He may have celebrated his 83rd birthday earlier this week, but Harrison Ford shows once again that he took his classic Raiders of the Lost Ark line to heart and proves it isn’t the years, but it is the mileage that counts as six decades into his career (and freshly returned to the world of television after a gap of some 50 plus years) he picks up his first Emmy nomination. He’s in the running in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for his role in the second season of Apple’s Shrinking, following up nominations for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film nomination at this year’s Golden Globes and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fingers crossed this is the year Ford gets the golden idol and keeps it.
Ford stars as Paul Rhoades, well-known and experienced psychotherapist and Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) mentor at their workplace. A bit of a curmudgeon who draws comparisons to Batman and more, Paul has a bit of his ego and can come off arrogant at times, but he cares for his patients and for the people in his life that he loves.
Paul also has Parkinson’s disease. Shrinking co-creators Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, who moved from behind the camera to guest-starring in Season 2 as a very notable role, Louis Winston, both have “deep history” with the illness as both of their fathers have been diagnosed with it.
Lawrence also mentioned that his “mentor” Michael J. Fox, influenced the portrayal of Parkinson’s in the series. Fox, Deadline exclusively reported, has been cast in Season 3 of the comedy series.
