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Jon Cryer is a Actor, Writer and Producer American born on 16 april 1965 at New York City (USA)
Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. Born into a show business family, Cryer made his motion picture debut as a teenaged photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair; his breakout role came in 1986, playing "Duckie" Dale in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five.
Although Cryer gained fame with his early film roles, it took several years to find success on television; none of his star vehicles, including The Famous Teddy Z, Partners, and The Trouble with Normal, lasted more than 22 episodes. In 2003, Cryer was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2012. Cryer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 2011.
Cryer's other film appearances include Tortured (2008), Shorts (2009), and Hit by Lightning (2014). He also has a recurring role in the CBS drama series, NCIS, playing Dr. Cyril Taft.
When Pretty in Pink co-star Molly Ringwald told Out magazine in 2012 that she believed Cryer's character was gay, Cryer defended Duckie and other "slightly effeminate dorks", and said he has had to live with others' "faulty" gaydar. Also in 2012, Joyner told Jeff Probst that when she and Cryer started dating, she wondered if he might be gay because "he never kissed me." Cryer was asked in 2014 if he was "mistaken for gay"; he again called himself "an effeminate heterosexual dork" and cracked a joke about never being propositioned: "Fellas, you're dropping the ball."
Prior to the 2008 presidential election, Cryer attended a fundraiser hosted by the McCain campaign and, according to news reports, endorsed Senator John McCain. When Cryer did not make a public endorsement for the 2012 race, his spokeswoman said that the 2008 report aligning him with the Republican Party was a "mistake" and that Cryer is "not really political." He had attended events for both Republicans and Democrats "because he wanted to hear what both sides had to say."
Cryer is left-handed.
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Jon Cryer
Although Cryer gained fame with his early film roles, it took several years to find success on television; none of his star vehicles, including The Famous Teddy Z, Partners, and The Trouble with Normal, lasted more than 22 episodes. In 2003, Cryer was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2012. Cryer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 2011.
Cryer's other film appearances include Tortured (2008), Shorts (2009), and Hit by Lightning (2014). He also has a recurring role in the CBS drama series, NCIS, playing Dr. Cyril Taft.
Biography
Cryer married British actress Sarah Trigger in 1999, with whom he has a son, Charlie Austin. The pair divorced in 2004. In February 2007, on an episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, he announced that he would marry entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner; the couple married in Mexico in June 2007. On September 29, 2009, Jon and Lisa announced that they adopted a baby girl, whom they named Daisy.When Pretty in Pink co-star Molly Ringwald told Out magazine in 2012 that she believed Cryer's character was gay, Cryer defended Duckie and other "slightly effeminate dorks", and said he has had to live with others' "faulty" gaydar. Also in 2012, Joyner told Jeff Probst that when she and Cryer started dating, she wondered if he might be gay because "he never kissed me." Cryer was asked in 2014 if he was "mistaken for gay"; he again called himself "an effeminate heterosexual dork" and cracked a joke about never being propositioned: "Fellas, you're dropping the ball."
Prior to the 2008 presidential election, Cryer attended a fundraiser hosted by the McCain campaign and, according to news reports, endorsed Senator John McCain. When Cryer did not make a public endorsement for the 2012 race, his spokeswoman said that the 2008 report aligning him with the Republican Party was a "mistake" and that Cryer is "not really political." He had attended events for both Republicans and Democrats "because he wanted to hear what both sides had to say."
Cryer is left-handed.
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Hit by Lightning (2014)
, 1h29Directed by Ricky Blitt
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Jon Cryer, Stephanie Szostak, Will Sasso, Jed Rees
Roles Ricky Miller
Rating51%
Ricky (Jon Cryer), a lonely, 40-something restaurant manager finally meets his ideal woman, Danita (Stephanie Szostak) through a dating website. However, one significant problem arises: she's married and wants him to kill her abusive husband (Jed Rees) so that she and Ricky can be together. Ricky is so smitten he agrees to do it with the help of his accountant best friend, Seth. (Will Sasso).
Planes (2013)
, 1h32Directed by Klay Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Jon Cryer, Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra, Danny Mann, Brad Garrett
Roles Dusty Crophopper (voice)
Rating57%
Dusty Crophopper is a crop duster plane who works at a cornfield and practices aerobatic maneuvers in his spare time, dreaming of becoming a racer. His dreams are scorned by his boss, Leadbottom, and his forklift/mechanic friend, Dottie. However, he is supported by his fuel truck friend, Chug. Dusty and Chug train for qualifiers for the upcoming Wings Across the Globe race. On the night before the qualifiers, Dusty asks an elderly and reclusive navy war plane named Skipper Riley to teach him how to fly well, but Skipper refuses. Dusty enters the qualifiers, and although the audience mocks him for being a cropduster, he manages to wow them by his well-practiced flight maneuvers; but he barely makes it into the race.
Ass Backwards (2013)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Feminist films, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson, Alicia Silverstone, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nick Zano, Jon Cryer
Roles Dean Morris
Rating43%
Loveable losers Kate and Chloe (June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson) are best friends with a not so firm grip on reality. The girls have been inseparable ever since tying for dead last at a kiddie beauty pageant as children. Now they are all grown up and living in New York City, where Chloe is a "rising star" dancing in a glass box at a nightclub and Kate is the "CEO" of her own one-woman egg-donor "corporation." Their past humiliations at the pageant remain long forgotten until they receive an invitation to the pageant's milestone anniversary celebration. With the unpleasant memories flooding back, Kate and Chloe decide to redeem themselves and take a roadtrip back to their hometown and win the elusive crown.
Due Date (2010)
, 1h35Directed by Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about dogs, Road movies, Buddy films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, Jamie Foxx, RZA
Roles Alan Harper
Rating64%
Peter Highman (Robert Downey, Jr.) is on a plane, flying home to be with his wife Sarah (Michelle Monaghan), who is due to give birth. Sitting behind Peter is a man named Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis), who is going to LA to be an actor and is planning to scatter his recently deceased father's ashes at the Grand Canyon. When Ethan misuses the words "terrorist" and "bomb" while talking to Peter, they are both escorted off the plane. This is only the first of a series of misadventures caused by the drastically dysfunctional Ethan. Peter, now on the No Fly List and missing his wallet, agrees to drive with Ethan to Los Angeles.
Stay Cool (2009)
, 1h34Directed by Polish brothers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Winona Ryder, Polish brothers, Hilary Duff, Sean Astin, Josh Holloway, Jon Cryer
Roles Javier
Rating49%
Henry McCarthy, un écrivain à succès, revient dans sa ville d'origine pour y promouvoir un prix, il s'y trouve confronté entre un amour de jeunesse (Scarlet Smith) et le béguin d'une étudiante (Shasta O'Neil).
Shorts (2009)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Hannah Spearitt, Trevor Gagnon, Leo Howard, Jon Cryer
Roles Dad Thompson
Rating47%
Toby "Toe" Thompson (Jimmy Bennett) is bullied by Helvetica "Hel" Black (Jolie Vanier) and her brother Cole (Devon Gearhart) on the way to school. Toe speculates that Hel loves him, infuriating Hel and leading Cole and his gang to start throwing rocks at Toe. One of the rocks they throw is a rainbow colored wishing rock, which Toes uses to wish for friends, which come in the form of small aliens. Toe takes the aliens to school, but their presence causes Toe and Hel to fall from the school's roof. The aliens leave, but Toe keeps the rock.
Weather Girl (2009)
Directed by Blayne Weaver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Météorologie
Actors Tricia O'Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer, Ryan Devlin, Patrick J. Adams, Enrico Colantoni
Roles Charles
Rating57%
A Seattle morning show weather girl, after learning her boyfriend has cheated on her, freaks out on-air and quits. Forced to move in with her little brother and to cope with being 35, single and unemployed, she begins an unlikely romance with a younger man—her brother's best friend, Byron.
Tortured (2008)
, 1h47Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, James Cromwell, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jon Cryer, Kevin Pollak
Roles Brian Mark
Rating57%
FBI agent Kevin Cole goes undercover as Jimmy Vaughn, an organized crime enforcer. When he's ordered to undertake the week-long torture of accountant Archie Green, Kevin begins to question his role in government service, where often he must hurt or end another human being's life just to make a bust.
, 1h16Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Jon Cryer, Brad Garrett, Steve Zahn, Jesse McCartney, Tom Kenny, Nolan North
Roles Richard Pig (voice)
Rating51%
The Three Little Pigs become the target of a special-ops team of wolves. The wolves' plan to finally infiltrate the impenetrable house of bricks by leaving a tiny wolf cub on the unassuming pigs' doorstep. The pigs take the baby in and raise him as their own. The newest addition to their family, Lucky, grows up into his teens not knowing his history, his role in the wolves' plan or the difficult choice he will have to make about the family that raised him.
, 1h34Directed by Richard Schenkman
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Jon Cryer, Ione Skye, Peter Gerety, Dominic Chianese, Frank Whaley, Aesha Waks
Roles Daniel
Rating58%
Daniel (Jon Cryer) and Stan (Rick Stear) search for a childhood friend of theirs - Richie (Rafael Báez), who they believe may be homeless and mentally ill. The film intercuts with flashbacks from their youth to their 30s. Daniel works at a jewelry store that is basically a pawn shop. Stan, who limps as a result of a childhood medical procedure, is a borderline alcoholic and gambler who fights endlessly with his longtime girlfriend, Gabby (Ione Skye).
Glam (1998)
Directed by Josh Evans
Genres Drama
Actors William McNamara, Frank Whaley, Jon Cryer, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Valérie Kaprisky, Robert DoQui
Roles Jimmy Pells
Rating27%
Holy Man (1998)
, 1h54Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Eric McCormack, Robert Loggia, Kim Alexis
Roles Barry
Rating50%
Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum) and Kate Newell (Kelly Preston) work at the (fictional) Good Buy Shopping Network, a home shopping channel run by John McBainbridge (Robert Loggia). Sales have been down over the last two years under Ricky's management, and Kate was brought in to come up with new ideas. Ricky views Kate as a threat and she expresses her dislike for him as well. However, John has given Ricky an ultimatum to increase sales, or lose his job.
Eraser (1996)
, 1h55Directed by Chuck Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, James Cromwell
Roles Bartender #2
Rating61%
John Kruger (Schwarzenegger) is a U.S. Marshal working for the Witness Security Protection Program (WITSEC) specializing in "erasing" high-profile witnesses, faking their deaths to keep them safe from those who may wish to silence them. John is assigned by his boss, Chief Arthur Beller (Coburn), to protect Lee Cullen (Williams), a senior executive for the defense contractor Cyrez Corporation, as Lee informed the FBI that her employer William Donohue (Cromwell), the corrupt CEO of Cyrez, plans to sell a top secret electronic pulse rifle on the black market.
Cannes Man (1996)
, 1h28Directed by Richard Martini
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence
Actors Francesco Quinn, Seymour Cassel, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, Jack Ong, Luana Anders
Roles Self
Rating51%
Frank 'Rhino' Rhinoslavsky (Quinn) is a dumb part-time cab driver in New York who wants to break into film business. He doesn't have anything to offer, and just thinks that he can start at the top, as a writer. Opportunity knocks on Frank's door when he goes to the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France to deliver some props to Troma, Inc.
The Pompatus of Love (1996)
, 1h39Directed by Richard Schenkman
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Adrian Pasdar, Jon Cryer, Mia Sara, Tim Guinee, Jennifer Tilly, Paige Turco
Roles Mark
Rating53%
The film revolves around four friends and their relationships with women. Set to the background of upscale Manhattan bars, lofts and apartments, the guys engage in sharp banter and one-upsmanship. The characters, Mark, a therapist (Jon Cryer); Runyon, a playwright (Tim Guinee); Josh, a playboy (Adrian Pasdar) and Phil, a plumber (Adam Oliensis), try (generally unsuccessfully) to sort out their troubled love-lives. Mark and his girlfriend (Kristen Wilson) are hung up over moving in together; Runyon is hung up over his old girlfriend Kathryn (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson), who has moved to Los Angeles; the womanizing Josh is hung up on Phil's sister, Gina (Paige Turco), who has an abusive husband; Phil, who is married with children, finds himself hung up on an English interior designer (Kristin Scott Thomas).