Emmys 2026: Michael J. Fox receives Bob Hope Humanitarian Award

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Michael J. Fox accepts the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 14, 2026. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Michael J. Fox received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys 2026 on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) for his contributions to Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy. His The Good Wife co-star, Julianna Marguiles, presented him with the award.

Michael is a five-time Emmy Award-winning actor, earning three of those awards for playing Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties and later ABC’s Spin City in the 1990s, and for his guest performance on FX’s Rescue Me in the 2000s. He was also nominated for the 19 th time this year for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Shrinking.

Apart from his acting stint, he is also a bestselling author, advocate and philanthropist. He has written in detail about his battle with Parkinson’s since getting diagnosed with the disease in 1998. In 2000, he founded The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which the world’s largest non-profit funder of research into the affliction.

The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 and is named after comedian Bob Hope. It is given to a member of the telecommunications industry whose philanthropic efforts go in line with Hope’s “decades-long altruism and positive impact on society,” according to the Television Academy. The award is given by the Academy and the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation.

Previous recipients of the honour include Oprah, Danny Thomas, George Clooney, Sean Penn , and Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen.

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