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Alan Ruck

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Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton, Blockers, HBO’s Big Little Lies) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of The Butcher (Vince Vaughn), her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries.
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Alan Ruck was born on July 1, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, and has made over 100 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best known for his role as the friend of Matthew Broderick and hopeless hypochondriac Cameron Frye, in John Hughes's Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

During the 1980s he appeared in films such as Class (1983) with Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy and Three for the Road (1987) with Charlie Sheen. The 1990s included Young Guns II (1990) with Emilio Estevez and Lou Diamond Phillips, Star Trek: Generations (1994), Speed (1994) with Keanu Reeves and Twister (1996) (the latter two films are directed by Jan de Bont).

Ruck's television appearances include Tales from the Crypt (1989) opposite Lou Diamond Philips, Mad About You (1992) with Helen Hunt (his co-star in Twister), and Spin City (1996) with Michael J. Fox.

Ruck made an appearance in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998) which reunited him with his Twister co-star Cary Elwes.
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Alan Ruck, Naveen Andrews, Josh Pais, and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck, Josh Pais, and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck, Josh Pais, and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck and Josh Pais in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck, Naveen Andrews, Andrew Leeds, Amanda Seyfried, Rich Sommer, Kevin Hunter, and Shaun J. Brown in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck, Naveen Andrews, and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck, Andrew Leeds, Josh Pais, Rich Sommer, and Kevin Hunter in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck, Naveen Andrews, Andrew Leeds, Amanda Seyfried, Rich Sommer, Kevin Hunter, and Shaun J. Brown in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck and Josh Pais in The Dropout (2022)
Alan Ruck in The Dropout (2022)
Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Strong, and Nicholas Braun in Succession (2018)
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Known for

Keanu Reeves in Speed (1994)
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  • Stephens
  • 1994
Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)
Twister
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  • Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick
  • 1996
Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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  • Cameron Frye
  • 1986
William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: Generations
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  • Capt. Harriman
  • 1994

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  • The Burial
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  • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
    Succession
  • Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
    The Dropout
  • Tomorrow (2021)
    Tomorrow
  • Kathryn Newton in Freaky (2020)
    Freaky
  • Captive State (2019)
    Captive State
  • Rita Moreno, Gloria Estefan, Melissa Fumero, Jolie Jenkins, Justina Machado, Eric Nenninger, Mackenzie Phillips, Tony Plana, Ed Quinn, Judy Reyes, Stephen Tobolowsky, Danny Pino, James Martinez, Fiona Gubelmann, Alex Quijano, Todd Grinnell, Nicky Endres, India de Beaufort, Jay Hayden, Ariela Barer, Thomas Barbusca, Isabella Gomez, Sheridan Pierce, Froy Gutierrez, Raquel Justice, and Marcel Ruiz in One Day at a Time (2017)
    One Day at a Time
  • Christian Slater and Amanda Peet in Dirty John (2018)
    Dirty John
  • Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan in My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
    My Dinner with Hervé
  • Noah Centineo, RJ Cyler, Shannon Purser, and Kristine Froseth in Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
    Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
  • Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Thandiwe Newton, David Oyelowo, Amanda Seyfried, Diego Cataño, Sharlto Copley, and Rodrigo Corea in Gringo (2018)
    Gringo
  • Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Daniel Betts, Topher Grace, Anthony Hayes, Emory Cohen, John Magaro, Aymen Hamdouchi, and RJ Cyler in War Machine (2017)
    War Machine
  • Andy Comeau and Courtney Henggeler in Fixed (2017)
    Fixed
  • The Exorcist (2016)
    The Exorcist
  • The Loud House (2014)
    The Loud House
    • (voice)
  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
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  • Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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    • July 1, 1956
    • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Mireille EnosJanuary 4, 2008 - present (2 children)
    • Emma Ruck
  • Other works
    TV commercials for Cuyahoga Community College (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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    Was 29-years-old when he appeared in the role of Cameron Frye, a high school student, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
  • Quotes
    I think multi-camera comedy is a much-maligned American art form.

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