Devin Ratray (born January 11, 1977) is an American former actor. He began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in Where Are the Children? (1986) before a main role as Gus Stafford on the CBS sitcom… Devin Ratray (born January 11, 1977) is an American former actor. He began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in Where Are the Children? (1986) before a main role as Gus Stafford on the CBS sitcom Heartland (1989). Ratray had his breakout with the supporting role of Buzz McCallister, the malicious older brother of Macaulay Culkin's character in the Christmas film Home Alone (1990), which he reprised in the sequels Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Sweet Home Alone (2021).
Ratray later had a supporting role in the film Dennis the Menace (1993). In the 2000s, he had supporting roles in the films The Prince & Me (2004), The Winning Season (2009), and Surrogates (2009). During the 2010s, Ratray experienced a career resurgence, with starring roles in the films Elevator (2011) and Blue Ruin (2013), and supporting roles in the films Nebraska (2013), R.I.P.D. (2013), Masterminds (2016), and Hustlers (2019). He also had a main role as Nate Henry in the HBO miniseries Mosaic (2018) and recurred as Tinfoil Kevin on the Amazon Prime Video series The Tick (2017–2019).
In the 2020s, Ratray had a starring role in the comedy film Hollywood.Con (2021) and had a supporting role in the thriller film Kimi (2022).
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