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Home/People/Brian Backer
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Born
Dec 5, 1956
Age 69
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

12
Movies
1
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Brian Backer

Acting

Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brian Backer (born December 5, 1956) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1982 hit comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High as shy teenager Mark "Rat" Ratner. His other films include the 1985 comedy film Moving Violations (playing the role of Scott Greeber) and the 1987 comedy film Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. Backer's primary television role was on the soap opera Santa Barbara in 1990 as A. Bartlett Congdon. He has made guest appearances on such shows as Charles in Charge and Growing Pains. Backer won the 1981 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, and the Theatre World Award for Woody Allen's The Floating Light Bulb, in which he portrayed an Allen-like protagonist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Backer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Vamps poster

Vamps

as Middle-Aged Guy / Dentist
2012
Loser poster

Loser

as Doctor
2000
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster

Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Cast
1999
A Clown in Babylon poster

A Clown in Babylon

as Blake
1999
Steel and Lace poster

Steel and Lace

as Norman
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

as Eugene
1989
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol poster

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

as Arnie
1987
The Money Pit poster

The Money Pit

as Ethan
1986
Moving Violations poster

Moving Violations

as Scott Greeber
1985
Talk to Me poster

Talk to Me

as Salesman
1984
Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

as Mark "Rat" Ratner
1982
The Burning poster

The Burning

as Alfred
1981