Brian Backer (born December 5, 1956, Brooklyn, New York) 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 for Best Featured Actor in a Play in Woody Allen's The Floating Light Bulb as a young Allen-type protagonist.
Filmography
Meatballs (1979)
The Burning (1981)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Talk to Me (1984)
Moving Violations (1985)
The Money Pit (1986)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
Steel and Lace (1991)
A Clown in Babylon (1999)
Loser (2000)
References
External links
Brian Backer at Allmovie
Brian Backer at the Internet Broadway Database
Brian Backer at the Internet Movie Database
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Edward Herrmann (1976) · Jonathan Pryce (1977) · Lester Rawlins (1978) · Michael Gough (1979) · David Rounds (1980) · Brian Backer (1981) · Zakes Mokae (1982) · Matthew Broderick (1983) · Joe Mantegna (1984) · Barry Miller (1985) · John Mahoney (1986) · John Randolph (1987) · B. D. Wong (1988) · Boyd Gaines (1989) · Charles Durning (1990) · Kevin Spacey (1991) · Laurence Fishburne (1992) · Stephen Spinella (1993) · Jeffrey Wright (1994) · John Glover (1995) · Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1996) · Owen Teale (1997) · Tom Murphy (1998) · Frank Wood (1999) · Roy Dotrice (2000)
Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
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Categories: 1956 births | Living people | American film actors | American Jews | American television actors | American soap opera actors | Drama Desk Award winners | People from Brooklyn | New York actors | Tony Award winners
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