Rick Moranis

Known for ActingBorn 1953-04-18 (age 73)Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Frederick Allan Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, producer, songwriter and writer. Moranis appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV) in the 1980s and starred afterwards in several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel Ghostbusters II (1989), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, and its 1992 and 1997 sequels), Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), and The Flintstones(1994). In 1997, Moranis began a long break from acting to dedicate his time to his two children as a widower. He has not appeared in a live-action film for over 28 years. However, he provided voice-over work for a few animated films, including Disney's Brother Bear (2003). He also released comedy albums and made appearances at fan conventions. In 2020, after a hiatus of nearly 23 years from live-action films, Moranis signed to reprise his role of Wayne Szalinski in a new sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, called Shrunk, before the project was put on hold.Read more

Movies & web series

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

Marty, Life Is Short

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

John Candy: I Like Me

SCTV Network 90

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids

Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way

The Best of SCTV

Going Live!

The Goldbergs

Second City Television

The Movies That Made Us

Muppets Tonight

Ghostbusters

Brother Bear

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Discovering Bedrock

Howard

Gravedale High

Little Shop of Horrors

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

Sesame Street

Custard Pie

Streets of Fire

Spaceballs

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends

Brother Bear 2

Saturday Night Live

Parenthood

The Oscars

Ghostbusters II

Brewster's Millions

Little Giants

L.A. Story

The Earth Day Special

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Hockey Night

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

My Blue Heaven

The Wild Life

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

Strange Brew

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

The Flintstones

Head Office

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Splitting Heirs