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After ''SCTV'' and its reboot, ''SCTV Network 90'', Rick ended up in a bunch of movies throughout the 80's and for over half of the 90's. During his career, he got married to a scenery designer named Ann, and they had two kids, Ariel and Josh. In late 1990, Ann was diagnosed with liver cancer, prompting Rick to decline the offer of doing ''[[City Slickers]]'' in order to nurse her back to health. Sadly, she died 5 months later.
In 1997, Rick retired from acting, because he
In 2005, Rick also released a comedy album entitled ''The Agoraphobic Cowboy'', which draws influence from country music. It got nominated for a [[Grammy Award]], much to his surprise.
More information can be found [http://www.rickmoranisfanpage.com/moranis.html here].
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* ''SCTV'' (1976) -- Joined the cast in '79.
* ''SCTV Network 90'' (1981) -- continuing from where the original ''SCTV'' left off
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* ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' (1996)
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* ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]
* ''[[Brother Bear]]'' (2003)
* ''Brother Bear 2'' (2006)
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* ''The Great White North'' (1982; alongside Dave Thomas)
* ''You, Me, The Music and Me'' (1989)
* ''The Agoraphobic Cowboy'' (2005)
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* [[Adorkable]]: Often described as "nerdy", whether as himself, or characters such as [[Ghostbusters|Louis]] or [[Little Shop of Horrors|Seymour]].
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Canada, Eh?]]
* [[Jewish and Nerdy]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: In his 20's and 30's, he looked about a decade or two younger than he actually was. Plus, he portrayed the comic book character Henry (a young boy) in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1og-2Doxs0 this ''SCTV'' sketch].
* [[The Short Guy with Glasses]]: He is exactly 163 cm, or 5'4'', in height, making him shorter than most of his co-stars in movies and on T.V.
* [[Song Parody]]: "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" off ''The Agoraphobic Cowboy'' is a straight-on parody of [[Johnny Cash]]'s "I've Been Everywhere".
* [[The Southpaw]]
* [[Typecasting]]: [http://rickmoranisfanpage.com/Articles/underglass.html His characters range between nerds, sleazes, weasels, geeks, and goofs]. Keep in mind that the roles are more versatile than you think (in ''[[Streets of Fire]]'', for example, he got to play a [[Badass]] sleezy nerd).
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