An iconic Hollywood star looked unrecognizable as he stepped out for a bundled-up errand run in New York City on Friday.
This 71-year-old actor was spotted tuning into his headphones as he went grocery shopping in a rare sighting of the star.
This actor has had roles in Ghostbusters, Little Giants, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, and Spaceballs, The Flintstones and Second City Comedy.
After a successful Hollywood career, he retired from acting two decades ago.
He hails from Toronto, Canada.
Can you guess who this actor is?
An iconic Hollywood star looked unrecognizable as he stepped out for a bundled-up errand run in New York City on Friday
It’s Rick Moranis!
Rick was bundled up in a brown leather jacket, suede gloves, and smart newsboy style cap.
The actor strode through a leafy neighborhood with a reusable tote bag rolled up into his hands.
He picked up some essentials at a convenience store and waited patiently as the cashier checked his belongings out.
While Rick has attempted to stay under the radar since retiring from the entertainment industry, he began spending even less time out in public after becoming the victim of an unprovoked attack on the Upper West Side in 2020.
In August 2022, his attacker, Marquis Ventura, was ordered to serve a two-year prison sentence for sucker punching the legendary comedian.
Ventura had initially denied the charges but eventually changed his plea to guilty.
The man is also accused of randomly attacking other strangers in 2020, including the owner of a liquor store in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan before stealing a bottle of champagne.
The actor was spotted tuning into his headphones as he went grocery shopping
The Ghostbusters alum strode through a leafy neighborhood with the tote bag in hand
Ventura, who has been arrested more than 13 times, is a suspect in multiple other unprovoked attacks on people in New York City.
Ventura admitted to punching Rick in an unprovoked attack on October 1, 2020, that was captured in surveillance video.
The horrifying footage shows Moranis, then-67, who is 5ft 6in walking southbound on Central Park West near West 70th Street at about 7:30am.
Suddenly, an unidentified man walking past the star strikes him in the head, knocking Moranis to the ground.
Ventura was arrested by a transit cop at the 96th Street and Broadway subway station. Of Ventura’s 13 arrests, five include felonies.
He purchased some essentials at a convenience store
The actor waited patiently as the cashier checked out the belongings
While the unprovoked attack was caught on video, other nearby surveillance cameras also managed to catch images of the suspect.
The attack caused Moranis to suffer pain in his head, back and right hip.
Moranis, who was born in Toronto, Canada, secured his big break when he appeared in the 1983 film Strange Brew.
He then appeared in a string of commercially successful films including Ghostbusters in 1984, Spaceballs in 1987, and two films in 1989, Ghostbusters II and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
The original Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was so successful that Moranis returned for sequel Honey, I Blew Up The Kid in 1992.
Moranis has largely remained out of the spotlight since, only doing voicework for a few animated projects including the 2003 film Brother Bear and TV series The Animated Adventures Of Bob & Doug McKenzie (seen in Ghostbusters)
Moranis, who was born in Toronto, Canada, secured his big break when he appeared in the 1983 film Strange Brew (seen in the 1993 film Splitting Heirs)
He then appeared in a string of commercially successful films including Ghostbusters in 1984, Spaceballs in 1987, and two films in 1989, Ghostbusters II and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
He said he made the decision to step away to focus on being a single father to his children, Rachel and Mitchell, after losing his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, to breast cancer in February 1991
He completed the trilogy with straight-to-video sequel Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves in 1997 which was his last on-camera role before his hiatus.
Moranis has largely remained out of the spotlight since, only doing voicework for a few animated projects including the 2003 film Brother Bear and TV series The Animated Adventures Of Bob & Doug McKenzie.
He said he made the decision to step away to focus on being a single father to his children, Rachel and Mitchell, after losing his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, to breast cancer in February 1991.
He told USA Today: ‘As a single parent and I just found that it was too difficult to manage to raise my kids and to do the traveling involved in making movies.
‘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.
