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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.
As actor
BRATS
The Little Pageant That Could
18½
Big Time Adolescence
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Hit by Lightning
Ass Backwards
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Stay Cool
Company
Due Date
Shorts
Weather Girl
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
Tortured
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
Metro Chase
Holy Man
Glam
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Plan B
The Pompatus of Love
Cannes Man
Heads
The Waiter
Hot Shots!
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace