Biografia

Was 29-years-old when he appeared in the role of Cameron Frye, a high school student, in Curtindo a Vida Adoidado (1986).

Nearly died of septicemia in 2002.

Has played Matthew Broderick's best friend in the original Broadway production of "Biloxi Blues", a relationship they repeated in Curtindo a Vida Adoidado (1986).

Received his Bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Illinois.

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 Os Produtores (2005) by Matthew Broderick. Broderick was the titular character in Curtindo a Vida Adoidado (1986), which co-starred Ruck as Ferris' best friend.

I think multi-camera comedy is a much-maligned American art form.

People would say, 'Boy, I really loved you in Ferris Bueller," and it would really aggravate me. I thought I was a one-trick pony, and people had seen the trick. Now that things have worked out and I've gone on to other things, I'm really pleased that people enjoy it.

When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing something more serious. I think it's just human nature.

I moved from Chicago to New York in 1984 for 'Biloxi Blues.' In 1989, my wife and our then-baby daughter moved to Los Angeles to try to get in television.

I did a musical that I don't think anybody ever saw, called 'One Shining Moment,' and in that cast was Megan Mullally and Kevin Anderson.