Alan's wife, Mireille Enos, gave birth to their daughter, Vesper Vivianne, on 9/23/10.
Brother-in-law of Veronique Enos and Jongiorgi Enos.
Father, with Claudia Stefany, of son, Sam Ruck, and daughter, Emma Ruck.
He is a University of Illinois alumnus
He was 29-years-old when he appeared in the role of "Cameron Frye", a high school student, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
He was nominated for a 1984 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Billy Bishop Goes to War" at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, 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 The Producers (2005) by Matthew Broderick. Broderick was the titular character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which co-starred Ruck as Ferris' best friend.
In his guest-starring role in "Mad About You: The Glue People (#4.17)" (1996), his character said he wants to be mayor of New York. In "Spin City" (1996) he works for the mayor of New York.
Lives in New York.
Nearly died of septicemia in 2002.
Played Matthew Broderick's best friend in the original Broadway production of "Biloxi Blues," a relationship they repeated in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).