| Rick Moranis | |
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 Rick Moranis at the 62nd Academy Awards. The 62nd Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Photo by Alan Light. | |
| Born | Frederick Alan Moranis April 18, 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | actor, comedian, musician |
Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian and musician best known for his comedy work on SCTV and appeared in several Hollywood films including Ghostbusters; Little Shop of Horrors; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Spaceballs; Parenthood; and My Blue Heaven. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Second City Television (SCTV was a Canadian television Sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Little Shop of Horrors is the 1986 musical Film adaptation of the Off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name Honey I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 Comedy film released through Walt Disney Pictures. Spaceballs is a 1987 Science fiction Parody film of Star Wars co-written directed by and starring Mel Brooks. Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards My Blue Heaven is a 1990 comedy crime Film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron and starring He is known in the movie business as "Slick Rick," due to his ability to play the lovable dork to perfection in every movie. [1]
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Biography
Early life
Moranis was born Frederick Alan Moranis to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario In the 1970s, he worked (using the stage name Rick Allen) as a disc jockey at various radio stations in Toronto, including CFTR, CKFH, and CHUM-FM. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience CFTR is also an abbreviation for Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. CHUM-FM is a Canadian Radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario and operated by CTVglobemedia. Together with Ken Finkleman, he tried his hand at stand-up and did some comedy for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Ken Finkleman (born 1946 in Winnipeg Manitoba) is a Canadian television and film writer, producer and Actor. As a boy, he spent his summers at Camp new moon, located in Baysville, Ontario, north of his native Toronto. During his last summer as a camper, Moranis achieved his Master Canoeist's award, qualifying him to teach canoeing. He is widowed, since his wife Anne Moranis died in February 1991. He has two children from their marriage.
SCTV
He followed that with his work at SCTV, enjoying particular success portraying "Bob" of Bob and Doug McKenzie. Second City Television (SCTV was a Canadian television Sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "The Great White North" a Doug was played by Canadian actor Dave Thomas. See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name
His other memorable SCTV characterizations include motor-mouthed film producer Larry Siegel, terminally-ill rock star Clay Collins, smooth-voiced video deejay Gerry Todd, cool Leutonian pop star Linsk Minyk, kid-brother amateur comic Skip Bittman, head cheese butcher Carl Scutz, and morning homily intellect Rabbi Karlov. A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Head cheese ( AmE) or brawn ( BrE) is in fact not a Cheese, but meat slices in Aspic, with onion black pepper allspice bayleaf salt A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale A homily is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church Intelligence (also called intellect) is an Umbrella term used to describe a property of the Mind that encompasses many related abilities such as the capacities Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master
Filmography
SCTV impressions
Feature
After his SCTV work, Moranis had a busy film career that lasted over a decade. In an August 2004 interview with Sound & Vision magazine, Moranis talked about the kinds of films he enjoyed the most:
| “ | On the last couple of movies I made — big-budget Hollywood movies — I really missed being able to create my own material. Sound & Vision is an American Magazine, published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U In the early movies I did, I was brought in to basically rewrite my stuff, whether it was Ghostbusters or Spaceballs. By the time I got to the point where I was "starring" in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn’t for me. I’m really not an actor. I’m a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody’s precious words work. | ” |
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Strange Brew | Bob McKenzie | |
| 1984 | Hockey Night | Coach | |
| The Wild Life | Harry | ||
| Ghostbusters | Louis Tully | ||
| Streets of Fire | Billy Fish | ||
| 1985 | Brewster's Millions | Morty King | |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Seymour Krelborn | |
| Head Office | Howard Gross | ||
| Club Paradise | Barry Nye | ||
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Lord Dark Helmet | |
| 1989 | The Rocket Boy | Automatic Safety System | |
| Ghostbusters II | Louis Tully | ||
| Parenthood | Nathan Huffner | ||
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Wayne Szalinkski | ||
| 1990 | My Blue Heaven | Barney Coopersmith | |
| 1991 | L.A. Story | Gravedigger | uncredited |
| 1992 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Wayne Szalinkski | |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Henry Bullock | |
| 1994 | Little Giants | Danny O'Shea | |
| The Flintstones | Barney Rubble | ||
| Honey, I Shrunk the Audience | Wayne Szalinkski | ||
| 1996 | Big Bully | David Leary | |
| 1997 | Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves | Wayne Szalinkski | |
| 2001 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island of Misfit Toys | The Toy Taker / Mr. Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "The Great White North" a Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name The Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film written by Fast Times at Ridgemont High writer Cameron Crowe, and directed by Art Linson. Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Streets of Fire is a 1984 film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Brewster's Millions is a 1985 comedy film starring Richard Pryor based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Little Shop of Horrors is the 1986 musical Film adaptation of the Off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name Head Office is a 1985 Comedy film. It stars Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Lori-Nan Engler, Jane Seymour, Richard Club Paradise is a 1986 Comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, and starring Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, and Jimmy Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Spaceballs is a 1987 Science fiction Parody film of Star Wars co-written directed by and starring Mel Brooks. Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Ghostbusters II is the 1989 Sequel to Ghostbusters (1984 produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards Honey I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 Comedy film released through Walt Disney Pictures. The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for My Blue Heaven is a 1990 comedy crime Film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron and starring The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie LA Story is a 1991 American Romantic comedy film directed by Mick Jackson and written by Steve Martin The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Honey I Blew Up the Kid is a 1992 Walt Disney Pictures movie starring Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski reprising the role he had previously The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Splitting Heirs is a 1993 British Film starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Little Giants is a 1994 family Comedy film, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill as brothers in a small Ohio The Flintstones is a 1994 live-action film directed by Brian Levant based on the prime time Hanna-Barbera animated television sitcom of Bernard "Barney" Rubble, a Fictional character in the popular television Animated series The Flintstones, is the diminutive blonde-haired Honey I Shrunk The Audience is a 3-D film at several Disney theme parks themed to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids film series The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Big Bully is a 1996 comedy film starring Rick Moranis and Tom Arnold. The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Honey We Shrunk Ourselves is a 1997 Direct-to-video sequel to Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Honey I Blew Up the Kid The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Cuddles the Teddy Bear | voice |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | Rutt | voice |
| 2006 | Brother Bear 2 | Rutt | voice |
He starred in the music video for Donald Fagen's 1993 song "Tomorrow's Girls" from the album Kamakiriad and in the "Making of Kamakiriad" documentary. The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return Brother Bear is a 2003 Academy Award nominated traditionally-animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Brother Bear 2 is a direct-to-video sequel to the animated feature Brother Bear and was released on DVD on August 29, 2006. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan Singer Donald Fagen, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) As a fan of Fagen's previous album The Nightfly, Moranis said in the documentary that he ran into Fagen in New York City, Fagen offered him an advanced copy of his album which Moranis insisted that he'd wait for. The Nightfly is the first solo Album by Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, released in 1982. Later, Fagen offered him the part in his music video.
Recent activities
As of 2004, Moranis was on the Advisory Committee for the comedy program at Humber College, the only such diploma program in the world. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Humber School of Comedy ( Comedy Writing and Performance program was founded in 1999 at Humber College in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber) is a College in Toronto, Ontario, A diploma (from Greek δίπλωµα diploma, meaning "folded paper" is a Certificate or Deed issued by an educational institution
In an October 2005 interview in USA Today, Moranis talked about backing away from the movie business:
| “ | "I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. I'm a single parent (Moranis' wife died in 1991 of liver cancer), and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC also called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer of the Liver. So I took a little bit of a break. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn't miss it. " | ” |
In 2005, Moranis released an album entitled The Agoraphobic Cowboy, featuring country songs with lyrics which Moranis says follow in the comic tradition of songwriters/singers such as Roger Miller and Jim Stafford. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Roger Dean Miller ( January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American Singer, Songwriter and James Wayne "Jim" Stafford (born January 16, 1944, in Eloise Florida) is an American Comedian, Musician The album was produced by Tony Scherr, and is distributed through ArtistShare, as well as Moranis' official Web site. Tony Scherr is an American Jazz and Folk rock bassist guitarist singer-songwriter and record producer ArtistShare is a service for Musicians to fund their projects outside the normal recording industry A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages In the Sound & Vision interview done before he decided to release the album, he commented on the origins of some of the songs:
| “ | About a year ago (in 2003), out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs. For lack of a better explanation, they’re more country than anything. And I actually demoed four or five of them, and I’m not sure at this point what I’m going to do with them—whether I’m going to fold them into a full-length video or a movie. But, boy, I had a good time doing that. | ” |
On December 8, 2005, The Agoraphobic Cowboy was announced as a nominee for the 2006 Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
(A previous album by Moranis was entitled You, Me, The Music, and Me (1989).
On February 3, 2006, Moranis performed "Press Pound" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and discussed the development of his music career. Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien on NBC
External links
- Rick Moranis at the Internet Movie Database
- Rick Moranis at the Notable Names Database
- His ArtistShare projects
- Rick Moranis, Singing 'Cowboy', a December 2005 story from Weekend Edition
- Rock Radio Scrapbook 1973, with a RealAudio clip of Rick Allen from June 1973
- Review of The Agoraphobic Cowboy from the Country Music Television website
- An Hour with SCTV's Rick Moranis, an August 2004 interview with Sound & Vision magazine
- October 2005 Interview with Moranis from the USA Today website
- OpEd Piece by Moranis from the NY Times website
- Rick Moranis Radio Interview with Chris Comer & Rob Ervin April 18, 2006
- Rick Moranis Interview Proton Charging May 27, 2006
- Top 10 Rick Moranis Flicks from The Film Fiend
- Rick Moranis Fan Page
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