Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, and musician who became widely known through SCTV. With fellow cast member Dave Thomas, he created Bob and Doug McKenzie, the Canadian brothers whose television sketches led to the album The Great White North and the film Strange Brew.

Moranis’s film comedy includes Louis Tully in Ghostbusters, Dark Helmet in Spaceballs, Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, and inventor Wayne Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. He co-wrote and co-directed Strange Brew with Thomas and later contributed voice work to Brother Bear. His career grew from radio and ensemble sketch performance into character-driven film comedy.