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Background[]
Rick Moranis ( b. 18 April 1953 ) is a Canadian radio DJ, comedian, actor, producer, writer, and director. He has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.
Moranis became known for his performances in the sketch comedy series SCTV where he demonstrated his skills in improv and deft celebrity impressions. He became one of the best known comedian actors during the 1980s through a series of successful films including Ghostbusters; Little Shop of Horrors; Spaceballs; and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
However, he found himself increasingly disenchanted with his roles in Hollywood films and his wife's passing in the late 1990's resulted in him taking an extended hiatus from acting while he focused on raising his children as a single father. He has since reemerged from his hiatus and resumed his career in acting.
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- 90 Minutes Live (1976) series regular
- SCTV (1980-81) 25 episodes
- SCTV Network (1981-82) 26 episodes
- Twilight Theater (1982)
- Saturday Night Live (1983-89) 3 episodes
- Strange Brew (1983)
- Streets of Fire (1984)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- The Wild Life (1984)
- Hockey Night (1984)
- The Last Polka (1985)
- Brewster's Millions (1985)
- Head Office (1985)
- Club Paradise (1986)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- Parenthood (1989)
- The Rocket Boy (1989)
- Gravedale High (1990) 13 episodes
- The Earth Day Special (1990)
- My Blue Heaven (1990)
- L.A. Story (1991)
- Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
- Splitting Heirs (1993)
- Sesame Street (1993-94) 2 episodes
- The Flintstones (1994)
- Little Giants (1994)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (1994)
- Big Bully (1996)
- Pizza Hut Celebraty (1997)
- Muppets Tonight (1997) 1 episode
- Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (2003)
- Brother Bear (2003)
- Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way (2003)
- The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie (2003) series regular
- Brother Bear 2 (2006)
- Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)
Trivia[]
- Does not like to travel via airplanes and prefers to drive if possible. Although he does not have a fear of flying, he does admit that he dislikes the "dragged out process" of having to wake up early to go to the airport to sit in a seat next to sick passengers.
Quotes[]
- "By the time I got to the point where I was 'starring' in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn't for me. I'm really not an actor. I'm a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody's precious words work."
- "For me music is pretty personal. I generally listen to it alone, and I've never been a lover of concerts. So I don't think I really bond with other people over music. That's not unique to music for me, either. I feel that way about film, television, art, everything. I read a book alone, so why wouldn't I listen to music alone?"