Alan Douglas Ruck is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stuart Bondek, the lecherous, ...
Emma Ruck, Vesper Vivianne Ruck, Sam Ruck, Larkin Zouey Ruck
Nicknames
Alan D. Ruck , Alan Douglas Ruck
Nominations
Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Visiting Production
Movies
“Shooter” (1988), “Three Fugitives” (1989), “Cheaper by the Dozen” (2003), “The Happening” (2008), “Ferris Bueller's Day Off”(1986), “Speed” (1994)
TV Shows
“Spin City” (1996-2002), "Greek" (2007-2011), "NCIS: Los Angeles", "Persons Unknown" (2010), "Bunheads" (2012-2013), "The Whispers" (2015), "The Catch" (2016)
Star Sign
Cancer
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I grew up in Cleveland and started doing plays in high school. And I went to the University of Illinois, and I majored in drama. And after school, I went up to Chicago, because I didn't really know anybody in New York or Los Angeles, and I knew people who were doing plays in Chicago.
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Nobody's ever gonna accuse me of being a singer, but I can sing.
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'Spin City' was a really wonderful time for me. I made friends for life on that show. I made friends with Richard Kind, Michael Boatman, Barry Bostwick, Sandy Chaplin. We're all close. It was a really wonderful time.
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I really enjoyed multi-camera comedy. You film in front of a live audience, and it's kind of the best of both worlds. It's like doing a one-act play every week, but if you screw your lines up, you get to do it over.
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I did a musical that I don't think anybody ever saw, called 'One Shining Moment,' and in that cast was Megan Mullally and Kevin Anderson.
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I moved from Chicago to New York in 1984 for 'Biloxi Blues.' In 1989, my wife and our then-baby daughter moved to Los Angeles to try to get in television.
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When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing something more serious. I think it's just human nature.
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People would say, 'Boy, I really loved you in Ferris Bueller," and it would really aggravate me. I thought I was a one-trick pony, and people had seen the trick. Now that things have worked out and I've gone on to other things, I'm really pleased that people enjoy it.
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I think multi-camera comedy is a much-maligned American art form.
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Fact
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He is of German, Irish, Scottish, and English descent.
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His wife, Mireille Enos, gave birth to their second child, son Larkin Zouey, on July 23, 2014.
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(February 12, 2014) Expecting his second child with his wife Mireille Enos.
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Currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Mireille Enos. [November 2009]
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Was considered for the role of Chet Donnelly in Weird Science (1985), which went to Bill Paxton.
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With his role as Captain John Harriman in Star Trek: Generations (1994), he becomes the fourth commander of the starship Enterprise, joining Captains Christopher Pike, Robert April and James T. Kirk.
Was nominated for a 1984 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Billy Bishop Goes to War" at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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In 2005, he began playing Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of "The Producers". The role was played in the show's initial line-up and in The Producers (2005) by Matthew Broderick. Broderick was the titular character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which co-starred Ruck as Ferris' best friend.
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In his guest-starring role in Mad About You: The Glue People (1996), his character said he wants to be mayor of New York City. In Spin City (1996), he works as chief of staff for the mayor of New York City.