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