Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-04-16 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Jonathan Niven Cryer
John Cryer
جان کرایر
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...
1987
as Morgan Sewart
1986
as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
2009
as Javier
1987
as Lenny
2009
as Dad Thompson
1998
as Barry
1987
as Grant
1987
as Randall Schwab Jr.
1991
as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
1987
as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
2008
as Richard Pig (voice)
1984
as Charles Cummings
2009
as Charles
1996
as Mark
2011
as David
2012
2013
as Dean Morris
1994
as Guy Franklin
2014
as Ricky Miller
2024
as Self
1998
as Jimmy Pells
1993
as Tommy Kazdan
2008
as Brian Mark
2010
as Alan Harper
2006
as Freakshow (voice)
2020
as Reuben
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Stuart Winer
1989
as Frat Boy #3
1997
as Self
2022
as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
1985
as Teenage Herbert
2005
as Mr. Stamm
2022
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1996
as Writer
1996
as Co-Producer
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