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Brian Backer

Brian Backer

Born: 1956-12-05 • Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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.

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.

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
Vamps poster
Vamps
2012 • Middle-Aged Guy / Dentist
Loser poster
Loser
2000 • Doctor
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1999
A Clown in Babylon poster
A Clown in Babylon
1999 • Blake
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Steel and Lace
1991 • Norman
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson poster
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989 • Eugene
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol poster
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987 • Arnie
The Money Pit poster
The Money Pit
1986 • Ethan
Moving Violations poster
Moving Violations
1985 • Scott Greeber
Talk to Me poster
Talk to Me
1984 • Salesman
Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 • Mark "Rat" Ratner
The Burning poster
The Burning
1981 • Alfred