Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Cryer made his motion picture debut as a teenaged 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 2003, Cryer was cast in a co-leading role as Alan Harper on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. He also has a recurring role in the CBS drama series NCIS, playing Dr. Cyril Taft. He wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five.
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Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Cryer made his motion picture debut as a teenaged 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 2003, Cryer was cast in a co-leading role as Alan Harper on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, a major hit for twelve seasons for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards. He also has a recurring role in the CBS drama series NCIS, playing Dr. Cyril Taft. In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 2011. His mother, Gretchen Kiger, is a playwright, songwriter, actress and singer. His father, Donald David Cryer, is an actor and singer who originally studied to be a minister. His paternal grandfather, the Rev. Donald W. Cryer,. was a well-known Methodist minister. He has two sisters, Robin and Shelly. WhenCryer was twelve years old, he decided that he wanted to become an actor. He skipped college and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, for a summer short course in Shakespeare. He attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center for several summers as a teenager, and is a 1983 graduate of the Bronx High School of Science.
He is frequently linked to the Brat Pack. In a March 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob Elhelled,cryer stated that he had auditioned for the role of Stmo on Stmo’s Fire but was not cast. In an interview with Time S. Kushell, he said he was asked to audition for Chandler Bing on Friends, while doing a play in London. His audition tape was videotaped by a British casting agent but the tape failed to arrive in the U.S. before the network had made its final decision. In 1995, he was cast as Bob Kushell in the sitcom Partners, which was canceled after its first season. In 1990 Cryer appeared as Sandy in an Off-Broadway adaptation of Carnal Knowledge. That same year he starred with Charlie Sheen in the Jim Abrahams comedy Hot Shots!, which was very positively received. In 1996, he got the lead role in TV comedy series The Famous Teddy Z. His performance gained poor reviews and the show was cancelled after the first season, but Cryer’s performance as a much-older character was critically acclaimed. His other film appearances include Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Hiding Out, Hot Shots, Holy Man, Tortured, Shorts, and Hit by Lightning.
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