---
name: "Devin Ratray"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/devin-ratray"
fi1m_id: "devin-ratray"
imdb_id: "nm0711864"
tmdb_id: 11516
wikidata_id: "Q520144"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T23:23:29.698011+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Devin Ratray

## Identity

Devin Ratray

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/devin-ratray
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** devin-ratray
- **IMDb ID:** nm0711864
- **TMDB ID:** 11516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q520144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Ratray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11516

Actor. Born 11 January 1977 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 January 1977, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** دوین رتری, دوین راتری
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Columbus](https://film.one/person/chris-columbus.md), [Daniel Stern](https://film.one/person/daniel-stern.md), [Joe Pesci](https://film.one/person/joe-pesci.md), [John Heard](https://film.one/person/john-heard.md), [John Hughes](https://film.one/person/john-hughes.md), [Macaulay Culkin](https://film.one/person/macaulay-culkin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (3), 2010s 79 (3), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 3, Family 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 2, Drama 2
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,045m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Ratray, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11516

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Home Alone*](https://film.one/film/home-alone.md) (80), [*Home Alone 2: Lost in New York*](https://film.one/film/home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york.md) (63)
- **Peacock:** [*Blue Ruin*](https://film.one/film/blue-ruin.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Kimi*](https://film.one/film/kimi.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Devin Ratray

> Devin Ratray makes bullying funny without making it harmless. Buzz remains the obvious reason to recognise him, but we also value the imposing presence and gravelly voice he brings to adult supporting roles.

Buzz treats being the older brother as permission to be unpleasant. In *Home Alone* (1990), Devin Ratray makes the bullying funny through the timing of his lines, without asking us to like the boy. We laughed at his nastiness because the delivery makes being horrible seem so ordinary to him. He is a useful comic supporting actor, especially when a family film needs someone who is not trying to win our affection or make the household seem nicer than it is.

That part also made the move into adult casting difficult. He returned to Buzz in *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992), and the association persisted through *Home Sweet Home Alone* (2021). The more interesting change came in the 2010s, with independent films including *Blue Ruin* (2013) and Alexander Payne's *Nebraska* (2013). The imposing physical presence and gravelly voice of his adult work make the early casting understandable, but they need not confine him to bullies.

Steven Soderbergh provides the clearest reason to follow that later work, directing him as Nate Henry in *Mosaic* (2018) and Kevin in *Kimi* (2022). *Mosaic* belongs to the more intense dramatic side of his acting; *Kimi* places him in a thriller whose principal strength is Zoë Kravitz. We recommend the latter for its lean construction and tightly controlled first half, with reservations about the familiar chase that follows.

Columbus's encouragement of improvisation is worth noting: Ratray's comic usefulness is not simply a matter of looking like trouble. His line delivery in *Home Alone* does a good deal of the work, and suits the film's agreeably unkind humour. The sentiment gets more help from Columbus than it needs; we prefer the comedy when the family is allowed to be unpleasant. Start there for Ratray's timing, then try *Kimi*, with the understanding that Kravitz carries it.

## Biography

Devin Ratray is an American actor. He was born on 11 January 1977 in New York City, the son of actors Ann Willis and Peter Ratray, and graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 1994.

Ratray began acting as a child, with his film debut in Where Are the Children? (1986). He gained prominence as Buzz McCallister in Home Alone (1990) and reprised the role in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Sweet Home Alone (2021). His other film credits include Nebraska (2013), Hustlers (2019) and Kimi (2022), in which he played Kevin. On television he has appeared in Better Call Saul (2022) as Alfred Hawthorne Hill and in The Tick (2017–2019) as Tinfoil Kevin.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Kimi* (2022), Fi1m 77, as Kevin — [page](https://film.one/film/kimi.md)
- *Blue Ruin* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Ben Gaffney — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-ruin.md)
- *Nebraska* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Cole — [page](https://film.one/film/nebraska.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Fi1m 70, as Banks Patient #3 — [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Dennis the Menace* (1993), Fi1m 56, as Mickey — [page](https://film.one/film/dennis-the-menace.md)
- *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992), Fi1m 63, as Buzz — [page](https://film.one/film/home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york.md)
- *Home Alone* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Buzz — [page](https://film.one/film/home-alone.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kimi* (2022), as Kevin — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kimi.md)
- *Home Sweet Home Alone* (2021), as Buzz McCallister
- *Hollywood.Con* (2021), as Andy Slimmick
- *Hustlers* (2019), as Stephen
- *Russian Doll* (2019), series, as Deli Customer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md)
- *Mosaic* (2018), series, as Nate Henry
- *Rough Night* (2017), as Bud
- *Life Hack* (2017), as Larry
- *Construction* (2017), as Ray
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Kevin Costas
- *The Lennon Report* (2016), as Phil Bernstein
- *Masterminds* (2016), as Runny
- *The Tick* (2016), series, as Tinfoil Kevin
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Tommy Burke
- *3rd Street Blackout* (2015), as Adam Daddario
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, as Alfred Hawthorne Hill — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, as Sheldon McFee
- *Blue Ruin* (2014), as Ben Gaffney — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-ruin.md)
- *Nebraska* (2013), as Cole — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/nebraska.md)
- *R.I.P.D.* (2013), as Pulaski
- *Elevator* (2013), as Martin Gossling
- *Side Effects* (2013), as Banks Patient #3 — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Gordon Meadows
- *True Bromance* (2012), as Devin Ratray · Writer
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Beat Cop — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Harris Stubman — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Breaking Point* (2009), as Kevin
- *Surrogates* (2009), as Bobby Saunders
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Kevin Costas — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The 2 Bobs* (2009), as Horizontal Bob
- *Odd Jobs* (2009), series, as Joe
- *The Winning Season* (2009), as Security Guard
- *The Flying Scissors* (2009), as The Rock
- *The Cake Eaters* (2007), as JJ
- *Conviction* (2006), series, as Pete Garrison
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Damien — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *The Prince & Me* (2004), as Scotty
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Kenny Miles
- *Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes* (1999), as Buzz
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Mike
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Eldon Balogh
- *Strong Island Boys* (1997), as Cal
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Actor
- *Dennis the Menace* (1993), as Mickey — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dennis-the-menace.md)
- *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992), as Buzz — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york.md)
- *Perfect Harmony* (1991), as Shelby
- *Home Alone* (1990), as Buzz — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/home-alone.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mitchell Pauley, Richard Elam — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Worth Winning* (1989), as Howard Larimore Jr.
- *Little Monsters* (1989), as Ronnie Coleman
- *Heartland* (1989), series, as Gus Stafford
- *Good Old Boy* (1988), as Bubba
- *Zits* (1988), as Oscar Opily

## Gallery

- ![Devin Ratray](https://film.one/media/person/9222/gallery-2a626bcfd151.png) Devin Ratray — Ben Schumin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Devin_Ratray_2007.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A crew films a scene on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in front of the White House as part of the production of Courting Condi, a movie directed by Sebastian Doggart an (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/9222/gallery-05cacf0fea87.png) A crew films a scene on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in front of the White House as part of the production of Courting Condi, a movie directed by Sebastian Doggart an (2007) — Ben Schumin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Filming_of_Courting_Condi.png/1280px-Filming_of_Courting_Condi.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Devin Ratray](https://film.one/media/person/9222/gallery-27a5eeb27d94.jpg) Devin Ratray — Image via TMDB
- ![Devin Ratray](https://film.one/media/person/9222/gallery-325eb8013b54.jpg) Devin Ratray — Image via TMDB

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