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Jon Cryer

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Jon Cryer

Born April 16, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA31 films

​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.

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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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Pretty in Pink posterFirst watchPretty in Pink19866.7as Philip F. 'Duckie' DaleAndie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Due Date poster6.4Due Date2010Hot Shots! poster6.6Hot Shots!1991Big Time Adolescence poster7.2Big Time Adolescence2020Shorts poster5.9Shorts2009Superman IV: The Quest for Peace poster4.6Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987Holy Man poster5.2Holy Man1998Weather Girl poster5.7Weather Girl2009Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby poster5.7Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby2008

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 202218½H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
  2. 2020Big Time AdolescenceReuben
  3. 2014Hit by LightningRicky Miller
  4. 2013Ass BackwardsDean Morris
  5. 2011Stay CoolJavier
  6. 2011CompanyDavid
  7. 2010Due DateAlan Harper
  8. 2009ShortsDad Thompson
  9. 2009Weather GirlCharles
  10. 2008TorturedBrian Mark
  11. 2008Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a BabyRichard Pig (voice)
  12. 2006Danny Phantom: Reality TripFreakshow (voice)
  13. 2005Metro ChaseMr. Stamm
  14. 1998Holy ManBarry
  15. 1998GlamJimmy Pells
  16. 1998Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by FiveDaniel
  17. 1997Plan BStuart Winer
  18. 1996The Pompatus of LoveMark
  19. 1994HeadsGuy Franklin
  20. 1993The WaiterTommy Kazdan
  21. 1991Hot Shots!Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
  22. 1989Penn & Teller Get KilledFrat Boy #3
  23. 1988Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
  24. 1987Hiding OutAndrew Morenski / Max Hauser
  25. 1987DudesGrant
  26. 1987Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceLenny
  27. 1987O.C. and StiggsRandall Schwab Jr.
  28. 1987Morgan Stewart's Coming HomeMorgan Sewart
  29. 1986Pretty in PinkPhilip F. 'Duckie' Dale
  30. 1985Noon WineTeenage Herbert
  31. 1984No Small AffairCharles Cummings