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Jon Cryer
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn April 16, 1965 (59 years)
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.
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
| 2023 | Extended Family (TV Series) · as Jim Kearney |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) |
| 2022 | Devoured (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | Big Time Adolescence · as Reuben |
| 2019 | Batwoman (TV Series) · as Lex Luthor |
| 2018 | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (TV Series) · as Eugenio Derbez |
| 2017 | Justice League Action Shorts! (TV Series) · as Felix Faust |
| 2016 | Justice League Action (TV Series) · as Felix Faust (voice) |
| 2016 | The Great Indoors (TV Series) · as Donnie |
| 2016 | The Ranch (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 2016 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Lex Luthor |
| 2015 | Supergirl (TV Series) · as Lex Luthor |
| 2014 | Hit by Lightning · as Ricky Miller |
| 2014 | The Flash (2014) (TV Series) · as Lex Luthor |
| 2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Customer |
| 2013 | Ass Backwards · as Dean Morris |
| 2012 | Arrow (TV Series) · as Lex Luthor |
| 2011 | Husbands (TV Series) · as Vic Del Rey |
| 2011 | Company · as David |
| 2010 | Due Date · as Alan Harper |
| 2009 | Shorts · as Dad Thompson |
| 2009 | Weather Girl · as Charles |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs & a Baby · as Richard Pig (voice) |
| 2007 | Tortured · as Brian Mark |
| 2006 | Hannah Montana (TV Series) · as Ken Truscott |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Brainy Smurf |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Desk Clerk (voice) |
| 2004 | The Metro Chase · as Mr. Stamm |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | The Soup (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men (TV Series) · as Alan Harper |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Cyril Taft |
| 2003 | Stripperella (TV Series) · as Dave |
| 2003 | Hey, Joel! (TV Series) · as Joel Stein |
| 2003 | Danny Phantom (TV Series) · as Freakshow (voice) |
| 2002 | Andy Richter Controls the Universe (TV Series) · as Praeger |
| 2000 | The Trouble With Normal (TV Series) · as Zack Mango |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Jon Cryer (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Kevin (voice) |
| 1998 | Becker (TV Series) · as Roger |
| 1998 | Holy Man · as Barry |
| 1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as The Winged Wolves (voice) |
| 1998 | Getting Personal (TV Series) · as Sam Wagner |
| 1998 | Two Guys and a Girl (TV Series) · as Justin |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Plan B · as Stuart Winer |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg (TV Series) · as Brian (uncredited) |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Pompatus of Love · as Mark |
| 1995 | Mr. Show (TV Series) · as Duckie |
| 1995 | Partners (TV Series) · as Bob |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Trevor Mcphee |
| 1994 | Heads · as Guy Franklin |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! · as Jim 'wash Out' Pfaffenbach |
| 1991 | Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (TV Series) · as Slippy Carter |
| 1989 | Penn & Teller Get Killed · as Frat Boy #3 |
| 1989 | The Famous Teddy Z (TV Series) · as Teddy Zakalokis |
| 1987 | Hiding Out · as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · as Lenny |
| 1987 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home · as Morgan Sewart |
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink · as Philip F. 'duckie' Dale |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Phil |
| 1985 | O.C. and Stiggs · as Randall Schwab Jr. |
| 1984 | No Small Affair · as Charles Cummings |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Teenage Herbert |