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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 16, 1965
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Jonathan Niven Cryer
- John Cryer
- جان کرایر
Jon Cryer
2.5 Popularity
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
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
6.0
Self
BRATS
2024
6.3
Jim Kearney
Extended Family
2023
8.0
Self
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
6.4
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
5.8
Self - Celebrity Guest
Password
2022
5.5
H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
18½
2022
7.0
Narrator
Devoured
2022
7.2
Reuben
Big Time Adolescence
2020
8.0
Self
Crisis Aftermath
2019
Credits
The Little Pageant That Could
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
BRATS
as Self
2024
6.0
Extended Family
as Jim Kearney
2023
6.3
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as Self
2022
8.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.4
Password
as Self - Celebrity Guest
2022
5.8
18½
as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
2022
5.5
Devoured
as Narrator
2022
7.0
Big Time Adolescence
as Reuben
2020
7.2
Crisis Aftermath
as Self
2019
8.0
Batwoman
as Lex Luthor
2019
6.9
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
as Eugenio Derbez
2018
6.0
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
as Jon Cryer
2017
6.6
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
Will & Grace
as Jon Cryer
2017
7.5
Justice League Action
as Felix Faust (voice)
2016
7.0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.3
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
as Lex Luthor
2016
7.3
Supergirl
as Lex Luthor
2015
7.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
5.3
Hit by Lightning
as Ricky Miller
2014
4.6
The Flash
as Lex Luthor
2014
7.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Mom
as Customer
2013
7.3
Ass Backwards
as Dean Morris
2013
4.5
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
as Self
2012
0.0
Arrow
as Lex Luthor
2012
6.8
Company
as David
2011
6.9
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Due Date
as Alan Harper
2010
6.4
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
6.6
Shorts
as Dad Thompson
2009
5.8
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Weather Girl
as Charles
2009
5.6
Stay Cool
as Javier
2009
4.9
Tortured
as Brian Mark
2008
5.4
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
as Richard Pig (voice)
2008
5.8
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
as Freakshow (voice)
2006
8.3
Hannah Montana
as Ken Truscott
2006
7.1
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
Metro Chase
as Mr. Stamm
2005
0.0
American Dad!
as Quacky (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Desk Clerk (voice)
2005
7.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.8
🎬
Retrosexual: The '80s
as (archive footage)
2004
10.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
The Soup
as Self
2004
6.2
Danny Phantom
as Freakshow (voice)
2004
8.3
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
9.5
NCIS
as Cyril Taft
2003
7.6
Two and a Half Men
as Alan Harper
2003
7.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.7
🎬
Hey Joel
as Joel Stein
2003
0.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jon Cryer (uncredited)
2000
7.6
🎬
The Trouble with Normal
as Zack Mango
2000
6.5
Big Brother
as Self - Actor, 'Two & a ½ Men'
2000
5.0
Family Guy
as Kevin (voice)
1999
7.4
Becker
as Roger
1998
7.2
Holy Man
as Barry
1998
5.3
Hercules
as The Winged Wolves (voice)
1998
6.8
Glam
as Jimmy Pells
1998
3.1
🎬
Getting Personal
as Sam Wagner
1998
0.0
Two Guys and a Girl
as Justin
1998
7.2
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
as Daniel
1998
4.3
🎬
Plan B
as Stuart Winer
1997
0.0
Dharma & Greg
as Brian (uncredited)
1997
6.4
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
Cannes Man
as Self
1997
5.4
The Practice
1997
7.7
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Pompatus of Love
as Mark
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.5
Mr. Show with Bob and David
as Duckie
1995
7.7
Partners
as Bob
1995
10.0
The Outer Limits
as Trevor McPhee
1995
7.7
Heads
as Guy Franklin
1994
2.2
🎬
The Waiter
as Tommy Kazdan
1993
0.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Hot Shots!
as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
1991
6.6
Penn & Teller Get Killed
as Frat Boy #3
1989
5.5
The Famous Teddy Z
as Teddy Zakalokis
1989
7.2
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
1988
0.0
Hiding Out
as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
1987
5.5
Dudes
as Grant
1987
5.7
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lenny
1987
4.6
O.C. and Stiggs
as Randall Schwab Jr.
1987
4.5
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
as Morgan Sewart
1987
5.0
Pretty in Pink
as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
1986
6.7
Amazing Stories
as Phil
1985
7.4
Noon Wine
as Teenage Herbert
1985
0.0
No Small Affair
as Charles Cummings
1984
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.1