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Rick Moranis
Highest Rated: 95% Ghostbusters (1984)
Lowest Rated: 0% Big Bully (1996)
Birthday: Apr 18, 1953
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Actor-comedian Rick Moranis parlayed his turn on the groundbreaking Canadian sketch comedy series "SCTV" (Global/CBC/NBC/Superchannel, 1976-1984) into a decade-long string of starring roles in popular Hollywood comedies, including "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" (1989) and "The Flintstones" (1994). Bespectacled and unassuming in appearance, Moranis was a natural for socially awkward characters whose strength and charisma were visible only after serious challenges ensued, though his most popular role was that of the supernaturally dense Bob McKenzie, one half of the beer-swilling McKenzie Brothers, who debuted on "SCTV" and later earned their own feature, "Strange Brew" (1983). After the death of his wife in 1991, Moranis retired from acting, but emerged in 2005 as an unlikely country singer on the Grammy-nominated "Agorophobic Cowboy." His "SCTV" heritage, along with his best films, made Moranis among the best-regarded television and movie comics of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Rick Moranis
Filmography
Movies
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50% |
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Brother Bear 2 | Rutt (Voice) | - | 2006 |
37% |
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Brother Bear | Rutt (Voice) | $85.3M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids | Holley (Voice) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
25% |
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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves | Wayne Szalinski (Character) | - | 1997 |
0% |
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Big Bully | David Leary (Character) | $1.8M | 1996 |
46% |
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Little Giants | Danny O'Shea (Character) | $18.8M | 1994 |
23% |
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The Flintstones | Barney Rubble (Character) | $130.5M | 1994 |
7% |
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Splitting Heirs | Henry Bullock (Character) | $3.0M | 1993 |
40% |
|
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Wayne Szalinski (Character) | $58.7M | 1992 |
71% |
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My Blue Heaven | Barney Coopersmith (Character) | $22.8M | 1990 |
92% |
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Parenthood | Nathan Huffner (Character) | $99.6M | 1989 |
76% |
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Wayne Szalinski (Character) | $130.2M | 1989 |
55% |
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Ghostbusters II | Louis Tully (Character) | $110.4M | 1989 |
52% |
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Spaceballs | Lord Dark Helmet (Character) | $36.7M | 1987 |
0% |
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Head Office | Howard Gross (Character) | $3.4M | 1986 |
91% |
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Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn (Character) | $36.5M | 1986 |
11% |
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Club Paradise | Barry Nye (Character) | $11.8M | 1986 |
38% |
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Brewster's Millions | Morty King (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wild Life | Harry (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Hockey Night | Coach (Character) | - | 1984 |
71% |
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Streets of Fire | Billy Fish (Character) | - | 1984 |
95% |
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Ghostbusters |
Louis Tully/ |
$298.5M | 1984 |
75% |
|
Strange Brew |
Bob McKenzie (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1983 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 75% | The Goldbergs | Dark Helmet (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
1994-1995 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walt Disney's Disneyland | Wayne Szalinski (Character) | 1997 |
60% | No Score Yet | Muppets Tonight | Guest | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1983 1989 |