‘Is that Rick Moranis ?!’ Social media users note an striking resemblance between the MAGA hooligan and the Spaceballs actor in a FBI-issued photo
- The FBI posted a photo of a different man who allegedly participated in the riot at the United States Capitol building
- The suspect wearing a helmet and glasses bears some resemblance to the actor in his role in the 1987 Star Wars parody, ‘Spaceballs’
- The Toronto-born actor was on the news when a stranger punched him outside his Manhattan apartment in October
- Twitter users post messages asking, ‘Didn’t Rick Moranis suffer enough?’
An FBI hunt for a double by Rick Moranis who participated in the Capitol rebellion on January 6 made the actor a trending topic on social media on Sunday.
Moranis became a trend on Twitter after the FBI posted a photo of a different man who allegedly participated in the riot at the United States Capitol building, the New York Post reported.
Photos of the man wanted for questioning by federal investors show that he bears some resemblance to the actor, especially in his role in the hit comedy ‘Spaceballs’.
‘You can help the #FBI to identify the individuals involved in the January 6 violence at the United States Capitol. Visit http://tips.fbi.gov if you recognize this person. Refer to photo 268 in your tip, ‘the FBI tweeted on Sunday alongside two photos of the man.
Twitter users quickly noticed the similarities between the suspect in a helmet and glasses and the Toronto-born star. And, of course, if the FBI was really looking for Moranis, it is assumed that they could find him.
On Twitter, people responded to the similarity to the dozens with screenshots of the 1987 Star Wars parody, ‘Spaceballs’, in which Moranis played a parody of Darth Vader wearing a giant helmet and glasses, called a ‘Black Helmet’.
The FBI posted a tweet on Sunday seeking information about a man involved in the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. The post caught the attention of film fans who noticed the resemblance of the suspect to actor Rick Moranis in the hit comedy ‘Spaceballs’
WANTED: A close-up of the January 6 riot suspect on Capitol Hill wanted by the FBI. The federal law enforcement tweet says: ‘You can help the #FBI identify individuals involved in the January 6 violence at the United States Capitol’
WANTED: A video shows yet another angle of the man wanted for questioning by the FBI in his investigation of the Capitol riot
THE REAL RICK: Twitter and other social media exploded with photos from Rick Moranis’ films, above, after an apparent double was posted as wanted by the FBI
THE ACTOR: Rick Moranis on Disney + ‘Prop Culture’. The actor is known for comic book characters in films such as ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’, ‘Strange Brew’ and ‘Ghostbusters’
One of Twitter’s many responses to the FBI’s post seeking information about a suspect wanted for questioning in the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. The tweet references a line from Moranis’s character in ‘Ghostbusters’
A response to the FBI tweet for information about a suspected January 6 riot refers to Rick Moranis’ 1986 comedy ‘Little Shop of Terrors’
Moranis is known for other blockbuster films, including ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’, ‘Parenthood’, ‘Strange Brew’ and ‘Ghostbusters’.
Referring to Moranis ‘role as a florist with a carnivorous plant in the 1986 film’ Little Shop of Horrors ‘, a Twitter user replied to the FBI with the message:’ Hey, I think that guy did something to my dentist! He works in a shop on the same street and has a strange plant! ‘
Rick Moranis and his man-eating plant in the 1986 film, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman in the 1989 Disney film, ‘Honey, I shrunk the kids’
Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis in the 1984 sci-fi comedy ‘Ghostbusters’
Moranis was also in the news in October, when a stranger punched him outside his Manhattan apartment. The video showed the actor walking near Central Park West when a man suddenly hit him on the head, knocking him to the ground.
Marquês Ventura, 36, was accused of criminal aggression for the alleged attack on Moranis.
Ventura was also accused of randomly attacking other strangers last year, including the owner of a liquor store in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, before stealing a bottle of champagne.
The new attention on Moranis prompted more than one Twitter commentator on Sunday to comment: ‘Didn’t Rick Moranis suffer enough?’
A stranger punches the head of 67-year-old Spaceballs star Rick Moranis in an unprovoked attack on New York’s Upper West Side in October
Marquês Ventura, 36, was accused of criminal aggression for the alleged attack on Moranis