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… ...

After hitting the jackpot in Sixteen Candles, Schoeffling made quite a splash in the entertainment industry.The actor soon starred in Let’s Get Harry (1986), Slaves of New York (1989), Longtime ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania-born, New Jersey-raised Schoeffling, 63, launched a modeling career not long before earning the role of Jake in Sixteen Candles, his screen debut.(Fun fact: Viggo Mortensen also ...