Alan Ruck

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spouse = Claudia Stefany (1986-2005), 2 children
Mireille Enos (2008-present)
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Alan Ruck (born July 1 1956) is an American stage, television and film actor.

Biography

Career

He is perhaps best known for his role as Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) (Ruck was 29 when he portrayed the 17-year-old Cameron), and as Stuart Bondek, the perverted, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff on the hit ABC sitcom "Spin City", which ran from 1996-2002.

Ruck played Captain John Harriman of the USS "Enterprise"-B in the 1994 film, "Star Trek Generations", a role which he will be reprising along with "Generations" co-star Walter Koenig and other "Trek" alumni in the fan film "". [ [http://startrekofgodsandmen.com/forum/index.php?showforum=12 Cast list] at official forum for "."] He also played an annoying tourist on the ill-fated bus in the blockbuster "Speed" (1994). Another supporting role was of the eccentric storm chaser Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick in the 1996 disaster film "Twister". His most recent work in film was as a ghost vying for Ricky Gervais' attention in "Ghost Town" (2008).

In 2005, he played "Leo Bloom" in the Broadway version of Mel Brooks' "The Producers", a role initiated by his "Ferris Bueller" co-star, Matthew Broderick.

He was recently cast in the pilot of the Tim Minear-created FOX series "Drive", but did not appear in the actual series. He also starred in one episode of the Comedy Central sitcom "Stella" as Richard, a man looking for work. He starred in Episode 9 of the second season of "Scrubs" as a patient. He currently plays reporter Steve Jacobson on the ESPN miniseries "The Bronx is Burning".

In 2006, he guest starred in a single episode of "Stargate Atlantis" called "The Real World".

In the 2007 comedy "Kickin' It Old Skool", he appears as Dr. Fry, a possible reference to Cameron Frye. He evens mentions still needing to save up to get a new Ferrari, which could refer to Cameron totaling his dad's Ferrari in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

He has a small role in the 2008 M. Night Shyamalan film, "The Happening". He currently plays the role of Dean Bowman in the college fraternity based drama "Greek". He appeared in a guest role as a "Cassandra"-eque geologist in an episode of "Eureka (TV series)".

He will play Mr. Cooverman in the film "I Love You Beth Cooper", which is slated to be released in 2009.

He also guest starred as a bank robber on the Season 3 finale of the USA Network series "Psych".

Personal life

Ruck was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Parma Senior High School located in Parma, Ohio and is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He married Claudia Stefany in 1984, and had two children - a daughter, Emma, and a son, Sam. They divorced in 2005. He married again, this time to actress Mireille Enos, on January 4, 2008.

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