DEAR LORD, hes 52 now!!
On the Sixteen Candles set Schoeffling used risers in his boots to appear taller than Ringwald and the other actresses. Schoeffling stood 5'8" and low camera angles were used to create the appearance that his character was a stereotypical 6' jock.

Schoeffling never duplicated the success of Sixteen Candles, and in various magazine and newspaper interviews stated the lack of roles and a growing family to feed were his reasons for retiring from acting. He now lives with his wife, Valerie L. Robinson of Virginia, also a former model, and their two teenage children Scarlet and Zane, in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, producing handcrafted furniture as the owner of a woodworking shop.