Jon Cryer
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.
95 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 95
NCIS
2003
Family Guy
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
American Dad!
2005
The Flash
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Two and a Half Men
2003
Arrow
2012
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Supergirl
2015
Mom
2013
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Practice
1997
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Big Brother
2000
Tony Awards
1956
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Hannah Montana
2006
The Outer Limits
1995
Hercules
1998
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Becker
1998
Amazing Stories
1985
The Soup
2004
The Tony Danza Show
2004
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Reichen Show
2005
Dharma & Greg
1997
Batwoman
2019
Danny Phantom
2004
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
Will & Grace
2017
Justice League Action
2016
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Mr. Show with Bob and David
1995
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Drop the Mic
2017
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Partners
1995
Due Date
2010
Hot Shots!
1991
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Password
2022
Pretty in Pink
1986
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
2017
The Famous Teddy Z
1989
Extended Family
2023
The Great Indoors
2016
aka Charlie Sheen
2025
The Trouble with Normal
2000
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Getting Personal
1998
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
Crisis Aftermath
2019
Shorts
2009
Company
2011
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
2008
BRATS
2024
Holy Man
1998
Big Time Adolescence
2020
Tortured
2008
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
1987
No Small Affair
1984
Ass Backwards
2013
Hiding Out
1987
Weather Girl
2009
Stay Cool
2011
Devoured
2022
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998
18½
2022
Hey Joel
2003
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
2006
Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989
Noon Wine
1985
Cannes Man
1996
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
Dudes
1987
Glam
1998
Hit by Lightning
2014
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
The Pompatus of Love
1996
Heads
1994
The Waiter
1993
Plan B
1997
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
1988
Metro Chase
2005