Alan Ruck on Succession Shoulder Injury & How Much He Got Paid for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Alan talks about sustaining an arm injury in real life that they wrote into HBO’s “Succession,” hearing that the Murdochs watch the show, his character Connor running for President, driving in a real Presidential motorcade, how much he got paid for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and watching it with his kids.
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[@caterpillakilla]

i like that he was genuine and honest when he said “i have been waiting for this for thirty years”

[@andrejohnson5928]

Exactly what I just said to myself. So awesome and I'm genuinely happy for him

[@jedijones]

With apologies to the producers of Spin City, on which he co-starred for 140 episodes. 😆

[@ashleighzee1611]

Alan deserves every success, glad to see him a part of a such a great series.

[@JOVONO]

I like to think that people creating a new show of movie just think randomly let’s cast Alan Ruck He’s a great actor that just pops up in something important every few years - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Spin City - Succession

[@ashwasreddy7326]

Just a reminder Connor Roy was interested in politics from a young age

[@rini6]

And he is the oldest son. Don’t forget that!

[@ashwasreddy7326]

@@rini6 yes, he is the oldest son of his father, HE IS

[@JdTV79]

I just read today that he is only 12 years younger than Brian Cox. And the energy between them is so real that I would have never imagined it.

[@tinadasat]

10 years actually. Brian's 75, Alan's 65!

[@NxDoyle]

@@tinadasat Alan looks amazing for 65. I mean, really.

[@superbowlchamps52]

But Brian's character is 5 years older than himself

[@user-em4el6rf5v]

well he did play a teenager at 29 lol 😂

[@cabronicusmaximuschingonic1062]

Such an underrated actor. I loved him in Spin City, as Stuart Bondek.

[@Grimlock794]

He was great in Spin City.

[@jacobhenderson1763]

One of my favorite shows! he looks good

[@IsoscelesKramer]

Yes! Especially his chemistry with Carter.

[@steelpursuit]

He was funny AF on that show!

[@TheJPSouza]

For me, he will always be Cameron Frye from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

[@yogendrabijwe]

Please note: Connor Roy was interested in politics at a very young age.

[@Anandsingh-ef7ut]

He's the eldest son.

[@bigmikeystyle]

"We'll write it in" spoken like a true professional.

[@robatsea2009]

A terrific actor. I think the first time I saw him was in the 1983 "Bad Boys", playing Sean Penn's ill-fated buddy and partner-in-crime. He's done so much good work over the year, and it's paying off with "Succession".

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

He’d be great to play Jimmy Stewart in the bio.

[@aintthatakick5318]

i’m so proud and excited that he is succeeding. It’s about time

[@KingofNewark]

Alan Ruck is much older than I thought. He's old enough to be Jeremy Strong's father and no where near young enough to be Brian Cox's son.

[@MrMisuma]

I loved this dude ever since Ferris. ‘m so glad he got the succes he deservers.

[@anacarla9054]

I love him! One of the best actors on the show and his understanding of Connor is unmatched

[@djmylesmatisse]

I want to see a sequel to Ferris Bueller where Ferris and Cameron are college professors and decide to ditch teaching their classes for a day off. A mid-life crisis remedy.

[@WTWAK]

I love this!

[@leightnite3056]

I'm in

[@ruebenaguilera771]

Cool idea

[@last7509]

reminds me of a bygone era when america was fun. not nonstop discontent.

[@jayjayanwar]

I think we need to petition for this

[@AA-qb7ni]

He's one of the funniest characters on the show. I hope we get more of our future president in s4!!

[@vintage1520]

He is the best!!! He was amazing in Succession.

[@savage_skirt5386]

so happy for him --- and it's such a great show

[@anjiharrell6175]

When Cameron was in Egypt’s land 🎵 Let my Cameron goooo 🎶 😆

[@lanes3908]

Just started Succession…great show

[@rodaxel7165]

Connor for President.

[@ishraqtalukder4518]

Alan does looks really great in his age, which Matthew Broderick also looks great, which would be so cool if there is Ferris bueler’s day off reunion or maybe a sequel.

[@lukusblack6442]

Poor Alan. He's a great actor, had about a hundred parts, and everyone just brings up Ferris Bueller. rofl He's been in a few hits since then, like Twister and Speed. Last time I saw him was Eureka, though I think he might have been in Burn Notice... That one's a bit fuzzy.

[@cabronicusmaximuschingonic1062]

He was one of the best parts of Spin City, with Michael J. Fox. His character, Stuart Bondek, was hilarious!

[@peterj903]

Yeah... he was great in *Eureka* ... Him and Fargo as Colombian drug smugglers... Columbia University...Lol!!!

[@FodorPupil]

Whahhh... I feel soooo bad for him. How about BE GRATEFUL? Good lord.

[@lukusblack6442]

@@peterj903 Ok... I loved the character. He essentially played the same one he did in Twister, a natural disaster chaser.

[@SeansModelBuilds]

I remember him as Captain John Harriman of the Enterprise-B.

[@Queue26]

Just like him I too drove the media in the presidential motorcade a couple years ago lol 😆 . It’s funny hearing him talk about it.

[@armandoucles5346]

Alan looks great! I’m so happy to see him on talk shows. I was 2 years old when “Ferris” came out.

[@rebelofbabylon3091]

Ferris Bueller may get the attention but he was fantastic in Spin City

[@Sordatos]

Yeah, when they paired his character with Carter, it was the best

[@kowalski5599]

I've always liked Alan Ruck. FBDO, Young Guns 2, Three Fugitives, Twister, Justified. It's weird how someone so talented hasn't appeared in more mainstream television. He's in the echelon of Joe Pantoliano, M. Emmet Walsh, Steve Zahn, ... We've been robbed not seeing him more over the last 30 years.

[@ericthegeneric1611]

Im curious, Steve zahn 🤔

[@ericthegeneric1611]

May I ask why Steve Zahn

[@vmwindustries]

Hopefully I can see the show. I can't afford all these different apps though. Times are tuff.

[@angelariebli4843]

"He'll keep calling me....I'll go. I'll go. I'll go. I'll go. I'll go." That's all I hear when Ruck talks :)))

[@Vikram777ish]

Gotta love this man, will definitely checkout his show

[@sgraffman]

GREAT INTERVIEW

[@rwmorey71]

I know "Spin City" was a Michael J Fox show but Alan was great in that show.

[@BlueMHart]

Everyone was great in that show! MJF, Alan Ruck, Alexander Chaplin, Michael Boatman, Richard Kind, Jennifer Esposito, Connie Britton, and of course Barry Bostwick as the Mayor... It makes me happy whenever I see any of these people in a show/movie, they are all so talented.

[@rwmorey71]

@@BlueMHart Oh yeah I forgot about Barry Bostwick as the Mayor!

[@alexanderchaplin6749]

@@BlueMHart What a nice thing to read!

[@BlueMHart]

Why hello! If you are in fact the same Alexander Chaplin I mentioned above, and not some ‘bot masquerading as him, I just have to say your character was my favorite on Spin City! And that show is like comfort food to me! Thanks for consistently making me laugh! …If I did just reply to a ‘bot, well, I’m sure this incident will make me laugh in hindsight so what I said still stands.

[@alexanderchaplin6749]

@@BlueMHart In spite of what my kids say, nope. I’m not a bot. Btw, my best friend’s name is Blue.

[@Hamerparsa]

THE BUTTER IS TOO COLD .

[@NxDoyle]

Connor in charge of the Sad Sack Wasp Trap showed us the type of president Connor would be. He'd like to paint himself as a hybrid of conservative Reagan and libertarian Ron Paul, but moments like "butter is too cold" speak to a level of micromanagement that is more representative of Jimmy Carter's presidency. Carter was so unwilling to delegate that he oversaw things like bookings for the WH tennis courts.

[@kai326]

@@NxDoyle lmao okay

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

The very particular angle to that arm cast told me that it was a real injury. Poor guy.

[@zbennalley]

God, I hope to age like Alan Ruck

[@plantpoweredjack9847]

I was watching Star Trek: Generations earlier today, and was surprised to see Alan Ruck on the Enterprise!

[@lucindaarchuletta2590]

Did they forget how good he was in spin city?

[@zubinzadeh53]

Loved him as Stuart in Spin City!

[@billwolfe7244]

Great in "From the Earth to the Moon."

[@datpiff2000]

Alan Ruck was hilarious in Spin City. The whole Spin City cast with Michael Fox. If I hadto choose a weak link it would have been the speech write or Janelle but they were good too.

[@user-ju6ir1ot6l]

$40,000 in 1986 is equivalent to the buying power of $100,000 today. That's not bad.

[@Ostro1980]

Speed 👏🏽

[@daviddelgado8078]

Loved him in Speed.

[@gloworm106]

Went to the comments hoping someone else was going to mention Speed.

[@jenpeterson3712]

I loved him on Spin City❤❤

[@HBarnill]

Here's where Cameron's go berserk.

[@trailblazer77]

Brian Cox 75.. Ferris's side kick is 65.. let that settle in

[@NxDoyle]

He looks amazing for 65.

[@gusgus8134]

I worked as an extra on The Goonies and the stars only made enough to pay for a year of college back then.

[@BradenENelson]

Oh good. I'm here on a Tuesday. 😃

[@femmeweird]

conhead all the way!

[@royalty5114]

Kendell is a good boy😁🇹🇹

[@SamLanena]

He captained a starship Enterprise. Cameron was the best buddy, but... Space, man. The final frikkin frontier.

[@DSiato]

He was Kirks successor

[@SamLanena]

@@DSiato big shoes, which he clearly filled. And hey, if Kirk's onboard, there's NO shame in asking for his help 🖖

[@dannyburleigh1]

Cameron is your Camera on?! 📷

[@j_j8758]

Connor Roy the best Roy

[@dannyburleigh1]

Sir Cameron alot!!

[@legeneralmanager3269]

I remember that movie. First time seeing it was good. Good times when directors made good movies

[@UncleEbenezer77]

There are still good movies made these days, just different.

[@oiiReAPeRz]

Wow he still has the eyes I saw on ferris buellers day off

[@eileenmasters3296]

The first pancake. 🤣🤣🤣

[@rafterman3712]

Cameron's best line was "Call Me Sir, G++ Damit ! "

[@jamesgretsch4894]

He did go thru the lights tonight.

[@KenRobert]

Deep cut but he was also great on Spin City.

[@stephaniefulton5819]

Connor Roy was interested in politics at a very young age.

[@deazl666]

There are no neighborhood kids shoveling snow anymore…

[@devab2895]

he talks and has the same energy as back then!! wow!! He has aged quite well, really!!

[@boomerang8909]

4:59 Oh yeah.

[@bruhmaster6915]

I was like 12-13 when I first saw Ferris Bueler’s day off (this was like 2012-2013) and my mom and sister thought Ferris was cute but I always thought Cameron was cute bc I felt so seen by him. The stress Cameron had about getting in trouble with his dad was so real to me. I would get so scared of my parents wrath (bc it was warranted. They were good parents I was just being a teenager and they were in the right now that I look at the situations from and adult perspective) but my friends would try and make me stay out super late or convince me to drink alcohol when I wasn’t supposed to and I would get teased for it if I didn’t. So seeing Cameron stand his ground only to face the consequences of allowing his friends to influence him was so real to me. I fell in love with Cameron after that movie and I haven’t stopped falling for Cameron types since then 😂

[@thiagoteixeira6537]

GET HIM AND MATTHEW BACK TOGETHER!!!

[@96libertytt]

He went through some lights yesterday. And some cars, a wall.... that too.

[@igoryankilevich9941]

Abe froman , sausage king of chicago

[@igoryankilevich9941]

I'll go i'll go i'll go i'll go i'll go

[@loganv2079]

Cameron babe!

[@argeltuazon5059]

Connor crashed Logan Roy's red ferrari when he was in high school that's why Logan will treat Connor as he is today. Hahaha

[@Gethsemanes]

Excellent actor

[@kayprivate2720]

Don't fold the Maps. There's a big crease right through Wichita. ROLL THE MAPS.

[@mon6745]

You know who watches this show? The Rogers do 😂😂

[@stevenbatke2447]

Young Guns II !

[@Apr295]

I feel bad:(

[@NxDoyle]

_Connor's_ a little damaged? Yes, he is utterly delusional, but he's 'route 1 son of evil media baron' delusional. Compared to Roman and Ken, and Wambsgans, Connor's healthy.

[@BP-or2iu]

That’s 100k in today’s money. Not too bad.

[@tinadasat]

How is he 65?!!

[@danielm3192]

"You make me make a phony phone call to Edward Rooney….."

[@TK-yh4hn]

I'm binging Succession and I just watched the season 2 finale!!! WHOA, WTF, I started running around my house screaming "he is a killer, he is a killer"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dannyburleigh1]

These days it's!= "Hey bladder bladder bladder bladder bladder!! Uh peeeee BLADDER! 😎 ✌

[@mon6745]

I'm a mustang chassis with a fiberglass body 😏

[@mikeseriously]

He’s older than my dad??????!?!?!??

[@marcbrown5044]

He IS the eldest son !

[@JosephQuillen]

Some people don't know this, but he's the eldest son.

[@rulisa1131]

65 years old?! 😳

[@maxmulsanne7054]

He crashed into a pizza parlor LMAO!!

[@Budkkjr]

Rabbit is good rabbit is wise

[@TheOneWhoDings]

The next president of the U.S

[@HolySerbia]

The first pancake, his father’s eldest son, Connor Roy was interested in cryogenics and politics from a very young age!

[@PeteSherriff]

Wasn’t he on the bus in Speed ?

[@jofez27]

Yup! The passanger that was cracking jokes

[@maxmulsanne7054]

He was also in the truck that crashed into a pizza parlor.

[@annalaemmle6010]

$40,000 in 1986 is equal to $102,032 now in 2022, adjusting for inflation!

[@dennishopper2701]

I like Alan. Unfortunately, I see him far too seldom.

[@swynne926]

He reminds me of a more lucid Brian Wilson

[@TurtleTimeVoiceOvers]

Kimmel shakes his guests hands, but makes them sit far away from his desk. Farther than other hosts that _don’t_ shake hands as often and have guests sit closer. Very interesting *Bueller.*

[@TurtleTimeVoiceOvers]

@@SnarkyMarx Would you shake hands with anyone you knew was sick with Covid, the flu or the common cold?

[@iMetaTV]

You cannot go in reverse to remove the mileage from the car when will you learn!

[@JoeMama-hu9ek]

Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah yeah yeah.

[@TextingBiz]

*Can we all agree that when He uploads our days get better! 💖*

[@NxDoyle]

Take off your coat, Connor.

[@leekent6578]

It's heartwarming to see that Trump has taken up residency and lives rent free in Kimmel's mind.😂🤣