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 Rick Moranis Biography -
 
Name :Rick Moranis
Birth Birth : April 18, 1954
Birth Place : Toronto, Canada
Height : 5' 4
Claim to fame : Comedic Actor
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  • Rick is left-handed.
  • He went to public school with Geddy Lee of the rock band Rush. They would re-team in the early '80s for the Billboard Top 40 hit "Take Off" featuring Rick's Bob McKenzie character.
  • His wife Anne died of cancer in 1991. They had two children together.

 Rick Moranis Detailed Biography -
Rick was born on 18 April 1953 in Toronto, Canada. While still in High School he began writing for CBS radio and made appearances on Canadian televison programs like The Alan Hamel Show (Alan Hamel is also known as "Mr Suzanne Somers") or 90 Minutes Live. He was a deejay for a Toronto radio station, CHUM-FM, back in the seventies. In 1980 change of venue provided Mr. Moranis the sort of break every performer dreams of. Rick joined the cast of the Second City TV, a popular broadcast "spin off" of the even more popular Second City Players, home of such TV comedy luminaries as Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and countless other comedic (and dramatic) actors. It was while at SCTV that he and Dave Thomas, another cast member, developed a couple of characters and a skit about two beer drinking brothers named Bob & Doug McKenzie, or "The MacKenzie Brothers." They decided to produce an album based on the brothers and the LP The Great White North Album followed. It sold amazingly well (for coming from a TV show whose ratings could've been better), reaching the top 10 on the album charts and was even nominated for a Grammy. The success of the McKenzie Brothers gave Rick another big break. He and Dave Thomas co-wrote and co-directed their first film, Strange Brew, based on the brothers. Rick was in high demand, it was movie time for him with "Streets of Fire," however, he hit it big with the 1984 blockbuster "Ghostbusters," in which he played a lovable nerd. After this, he did some movies that did well such as "Little Shop of Horrors," but movies like this were offset by movies such as "The Wild Life." His next big movie was "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." He was originally cast in City Slickers, but had to pull out when his wife became ill, eventually succumbing to cancer. Daniel Stern (Home Alone) took the role in his place. In recent years Mr. Moranis has kept a low profile, raising his children and purportedly running his own production company in New York.

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