Cast & creator
Jon Cryer
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Family Guy
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.
Also known as: Jonathan Niven Cryer , John Cryer, جان کرایر
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film credits
66
television credits
98
1956–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Family Guy
Kevin (voice)
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Jon Cryer (uncredited)
2000
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
American Dad!
Quacky (voice)
2005American Dad!
Desk Clerk (voice)
2005
NCIS
Cyril Taft
2003
Conan
Self
2010
The Flash
Lex Luthor
2014
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self - Guest
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Two and a Half Men
Alan Harper
2003Two and a Half Men
Director
2003Two and a Half Men
Story
2003
Arrow
Lex Luthor
2012
Big Brother
Self - Actor, 'Two & a ½ Men'
2000
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Outer Limits
Trevor McPhee
1995
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Practice
Terry Pender
1997
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Lex Luthor
2016
American Playhouse
Teenage Herbert
1982
Supergirl
Lex Luthor
2015
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Mom
Customer
2013Mom
Director
2013
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
Sherpa
2026The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The Soup
Self
2004
Hannah Montana
Ken Truscott
2006The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Hercules
The Winged Wolves (voice)
1998
Becker
Roger
1998
Danny Phantom
Freakshow (voice)
2004
Amazing Stories
Phil
1985
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004
Will & Grace
Jon Cryer
2017
Two Guys and a Girl
Justin
1998
Justice League Action
Felix Faust (voice)
2016
Dharma & Greg
Brian (uncredited)
1997
Batwoman
Lex Luthor
2019
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host
1975
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
Mr. Show with Bob and David
Duckie
1995
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Eugenio Derbez
2018
The Great Indoors
Donnie
2016
Hot Shots!
Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
1991
Password
Self - Celebrity Guest
2022
Due Date
Alan Harper
2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lenny
1987
The Trouble with Normal
Zack Mango
2000
Extended Family
Jim Kearney
2023Extended Family
Executive Producer
2023
Partners
Bob
1995
Pretty in Pink
Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
1986
The Famous Teddy Z
Teddy Zakalokis
1989
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
Jon Cryer
2017
Hey Joel
Joel Stein
2003
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
aka Charlie Sheen
Self
2025
Big Time Adolescence
Reuben
2020Getting Personal
Sam Wagner
1998Retrosexual: The '80s
(archive footage)
2004
Shorts
Dad Thompson
2009
Holy Man
Barry
1998
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
Richard Pig (voice)
2008
Cannes Man
Self
1996
Weather Girl
Charles
2009
Crisis Aftermath
Self
2019
Tortured
Brian Mark
2008
Devoured
Narrator
2022
Stay Cool
Javier
2011
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
2024
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
O.C. and Stiggs
Randall Schwab Jr.
1987
BRATS
Self
2024
Dudes
Grant
1987
Hit by Lightning
Ricky Miller
2014
No Small Affair
Charles Cummings
1984
Ass Backwards
Dean Morris
2013
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Frat Boy #3
1989
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
Freakshow (voice)
2006
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Daniel
1998Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Writer
1998Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Producer
1998Plan B
Stuart Winer
1997
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
Morgan Sewart
1987
Hiding Out
Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
1987
Company
David
2011
The Pompatus of Love
Mark
1996The Pompatus of Love
Writer
1996The Pompatus of Love
Co-Producer
1996
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
1988
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Self
2012
Glam
Jimmy Pells
1998
Noon Wine
Teenage Herbert
1985
18½
H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
2022The Waiter
Tommy Kazdan
1993
Heads
Guy Franklin
1994
Metro Chase
Mr. Stamm
2005