Alan Ruck filmography and biography
Date of birth: 1 July 1956, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Alan Ruck trivia
- Has a son, Sam, and a daughter, Emma.
- Lives in New York.
- He is a University of Illinois alumnus
- He was 29 years old when he appeared in the role of Cameron Frye, a high
school student, in Ferris Buellers Day Off.
- Played Matthew Broderick (I)'s best friend in the original
Broadway production of "Biloxi Blues," a relationship they repeated in
Ferris Buellers Day Off.
- In his guest-starring role in
"Mad About You" (1992) {The Glue People (#4.17)}, his character
said he wants to be mayor of New York. In Spin City he
works for the mayor of New York.
- 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 by Matthew Broderick (I). Broderick
was the titular character in Ferris Buellers Day Off,
which co-starred Ruck as Ferris' best friend.
- He 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.
- Nearly died of septicemia in 2002.
- Alan's wife Mireille Enos gave birth to their daughter Vesper Vivianne
on 9/23/10.