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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Complete Filmography
Howard
2018
as Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)
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
2013
as Self (archive footage)
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
2007
as Bob McKenzie
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
2006
as Rutt (voice)
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
2006
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
2003
as Rutt (voice)
Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.
Brother Bear
2003
as Rutt (voice)
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
2003
as Holley (voice)
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
2001
as Toy Taker / Mr. Cuddles the Teddy Bear (voice)
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
1997
as Wayne Szalinski
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
1996
as David Leary
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
1994
as Danny O'Shea
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
1994
as Barney Rubble
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
1993
as Henry Bullock
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
1992
as Wayne Szalinski
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
1991
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
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
1990
as Barney Coopersmith
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
1990
as Vic's Buddy
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
1989
as Nathan Huffner
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
1989
as Wayne Szalinski
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
1989
as Louis Tully
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
1989
as Self - Host
A behind-the-scenes television documentary of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,
The Rocket Boy
1989
as Automatic Safety System
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
1988
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
The Best of SCTV
1988
Writer
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
Spaceballs
1987
as Dark Helmet
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
1986
as Seymour Krelborn
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
1986
as Barry Nye
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
1985
as Howard Gross
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
1985
as Morty King
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
1985
as Linsk Minyk
A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
Hockey Night
1984
as Coach
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
1984
as Harry
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
1984
as Louis Tully
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
1984
as Billy Fish
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
1983
as Bob McKenzie
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
1983
Director, Writer
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
1982
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
1979
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
After three decades since the 1989 film, Wayne Szalinski’s son, Nick Szalinski, accidentally shrinks his kids.
Spaceballs 2
N/A
as Dark Helmet
Described as "a non-prequel non-reboot sequel part two but with reboot elements franchise expansion film". Plot TBA.