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 | The Waiter | Tommy Kazdan | 2025 |
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 |
Movie | Hit by Lightning | Ricky Miller | 2014-10-31 |
Series | The Flash | Lex Luthor | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | Ass Backwards | Dean Morris | 2013-01-21 |
Series | Mom | Customer | 2013-09-23 |
Movie | Company | David | 2011-06-15 |
Movie | Stay Cool | Javier | 2011-09-16 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2010-03-05 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | Weather Girl | Charles | 2009-07-10 |
Movie | Shorts | Dad Thompson | 2009-08-21 |
Movie | Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby | Richard Pig (voice) | 2008-03-01 |
Movie | Tortured | Brian Mark | 2008-09-10 |
Series | Hannah Montana | Ken Truscott | 2006-03-24 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Series | American Dad! | Desk Clerk (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Danny Phantom | Freakshow (voice) | 2004-04-03 |
Series | Retrosexual: The '80s | (archive footage) | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003-01-26 |
Series | Two and a Half Men | Alan Harper | 2003-09-22 |
Series | NCIS | Cyril Taft | 2003-09-23 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jon Cryer (uncredited) | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Family Guy | Kevin (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Glam | Jimmy Pells | 1998-05-08 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Cannes Man | Self | 1997-06-03 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Plan B | Stuart Winer | 1997-10-03 |
Series | Dharma & Greg | Brian (uncredited) | 1997-09-24 |
Movie | The Pompatus of Love | Mark | 1996-07-26 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996-06-10 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Trevor McPhee | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Partners | Bob | 1995-09-11 |
Movie | Heads | Guy Franklin | 1994-01-29 |
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 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Morgan Sewart | 1987-02-20 |
Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lenny | 1987-07-24 |
Movie | O.C. and Stiggs | Randall Schwab Jr. | 1987-07-10 |
Movie | Hiding Out | Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Dudes | Grant | 1987-08-01 |
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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