Jon Cryer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 16, 1965
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
The Little Pageant That Could 2024
as Self (archive footage)
BRATS 2024
as Self
18½ 2022
as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
Big Time Adolescence 2020
as Reuben
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows 2016
as Self
Hit by Lightning 2014
as Ricky Miller
Ass Backwards 2013
as Dean Morris
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast 2012
as Self
Stay Cool 2011
as Javier
Company 2011
as David
Due Date 2010
as Alan Harper
Shorts 2009
as Dad Thompson
Weather Girl 2009
as Charles
Tortured 2008
as Brian Mark
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby 2008
as Richard Pig (voice)
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip 2006
as Freakshow (voice)
Metro Chase 2005
as Mr. Stamm
Holy Man 1998
as Barry
Glam 1998
as Jimmy Pells
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five 1998
as Daniel, Writer, Producer
- Plan B
Plan B 1997
as Stuart Winer
The Pompatus of Love 1996
as Mark, Writer, Co-Producer
Cannes Man 1996
as Self
Heads 1994
as Guy Franklin
- The Waiter
The Waiter 1993
as Tommy Kazdan
Hot Shots! 1991
as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
Penn & Teller Get Killed 1989
as Frat Boy #3
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card 1988
Actor
Hiding Out 1987
as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
Dudes 1987
as Grant
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987
as Lenny
O.C. and Stiggs 1987
as Randall Schwab Jr.
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home 1987
as Morgan Sewart
Pretty in Pink 1986
as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
Noon Wine 1985
as Teenage Herbert
No Small Affair 1984
as Charles Cummings
Credits from TMDB.