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.
Movie | BRATS | Self | 2024-06-07 |
Movie | 18½ | H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice) | 2022-05-27 |
Series | Drop the Mic | Self | 2017-10-24 |
Series | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Jon Cryer | 2017-10-25 |
Series | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Lex Luthor | 2016-01-21 |
Movie | Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015-03-23 |
Series | Supergirl | Lex Luthor | 2015-10-26 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Series | The Flash | Lex Luthor | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | Hit by Lightning | Ricky Miller | 2014-10-31 |
Movie | Ass Backwards | Dean Morris | 2013-01-21 |
Series | Mom | Customer | 2013-09-23 |
Movie | John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast | Self | 2012-11-06 |
Movie | Company | David | 2011-06-15 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2010-03-05 |
Movie | Due Date | Alan Harper | 2010-11-03 |
Movie | Stay Cool | Javier | 2009-04-23 |
Movie | Shorts | Dad Thompson | 2009-08-21 |
Movie | Weather Girl | Charles | 2009-07-10 |
Movie | Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby | Richard Pig (voice) | 2008-03-01 |
Movie | Tortured | Brian Mark | 2008-09-10 |
Movie | Danny Phantom: Reality Trip | Freakshow (voice) | 2006-06-09 |
Series | American Dad! | Desk Clerk (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Series | Danny Phantom | Freakshow (voice) | 2004-04-03 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Retrosexual: The '80s | (archive footage) | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003-01-26 |
Series | NCIS | Cyril Taft | 2003-09-23 |
Series | Two and a Half Men | Alan Harper | 2003-09-22 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jon Cryer (uncredited) | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Family Guy | Kevin (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five | Daniel | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Holy Man | Barry | 1998-10-08 |
Movie | Glam | Jimmy Pells | 1998-05-08 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Cannes Man | Self | 1997-06-03 |
Movie | Plan B | Stuart Winer | 1997-10-03 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Series | Dharma & Greg | Brian (uncredited) | 1997-09-24 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996-06-10 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | The Pompatus of Love | Mark | 1996-07-26 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Trevor McPhee | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Mr. Show with Bob and David | Duckie | 1995-11-03 |
Movie | Heads | Guy Franklin | 1994-01-29 |
Movie | The Waiter | Tommy Kazdan | 1993-06-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Hot Shots! | Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach | 1991-07-31 |
Series | The Famous Teddy Z | Teddy Zakalokis | 1989-09-18 |
Movie | Penn & Teller Get Killed | Frat Boy #3 | 1989-09-22 |
Movie | Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card | 1988-02-14 | |
Movie | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Morgan Sewart | 1987-02-20 |
Movie | Hiding Out | Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | O.C. and Stiggs | Randall Schwab Jr. | 1987-07-10 |
Movie | Dudes | Grant | 1987-08-01 |
Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lenny | 1987-07-24 |
Movie | Pretty in Pink | Philip F. "Duckie" Dale | 1986-02-28 |
Series | Amazing Stories | Phil | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | No Small Affair | Charles Cummings | 1984-11-09 |
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