Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

1953-04-18 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 41 Credits

Biography

Frederick Allan Moranis (/məˈrænɪs/; 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), ...

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Howard

Howard

2018

as Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely ...

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013

as Self (archive footage)

8.2
Acting

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — ...

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

2007

as Bob McKenzie

6.0
Acting

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas cr...

Brother Bear 2

Brother Bear 2

2006

as Rutt (voice)

6.6
Acting

Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dis...

Christmas with SCTV

Christmas with SCTV

2006

Acting

Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many o...

Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way

Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way

2003

as Rutt (voice)

8.0
Acting

Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.

Brother Bear

Brother Bear

2003

as Rutt (voice)

7.3
Acting

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable li...

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids

2003

as Holley (voice)

8.0
Acting

The spiders Miss Spider and Holley marry and hatch five spiderlings. When one of them, Squirt, discovers a lost chicken egg, he goes on adventure to r...

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

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

2001

as Toy Taker / Mr. Cuddles the Teddy Bear (voice)

5.9
Acting

When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudo...

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

1997

as Wayne Szalinski

5.4
Acting

The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that thei...

Big Bully

Big Bully

1996

as David Leary

4.5
Acting

A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful pa...

Little Giants

Little Giants

1994

as Danny O'Shea

6.5
Acting

When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag pla...

The Flintstones

The Flintstones

1994

as Barney Rubble

5.4
Acting

Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney...

Splitting Heirs

Splitting Heirs

1993

as Henry Bullock

5.2
Acting

A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and the...

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992

as Wayne Szalinski

5.3
Acting

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machin...

L.A. Story

L.A. Story

1991

as Gravedigger (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make ...

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

1990

as Barney Coopersmith

6.1
Acting

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is s...

The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Vic's Buddy

6.9
Acting

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour s...

Parenthood

Parenthood

1989

as Nathan Huffner

6.7
Acting

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, ...

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

as Wayne Szalinski

6.3
Acting

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fi...

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

1989

as Louis Tully

6.6
Acting

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

as Self - Host

4.0
Acting

A behind-the-scenes television documentary of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,

The Rocket Boy

The Rocket Boy

1989

as Automatic Safety System

3.7
Acting

In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the ha...

The Best of SCTV

The Best of SCTV

1988

6.0
Acting

Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.

The Best of SCTV

The Best of SCTV

1988

Writer

6.0
Writing

Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.

Spaceballs

Spaceballs

1987

as Dark Helmet

6.8
Acting

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless side...

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

as Seymour Krelborn

6.9
Acting

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and...

Club Paradise

Club Paradise

1986

as Barry Nye

5.1
Acting

When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they...

Head Office

Head Office

1985

as Howard Gross

5.2
Acting

In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But...

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

1985

as Morty King

6.6
Acting

Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without anyt...

The Last Polka

The Last Polka

1985

as Linsk Minyk

3.0
Acting

A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.

Hockey Night

Hockey Night

1984

as Coach

6.1
Acting

When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence, but also gets support, especially from the star fo...

The Wild Life

The Wild Life

1984

as Harry

6.1
Acting

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

1984

as Louis Tully

7.5
Acting

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who...

Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire

1984

as Billy Fish

6.9
Acting

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be pa...

Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983

as Bob McKenzie

6.1
Acting

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-de...

Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-de...

Twilight Theatre

Twilight Theatre

1982

Acting

Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance...

1980

1980

1979

Acting

Unseen for decades, 1980 is Ken Finkleman and Rick Moranis’ enormously funny CBC pilot that was way ahead of its time. A send up of a current-affairs ...

Shrunk

N/A

as Wayne Szalinski

Acting

After three decades since the 1989 film, Wayne Szalinski’s son, Nick Szalinski, accidentally shrinks his kids.

Spaceballs 2

Spaceballs 2

N/A

as Dark Helmet

Acting

Described as "a non-prequel non-reboot sequel part two but with reboot elements franchise expansion film". Plot TBA.