Ruck is maybe better known for his role when Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He besides played Captain John Harriman of the USS Enterprise-B in Star Trek: Generations, and a passenger on the ill-fated bus in the blockbuster Speed'' (both 1994). He likewise played nonconcentric storm chaser Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick in the 1996 disaster film Twister. His virtually all recent operate inside film wwhen as Steve Martin's neighbor in Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). His TV roles include Stewart Bondek, the humorously perverted member of the city manager's staff on the previous ABC sitcom Spin City. He is as well known for swimming Leo Bloom in the road company for Mel Brooks' Broadway musical, The Producers.

Alan occurs as graduate of the University of Illinois. He presently sleep in New York City. He is married by owning 2 tikes.