Brian Backer
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Brian Backer (b. December 5, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) 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 the 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.
His main television role was on the soap opera Santa Barbara in 1990 as A. Bartlett Congdon.
Backer has made guest appearances on such TV shows as Charles in Charge and Growing Pains.
He won Broadway's 1981 Tony Award as Best Actor(Featured Role-Play) for Woody Allen's "The Floating Light Bulb" as a young Allen-type protagonist.
[edit] Filmography
- Loser (2000)
- A Clown in Babylon (1999)
- Steel and Lace (1991)
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
- The Money Pit (1986)
- Moving Violations (1985)
- Talk to Me (1984)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- The Burning (1981)
- Meatballs (1979)
