Happy Birthday JAKE RYAN!

Many, many 80s kids discovered sex and romance in 1983 with the release of SIXTEEN CANDLES and its teen dream Alpha JAKE RYAN.

Played with cool, easy charisma by Michael Shoeffling, Jake Ryan was the guy everybody wanted to be, date, or f*ck.

There’s never been a character that so perfectly captures that ideal high school heartthrob like Jake Ryan.

P.S. Schoeffling looks damned good even today!