11. Rick Moranis – 63 Years Old
If your first instinct is declare an actor dead if you haven’t seen them in a while, then you’ve long since grieved for Rick Moranis. In about 1997, Moranis stepped away from acting and we haven’t seen him since. After his wife died from breast cancer in 1991, Moranis found it more important to spend time with his family than in Hollywood, so he retired from acting (though he insists he’s just picky about his future roles). But he’s not dead, far from it. He’s healthy and he’s a good father.
When asked about the hiatus, Moranis said, “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.” We miss you, Rick.
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