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Today, the '80s legend is ready to step back into the spotlight, with a special new role on the horizon. Read on to find out why Rick Moranis left Hollywood, what he's been up to since, and when you can expect to see the actor on the big screen next. Rick Moranis was a household name in comedy through the mid-'90s, but ultimately pulled away from acting to focus on raising his young children.

His wife, Hollywood costume designer Ann Belsky , passed away in from breast cancer and Moranis found juggling parenting and acting to be a struggle. I'm a single parent, and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing 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," he told The Hollywood Reporter.

For more entertainment news sent directly to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. Now living on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Moranis has found plenty to do in his decades offscreen—namely "a lot of writing," including penning op-eds for The New York Times , and doing "a lot of parenting. Bob McKenzie uncredited. Show all 26 episodes. Show all 25 episodes. Hide Show Writer 7 credits.

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So I took a little bit of a break. But Moranis' fans never stopped missing him. After Reynolds shared a clip of the new commercial on Twitter, many expressed their joy over seeing Moranis back in action. And for bringing him in on this, you're pretty okay too," one wrote. After another marveled at seeing the "Ghostbusters" star again, Reynolds revealed that he "wept" when the actor agreed to be in the ad with him. Company Town. The actor has kept a relatively low profile since the death of his wife, Ann Belsky, in He continued doing voice work and other projects while caring for their two children.

I still get the occasional query about a film or television role Nardine Saad covers breaking entertainment news, trending culture topics, celebrities and their kin for the Los Angeles Times.