Alan Ruck
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).
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Acting History
2026
People We Meet on Vacation as Jimmy
2025Oh Yeah! as Self
2025FEEL as Sitter 16
2024Crust as Randy
2024Elsbeth as Bill Hepson / Peter Hepson
2023The Burial as Mike Allred
2022The Dropout as Jay Rosan
2020Freaky as Mr. Bernardi
2020Reunited Apart as Self
2019Captive State as Rittenhouse
2018Dirty John as John Dzialo
2018My Dinner with Hervé as Stu Masters
2018Sierra Burgess Is a Loser as Mr. Burgess
2018Succession as Connor Roy
2018Gringo as Jerry
2018Fixed as Dr. Ken
2017War Machine as Pat McKinnon
2017One Day at a Time as Lawrence Schneider
2016The Exorcist: Making the Demons as Self
2016The Exorcist as Henry Rance
2016Carnage Park as Sheriff Moss
2016The Loud House as Tetherby / Cop (voice)
2016Dreamland as Walter
2016The Catch as Gordon Bailey
2016Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Deathly as Richard
2015The Whispers as Executive Director Alex Myers
2014Destroyer as Frank
2014Intelligence as Jonathan Cain
2013Zombie Night as Joseph
2013Super Fun Night as Spencer Quinn
2013We Are Men as Minister
2013Masters of Sex as Psychiatrist
2013Instant Mom as Mr. Shank
2012John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast as Self
2012Ben and Kate as Principal Geoff Feeney
2012Goats as Dr. Eldridge
2012Bunheads as Hubbell Flowers
2012Shanghai Calling as Marcus Groff
2011Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Self
2011Five as Sam Jarente
2011Close-Up as The LA Director
2010False Creek Stories as Doug
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Mr. Slater
2010Don't You Forget About Me as Self
2010Hot in Cleveland as Reverend Lare
2010Persons Unknown as Charlie Morse
2010Justified as Roland Pike
2010Extraordinary Measures as Pete Sutphen
2009The Middle as Jack Kershaw
2009FlashForward as Tomasi
2009Cougar Town as Frank Miller
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Donald Wexling
2009Ruby & The Rockits as Martin Wexler
2009I Love You, Beth Cooper as Mr. C
2008Ghost Town as Ghost Dad
2008Fringe as Dr. Krick
2008Eavesdrop as Casper
2008The Happening as Principal
2008InAlienable as Dr. Proway
2007Star Trek: Of Gods and Men as Captain John Harriman
2007Greek as Dean Bowman
2007The Bronx Is Burning as Reporter
2007Burn Notice as Max Lyster
2007Kickin' It Old Skool as Dr. Fry
2007Goodbye Baby as Douglass
2007Rules of Engagement as Dr. Greenblatt
2006Eureka as Dr Hood
2006Psych as Phil Stubbins
2006Psych as Ruben Leonard
2006Who Is Ferris Bueller? as Self
2006Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
2006The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories as Self
2005Ghost Whisperer as Steve Sinclair
2005Numb3rs as Arnold Winslow
2005Medium as Albert Bunford
2004Boston Legal as Attorney Wayne Davidson
2004Stargate Atlantis as Dr. Fletcher
2003Cheaper by the Dozen as Bill Shenk
2003NCIS as Ward Beringer
2002CSI: Miami as Allan Beckham
2001Everything Put Together as Kessel
2001Scrubs as Mr. Bragin
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Buddy Mills
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998Hollywood Squares
1998Walking to the Waterline as Duane Hopwood
1998From the Earth to the Moon as Tom Dolan
1998The Ransom of Red Chief as Ambrose Dorset
1996Spin City as Stuart Bondek
1996The Daily Show
1996Twister as Rabbit
1995Born to Be Wild as Dan Woodley
1995The Outer Limits as Howard Sharp
1995Muscle as Dr. Marshall Jones
1994Star Trek: Generations as Captain John Harriman
1994Daddy's Girls as Lenny
1994Speed as Stephens
1992Mad About You as Lance Brockwell
1992The Edge
1992Picket Fences as Patrick Gatwood
1990Going Places as Charlie Davis
1990Young Guns II as Hendry William French
1989Bloodhounds of Broadway as John Wangle
1989Just Like in the Movies as Dean
1989The Famous Teddy Z as Sheldon Samms
1989Tales from the Crypt as Carty
1989Morton's by the Bay as Junior
1989Three Fugitives as Tener
1988Shooter as Stork O'Connor
1987Three for the Road as T.S.
1986Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Cameron Frye
1985First Steps as Dave
1984The Impostor as Officer Bob Jenkins
1984Hard Knox as Frankie Tyrone
1983Class as Roger
1983Doctor Detroit as Student
1983Bad Boys as Carl Brennan
—Flowers for Lev
—Hershey as Henry Hershey
—The Best Is Yet To Come
—Wind River: Rising
—Disinherited
—In Memoriam
—Interpersonal Exopolitics as P. Murdock Barron
—Corporate Retreat