Jon Cryer
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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
Credits
Hot Shots! (1991)
as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
Due Date (2010)
as Alan Harper
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
as Lenny
Pretty in Pink (1986)
as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
Big Time Adolescence (2020)
as Reuben
Shorts (2009)
as Dad Thompson
Holy Man (1998)
as Barry
Stay Cool (2011)
as Javier
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008)
as Richard Pig (voice)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
as Self
Weather Girl (2009)
as Charles
BRATS (2024)
as Self
Tortured (2008)
as Brian Mark
No Small Affair (1984)
as Charles Cummings
Cannes Man (1996)
as Self
Hiding Out (1987)
as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
Dudes (1987)
as Grant
O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
as Randall Schwab Jr.
Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
as Frat Boy #3
The Pompatus of Love (1996)
as Mark
Ass Backwards (2013)
as Dean Morris
Hit by Lightning (2014)
as Ricky Miller
Company (2011)
as David
18½ (2022)
as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
Noon Wine (1985)
as Teenage Herbert
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998)
as Daniel
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Plan B (1997)
as Stuart Winer
Glam (1998)
as Jimmy Pells
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip (2006)
as Freakshow (voice)
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast (2012)
as Self
Heads (1994)
as Guy Franklin
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
as Morgan Sewart
The Waiter (1993)
as Tommy Kazdan
Metro Chase (2005)
as Mr. Stamm
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card (1988)
Actor