Jon Cryer
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Born | Jonathan Niven Cryer April 16, 1965 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 1982–present |
Known for | Two and a Half Men |
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Children | 2 |
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Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965)
In 2003, he was cast in a co-leading role as Alan Harper on the
Cryer's other film appearances include Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987), Hot Shots! (1991), Holy Man (1998), Weather Girl (2009), Company (2011), and Big Time Adolescence (2019). He also has appeared in the recurring role of the Earth-38 Lex Luthor in the CW series Supergirl, Arrow, and Batwoman. After appearing on the podcast Crime Writers On... it was announced that he would join the Undisclosed podcast for their second season.
Early life
Cryer was born in
When Cryer was twelve years old, he decided he wanted to become an actor.
Career
Career beginnings
Cryer's first professional acting effort was as David in the Broadway play Torch Song Trilogy, replacing Matthew Broderick, whom he "closely resembled."[14] He reprised the role in San Francisco and Los Angeles.[15] He was later a standby and replacement for Broderick as Eugene Jerome in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1984.[15][citation needed]
At age 19, Cryer appeared in the 1984 romantic comedy film
Cryer made his film breakthrough as Philip F. "Duckie" Dale in the
Cryer then starred in the 1987 film Hiding Out as a stockbroker on the run from a Mafia hit man. His mother Gretchen played his aunt. The film broke even, but Cryer's performance as a character who was much older than him was critically acclaimed. In 1989, he got the lead role in the TV comedy series The Famous Teddy Z. His performance gained poor reviews[18] and the show was canceled after the first season.[18]
In 1990 Cryer appeared as Sandy in an
In 1995, Cryer was cast as Bob in the sitcom
In 1999, Cryer appeared as Neal in
Two and a Half Men
Cryer's long run of unsuccessful TV projects finally ended in 2003. Against the wishes of CBS executives (who were aware of his past failures) and due to a friendship with Charlie Sheen, he was cast as Alan Harper on the hit comedy series
After Sheen's departure from the series, Cryer's character became the show's main protagonist (with Ashton Kutcher being cast as the co-lead) during the final four seasons. Cryer is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the series; Sheen was fired in March 2011 and Cryer's on-screen son Angus T. Jones left the series at the end of season 10.[29]
Further acting and TV roles
In 2008, Cryer appeared with Laurence Fishburne and James Cromwell in the film Tortured,[30] and in 2009 co-starred with James Spader in the film Shorts.[31]
In 2011, Cryer played the role of David in a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. The all-star cast was headed by Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone.[32] The concert subsequently aired on PBS's Great Performances.[33]
Cryer made a
In 2015, Cryer released a memoir, So That Happened, a breezy, often comic tale chronicling Cryer's 30-year career on stage, film and television.[39]
Cryer currently appears in the drama series NCIS, where he currently plays Navy Dr. Cyril Taft who treats NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon). Cryer had expressed a desire to appear in NCIS since it premiered in 2003.[citation needed]
Pursuing a passion for criminal justice, Cryer joined the team of the popular podcast Undisclosed where he will be voicing the weekly addendum episode for the second season.[40]
On May 21, 2018, Cryer was featured in the season 9 premiere of genealogy program Who Do You Think You Are? Cryer uncovered the dramatic tale of his ancestor James Adams, a Scottish Covenanter soldier who was captured during the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, and endured horrific conditions as a prisoner. He was then transported to America an indentured servant to work at the Saugus Iron Works at Lynn, Massachusetts. As part of his research for the episode, Cryer visited the site of the Battle of Dunbar, Durham Cathedral in Durham, North East England – where surviving Scottish prisoners were held until they were indentured – and the Saugus Iron Works national historic site. Cryer said: "Seeing the resilience of my family over centuries, you can see the legacy he left. I can't help but feel lucky...clearly, the resilience of my family, that spine of steel, was not something that came from nowhere. Moving forward, I'm going to take James Adams' strength as my inspiration and know that when you go through very, very difficult times, if you can turn around and help the people around you who had it even worse, that's real strength. And I aspire to be one of those people."[citation needed]
On November 16, 2018, it was announced that Cryer had been cast as Lex Luthor on The CW's Supergirl in a recurring role.[41] (He had previously played Lenny Luthor, Lex Luthor's nephew, in the 1987 film Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.) His first appearance in the fifteenth episode of Season 4, titled "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". He reprised the role in the Batwoman and The Flash episodes of the Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths.[42][43]
On April 15, 2019, Cryer joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.[44]
Personal life
Cryer married British actress Sarah Trigger in 1999, with whom he has a son, Charlie Austin.[9] They divorced in 2004. On a February 2007 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, he announced that he was engaged to entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner, whom he married in Mexico[9] in June 2007.[45][46] On September 29, 2009, they announced that they had adopted a baby girl.[47][48]
When Pretty in Pink co-star Molly Ringwald told Out magazine in 2012 that she believed Cryer's character in the film, Duckie, was gay, Cryer stated, "I respectfully disagree. I want to stand up for all the slightly effeminate dorks that are actually heterosexual. Just cause the gaydar is going off, doesn't mean your instruments aren't faulty. I've had to live with that, and that’s OK."[49] Also in 2012, he told Jeff Probst that when he and Joyner started dating, she wondered if he might be gay because "he never kissed me."[50] Cryer was asked in 2014 if he was "mistaken for gay"; he called himself "an effeminate heterosexual dork" and made a tongue-in-cheek remark about never being propositioned: "Fellas, you're dropping the ball."[51]
Political views
Prior to the 2008 presidential election, Cryer attended a fundraiser hosted by the McCain campaign and, according to news reports, endorsed John McCain.[52][53] 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 was "not really political." He had attended events for both Republicans and Democrats "because he wanted to hear what both sides had to say."[54]
In regard to Donald Trump, Cryer opined on the May 5, 2016, episode of the podcast Never Not Funny, "I have been pointing out, and I have been screaming to the rooftops, that Donald Trump is the Charlie Sheen of politics ... I have to tell you, I love Charlie Sheen, I loved working with him when he was sober, but he was, he's full of shit. He has been full of shit, he has serious addiction. His addiction is obviously serious, drugs, and, but, Trump is just addicted to feeling important. I think if anybody is under the delusion that he cares about anybody in America besides himself, they are stoned and need to rethink their priorities, 'cause it's just ridiculous that he's gotten as far as he has."[55]
Cryer was an active supporter of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and also a supporter of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[56][57]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | No Small Affair | Charles Cummings | |
1985 | Noon Wine | Teenage Herbert Thompson | |
O.C. and Stiggs | Randall Schwab Jr. | ||
1986 | Pretty in Pink | Phil "Duckie" Dale | |
1987 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Morgan Stewart | |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lenny Luthor | ||
Dudes | Grant | ||
Hiding Out | Andrew Morenski/Max Hauser | ||
1989 | Penn & Teller Get Killed | Frat Boy | |
1991 | Hot Shots! | Jim "Wash Out" Pfaffenbach | |
1993 | The Waiter | Tommy Kazdan | |
1994 | Heads | Guy Franklin | |
1996 | The Pompatus of Love | Mark | Writer |
Cannes Man | Himself | ||
1997 | Plan B | Stuart Winer | |
1998 | Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five | Daniel | Writer and producer |
Holy Man | Barry | ||
2001 | Glam | Jimmy Pells | |
2003 | The Metro Chase | Mr. Stamm | |
2008 | Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby | Richard Pig | Voice[58] |
Tortured | Brian Mark | ||
2009 | Weather Girl | Charles | |
Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock
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Bill Thompson | ||
Stay Cool | Javier | ||
2010 | Due Date | Alan Harper | Cameo |
2011 | Company | David | Filmed performance |
2013 | Ass Backwards | Dean Morris | |
Planes | Dusty Crophopper (original trailer only; Cryer does not appear in final film) | Writer; additional story material | |
2014 | Hit by Lightning | Ricky Miller | |
2019 | Big Time Adolescence | Reuben Harris | |
2021 | 18½ | H. R. Haldeman | Voice |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Amazing Stories | Phil | Episode: "Miscalculation" |
1988 | Cinemax Comedy Experiment | Himself | Episode: "Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card" |
1989–1990 | The Famous Teddy Z | Teddy Zakalokis | 20 episodes |
1995–1996 | Partners | Bob | 22 episodes |
1996 | The Outer Limits | Trevor McPhee | Episode: "Vanishing Act" |
1997 | It's Good to Be King | Mort | |
Dharma & Greg | Brian | Episode: "Shower the People You Love with Love" | |
1998 | Getting Personal | Sam Wagner | 17 episodes (also producer) |
Hercules | The Winged Wolves | Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Underworld Takeover" | |
Mr. Show with Bob and David | Duckie | Episode: "It's Perfectly Understandishable" | |
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Justin | Episode: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Thanksgiving" | |
2000–2001 | The Trouble with Normal | Zack Mango | 13 episodes |
2001 | Family Guy | Wiseguy | Voice, episode: " There's Something About Paulie "
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2002 | Andy Richter Controls the Universe | Lemuel Praeger | Episode: "Gimme a C" |
The Practice | Terry Pender | Episode: "Of Thee I Sing" | |
2003 | Becker | Roger | Episode: "Chris' Ex" |
Hey Joel | Joel Stein | Voice, 13 episodes | |
Stripperella | Dave / Clifton / Clifford | Voice, 3 episodes[58] | |
2003–2015 | Two and a Half Men | Alan Harper | 262 episodes; 3 episodes (director); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2012) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2009) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2006–2008, 2010–2011) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2011) |
2005–2006 | Danny Phantom | Freakshow | Voice, 2 episodes[58] |
2006 | American Dad! | Quacky | Voice, episode: "It's Good to Be The Queen" |
2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Himself | Episode: "Two and a Half Deaths" |
2010–2011 | Hannah Montana | Kenneth Truscott | 2 episodes |
2012 | Husbands | Vic Del Rey | 2 episodes |
2013 | The Cleveland Show | Alan Harper | Voice, episode: "The Fist and the Furious" |
2013–2016 | Mom | Restaurant customer | Episode: "Pilot"; 2 episodes (director) |
2015–2016 | NCIS | Dr. Cyril Taft | 3 episodes |
2016–2017 | The Ranch
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Bill Jensen | 2 episodes |
2016 | Lady Dynamite | Himself | Episode: "Pilot" |
2017–2019 | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Jon Cryer | 7 episodes |
2017 | Justice League Action | Felix Faust | Voice, 4 episodes[58] |
Disjointed | — | 2 episodes (director) | |
2018 | Robot Chicken | Brainy Smurf / Ziggy | Voice, episode: "Your Mouth Is Hanging off Your Face" |
Will & Grace | Himself | Episode: "Kid 'n Play" | |
Drop the Mic | Episode: "Shawn Mendes vs. Odell Beckham Jr. & Molly Ringwald vs. Jon Cryer" | ||
Who Do You Think You Are? | 2 episodes | ||
2019–2021 | Supergirl | Lex Luthor (Earth-38) | 20 episodes; Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television (2021) Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television (2019) Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain (2019) |
2019 | Batwoman | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 2" | |
The Flash | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3" | ||
2020 | Arrow | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 4" | |
Legends of Tomorrow | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 5" | ||
The Forgotten West Memphis Three | — | Television mini-series documentary (executive producer) | |
2021 | The Kominsky Method | Himself | Episode: "Chapter 22. The fundamental things apply" |
2023 | Extended Family | Jim Kearney | Main role (executive producer) |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1983 | Torch Song Trilogy | David | US national tour | [59] |
1983 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Eugene Jerome | Alvin Theatre | [60] |
1990 | Carnal Knowledge | Sandy | Kaufman Theater | [61] |
1994 | 900 Oneonta | Gitlo | The Old Vic | [62] |
1999 | Bluff | Neal | Victory Gardens Theater | [63] |
2011 | Company | David | Concert with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center | [64] |
Book
- So That Happened: A Memoir (2015) - Berkley – ISBN 0-45-147235-7.
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External links
- Jon Cryer at IMDb
- Jon Cryer at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jon Cryer at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archive)
- Jon Cryer at AllMovie
- Jon Cryer at Emmys.com
- Jon Cryer Bio at CBS – Two and a Half Men at the Wayback Machine (archived March 14, 2008)