Known For: American actor (b. 1965)
Category: Actors
Occupation: writer, screenwriter, television actor, film actor, voice actor, film producer, stage actor, television producer
Country: United States of America
City: New York City
Date of Birth: Friday, 16 April 1965
Language English
Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor, writer, producer, and television director. Born into a show business family, he made his motion picture debut as a teenage photographer in the romantic comedy No Small Affair (1984); his breakout role was as Duckie in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in Pink (1986). He wrote and produced the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998).
| BirthPlace | New York City |
| Education | Q523926, Q751612 |
| Awards | Q989442, Q1285970, Q17985761 |
| Spouses | Lisa Joyner, Sarah Trigger |
| Wikipedia | Jon_Cryer |
| X (Twitter) | MrJonCryer |
Cryer was born in New York City. His mother, Gretchen Cryer (née 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 Walter Cryer, was a prominent Methodist minister. He has two sisters, Robin and Shelly. When Cryer was twelve years old, he decided he wanted to become an actor. When his mother heard this, she thought he should have a backup plan, and joked, "Plumbing is a pretty good career." Cryer 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 was classmates with screenwriter and film director Boaz Yakin. To his mother's "great disappointment," he skipped college and went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, for a summer short course in Shakespeare.
