Alan Ruck

Probably best known for his roles in the 1980s along with the ''Brat Pack'': _Bad Boys_ with 'Sean Penn' and Ally Sheedy, Class (1983) with Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy and John Cusack; Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) with Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, 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 would go on to work with Philips in "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) and with Sheen in "Spin City" (1996). Ruck will always be inextricably linked with the 80s ''Brats''.

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.

He was 29-years-old when he appeared in the role of "Cameron Frye", a high school student, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

Played Matthew Broderick's best friend in the original Broadway production of "Biloxi Blues," a relationship they repeated in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

In his guest-starring role in "Mad About You: The Glue People (#4.17)" (1996), his character said he wants to be mayor of New York. In "Spin City" (1996) he works for the mayor of New York.

Nearly died of septicemia in 2002.

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.