Jon Cryer

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Born: 4/16/1965

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. …

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Shorts [Movie]

2009

Two and a Half Men: Season 06 [TV Series] as Alan Harper

2008

Stay Cool [Movie]

2008

Weather Girl [Movie] as Charles

2008

Tortured [Movie]

2008

Two and a Half Men: Season 05 [TV Series] as Alan Harper

2007

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Getting Personal [Movie]

1998

Went to Coney Island On a Mission From God...Be Back By Five [Movie]

1998

The Pompatus Of Love [Movie]

1995

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Went to Coney Island On a Mission From God...Be Back By Five [Movie]

1998

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Famed Sportscaster, Hawaiian Shirt Enthusiast Now Hollywood Royalty [Duan!]

06/18/09 Chris Berman has officially become part of the Hollywood Walk Of Fame . | Deadspin
Forecast good for 'Weather Girl'

06/17/09 "Weather Girl," a relationship comedy that's set to play the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival, has sold off a slew of rights. | The Hollywood Reporter
2010 Walk of Fame honorees revealed

06/17/09 Russell Crowe, Adam Sandler, Bill Maher and Ringo Starr are among the entertainers who will have their names added to Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. | The Hollywood Reporter
"I Am Mr. Right?": The Manic Pixie Dream Guy (Feature)

06/10/09 To qualify as a Manic Pixie Dream Guy?or MPD Guy, for short?a male role must have a few basic characteristics. | PopMatters
Snag This: Stagedoor

06/10/09 Did the kids who just won Tony Awards for Billy Elliott on Broadway ever have to endure this kind of criticism from a director? | Cinematical.com
Baby, He's a Star: Prince's Life in Film (Feature)

06/01/09 It's something of an understatement to note that Prince has done some strange things over the course of his career, but since these have almost all been bad ideas (replacing his name with a symbol? Releasing several dozen albums in the late '90s? Recording duets with Carmen Electra? Making a concept album about his conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses?) one cannot accuse him of being a careerist, shrewdly calculating the commercial potential in his art and how to cash in on trends. | PopMatters
The Heldenfiles: Kent State graduate nominated for Tony Award

06/01/09 When you look at the list of Tony Award nominees for lead actress in a musical, you may at first take note of big names like Stockard Channing (for Pal Joey ) and Allison Janney (for 9 to 5: The Musical). | Akron Beacon Journal - Akron OH
Jon Cryer?s Ex-Wife Arrested

05/29/09 E! news reported that Trigger, who is a British-born actress, supposedly gave conflicting accounts regarding the child's "accident. Before being released on a $100,000 bail, Trigger was arrested for suspicion of child abuse and booked into the HBPD jail. | TheCelebrityCafe.com
Jon Cryer's Ex Arrested For Child Abuse

05/29/09 Jon Cryer 's ex-wife, Sarah Trigger , was arrested and booked for felony child neglect on Thursday. | Perez Hilton
TV on DVD: Week of May 12

05/11/09 ON AOL TELEVISION The perfect introduction to the original 1960s series for people who just discovered (or rediscovered) the franchise through J.J. Abrams' big-screen adaptation. | Inside TV
TV talk shows for May 11

05/07/09 Author Elizabeth Edwards ("Resilience"); TV personality Randy Jackson; Microsoft chairman Bill Gates; Take It off Today; timeshares; beauty awards; affordable Memorial Day travel. 9 a.m. Live With Regis and Kelly: Actor Eric Bana; the latest "American Idol" castoff performs; Winners Week: the "Celebrity Apprentice" winner. 10 a.m. The View: A day of hot topics; comic Steve Harvey; En Vogue performs. 1 p.m. The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Actor Jon Cryer; actress Alison Sweeney; the latest "American Idol" castoff; child musician Yuto Miyazawa. 3 p.m. Maury: Lie-detector results reveal whether a woman's fianc� is having a secret threesome; a returning guest insists that he is not cheating on the mother of his child. 10:35 p.m. | St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO
Check Out 'Two And A Half Men: The Complete Fifth Season' On DVD May 12

05/01/09 The Complete Fifth Season opens with Charlie ( Charlie Sheen ) topping the charts as kiddie-song sensation Charlie Waffles. | Starpulse
Check Out 'Two And A Half Men: The Complete Fifth Season' On DVD May 12

05/01/09 The Complete Fifth Season opens with Charlie ( Charlie Sheen ) topping the charts as kiddie-song sensation Charlie Waffles. | Starpulse News Blog
Tribeca Review: Stay Cool

04/30/09 After Manure quietly (and not-so-quietly) stunk up the scene at the Sundance Film Festival, the Polish Brothers (Mark and Michael) have returned to the festival circuit with Stay Cool -- a film that leaps into your lap with its perky, original concept, but then slowly but surely fails to deliver ... well, pretty much everything. | Cinematical.com
Distractions

04/29/09 What could be cuter ?and more useful ?than a package that combines stylish notecards with advice on how to perfect your correspondence? | The Buffalo News - Buffalo NY
High school hell is great fodder for games

04/24/09 It's no wonder World War II is a popular backdrop for video games, what with all the bullets flying, the Nazis marching and the international air thick with drama and intrigue. | MSNBC
TV Land Awards: a chance to see Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Ed O'Neill, Tom Selleck and many others

04/20/09 Presented by host Neil Patrick Harris to the cast of "ER," including Anthony Edwards , Paul McCrane and Alex Kingston. | TV Guy
Duckie Turns 44: Happy Birthday, Jon Cryer

04/16/09 It pains me to realize that Jon Cryer is 44 years old today. | Cinematical.com
Hiding Out Movie Review?Jon Cryer Is Really Going To Surprise You

04/16/09 So, apparently, Jon Cryer was huge back in the eighties, because Lions Gate's really recent The Lost Collection features him into TWO different movies. | Screenhead
Celebrity Birthdays, April 16

04/15/09 Happy Birthday To " Alpha Dog " actor Lukas Haas (1976), " Firefly " actor Sean Maher (1975), Tejano singer Selena (1971; d. 1995), " Big Momma's House 2 " star Martin Lawrence (1965), " Two And A Half Men " star Jon Cryer (1965), " Trust the Man " actress Ellen Barkin , British musician Gerry Rafferty (1947), Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), English singer Dusty Springfield (1939; d. 1999), singer Bobby Vinton (1935), jazz flute player Herbie Mann (1930), Pope Benedict XVI (1927), composer Henry Mancini (1924; d. 1994), actress/singer Edie Adams (1927), English actor/director Peter Ustinov (1921), Canadian actress Fifi D'Orsay (1904; d. 1983), and prolific film actor Charlie Chaplin (1889; d. 1977). | Starpulse News Blog
DVD OF THE WEEK: Hiding Out

04/15/09 "I can't hide here forever. My grades aren't that good." | GreenCine Daily

Year
Result
Award
Movie

2008
Won
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Two and a Half Men [TV Series]

2007
Won
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Two and a Half Men [TV Series]

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