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Born · April 16, 1965 (59 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Self
5.9
2024
Jim Kearney · (13 episodes)
6.3
2023
(1 episode)
6.4
2022
Self - Celebrity Guest · (2 episodes)
5.8
2022
H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
5.5
2022
Narrator · (6 episodes)
7.0
2022
Reuben
7.2
2020
Self · (1 episode)
7.9
2019
Lex Luthor · (1 episode)
7.0
2019
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2019
Eugenio Derbez · (1 episode)
6.0
2018
Jon Cryer · (2 episodes)
6.6
2017
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
2017
Jon Cryer · (1 episode)
7.4
2017
Felix Faust (voice) · (3 episodes)
7.0
2016
Self
4.3
2016
Lex Luthor · (1 episode)
7.3
2016
Lex Luthor · (20 episodes)
7.3
2015
Self · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Ricky Miller
4.8
2014
Lex Luthor · (1 episode)
7.8
2014
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Customer · (1 episode)
7.3
2013
Dean Morris
4.5
2013
Self
0.0
2012
Lex Luthor · (1 episode)
6.8
2012
David
7.1
2011
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2010
Alan Harper
6.4
2010
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2010
Dad Thompson
5.9
2009
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
2009
Charles
5.6
2009
Javier
4.9
2009
Brian Mark
5.4
2008
Richard Pig (voice)
5.8
2008
Freakshow (voice)
8.3
2006
Ken Truscott · (2 episodes)
7.2
2006
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
2005
Quacky (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
Desk Clerk (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
Self · (2 episodes)
6.8
2005
(archive footage) · (5 episodes)
10.0
2004
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.1
2004
(3 episodes)
6.0
2004
Freakshow (voice) · (2 episodes)
8.3
2004
Self · (1 episode)
9.5
2004
Cyril Taft · (2 episodes)
7.6
2003
Alan Harper · (262 episodes)
7.5
2003
Self · (3 episodes)
5.8
2003
Joel Stein · (13 episodes)
0.0
2003
Himself · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Jon Cryer (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.6
2000
Zack Mango · (7 episodes)
6.5
2000
Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
2000
Kevin (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.4
1999
Roger · (1 episode)
7.2
1998
Barry
5.3
1998
The Winged Wolves (voice) · (2 episodes)
6.8
1998
Jimmy Pells
3.8
1998
Sam Wagner · (18 episodes)
0.0
1998
Justin · (1 episode)
7.2
1998
Daniel
4.3
1998
Stuart Winer
0.0
1997
Brian (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.4
1997
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Self
5.7
1997
(1 episode)
7.7
1997
(2 episodes)
8.0
1996
Mark
4.1
1996
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
Duckie · (1 episode)
7.7
1995
Bob · (22 episodes)
10.0
1995
Trevor McPhee · (1 episode)
7.7
1995
Guy Franklin
2.2
1994
Tommy Kazdan
0.0
1993
(1 episode)
5.4
1992
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
6.6
1991
Frat Boy #3
5.4
1989
Teddy Zakalokis · (20 episodes)
7.2
1989
0.0
1988
Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
5.5
1987
Grant
5.8
1987
Lenny
4.6
1987
Randall Schwab Jr.
4.7
1987
Morgan Sewart
5.0
1987
Philip F. "Duckie" Dale
6.7
1986
Phil · (1 episode)
7.5
1985
Teenage Herbert
0.0
1985
Charles Cummings
5.4
1984
Self - Performer · (1 episode)
5.0
1956