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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-04-16 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jon Cryer

Biography:

​Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame as "Duckie" in the 1986 John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he finished writing and producing the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five, which was well received.

Even though he gained some fame by starring in these films, it took several years to find success on television; the shows he had starred in (The Famous Teddy Z, Partners and The Trouble with Normal) did not last very long. In 2003, he was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS hit comedy series Two and a Half Men, opposite Charlie Sheen, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2009. He received three earlier Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on the show.

Known For

Acting

2024

BRATS as Self

2023

Extended Family as Jim Kearney

2022

18½ as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
Devoured as Narrator
Password as Self - Celebrity Guest

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Hit by Lightning as Ricky Miller
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
The Flash as Lex Luthor

2013

Ass Backwards as Dean Morris
Mom as Customer

2012

2011

Company as David

2010

Due Date as Alan Harper
Conan as Self

2009

Stay Cool as Javier
Shorts as Dad Thompson
Weather Girl as Charles

2008

Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby as Richard Pig (voice)
Tortured as Brian Mark

2006

Danny Phantom: Reality Trip as Freakshow (voice)
Hannah Montana as Ken Truscott

2005

Metro Chase as Mr. Stamm
American Dad! as Quacky (voice)
American Dad! as Desk Clerk (voice)

2004

The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
Danny Phantom as Freakshow (voice)
Retrosexual: The '80s as (archive footage)
The Soup as Self

2003

Hey Joel as Joel Stein
Two and a Half Men as Alan Harper
NCIS as Cyril Taft

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jon Cryer (uncredited)
Big Brother as Self - Actor, 'Two & a ½ Men'

1999

Family Guy as Kevin (voice)

1998

Holy Man as Barry
Glam as Jimmy Pells
Getting Personal as Sam Wagner
Becker as Roger
Hercules as The Winged Wolves (voice)

1997

Plan B as Stuart Winer
Cannes Man as Self
The View as Self
Dharma & Greg as Brian (uncredited)

1996

1995

Partners as Bob
The Outer Limits as Trevor McPhee

1994

Heads as Guy Franklin

1993

The Waiter as Tommy Kazdan

1992

1991

Hot Shots! as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach

1989

The Famous Teddy Z as Teddy Zakalokis

1988

1987

Dudes as Grant
O.C. and Stiggs as Randall Schwab Jr.
Hiding Out as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser

1986

Pretty in Pink as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale

1985

Noon Wine as Teenage Herbert

1984

No Small Affair as Charles Cummings

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

Production

Directing

2013

Mom as Director

2003

Two and a Half Men as Director