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- Birth nameMichael E. Schoeffling
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseValerie Carpenter Bernstein(1987 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenZane Schoeffling
- RelativesMatt(Sibling)Tom(Sibling)
- 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.
- Was a member of the US Jr. Wrestling Team. Won a gold medal at the European Championships in Germany.
- (1990s) Has a business building and selling handcrafted furniture in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Graduated from Cherokee High School in New Jersey. Majored in liberal arts at Temple University and continued his wrestling which he started in his youth.
- Undecided as to his career, he moved to Europe and traveled throughout the continent for the next year and a half. In the early 1980s, he began modeling for GQ. Photographer Bruce Weber paid for his acting classes at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan. Besides income, modeling brought him worldwide travel for the next two years, as well as the attention of casting directors. Modeling not only altered Michael's work, but his personal life. He met his wife, Valerie Robinson, a model at the same agency, Zoli.
- In film work, you do the best you can under the given circumstances, but you don't have control. At least, I don't.
- Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's much better than acting is that it's just me. There's no director, no script - the concept is me, unless a client wants something.
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