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- Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller) Though "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" remains the defining film of his career, Matthew Broderick's breakout role actually arrived three years earlier, when he played computer hacker David in the cyber-drama "WarGames."
- Alan Ruck (Cameron Frye) A bit less recognizable with a full beard these days, Alan Ruck's career also started to take off in the early 1980s. After early roles in films like "Class" and "Bad Boys," he landed the part of Ferris' best friend Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
- Mia Sara (Sloane Peterson) Still arguably most famous for her role in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," Mia Sara is also remembered for her standout performance as Princess Lili in the Ridley Scott-directed fantasy epic "Legend" opposite Tom Cruise.
- Jennifer Grey (Jeanie Bueller) Jennifer Grey's screen acting credits began in 1984, and though she only performed in fewer than a dozen roles over the course of the decade, several of them proved to be classics.
The counterpart to Pickett's Mrs. Bueller, Lyman Ward played Ferris' father, Tom Bueller (he was also married to Pickett from 1986 to 1992). Ward joined Ferris Bueller's Day Off with more than a ...
- ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, More. Life moves pretty fast! Matthew Broderick shot to superstardom after playing high school senior Ferris Bueller in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
- Matthew Broderick. Broderick rose to fame after playing everyone’s favorite teenager Ferris. He then starred in The Freshman, The Cable Guy, Election, Inspector Gadget and voiced Simba in The Lion King and The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride.
- Alan Ruck. Ruck followed up his portrayal of Ferris’ BFF Cameron Frye with a starring role on Going Places and The Edge. He then appeared in Star Trek: Generations, Born to Be Wild, Twister, Cheaper by the Dozen, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Dreamland and Captive State.
- Mia Sara. Sara’s performance as Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, was her third acting gig ever. She has since stared in A Stranger Among Us, The Set Up, Black Day Blue Night, Turn of Faith and Dorothy and the Witches of Oz.
- Matthew Broderick
- Alan Ruck
- Mia Sara
- Jeffrey Jones
- Jennifer Grey
- Cindy Pickett
- Lyman Ward
- Edie Mcclurg
- Ben Stein
- Richard Edson
The walrus himself, Broderick brought the titular wise guy to life in what proved to be a career defining role. Ferris' quest to have one of the most legendary days of hooky in high school history was not to be denied. He convinces his (actually sick) best friend Cameron to borrow his father’s Ferrari for a day on the town, and, weirdly enough, a c...
One of the standout moments of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is when Ferris' quiet, reserved BFF Cameron goes totally “berserk.” Thanks to Alan Ruck’s onscreen charisma and youthful looking face (he turned 30 when the film was released) he was able to embody the spirit of the character as he transforms from a tightly wound diamond creator to a confident...
Sara’s big break came in 1985 when she starred opposite Tom Cruise in Ridley Scott’s adventure pic Legend. With it she was able to land the role of Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloan Peterson. Since moving on from her role as the plucky high schooler, she’s somewhat been avoiding the limelight. In 1994 she starred alongside Jean Claude Van Damme in Timecop,...
The wacked out Dean of Students, Ed Rooney had more than an unbridled determination to catch Ferris skipping school. It was a complete and total obsession, one that eventually led Rooney to break into the Bueller family home and assault the family dog, down a twisted path he probably wasn’t going to recover from. Unfortunately, the same can be said...
The '80s were a great time for Jennifer Grey. After the success of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off she was reunited with Patrick Swayze (the two had previously starred together in Red Dawn) for 1987’s Dirty Dancing. The movie was a megahit that earned the actress a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Her scenes dancing with Swayze set to the song “I...
As Ferris’ naive mother, Cindy Pickett never suspects for a moment that her son is off serenading all of Chicago atop a parade float. She blindly believes her child is at home resting, as she should after Ferris’ performance, even though it was one of the worst of his career. Since her role in the film, Pickett has appeared in a vast number of movi...
Tom Bueller almost busted his son as he is hailing a cab in the streets of Chicago. Ferris announces that he refuses to get caught however, and manages to dupe his clueless father, played by Lyman Ward. Before his role as a Bueller, Ward was working quite regularly, with bit parts in everything from Laverne & Shirley to Battlestar Galactica. The Jo...
McClurg plays the Dean's lovable secretary/reluctant sidekick Grace. McClurg brought an uncontrollable likeness to the character, making the audience laugh with each new item she was able to pull out from her hair. After Bueller she landed a part along other comedy legends Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, with the actr...
Bueller? . . . Bueller? . . . Bueller? Ben Stein’s scene-stealing performance as the driest economics teacher of all time still remains one the movie’s most iconic moments. The monologue he gives about voodoo economics, which is completely improvised, is mind-numbingly hilarious as the students in his class look like they would rather be having the...
The sketchy parking lot attendant that took a joyride in Cameron’s very choice 1961 Ferrari is played by veteran actor Richard Edson. Cameron’s car, who his father loves more than him, is driven all around the back roads of Chicago by Edson’s character before bringing it back with, what appears to be, zero ramifications. Like the garage attendant f...
Lyman Ward. Actor: Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Lyman Ward was born on 21 June 1941 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He is an actor, known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Not Another Teen Movie (2001) and Independence Day (1996).
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Ward was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick and graduated from St. Malachy's Memorial High School in the class of 1959, and then in 1963 from St. Thomas University which was located at the time in Miramichi, New Brunswick before relocating to Fredericton in 1964. He appeared on the first episode of Laverne & Shirley as Tad Schotz, but ...
Lyman Ward. Highest Rated: 82% Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Lowest Rated: 20% Mikey (1992) Birthday: Jun 21, 1941. Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. If the fates had aligned ...
