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However, Schoeffling was actually a few years older than his Sixteen Candles character Jake Ryan, who was around 17 or 18 in the movie. This means that Jake would likely be turning 58 this year.

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Count Gwyneth Paltrow among the legions of Sixteen Candles fans to be shocked by the age of former actor Michael Schoeffling, who played high school heartthrob Jake Ryan in the 1984 film. On Thursday, ...