Michael Earl Schoeffling (born December 10, 1960) is an American former actor and model. He is known for playing the roles of Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, Kenny "Kuch" Kuchera in Vision Quest, Corey Burck in Let's Get Harry, Joe Perretti in Mermaids, and Al Carver in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.
He retired from acting in 1991.
Early life and education
Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in South Jersey. He graduated from Cherokee High School in Evesham Township, New Jersey. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia, where he majored in liberal arts. In the mid-1980s he began modelling for GQ,
He appeared in eight additional films after Sixteen Candles, including supporting roles in Vision Quest and Mermaids, and starring roles in the 1986 action film Let's Get Harry and 1991's Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. Schoeffling has kept out of the public eye and has never given interviews since retiring from acting. In 2014, his wife told People that he "simply values his privacy".
Filmography
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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| rowspan="2" | 1984
| Sixteen Candles
| Jake Ryan
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| Racing with the Moon
| Amputee Soldier
| Uncredited
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| rowspan="2" | 1985
| Sylvester
| Matt
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| Vision Quest
| Kenny "Kuch" Kuchera
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| rowspan="3" | 1986
| Let's Get Harry
| Corey Burck
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|-
| The Hitchhiker
| Lance
| TV series (episode: "Dead Man's Curve")
|-
|Belizaire the Cajun
| Hypolite Leger
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|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| Longtime Companion
| Michael
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|-
| Slaves of New York
| Jan
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|-
| 1990
| Mermaids
| Joe Perretti
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|-
| 1991
| Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
| Al Carver
|
|-
|}