Ruck was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a schoolteacher mother and a father who worked for a pharmaceutical company. He attended Parma Senior High School located in Parma, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.F.A. in drama in 1979. He recalled:\n', '

Ruck made his Broadway debut in 1985 in Neil Simon\'s Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick. Early on, Ruck was a prominent stage actor at many theaters around the country, including Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago. In his initial foray into film acting, Ruck appeared in Class and Hard Knocks as well as some television films.\n', '

Ruck\'s first film role was in the 1983 drama film Bad Boys, where he played Carl Brennan, Sean Penn\'s friend in the film. The same year he played Roger Jackson in Class, with his role as Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller\'s hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes\' Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off coming three years later. One of his other film roles was in the 1987 film Three for the Road.\n', '

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