Rick Moranis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Moranis
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Apr 18, 1953(1953-04-18)
Age	71
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Aries

Rick Moranis Biography

Rick Moranis is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on April 18, 1953 in Toronto, Canada. American actor and writer, who was best known for his roles as Ghostbusters’ and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. He was also a part of Spaceballs and Little Shop of Horrors as well as The Flintstones.

In 1994’s comedy family film Little Giants, he starred alongside He co-starred with Ed O’Neill in the 1994 family comedy film Little Giants..

His career as an entertainer began as a radio disc jockey in the mid-1970s, using the on-air name “Rick Allan” at three Toronto radio stations.

In 1977, he teamed up with Winnipeg-born writer/director and performer Ken Finkleman on a series of live performances on CBC’s 90 Minutes Live; comedy radio specials; and television comedy pilots, including one called Midweek and another called 1980 (produced at CBC Toronto in 1979). Both pilots starred Finkleman and Moranis in a series of irreverent sketches, including an early mockumentary sketch featuring Moranis as a Canadian movie producer, and another featuring the dubbed-in voiceovers of Nazi war criminals as they appear to be discussing their Hollywood agents and the money one can earn being interviewed on major documentary series like The World At War.

Two children were born to his marriage to Ann Belsky Moranis.

Rick Moranis Net Worth

Rick Moranis is one of the richest Movie Actor from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Moranis 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he made memorable impressions on Canada’s Second City Television (SCTV), he was first introduced to the public.

He was awarded a Primetime Emmy in 1984 for his writing on SCTV.

Frederick Allan “Rick” Moranis (/m ə ˈ r æ n ɪ s / ; born April 18, 1953), is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and musician. He appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV) in the 1980s and several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Ghostbusters (1984) and 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).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Rick Moranis height 5 ft 6 in Rick weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Rick Moranis Dating?

According to our records, Rick Moranis married to Anne Moranis. As of December 1, 2023, Rick Moranis’s is not dating anyone.

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After his SCTV work and the Strange Brew movie, Moranis had a busy career in feature films that lasted over a decade, most notably Ghostbusters; Spaceballs; Little Shop of Horrors; and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels. He also did the voice-over for a short-lived cartoon series on NBC called Gravedale High (1990).

Facts & Trivia

Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Rick Moranis celebrates birthday on April 18 of every year.

In 1997, Moranis took a hiatus from working in the film industry. He later explained: “I’m a single parent and I just found that it was too difficult to manage to raise my kids and to do the traveling involved in making movies. So I took a little bit of a break. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn’t miss it.” After having declined an invitation to make a cameo appearance in 2016’s Ghostbusters, Moranis clarified in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he had not, in fact, retired from film acting due to his hiatus, but instead had become selective about future roles.

What happen to Rick Moranis?

He’s kept busy with other pursuits in the entertainment industry. Now living on Manhattan’s Upper West Side , Moranis has found plenty to do in his decades offscreen—namely “a lot of writing,” including penning op-eds for The New York Times, and doing “a lot of parenting.”

Are Rick Moranis and Steve Martin Friends?

“Steve’s a great athlete,” says Rick Moranis, a close friend and sometime co-star. “He’s like the Jack Nicklaus of comedy.” From Richard Pryor to lesser comics, the best stand-up routine has often been such a naked venting of old traumas and neuroses that it could be considered vertical therapy.

Will Rick Moranis be in the new Ghostbusters?

Moranis passed on lending his voice and likeness to the 2009 release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, and also decided not to cameo in Paul Feig’s 2016 reboot Ghostbusters , saying that it didn’t make sense to him to “do just one day of shooting on something I did 30 years ago.” (via The Hollywood Reporter).

Did Rick Moranis do his own singing in Little Shop of Horrors?

Singing. Moranis has a number of musical credits to his name, firstly and most notably the film Little Shop of Horrors in which he played Seymour , and later in Parenthood, where he gave an acapella rendition of “Close to You”. He also appeared as himself in an episode of Muppets Tonight.

Who was Louis Tully in Ghostbusters?

Louis Tully is a supporting character of the Ghostbusters franchise. He is an accountant who lived down the hall from Dana Barrett, in an apartment building on Central Park West. Five years later, he became the Ghostbusters’ accountant. He is played by Rick Moranis.