a stylish up do, allowing curled locks to borderline the sides of her face. 

In an interrogation published by People last period successful October, Michael expressed that, 'My champion beingness present is I bask my household truthful much.' 

He further added that, 'Tracy and the kids are amazing. I cognize that sounds boring, it sounds similar a fairy tale, but we've been joined thirtysomething years, truthful we've got thing figured out.' 

Also successful attendance astatine the ceremonial to beryllium by their father's broadside included his 4 children whom helium shares with Tracy: Sam, 33, twins Aquinnah and Schulyer, some 27, and Esme, 21. 

During the ceremony, Woody Harrelson presented the grant to Michael, and they shared a little clasp connected the stage. The 2 stars are not lone bully friends, but person besides worked unneurotic successful the past connected the film, Doc Hollywood (1991). 

Although Michael has ne'er been nominated for an Oscar, and has additionally retired from acting successful 2020 owed to his condition, his humanitarian enactment has not gone unnoticed from those successful the question representation industry. 

According to Deadline, Academy President David Rubin stated, 'Michael J. Fox’s tireless advocacy of probe connected Parkinson’s illness alongside his boundless optimism exemplifies the interaction of 1 idiosyncratic successful changing the aboriginal for millions.'

The prima was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease successful 1991, astatine the property of 29-years-old. He didn't spell nationalist with the quality of his diagnosis until aboriginal successful 1998. 

The upset affects the cardinal tense system, with immoderate communal symptoms similar tremors, impaired question and code changes, progressively worsening implicit time, according to Mayo Clinic.   

In 2000, the prima launched the Michael J. Fox Foundation to assistance money much probe into treatments and imaginable cures for the disorder. Currently, the enactment has raised astir $1.5 billion. 

When precocious talking to Entertainment Tonight astir receiving the honorary Oscar for his humanitarian efforts, Tracy stated the grant was 'exciting' portion Michael jokingly added, 'celebrating maine is overrated.'  

Christopher Lloyd, who notably starred alongside Michael successful the beloved Back To The Future franchise, was besides successful attendance astatine the ceremony. 

He had the accidental to cheer connected his erstwhile co-star and witnesser the retired histrion accepting the peculiar honorary Oscar connected Saturday evening. 

The 2 stars, who person remained adjacent implicit the years, precocious collaborated to motorboat a peculiar Back To The Future merchandise line. 

'Great Scott!' helium had written connected a caller Twitter station to denote the large news. 'Our archetypal ever Back To the Future merchandise store that @RealMikeFox and I designed is yet here!' 

A photograph of the Michael and Christopher was added to the tweet, with the 2 wearing matching shirts from the line.  

In an affectional interrogation with People in October, the Back To The Future prima said his information 'got worse' and helium became uncharacteristically 'short with people' aft helium broke his cheek, hand, enarthrosis and limb and his parent Phyllis died aged 92 implicit the past year. 

The histrion had antecedently cited 2018 arsenic 1 of his worst years, erstwhile helium had spinal cord country to region a tumor, aft which helium broke his near arm.

He said: 'I broke my cheek, past my hand, past my shoulder, had a replacement enarthrosis enactment successful and broke my [right] arm, past I broke my elbow. I'm 61 years old, and I'm feeling it a small spot more.' 

'I was ne'er truly a cranky guy, but I got precise cranky and abbreviated with people. I effort to nip it successful the bud,' the talented prima added. 

'I ever deliberation of these aides who enactment with me. And I often accidental to them, 'Whatever I say, conscionable ideate I said 'please' astatine the opening and 'thank you' astatine the end. Just instrumentality a 2nd and sorb that I mightiness person said that if I was much myself, but I didn't, truthful I apologize.'