Actor Rick Moranis punched in the street in random attack

The Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids star Rick Moranis has been the victim of a street attack in New York City.

Footage shows the 67-year-old actor assaulted by an unknown assailant on Thursday morning while walking near his apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The NYPD have referred to the attack as “random” and “unprovoked”.

Moranis then went to hospital for an evaluation, suffering pain in his head, back and hip, according to the NYPD. He then reported the attack.

Police are now searching for the suspect who fled the scene.

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Moranis, who was a mainstay of 80s and 90s comedies, had been largely absent from the big screen after focusing his time on being a single father after the death of his first wife. His last notable film role was in 1997’s Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. In 2006 he was nominated for the best comedy album Grammy for The Agoraphobic Cowboy.

Recently, he had signed on for a Disney+ sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids alongside Josh Gad and appeared in an ad for a mobile phone company with fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds.

Representatives for Moranis have yet to make any statement.