Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis
Background information
Born	Frederick Allan Moranis April 18, 1953 (age 71) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1976–2009; 2018–present
Family information
Spouse	Ann Belsky Moranis (1986–1991; her death)
Children	2

Frederick Allan "Rick" Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and producer. He is probably best known for his roles as Seymour Krelborn in the 1986 horror comedy musical film Little Shop of Horrors, Dark Helmet (a parody of Darth Vader) in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (a parody of Star Wars), Louis Tully in the Ghostbusters films, and Barney Rubble in the 1994 live-action adaptation of The Flintstones.

For Disney, he starred as bumbling inventor Wayne Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its two sequels: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, as well as the Disney theme park attraction based on the films, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. He also voiced Rutt the moose in Brother Bear and Brother Bear 2. Additionally, he guest-starred in an episode of Muppets Tonight, and was also notably the featured celebrity of both the July and October 1992 issues of Disney Adventures. He will return to reprise his role as Wayne Szalinski in Shrunk (thus making his first return of acting in nearly 15 years).

Roles

Wayne Szalinski
(Honey, I Shrunk the Kids trilogy)

Rutt
(Brother Bear franchise)

Gallery

Rick Moranis with Baloo on the cover of the first issue of Disney Adventures (November 1990).

Rick Moranis with Baby Herman on the cover of Disney Adventures (August 1992).

Rick Moranis with Pepe the King Prawn and Seymour on Muppets Tonight.

Rick Moranis' handprints in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's theme park Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as the McKenzie bros in Strange Brew.

Rick Moranis at the 62nd Academy Awards in March 1990.

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas behind the scenes of Brother Bear.

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (center) with (L-R) director Bob Walker, producer Chuck Williams, and director Aaron Blaise behind the scenes of Brother Bear.

Rick Moranis attending the "In & Of Itself" Opening Night in April 2017.

Trivia

• He was considered to voice Flik in the Disney/Pixar film A Bug's Life, along with several other actors, but the role was given to Dave Foley.
• Peyton Reed attempted to get Moranis to make a cameo in the Marvel Studios film Ant-man, but he declined.

External links

• Rick Moranis on Wikipedia