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 and The Trouble with Normal) did not last very long. In 2003, he was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS hit comedy series Two and a Half Men, opposite Charlie Sheen, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2009. He received three earlier Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on the show.
Movie | Brats | Self | 2025 |
Movie | The Waiter | Tommy Kazdan | 2025 |
Series | Extended Family | Jim Kearney | 2023-12-23 |
Series | Devoured | Narrator | 2022-02-21 |
Movie | 18½ | H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice) | 2022-05-27 |
Series | Password | Self - Celebrity Guest | 2022-08-09 |
Movie | Big Time Adolescence | Reuben | 2020-03-13 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
Series | Crisis Aftermath | Self | 2019-12-08 |
Series | Batwoman | Lex Luthor | 2019-10-06 |
Series | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Eugenio Derbez | 2018-02-18 |
Series | Will & Grace | Jon Cryer | 2017-09-28 |
Series | Drop the Mic | Self | 2017-10-24 |
Series | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Jon Cryer | 2017-10-25 |
Series | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Lex Luthor | 2016-01-21 |
Movie | Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
Series | Justice League Action | Felix Faust (voice) | 2016-12-16 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015-03-23 |
Series | Supergirl | Lex Luthor | 2015-10-26 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | The Flash | Lex Luthor | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | Hit by Lightning | Ricky Miller | 2014-10-31 |
Movie | Ass Backwards | Dean Morris | 2013-01-21 |
Series | Mom | Customer | 2013-09-23 |
Series | Arrow | Lex Luthor | 2012-10-10 |
Movie | John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast | Self | 2012-11-06 |
Movie | Stay Cool | Javier | 2011-09-16 |
Movie | Company | David | 2011-06-15 |
Movie | Due Date | Alan Harper | 2010-11-03 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2010-03-05 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | Weather Girl | Charles | 2009-07-10 |
Movie | Shorts | Dad Thompson | 2009-08-21 |
Movie | Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby | Richard Pig (voice) | 2008-03-01 |
Series | Hannah Montana | Ken Truscott | 2006-03-24 |
Movie | Danny Phantom: Reality Trip | Freakshow (voice) | 2006-06-09 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Series | American Dad! | Desk Clerk (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Series | Danny Phantom | Freakshow (voice) | 2004-04-03 |
Series | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self | 2004-01-01 |
Series | The Soup | Unknown | 2004-07-01 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Retrosexual: The '80s | (archive footage) | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Hey Joel | Joel Stein | 2003-06-03 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003-01-26 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Two and a Half Men | Alan Harper | 2003-09-22 |
Series | NCIS | Cyril Taft | 2003-09-23 |
Series | The Trouble with Normal | Zack Mango | 2000-10-06 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jon Cryer (uncredited) | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Family Guy | Kevin (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Series | Two Guys and a Girl | Justin | 1998-03-10 |
Movie | Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five | Daniel | 1998-01-01 |
Series | Becker | Roger | 1998-11-02 |
Series | Getting Personal | Sam Wagner | 1998-04-06 |
Movie | Glam | Jimmy Pells | 1998-05-08 |
Movie | Holy Man | Barry | 1998-10-08 |
Series | Hercules | The Winged Wolves (voice) | 1998-08-31 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Cannes Man | Self | 1997-06-03 |
Series | Dharma & Greg | Brian (uncredited) | 1997-09-24 |
Movie | Plan B | Stuart Winer | 1997-10-03 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996-06-10 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | The Pompatus of Love | Mark | 1996-07-26 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Trevor McPhee | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Partners | Bob | 1995-09-11 |
Movie | Heads | Guy Franklin | 1994-01-29 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Hot Shots! | Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach | 1991-07-31 |
Series | The Famous Teddy Z | Teddy Zakalokis | 1989-09-18 |
Movie | Penn & Teller Get Killed | Frat Boy #3 | 1989-09-22 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Morgan Sewart | 1987-02-20 |
Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lenny | 1987-07-24 |
Movie | O.C. and Stiggs | Randall Schwab Jr. | 1987-07-10 |
Movie | Hiding Out | Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser | 1987-11-06 |
Movie | Dudes | Grant | 1987-08-01 |
Movie | Pretty in Pink | Philip F. "Duckie" Dale | 1986-02-28 |
Series | Amazing Stories | Phil | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | No Small Affair | Charles Cummings | 1984-11-09 |
Series | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1956-04-01 |