Jon Cryer Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the 1998 Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival for his work in "Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five․"
• In 2011, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• During his teenage years, he trained in acting at the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center
• Despite his mother's insistence on going to college, he decided to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London
• Quote: "The right thing will happen at the right time․"
• Frequently takes on the role of characters who are dorky
• Attended the same junior high school as Robert Downey Jr
• Lost his two front teeth after an accident when he dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool
• Auditioned for the role of Chandler Bing on "Friends," but his audition tape did not reach the casting directors before the network made a decision
• While working as a theatre usher in his youth, people would often mistake him for Matthew Broderick