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Home/People/Michael Schoeffling
Michael Schoeffling profile photo
Born
Dec 10, 1960
Age 65
Place of Birth
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

10
Movies
1
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Michael Schoeffling

Acting

Biography
Michael Schoeffling (born December 10, 1960) is an American former actor, and male model, best known for playing Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, Kuch in Vision Quest, and Joe in Mermaids. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Schoeffling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken poster

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

as Al Carver
1991
Mermaids poster

Mermaids

as Joe Porretti
1990
Longtime Companion poster

Longtime Companion

as Michael
1989
Slaves of New York poster

Slaves of New York

as Jan
1989
Let's Get Harry poster

Let's Get Harry

as Corey
1986
Belizaire the Cajun poster

Belizaire the Cajun

as Hypolite Leger
1986
Sylvester poster

Sylvester

as Matt
1985
Vision Quest poster

Vision Quest

as Kuch
1985
Sixteen Candles poster

Sixteen Candles

as Jake Ryan
1984
Racing with the Moon poster

Racing with the Moon

as Amputee Soldier (uncredited)
1984