Alan Ruck was born on July 1, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, and has made over 100 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best known for his role as the friend of Matthew Broderick and hopeless hypochondriac Cameron Frye, in John Hughes 's Ferris macht blau (1986). During the 1980s he appeared in films such as Class - Vom Klassenzimmer ...