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Occupation
  
Actor

Years active
  
1979 - 2000; 2012


Name
  
Brian Backer

Role
  
Actor

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Born
  
December 5, 1956 (age 67) (
1956-12-05
)
U.S.A.

Awards
  
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Movies
  
Fast Times at Ridgemo, The Burning, Moving Violations, The Money Pit, Loser

Similar People
  
Robert Romanus, Brian Matthews, Ray Walston, Judge Reinhold, Leah Ayres

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.

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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.

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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.

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Filmography

Actor
2012
Vamps as
Middle-Aged Guy / Dentist
2004
Marie and Bruce as
Waiter
2000
Loser as
Doctor
1999
A Clown in Babylon as
Blake
1990
Santa Barbara (TV Series) as
A. Bartlett Congdon
- Episode #1.1676 (1991) - A. Bartlett Congdon
- Episode #1.1651 (1991) - A. Bartlett Congdon
- Episode #1.1619 (1990) - A. Bartlett Congdon
- Episode #1.1618 (1990) - A. Bartlett Congdon
- Episode #1.1617 (1990) - A. Bartlett Congdon
- Episode #1.1604 (1990) - A. Bartlett Congdon
1991
Growing Pains (TV Series) as
Director
- Meet the Seavers (1991) - Director
1990
Steel and Lace as
Norman
1990
Charles in Charge (TV Series) as
Leonard Burley
- Lost Resort (1990) - Leonard Burley
1989
Married to the Mob (TV Movie) as
Barry Green
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (TV Movie) as
Eugene
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) as
Stan
- In the Lion's Den (1987) - Stan
1987
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol as
Arnie
1986
Gimme a Break! (TV Series) as
Tyler
- The Purse Snatcher (1986) - Tyler
1986
The Money Pit as
Ethan
1985
Moving Violations as
Scott Greeber
1982
Talk to Me as
Men's Store Salesman
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High as
Mark 'Rat' Ratner
1981
The Burning as
Alfred
Thanks
1999
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
Self
1999
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Video documentary short) as
Self
1981
The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
Archive Footage
2004
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol - Remembering a Lofty Investigation (Video documentary short) as
Arnie (uncredited)

References

Brian Backer Wikipedia