Jon Cryer
Acting • Born 1965-04-16
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.
Filmography
95 credits
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
Movie • 1987
Morgan Sewart
Pretty in Pink
Movie • 1986
Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
Stay Cool
Movie • 2011
Javier
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie • 1987
Lenny
Shorts
Movie • 2009
Dad Thompson
Holy Man
Movie • 1998
Barry
Dudes
Movie • 1987
Grant
O.C. and Stiggs
Movie • 1987
Randall Schwab Jr.
Hot Shots!
Movie • 1991
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
Hiding Out
Movie • 1987
Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
Movie • 2008
Richard Pig (voice)
No Small Affair
Movie • 1984
Charles Cummings
Weather Girl
Movie • 2009
Charles
The Pompatus of Love
Movie • 1996
Mark
Company
Movie • 2011
David
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Movie • 2012
Self
Ass Backwards
Movie • 2013
Dean Morris
Heads
Movie • 1994
Guy Franklin
Hit by Lightning
Movie • 2014
Ricky Miller
BRATS
Movie • 2024
Self
Glam
Movie • 1998
Jimmy Pells
The Waiter
Movie • 1993
Tommy Kazdan
Tortured
Movie • 2008
Brian Mark
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
Movie • 1988
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Movie • 2016
Self
Due Date
Movie • 2010
Alan Harper
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Movie • 1998
Daniel
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
Movie • 2006
Freakshow (voice)
Big Time Adolescence
Movie • 2020
Reuben
Plan B
Movie • 1997
Stuart Winer
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Movie • 1989
Frat Boy #3
Cannes Man
Movie • 1996
Self
18½
Movie • 2022
H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
Noon Wine
Movie • 1985
Teenage Herbert
Metro Chase
Movie • 2005
Mr. Stamm
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Two Guys and a Girl
TV • 1998
Justin
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Jon Cryer (uncredited)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Quacky (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Kevin (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Hey Joel
TV • 2003
Joel Stein
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Alan Harper
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Crisis Aftermath
TV • 2019
Self
Danny Phantom
TV • 2004
Freakshow (voice)
Dharma & Greg
TV • 1997
Brian (uncredited)
The Practice
TV • 1997
Terry Pender
The Trouble with Normal
TV • 2000
Zack Mango
Partners
TV • 1995
Bob
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
The Famous Teddy Z
TV • 1989
Teddy Zakalokis
Getting Personal
TV • 1998
Sam Wagner
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Trevor McPhee
Retrosexual: The '80s
TV • 2004
(archive footage)
The Soup
TV • 2004
Self
Becker
TV • 1998
Roger
Mom
TV • 2013
Customer
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Phil
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Desk Clerk (voice)
NCIS
TV • 2003
Cyril Taft
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Extended Family
TV • 2023
Jim Kearney
Hercules
TV • 1998
The Winged Wolves (voice)
Devoured
TV • 2022
Narrator
Drop the Mic
TV • 2017
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2010
Self
Password
TV • 2022
Self - Celebrity Guest
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
TV • 2018
Eugenio Derbez
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Supergirl
TV • 2015
Lex Luthor
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
TV • 2017
Jon Cryer
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Hannah Montana
TV • 2006
Ken Truscott
Will & Grace
TV • 2017
Jon Cryer
Batwoman
TV • 2019
Lex Luthor
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
The Flash
TV • 2014
Lex Luthor
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV • 2016
Lex Luthor
Arrow
TV • 2012
Lex Luthor
Mr. Show with Bob and David
TV • 1995
Duckie
Big Brother
TV • 2000
Self - Actor, 'Two & a ½ Men'
Justice League Action
TV • 2016
Felix Faust (voice)
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
aka Charlie Sheen
TV • 2025
Self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Great Indoors
TV • 2016
Donnie