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Jon Cryer

Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer
Born: Apr 16, 1965 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Pretty in Pink, The Pompatus of Love, Hiding Out
First Major Screen Credit: No Small Affair (1984)
18 Videos for Jon Cryer
Shorts (2009) Two and a Half Men: Season 02 (2004) Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Two and a Half Men: Season 06 (2008) Two and a Half Men: Season 01 (2003) Dudes (1987)
Weather Girl (2008) Went to Coney Island On a Mission From God...Be Back By Five (1998) Hiding Out (1987)
Two and a Half Men: Season 05 (2007) The Pompatus of Love (1995) Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2007) Heads (1994) Pretty in Pink (1986)
Two and a Half Men: Season 04 (2006) Hot Shots! (1991) No Small Affair (1984)
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Biography:

Dark-haired comedic actor Jon Cryer remains best-known for his lovable performance as Duckie Dale in the 1986 teen movie Pretty in Pink. Even though he was 21 years old playing a high school senior, he exhibited a vulnerable yet goofy freshness unlike most other teen stars. The son of Broadway performers, he was schooled in the Bronx before making his film debut in the romantic comedy No Small Affair as a young photographer obsessed with Demi Moore.

He made some unfortunate movies after Pretty in Pink, including the Ferris Bueller knock-off Morgan Stewart's Coming Home, which suggested unfair comparisons with actor Matthew Broderick. Other forgettable movies followed until he was cast as the star of the sitcom The Famous Teddy Z, which was then followed by several other short-lived sitcoms.

After appearing in the anarchic comedy Hot Shots!, he proved fairly successful with offbeat comedies and independent films. He helped write the talky romantic comedy The Pompatus of Love then starred in the similarly themed Plan B. He teamed up with director Richard Schenkman to write the offbeat comedy Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God...Be Back by Five.

After an erratic appearance in the Eddie Murphy movie Holy Man, he went back to television for the sitcoms The Trouble With Normal (with Paget Brewster) and Two and a Half Men (with Charlie Sheen). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide.