Rick Moranis – 67
Frederick Allan Moranis’ career started when he became a DJ for Toronto radio stations. He used the on-air name Rick Allan during the mid-1970s. He became quite well-known in comedic radio segments and shows during the mid-1970s, and later on, in 1980, he got on the third season of Second City Television by his friend, Dave Thomas, persuasion. Later onto the show, Moranis and Thomas were forced to come up with an idea to fill in a two-minute identifiable Canadian content. They then created the sketch called The Great White North that features the characters, Bob and Doug McKenzie.
This duo of theirs became a pop-culture phenomenon that garnered favorable feedback from the audience that it had a Grammy-nominated album. Moranis focused his craft on comedy that he even became an Advisory Committee on the comedy program at Humber College. He released an album entitled The Agoraphobic Cowboy that got nominated in the 2006 Grammy Awards Best Comedy Album. Renewing his 23-year hiatus, Moranis signed to reprise his role for his role in Shrunk, an upcoming sequel for Honey, I Shrunk The Kids.
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