Jon Cryer
Acting
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
Acting96
movieThe Little Pageant That Could
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieBRATS
2024
Self
tvExtended Family
2023
Jim Kearney
tvPassword
2022
Self - Celebrity Guest
movie18½
2022
H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
tvDevoured
2022
Narrator
tvBatwoman
2019
Lex Luthor
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
tvThe Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Eugenio Derbez
tvWill & Grace
2017
Jon Cryer
tvJustice League Action
2016
Felix Faust (voice)
tvThe Great Indoors
2016
Donnie
tvDC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
Lex Luthor
tvSupergirl
2015
Lex Luthor
movieHit by Lightning
2014
Ricky Miller
tvThe Flash
2014
Lex Luthor
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvMom
2013
Customer
movieAss Backwards
2013
Dean Morris
tvArrow
2012
Lex Luthor
movieStay Cool
2011
Javier
movieCompany
2011
David
tvConan
2010
Self
movieDue Date
2010
Alan Harper
movieShorts
2009
Dad Thompson
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieWeather Girl
2009
Charles
movieTortured
2008
Brian Mark
movieUnstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
2008
Richard Pig (voice)
movieDanny Phantom: Reality Trip
2006
Freakshow (voice)
tvHannah Montana
2006
Ken Truscott
movieMetro Chase
2005
Mr. Stamm
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Quacky (voice) / Desk Clerk (voice)
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Self - Guest
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
(archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
tvThe Soup
2004
Self
tvDanny Phantom
2004
Freakshow (voice)
tvNCIS
2003
Cyril Taft
tvTwo and a Half Men
2003
Alan Harper
Hey Joel
2003
Joel Stein
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Jon Cryer (uncredited)
tvThe Trouble with Normal
2000
Zack Mango
tvBig Brother
2000
Self - Actor, 'Two & a ½ Men'
tvFamily Guy
1999
Kevin (voice)
tvBecker
1998
Roger
movieHoly Man
1998
Barry
tvHercules
1998
The Winged Wolves (voice)
movieGlam
1998
Jimmy Pells
Getting Personal
1998
Sam Wagner
Plan B
1997
Stuart Winer
tvDharma & Greg
1997
Brian (uncredited)
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvThe Practice
1997
Terry Pender
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
tvThe Outer Limits
1995
Trevor McPhee
movieHeads
1994
Guy Franklin
The Waiter
1993
Tommy Kazdan
movieHot Shots!
1991
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
moviePenn & Teller Get Killed
1989
Frat Boy #3
tvThe Famous Teddy Z
1989
Teddy Zakalokis
movieHiding Out
1987
Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
movieDudes
1987
Grant
movieO.C. and Stiggs
1987
Randall Schwab Jr.
movieMorgan Stewart's Coming Home
1987
Morgan Sewart
moviePretty in Pink
1986
Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
movieNoon Wine
1985
Teenage Herbert
movieNo Small Affair
1984
Charles Cummings
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Teenage Herbert
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Host
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Performer
Production3
tvExtended Family
2023
Executive Producer
movieThe Pompatus of Love
1996
Co-Producer
Writing3
Directing2
tvMom
2013
Director
tvTwo and a Half Men
2003
Director