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Jon Cryer

Acting · Born April 16, 1965 · 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.

Movies with Jon Cryer

• Hot Shots! (1991) — Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
• Due Date (2010) — Alan Harper
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — Lenny
• Pretty in Pink (1986) — Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
• Big Time Adolescence (2020) — Reuben
• Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) — Richard Pig (voice)
• Holy Man (1998) — Barry
• Stay Cool (2011) — Javier
• Shorts (2009) — Dad Thompson
• Weather Girl (2009) — Charles
• Cannes Man (1996) — Self
• Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016) — Self

TV shows with Jon Cryer

• Two and a Half Men (2003) — Alan Harper
• Supergirl (2015) — Lex Luthor
• The Trouble with Normal (2000) — Zack Mango
• Partners (1995) — Bob
• Extended Family (2023) — Jim Kearney
• The Famous Teddy Z (1989) — Teddy Zakalokis
• Hey Joel (2003) — Joel Stein
• Devoured (2022) — Narrator