Mercedes Ruehl

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

73

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-02-28 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York, USA

Mercedes Ruehl

Biography

Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • NCIS

    NCIS

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Psych

    Psych

  • 2 Broke Girls

    2 Broke Girls

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Bull

    Bull

  • Bull

    Bull

  • New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Big

    Big

  • Life in Pieces

    Life in Pieces

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Accused

    Accused

  • Kate & Allie

    Kate & Allie

  • The Mysteries of Laura

    The Mysteries of Laura

  • The Warriors

    The Warriors

  • Last Action Hero

    Last Action Hero

  • Loving Leah

    Loving Leah

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • Another You

    Another You

  • Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

  • Hustlers

    Hustlers

  • Doubt

    Doubt

  • Spooky House

    Spooky House

  • Radio Days

    Radio Days

  • The Secret of My Success

    The Secret of My Success

  • Gia

    Gia

  • Crazy People

    Crazy People

  • Heartburn

    Heartburn

  • Goldstar, Ohio

    Goldstar, Ohio

  • Monday Mornings

    Monday Mornings

  • The Fisher King

    The Fisher King

  • Four Friends

    Four Friends

  • Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

    Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

  • On Hope

    On Hope

  • All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story

    All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story

  • Star Spangled Banners

    Star Spangled Banners

  • Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  • Indictment: The McMartin Trial

    Indictment: The McMartin Trial

  • The Lost Child

    The Lost Child

  • Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

    Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

  • 84 Charing Cross Road

    84 Charing Cross Road

  • Roseanna's Grave

    Roseanna's Grave

  • More Dogs Than Bones

    More Dogs Than Bones

  • The Minus Man

    The Minus Man

  • Lost in Yonkers

    Lost in Yonkers

  • The Nana Project

    The Nana Project

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

  • Mom at Sixteen

    Mom at Sixteen

  • What's Cooking?

    What's Cooking?

  • Widows

    Widows

  • Guilt by Association

    Guilt by Association

  • A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

    A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

  • Chu and Blossom

    Chu and Blossom

  • The Amati Girls

    The Amati Girls

  • Doctors of the Dark Side

    Doctors of the Dark Side

  • Zeyda and the Hitman

    Zeyda and the Hitman

  • Mom's On Strike

    Mom's On Strike

  • Out of the Cold

    Out of the Cold

  • Slaves of New York

    Slaves of New York

  • Leader of the Band

    Leader of the Band

  • North Shore Fish

    North Shore Fish

  • Bad Apple

    Bad Apple

  • Twisted

    Twisted

  • People Not Places

    People Not Places

  • Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors

    Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors