Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis

writer, actor, producer

Harold Ramis was born on Nov 21, 1944 in USA. Harold Ramis's big-screen debut came with SCTV - Season 1 directed by George Bloomfield in 1976, strarring Various. Harold Ramis is known for Ghostbusters: Afterlife directed by Jason Reitman, Carrie Coon stars as Callie and Paul Rudd as Grooberson. Harold Ramis has got 9 awards and 10 nominations so far. The most recent award Harold Ramis achieved is Writers Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Harold Ramis plays is Ghostbusters: Afterlife which will be released on Nov 19, 2021.

Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" with other Second City graduates including John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray. By 1976, he was head writer and a regular performer on the top Canadian comedy series Second City TV (1976). His Hollywood debut came when he collaborated on the script for American College (1978) which was produced by Ivan Reitman. After that, he worked as writer with Ivan as producer on Arrête de ramer, t'es sur le sable (1979), Les bleus (1981), S.O.S fantômes (1984) and S.O.S fantômes II (1989) and acted in the latter three. Harold Ramis died on February 24, 2014 at age 69 from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis.

  • Birthday

    Nov 21, 1944
  • Place of Birth

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

Awards

9 wins & 10 nominations

Writers Guild of America, USA
2015
Winner - Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
20/20 Awards
2014
Best Original Screenplay
Winner - Felix
2014
Best Director
Winner - Felix
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