His breakout role in Sixteen Candles alongside Molly Ringwald in 1984 earned him heartthrob status, but Schoeffling ended up having a rather short-lived career.

Luckily for nostalgic audience members, Schoeffling’s screen performances live forever — and his status as Sixteen Candles ’ heartthrob will remain for many birthdays to come.

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.

Michael Schoeffling 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 ...

You probably remember Michael Schoeffling best as Jake Ryan, the handsome senior who kissed Molly Ringwald over a birthday cake in the coming-of-age film, Sixteen Candles. This role catapulted the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sixteen Candles has 40 candles to blow out! The coming-of-age comedy classic that made Molly Ringwald a 1980s teen icon and kicked off John Hughes ’ prolific directing career opened in theaters four ...