
Alan Ruck
Department: Acting
Biography
Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Cameron Frye in John Hughes's film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), as well as television roles as Stuart Bondek on the ABC sitcom Spin City (1996–2002) and Connor Roy on the HBO series Succession (2018–2023), the latter earning him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. His other film credits include Bad Boys (1983), Three Fugitives (1989), Young Guns II (1990), Speed (1994), and Twister (1996).
Known For

Star Trek: Generations
1994

Twister
1996

Speed
1994

Class
1983

Three Fugitives
1989

The Happening
2008

Young Guns II
1990

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986

Bad Boys
1983

Don't You Forget About Me
2010

Wind River: Rising
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Eavesdrop
2008

I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009

Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989

Shooter
1988

Shanghai Calling
2012

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012

Three for the Road
1987

The Burial
2023

Zombie Night
2013

First Steps
1985

Interpersonal Exopolitics
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Kickin' It Old Skool
2007

Deathly
2015

Goodbye Baby
2007

Carnage Park
2016

Born to Be Wild
1995

Dreamland
2016

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
2007

Hard Knox
1984

Everything Put Together
2001

War Machine
2017

Just Like in the Movies
1989

Extraordinary Measures
2010

Crust
2024

Five
2011

Goats
2012

Gringo
2018

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018

Fixed
2018

Destroyer
2014

Captive State
2019

Ghost Town
2008

Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2011

The Ransom of Red Chief
1998

Freaky
2020

InAlienable
2008

Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006

Close-Up
2011

Cheaper by the Dozen
2003

The Impostor
1984

My Dinner with Hervé
2018

Walking to the Waterline
1998

False Creek Stories
2010

Doctor Detroit
1983

People We Meet on Vacation
2026

In Memoriam
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The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006

Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes
2006

Corporate Retreat
2026

The Best Is Yet To Come
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FEEL
2025

Hershey
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The Exorcist: Making the Demons
2016

Flowers for Lev
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Oh Yeah!
2025

Goodbye Girl
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Medium
2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Psych
2006

Greek
2007

Ghost Whisperer
2005

CSI: Miami
2002

Fringe
2008

Stargate Atlantis
2004

Spin City
1996

Tales from the Crypt
1989

The Edge
1992

Rules of Engagement
2007

Eureka
2006

The Bronx Is Burning
2007

Going Places
1990

Boston Legal
2004

Muscle
1995

FlashForward
2009

Ruby & The Rockits
2009

The Outer Limits
1995

Cougar Town
2009

The Daily Show
1996

Persons Unknown
2010

Morton's by the Bay
1989

The Famous Teddy Z
1989

Daddy's Girls
1994

Picket Fences
1992

Intelligence
2014

NCIS
2003

Psych
2006

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Mad About You
1992

Burn Notice
2007

The Whispers
2015

From the Earth to the Moon
1998

Dirty John
2018

The Middle
2009

The Exorcist
2016

Bunheads
2012

Ben and Kate
2012

The Catch
2016

Numb3rs
2005

Hawaii Five-0
2010

Hollywood Squares
1998

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009

Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
2016

Justified
2010

We Are Men
2013

Masters of Sex
2013

The Dropout
2022

Succession
2018

Hot in Cleveland
2010

Reunited Apart
2020

One Day at a Time
2017

Elsbeth
2024

The Loud House
2016

Super Fun Night
2013

Instant Mom
2013

Scrubs
2001

Disinherited
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Rooster
2026