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Jon Cryer: Biography

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Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/16/1965, Aries
Profession: Actor

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The son of Broadway performers David and Gretchen Cryer, this perennially geeky actor was indoctrinated into showbiz at a young age as a child model and stage performer. Although his early success as Molly Ringwald's manic buddy Duckie in Pretty in Pink seemed to imply a wonderful future, his career stalled after a series of forgettable films. In the '90s Cryer wisely focused almost solely on television. Although four of his sitcoms flopped, he remained undaunted, and in 2003 he finally scored a hit as a pent-up single father on Two and a Half Men.Jon Cryer Fast Facts:

Began acting in junior high school.
Attended Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, before his senior year of high school.
Frequently mistaken for Matthew Broderick, whom he understudied and succeeded in the off-Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy and the Broadway play Brighton Beach Memoirs. Another connection occured when Cryer made his film debut in No Small Affair playing a role originally intended for Broderick.
Co-wrote, produced and starred in the independent films The Pompatus of Love and Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God...Be Back in Five.
Formed a company of mail-order home-cooked food in 1995 with his mother, Gretchen Cryer.