Where Is Devin Ratray (aka Buzz on ‘Home Alone’) Today? Bio
Known from movies
Short information
Net value | $400 thousand |
Date of birth | January 11, 1977 |
Marking | Low soft voice |
Fact | Alum of New York City’s famed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts (class of 1994). He was in the same graduating class as actor Jose Soto. |
Who is Devin Ratray?
Devin Ratray is quite a talented personality – he is not only an actor, but also a producer and writer, but he is perhaps best known for his role of Buzz McCallister in the family comedy films “Home Alone” (1990) and “Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York” (1992) In addition, he is widely recognized for appearing as Tinfoil Kevin in Amazon Video’s “The Tick” web series.
Early life, family and education
Devin D. Ratray does born in New York City, USA, under the zodiac sign of Capricorn on the 11e January 1977, in the family of actors Peter Raray And Ann Willis. He is of American nationality and white ethnicity, and has a brother named Luke. With such a strong family connection to the film industry, it’s no wonder that Devin has gone on to have a successful acting career of his own.
Speaking of his educational background, in 1994 he enrolled in the famed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in NYC, and later enrolled in New York University’s School of Visual Arts.
Acting career
Devin’s Act debut took place at the age of nine, when in 1986 he was cast in the role of Neil Keeney in the mystery thriller film “Where Are the Children?”. In 1988, he appeared in the comedy film “Zits”, as well as the adventure film “The River Pirates”, before landing the recurring role of Gus Stafford in the TV comedy series “Heartland” in 1989. Later that year, he appeared in the role of bully Ronnie Coleman in the family comedy “Little Monsters”, followed by an appearance in the comedy film “Worth Winning”.

To greater fame devin came in 1990 when he was cast in the supporting role of fussthe oldest brother or sister of the lead character Kevin, played by Macaulay Culkin, in the two-time Oscar-nominated comedy film “Home alone“, reprising the role in 1992 in the second of five installments of the “Home Alone” franchise, titled “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”. Following the success of these assignments, Ratray appeared in the following year in the comedy film “Dennis the Menace”.
1996 devin appeared in an episode of the critically acclaimed TV crime series “New York Undercover” after which he was cast as Cal in the 1997 drama film “Strong Island Boys”. After a hiatus of several years, he returned to the big screen in 2004 in the family comedy film “The Prince and Me”. He then made a series of guest appearances in popular TV series such as “Law & Order” and its spin-off series “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, before appearing in the 2006 comedy film “Slippery Slope”.
In 2007, he was selected in the romantic comedy film “The Cake Eaters”, as well as in the mystery thriller film “Serial”.
Until the end of 2007 and 2008, Ratray excessively tried to “win the heart” of Condoleezza Rice, then US Secretary of State, by sending her musical love letters. He even followed her on her travels between the states of New York, Colorado, Alabama and Washington DC in an attempt to meet her in person. He documented all these attempts and streamed them into the documentary titled “Courting Condi”, which was released in late 2008.
The year 2009 was quite busy for Devin as he added several memorable on-screen performances to his portfoliosuch as movies “The Winning Season”, “Surrogates” and “The Flying Scissors”, as well as the TV series “Supernatural“. In 2011 Ratray made a cameo appearance in the comedy film “Real bromance‘, which he also wrote, and later in the year was featured in the horror film ‘Elevator’, and then in an episode of the TV series ‘The Good Wife’.
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Devin came to limelight in 2013 when he appeared in the six-time Oscar-nominated comedy film “Nebraska”, followed later in the year in the critically acclaimed films “Blue Ruin” and “RIPD”. Through 2015, he appeared in TV series such as “Elementary” and “Louie”, before starring in the romantic comedy films “3rd Street Blackout” and “Construction”. During 2016, Ratray starred in the biographical film “The Lennon Report”, followed by an appearance in the comedy film “Masterminds”. The real breakthrough in devin‘s acting career took place in 2017, when he landed the recurring role of Tinfoil Kevin in the web series “The Tick”.
Apart from this venture, he also starred as Nate Henry in the TV crime drama series “Mosaic” between 2017 and 2018. Some of his latest on-screen appearances include appearances in TV series “Chicago Med” and “Russian Doll”, as well as in the 2019 Golden Globe-nominated crime comedy film “Hustlers”, starring Jennifer Lopez.
Net value
It is estimated by authoritative sources that the total of Devin Ratray’s net worth, speaking as of mid-2020, is close to $600,000, which he has acquired entirely during his career in the film industry that spans 34 years since 1986.
General information
First and last name | Devin Ratray |
Net value | $400 thousand |
Date of birth | January 11, 1977 |
Height | 1.9 meters |
Profession | Singer songwriter, actor |
Nationality | American |
Family
Parents | Peter Ratray, Ann Willis |
Brothers or sisters | Luke Ratray |
Performance
Movies | Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Blue Ruin, RIPD, Dennis the Menace, Nebraska, Surrogates, Little Monsters, The Prince and Me, The Lennon Report, Worth Winning, The Flying Scissors, The Winning Season, Breaking Point , The 2 Bobs, 3rd Street Blackout, Masterminds, Slippery Slope, Eleva… |
TV shows | Damage control, Heartland |
To notice
# | Marks / Signs |
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1 | Regularly plays Troublemaking characters |
2 | Low soft voice |
Quotes
# | Quote |
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1 | You can have a great character in a really bad script and the movie will never be seen. It’s just too much work to commit to a movie and not let it come out. |
2 | Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is to be on set with professionals. |
3 | I took myself out of business to study film at NYU and the School of Visual Arts. I grew up on film sets and was fascinated by the camera and behind the scenes work. I felt that knowing all aspects of film would help my career as an actor. |
4 | ‘Home Alone’ had become the absolute biggest movie I’d ever made, and it became the third highest grossing movie of all time. So it clearly had an effect on me that is unmatched by any other movie experience in my youth. |
5 | After film school, I started promoting independent films. But after a while I realized I was breaking my back with shoots six days a week, 14 hour days and no guarantee on distribution. |
Facts
# | Fact |
---|---|
1 | Is friends with Adam Scarimbolo, who studied with Devin’s mother for many years. |
2 | Alum of New York City’s famed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts (class of 1994). He was in the same graduating class as actor Jose Soto. |
3 | Son of Peter Ratray and Ann Willis |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Life hack | 2017 | completed | Larry |
Hollywood Hustle: LA Player | 2017 | announced | |
Mosaic | 2017 | Post-production of TV movies | Detective Nate Henry |
Masterminds | 2016/i | Ongoing | |
The Lennon Report | 2016 | Phil Bernstein | |
Build | 2015 | Ray | |
Blackout 3rd Street | 2015 | Adam Daddario | |
Louie | 2015 | TV serials | Mike |
Elementary | 2015 | TV serials | Gordon Meadows |
Officer Carter | 2015 | TV serials | Sheldon McFee |
An American education | 2014 | TV movie | Ron Gelman |
Suspect | 2013 | TV serials | Defeat agent |
RIPD | 2013 | Pulaski | |
Nebraska | 2013 | Cole | |
Blue ruin | 2013 | Ben Gaffney | |
Side effects | 2013/I | Banks patient #3 | |
The good woman | 2012 | TV serials | Kevin Costas |
Elevator | 2011/i | Martin Gosseling | |
Law & Order: special unit for victims | 2011 | TV serials | Eldon Balogh |
Strange jobs | 2010 | TV movie | Joe Bannon |
Breakpoint | 2009 | Kevin | |
Supernatural | 2009 | TV serials | Damian / ‘Dean’ |
The flying scissors | 2009 | The stone | |
surrogates | 2009 | Bobby | |
The winning season | 2009 | Security officer | |
The 2 Bobs | 2009 | Horizontal bob | |
The super agent | 2009 | TV movie | Energetic announcer |
The cake eaters | 2007 | JJ | |
Serial | 2007 | Jimmy Link | |
Law & authority | 1995-2006 | TV serials | Richard Elam / Mitchell Pauley |
Conviction | 2006 | TV serials | Pete Garrison |
Inclined plane | 2006 | Hospital assistant | |
Law & Order: criminal intent | 2004 | TV serials | Kenny Miles |
The prince and me | 2004 | Scottie | |
Third watch | 2002 | TV serials | Mike |
The bill | 2001 | Short | Criminal |
Strong island boys | 1997 | Cal | |
Undercover in New York | 1996 | TV serials | Martin |
Dennis the menace | 1993 | Mickey | |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1992 | Buzz McCallister | |
Perfect harmony | 1991 | TV movie | Shelby |
Home alone | 1990 | Buzz McCallister | |
Worth winning | 1989 | Howard Larimore Jr. | |
Little monsters | 1989 | Ronnie Coleman | |
heartland | 1989 | TV serials | Gus Stafford |
sit | 1988 | Oscar Opily | |
The river pirates | 1988 | bubba | |
If it’s Tuesday, it still has to be Belgium | 1987 | TV movie | |
Where are the children? | 1986 | Neil Keeney |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Real bromance | 2011 |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Courting Condi | 2008 | co-producer |
Yourself
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Pie Wars | 2015 | TV serials | Himself – Guest judge |
QN’ A with Mikki and Shay | 2014 | TV serials | Himself |
The best Christmas movies ever | 2013 | TV movie documentary | Himself |
All night with Joey Reynolds | 2011 | TV serials | Himself |
MKP Celebrity Talk | 2010 | TV serials | Himself – Guest |
Courting Condi | 2008 | Himself | |
Ca$h cabin | 2005 | TV serials | Himself |
The Making of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1992 | TV movie documentary | Himself |
Awards
Awards won
Year | Price | Ceremony | Presentation | Movie |
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2011 | Festival price | World music and independent film festival | Best Actor in a Feature Film | Where Bromance (2011) |
Nominated awards
Year | Price | Ceremony | Presentation | Movie |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Seattle Film Critics Award | Seattle Film Critics Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Nebraska (2013) |
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