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 macht blau (1986).
During the 1980s he appeared in films such as
Class - Vom Klassenzimmer zur Klassefrau (1983) with
Rob Lowe and
Andrew McCarthy and
Drei auf dem Highway - Three for the Road (1987) with
Charlie Sheen. The 1990s included
Blaze of Glory: Flammender Ruhm (1990) with
Emilio Estevez and
Lou Diamond Phillips,
Star Trek - Treffen der Generationen (1994),
Speed (1994) with
Keanu Reeves and
Twister (1996) (the latter two films are
directed by Jan de Bont).
Ruck's television appearances include
Geschichten aus der Gruft (1989)
opposite Lou Diamond Philips,
Verrückt nach dir (1992) with
Helen Hunt (his co-star in Twister),
and Chaos 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.
