Rarely-seen 80s movie star looks unrecognisable on walk in NYC after turning back on fame

A RARELY-SEEN 80s movie star has been spotted looking unrecognisable while out on a walk in New York, after turning his back on fame.

The actor stepped away from Hollywood in the nineties to focus on his children after his wife died.

He confirmed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 that he has not retired from the big screen, but he is being more selective about the roles he takes on.

His last on-camera role was in 1997, before his hiatus.

Now, the 71-year-old has been pictured going about his day in New York, wearing a brown coat, flat cap and shades.

It is of course Rick Moranis, famed for hit movies including Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, Spaceballs and Ghostbusters.

The Hollywood star clutched hold of a black bag and had headphones in as he walked along, with a concentrated expression, as he went grocery shopping ahead of the weekend.

Most recently, Moranis featureds in an advertisement for Mint Mobile in 2020, a phone plan company owned by actor Ryan Reynolds.

Reynolds himself tweeted that he "wept" when Moranis agreed to do the commerical.

It was after he stepped away from the big screen after his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, tragically died from breast cancer in 1991.

He said he wanted to focus on their children, Mitchell and Rachel.

"I pulled out of making movies in about 96 or 97," he told USA Today in 2005.

"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."

In 2020, the star was walking through Manhattan's Upper West Side at 7.24am on Thursday morning when he was viciously assaulted.

Footage showed a man wearing all black and an "I love NY" hoodie approach the actor and knock him to the ground.

"Rick Moranis was assaulted on the Upper West Side yesterday. He is fine but grateful for everyone’s thoughts and well wishes," a rep for Rick shared following the assault.

Rick went to a hospital after the attack, suffering from injuries to the head, back, and hip.

He then reported the attack to cops at the 20th Precinct, with the NYPD requesting aid in identifying the attacker.

"[An unidentified] male punched a 67-year-old male knocking him to the ground and causing substantial pain / injury," police said on X, formerly known as Twitter, at the time.

In 2022, a homeless man pleaded guilty to randomly attacking Rick, along with other attacks in the city, according to the New York Post.