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Rick Moranis
Birth at
18 April 1953
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Rick Moranis was born on April 18, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario. His acting career began on television in 1977. Moranis is known as one of the Mac-Kenzie Brothers, a pair of comic characters created by him and Dave Thomas as a protest against the "nationalization" of Canadian television (Moranis and Thomas were later awarded the Order of Canada for their contributions to the country's culture). The McKenzie Brothers made their film debut in 1983 in Strange Beer (1983). As a comedy actor, Rick Moranis
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Rick Moranis was born on April 18, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario. His acting career began on television in 1977. Moranis is known as one of the Mac-Kenzie Brothers, a pair of comic characters created by him and Dave Thomas as a protest against the "nationalization" of Canadian television (Moranis and Thomas were later awarded the Order of Canada for their contributions to the country's culture). The McKenzie Brothers made their film debut in 1983 in Strange Beer (1983). As a comedy actor, Rick Moranis is known primarily for the science fiction films Ghostbusters I - II (1984 - 89), the magnificent parody of Mel Brooks on Star Wars - Space Eggs (1987), the film version of the Flintstones (1994), as well as the series about the half-crazy inventor Wayne Shalinski - the first in this series was the tape Dear, I Slimmed the Children! (1989).