Sixteen Candles star Michael Schoeffling left behind a career as a Hollywood pinup for a quiet life as a woodworker.

You may remember him as Jake Ryan from Sixteen Candles (1984) or Al Carver from Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (1991), but after the release of the latter, Michael Schoeffling seemed to fall off ...

Count Gwyneth Paltrow among the legions of Sixteen Candles fans to be shocked by the age of former actor Michael Schoeffling, who played high school heartthrob Jake Ryan in the 1984 film. On ...

No, I’m not trying to distract myself, or any of you from the fact that Michael Schoeffling, and by extension his character, is closer to collecting Social Security this year.

AN ICONIC Eighties heart-throb has quit movie star life for making furniture. American Michael Schoeffling, now 62, took on the protagonist role of Jake Ryan in iconic 1984 film Sixteen Candles. He… ...

It's not just Sam Baker who thought Jake Ryan was the "cat's meow." To Anthony Michael Hall — who played "the Geek" in Sixteen Candles — costar Michael Schoeffling was "like a big brother." ...

As the movie turns 30, ABC News reveals what happened to the stars of "16 Candles," including Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Gedde Watanabe.

"Sixteen Candles," starring Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling as her love interest, Jake Ryan, and Anthony Michael Hall as a twerp-y freshman with a big crush, premiered nearly 30 years ago, on May 4 ...

Michael Schoeffling became a Hollywood heartthrob overnight when he starred as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles. Of course, this is the film that Schoeffling is known for.

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.