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Jon Cryer

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Jon Cryer

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Overview

  • Born
    April 16, 1965 · New York City, New York, USA
  • Birth name
    Jonathan Niven Cryer
  • Height
    5′ 9″ (1.75 m)

Biography

    • Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. Born into a show business family, he made his motion picture debut as a teenager photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair; his breakout role came in 1986, in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao

Family

  • Spouses
      Lisa Joyner(June 16, 2007 - present) (1 child)
      Sarah Trigger(January 22, 2000 - 2004) (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
      Charlie Austin Cryer
      Daisy Cryer
  • Parents
      Gretchen Cryer
      David Cryer
  • Relatives
      Gracie Hyland(Niece or Nephew)

Trivia

  • He was asked to audition for the role of Chandler Bing on Friends (1994), while he was doing a play in London. His reading was videotaped by a British casting agent but the tape failed to arrive in the United States before the network had made its final decision.
  • Cryer's two front teeth are fake after having lost his two front teeth while diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool.
  • Assumed temporary custody of his son, Charlie, after Charlie's mother, Sarah Trigger, was arrested in May 2009 on felony neglect charges. Charlie's two-year-old stepbrother was found with rope and cord marks around his neck.
  • Attended Junior High School 104 with Robert Downey Jr.. He co-starred with him in the comedy movie Due Date (2010).
  • He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 19, 2011.

Quotes

  • (on the difference between acting on stage and acting in movies) On the stage, you develop a character that's different from yourself. In a film, they're always saying, "Walk over here. Say this line. Be you.".
  • The right thing will happen at the right time.
  • [on accessible playgrounds] People the world over are realizing this is something that is needed, but people weren't thinking about this when they were building places for children.
  • I've been mistaken for a lot of people. Often for Matthew Broderick. I tell people not to feel bad. One of my first jobs was to be Matthew Broderick's understudy. I was paid to look like him.

Salary

  • Two and a Half Men (2003) - $550,000 /episode (2010-11)

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