Moment that stranger punches 67-year-old star Rick Moranis in the head - News Today
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For any copyright, please send me a message. This is the horrifying moment that a stranger punched actor Rick Moranis in the head in an unprovoked attach in New York City.Video released on Twitter by the New York Police Department (NYPD) shows Moranis, 67, walking southbound on Central Park West near West 70th Street at about 7.30am on Thursday.Suddenly, an unidentified man walking past the star strikes him in the head, knocking Moranis to the ground.NYPD did not reveal the victim as Moranis in the tweet, but law enforcement confirmed the identity to the New York Post. After the attack, Moranis visited a local hospital, where he reported pain in his head, back and right hip. However, the extent of his injuries are unknown.The actor then reported the incident to cops at the 20th Precinct.The suspect, who was seen wearing a dark 'I [love] NY' sweatshirt, black pants and sneakers, fled the scene on foot and had not yet been apprehended. On Twitter, the NYPD said it is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for the attacker's apprehension. Share this article Share Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.Tips, which are confidential, can also be submitted online or via Twitter by sending a message to @NYPDTips.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. 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.' In February 2020, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Moranis would be reprising his role as Wayne Szalinski in Shrunk, a new sequel in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids series.It is the first live-action fil
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