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Alan Ruck
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- #001
Alan Ruck was 29 years old when he played high school student Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
- #002
In 2002, Alan Ruck nearly died of sepsis.
- #003
Alan Ruck played Matthew Broderick's best friend in the original Broadway production of "Biloxi Blues"; the two reprised that relationship in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
- #004
Alan Ruck earned his bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Illinois.
- #005
In 2005, Alan Ruck took over the role of Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of "The Producers". The role was originated in the first cast of the show and in The Producers (2005) by Matthew Broderick, who had starred in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), in which Ruck appeared as Ferris's best friend.
- #006
With his role as Captain John Harriman in Star Trek: Generations (1994), Alan Ruck became the fourth commander of the starship Enterprise, joining Captains Christopher Pike, Robert April and James T. Kirk.
- #007
Alan Ruck lives in New York City and Los Angeles, California.
- #008
Alan Ruck's wife, Mireille Enos, gave birth to their second child, a son named Larkin Zouey, on 23 July 2014.
- #009
Alan Ruck was considered for the role of Chet Donnelly in Weird Science (1985), which went to Bill Paxton.
- #010
Alan Ruck is probably best known for his 1980s roles: the "Brat Pack" films Bad Boys (1983), with Sean Penn and Ally Sheedy, and Class (1983), with Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy and John Cusack; Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), with Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Gray and Charlie Sheen; Three for the Road (1987), with Charlie Sheen and Kerri Green; Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), with Matt Dillon; and Young Guns II (1990), with Emilio Estevez, Lou Diamond Phillips and Christian Slater. He went on to work with Phillips on Tales from the Crypt (1989) and with Sheen on Spin City (1996). Ruck will always be inextricably linked with the 1980s "Brats".
- #011
Alan Ruck's wife, Mireille Enos, gave birth to their daughter Vesper Vivianne on 23 September 2010.
- #012
Alan Ruck appeared alongside his wife, Mireille Enos, in ABC's The Catch.
- #013
Alan Ruck still lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Mireille Enos.
- #014
Alan Ruck is of German, Irish, Scottish and English descent.
- #015
(12 February 2014) Alan Ruck is expecting his second child with his wife, Mireille Enos.
- #016
Alan Ruck is the father of son Sam Ruck and daughter Emma Ruck with Claudia Stefany.
- #017
The character Alan Ruck played in his guest-starring role on The Glue People (1996) said he wanted to become mayor of New York City. On Spin City (1996), he works as the New York mayor's chief of staff.
- #018
Alan Ruck is the brother-in-law of Veronique Enos and Jongiorgi Enos.
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