Jon Cryer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-04-16 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jon Cryer

Biography

​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 a...

Acting

1987

1986

Pretty in Pink

as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale

2009

Stay Cool

as Javier

2009

Shorts

as Dad Thompson

1998

Holy Man

as Barry

1987

Dudes

as Grant

1987

O.C. and Stiggs

as Randall Schwab Jr.

1991

Hot Shots!

as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach

1987

Hiding Out

as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser

2008

1984

No Small Affair

as Charles Cummings

2009

Weather Girl

as Charles

2011

Company

as David

2013

Ass Backwards

as Dean Morris

1994

Heads

as Guy Franklin

2014

Hit by Lightning

as Ricky Miller

2024

BRATS

as Self

1998

Glam

as Jimmy Pells

1993

The Waiter

as Tommy Kazdan

2008

Tortured

as Brian Mark

2010

Due Date

as Alan Harper

2006

Danny Phantom: Reality Trip

as Freakshow (voice)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Plan B

as Stuart Winer

1989

1997

Cannes Man

as Self

2022

18½

as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)

1985

Noon Wine

as Teenage Herbert

2005

Metro Chase

as Mr. Stamm

2024

The Little Pageant That Could

as Self (archive footage)

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