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Michael Schoeffling

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Michael Schoeffling
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Michael Earl Schoeffling is an American former actor and model, known for playing the role of Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, Al Carver in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Kuch in Vision Quest, and Joe in Mermaids. Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in South Jersey. He graduated from Cherokee High School in New Jersey, and majored in Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia. In the mid-1980s he began modeling for GQ, and photographer Bruce Weber paid for his acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan.
BornDecember 10, 1960
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    Known for

    Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling in Sixteen Candles (1984)
    Sixteen Candles
    7.0
    • Jake
    • 1984
    Christina Ricci, Winona Ryder, Cher, and Bob Hoskins in Mermaids (1990)
    Mermaids
    6.7
    • Joe
    • 1990
    Gabrielle Anwar and Michael Schoeffling in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
    7.2
    • Al Carver
    • 1991
    Linda Fiorentino and Matthew Modine in Vision Quest (1985)
    Vision Quest
    6.7
    • Kuch
    • 1985

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Gabrielle Anwar and Michael Schoeffling in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
      Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
      7.2
      • Al Carver
      • 1991
    • Christina Ricci, Winona Ryder, Cher, and Bob Hoskins in Mermaids (1990)
      Mermaids
      6.7
      • Joe
      • 1990
    • Dermot Mulroney and Campbell Scott in Longtime Companion (1989)
      Longtime Companion
      7.6
      • Michael
      • 1989
    • Bernadette Peters in Slaves of New York (1989)
      Slaves of New York
      5.7
      • Jan
      • 1989
    • Page Fletcher in The Hitchhiker (1983)
      The Hitchhiker
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Lance
      • 1986
    • Robert Duvall, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, and Glenn Frey in Let's Get Harry (1986)
      Let's Get Harry
      5.3
      • Corey Burck
      • 1986
    • Armand Assante in Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
      Belizaire the Cajun
      6.4
      • Hypolite Leger
      • 1986
    • Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, and Richard Farnsworth in Sylvester (1985)
      Sylvester
      6.3
      • Matt
      • 1985
    • Linda Fiorentino and Matthew Modine in Vision Quest (1985)
      Vision Quest
      6.7
      • Kuch
      • 1985
    • Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling in Sixteen Candles (1984)
      Sixteen Candles
      7.0
      • Jake
      • 1984
    • Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, and Elizabeth McGovern in Racing with the Moon (1984)
      Racing with the Moon
      6.6
      • Amputee Soldier (uncredited)
      • 1984

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    Sylvester

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • December 10, 1960
      • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Spouse
      • Valerie Carpenter Bernstein1987 - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Scarlett Schoeffling
    • Relatives
        Matt(Sibling)

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    • Trivia
      He and his family have been living quietly all these years in northeastern Pennsylvania, where the one time-teen dream operates a successful business building fine hand-crafted furniture.
    • Quotes
      In film work, you do the best you can under the given circumstances, but you don't have control. At least, I don't.

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