Jon Cryer

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/78/Jon-Cryer.html|title=Jon Cryer Biography (1965–)|publisher=Filmreference|access-date=July 16, 2008}}{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Donald Eugene|title=Indiana authors and their books, 1967–1980|publisher=Wabash College|year=1981|pages=90|isbn=99904-4-038-7}}{{Cite web|last=Conn |first=Suzy |title=More on Gretchen Cryer |publisher=Blogway Baby |date=February 20, 2005 |url=http://www.blogwaybaby.com/2005/02/more-on-gretchen-cryer.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020222508/http://www.blogwaybaby.com/2005/02/more-on-gretchen-cryer.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2006 |access-date=November 12, 2010 }} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.stagedoormanor.com|title=Alumni|publisher=Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center|access-date=December 8, 2011}} and is a 1983 graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. He was classmates with screenwriter and film director Boaz Yakin.{{cite web|title=5th Annual Report on Black/Jewish Relations in the United States |url=http://www.ffeu.org/2000%20annual%20report%20for%20web.pdf |publisher=Foundation for Ethnic Understanding |year=2001 |access-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311002213/http://www.ffeu.org/2000%20annual%20report%20for%20web.pdf |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }} 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.{{cite news|title=In Step With: Jon Cryer |work=Parade |date=April 18, 2004 |url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_04-18-2004/in_step_with_0 |access-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807195031/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_04-18-2004/in_step_with_0 |archive-date=August 7, 2010 }}

File:Jon Cryer Pirates of the Caribbean Premiere.jpg]]

Cryer's first professional acting effort was as David in the Broadway play Torch Song Trilogy, replacing Matthew Broderick, whom he "closely resembled."Alan Was Matthew BBroderick's Character.

David was the Adopted Son [https://movies.yahoo.com/person/jon-cryer/biography.html Jon Cryer: Bibliography] He reprised the role in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was later a standby and replacement for Broderick as Eugene Jerome in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1984.{{cite web

|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jon-cryer-90206#broadway |title=Jon Cryer |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=Broadway League |access-date=November 8, 2020}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

At age 19, Cryer appeared in the 1984 romantic comedy film No Small Affair, in the lead role as Charles Cummings, after the original production with Matthew Broderick was shut down when director Martin Ritt suffered a heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9E01E2D9143AF93AA35752C1A962948260|title=Jon Cryer In 'No Small Affair'|work=The New York Times|first=Janet|last=Maslin|authorlink=Janet Maslin|date=November 9, 1984|access-date=September 14, 2008}} He went on to appear in small roles in films and television films.

Cryer made his film breakthrough as Philip F. "Duckie" Dale in the John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/08/24/reminiscing-jon-cryer-about-pretty-pink|title=Don't You Forget About Duckie|quote=To mark a new special-edition DVD of "Pretty in Pink", Emmy nominee Jon Cryer chats with Mandi Bierly about the movie's original ending, 'Try a Little Tenderness', and more|first=Mandi|last=Bierly|date=August 23, 2006|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 3, 2019}} In an interview with the Daily News, Cryer's mother Gretchen said that after Pretty in Pink, she started getting calls from teenage girls from all over the world, who would leave hysterical, giggling messages on her answering machine.{{cite web|title=Jon Cryer: Profile, Latest News and Related Articles |url=http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=6539c6ba-c9e8-4e14-a903-cb833f854618 |work=Notes |publisher=E! |access-date=August 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725190113/http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=6539c6ba-c9e8-4e14-a903-cb833f854618 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 }}

Cryer then starred in the 1987 film Hiding Out as a stockbroker on the run from a Mafia hit man. His mother Gretchen played his aunt. The film broke even, but Cryer's performance as a character who was much older than him was critically acclaimed. In the same year, he played Lenny Luthor, nephew of supervillain Lex Luthor, in the film Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. In 1989, he got the lead role in the TV comedy series The Famous Teddy Z. His performance gained poor reviews{{cite magazine|title=TV Review: 'The Famous Teddy Z'|first=Ken|last=Tucker|authorlink=Ken Tucker|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/05/25/famous-teddy-z|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 25, 1990|access-date=October 3, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210200927/https://ew.com/article/1990/05/25/famous-teddy-z|url-status=dead}} and the show was canceled after the first season.

In 1990, Cryer appeared as Sandy in an Off-Broadway adaptation of Carnal Knowledge.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/6f62046025d71c41478dec394ec5aa8b |title=Carnal Knowledge by Jules Feiffer Opens Off-Broadway |first=Michael|last=Kuchwara |date=November 20, 1990 |work=Associated Press |access-date=November 8, 2020}} That same year he appeared alongside future Two and a Half Men costar Charlie Sheen in the Jim Abrahams comedy Hot Shots!, which was received very positively.{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1036179-hot_shots|title=Hot Shots! (1991)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 13, 2008}} Cryer is frequently linked to the Brat Pack.{{cite encyclopedia|last=Lurie |first=Karen |title=Brat Pack |encyclopedia=St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200128 |year=2002 |publisher=Gale Group |location=Farmington Hills, Michigan|isbn=1-55862-405-8|access-date=September 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205234422/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200128 |archive-date=December 5, 2008 }} In a March 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob Kushell, Cryer stated that he had auditioned for St. Elmo's Fire but was not cast in a role.{{cite episode|title = Anytime with Bob Kushell feat. Jon Cryer |series= Anytime with Bob Kushell |airdate= March 17, 2009 |season= 2 |number= 1}} In 1993, he was asked to audition for the role of Chandler Bing on Friends, while doing a play in London. His reading 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.{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Juba|url=http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4177|publisher=The Trades|title=Interview: Jon Cryer: Failed Friend Who Became a Man|access-date=August 21, 2008|date=March 26, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206003747/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4177|archive-date=December 6, 2008|df=mdy-all}}

In 1995, Cryer was cast as Bob in the sitcom Partners, which, like his prior show The Famous Teddy Z, was canceled after its first season. In an interview with Time Out New York he stated, "Hey, every show I'm in goes down. Think about this: George Clooney was in 28 pilots, or something. It means nothing." After guest starring on shows such as Dharma & Greg and The Outer Limits, he wrote, produced and co-starred in the film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five. It debuted in 1998 at the Los Angeles Film Festival and gained positive reviews from critics.{{cite web|title=Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God... Be Back By Five (1998)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/went_to_coney_island_on_a_mission_from_god_be_back_by_five|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=June 22, 2008}} Leonard Maltin from Playboy Magazine called it "a breath of fresh air."{{cite web|url=http://hdmag.cz/files/covers/went-to-coney-island-on-a-mission-from-god-be-back-by-five.jpg|title=The Cover of 'Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five'|publisher=HD Magazine|access-date=June 22, 2008}} That same year, Cryer landed in another TV series, the Fox sitcom Getting Personal, alongside Vivica A. Fox and Duane Martin. Although the show was picked up for a second season after its abbreviated spring run, it was canceled that fall, after airing 17 episodes in total.

In 1999, Cryer appeared as Neal in Jeffrey Sweet's play Bluff at the Victory Gardens Theater.{{cite web|url=https://victorygardens.org/event/bluff |title=Bluff |date=July 23, 2019 |publisher=Victory Gardens Theater |access-date=November 8, 2020}} In 2000, he was cast as the lead in a comedy series called The Trouble with Normal. For the third time, Cryer starred in a show which was canceled after its first season.{{cite news|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting={5C0E1B12-1F43-4C3D-926A-44A9D14730D2}|title=Sheen and Cryer: Sitcom Survivors|first=Daniel R.|last=Coleridge|date=July 23, 2003|access-date=September 14, 2008|work=TV Guide}}

Cryer's long run of unsuccessful TV projects finally ended in 2003. Against the wishes of CBS executives (who were aware of his past failures) and due to a friendship with Charlie Sheen, he was cast as Alan Harper on the hit comedy series Two and a Half Men. (He had auditioned for the role of Gaius Baltar on the Sci-Fi Channel's reimagined Battlestar Galactica at around the same time, but the role went to James Callis.){{cite magazine|first=Adam B.|last=Vary|title=The Beginning of the End: A 'Battlestar Galactica' Oral History|date=March 20, 2009|page=42|url=https://ew.com/gallery/beginning-end-battlestar-galactica-oral-history|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 8, 2011|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220103951/http://www.ew.com/gallery/beginning-end-battlestar-galactica-oral-history|url-status=dead}} Cryer earned seven Primetime Emmy Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/jon-cryer|title=Jon Cryer Emmy Award Nominee|publisher=emmys.com|access-date=October 17, 2012}} nominations and two wins for his acting work on the show. In a comment on the show's high ratings, he said: "When you're on a show that's fighting for survival every week, you stop trusting your instincts, because you think, 'My instincts haven't worked so far.' But when people clearly like the show and are watching it in great numbers, it takes a huge amount of pressure off you. It allows you to trust your instincts and go with what has worked for you before."

After Sheen's departure from the series, Cryer's character became the show's main protagonist (with Ashton Kutcher being cast as the co-lead) during the final four seasons. Cryer is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the series; Sheen was fired in March 2011 and Cryer's on-screen son Angus T. Jones left the series at the end of season 10.{{cite web |last= Cowell |first= Maria |date= November 27, 2012 |url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/november-web-only/i-am-paid-hypocrite-two-and-half-men-star-talks-to-ct-about.html |title= How 'Two and a Half Men' Star Became a 'Paid Hypocrite.' |work= Christianity Today }}

In 2008, Cryer appeared with Laurence Fishburne and James Cromwell in the film Tortured,{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-tortured-dc-idUSN1535545820070515|title=Cryer, Denton 'Tortured' by thriller|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=May 15, 2007|work=The Hollywood Reporter|agency=Reuters|access-date=December 8, 2011|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220062725/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/05/15/film-tortured-dc-idUSN1535545820070515|url-status=live}} and in 2009 co-starred with James Spader in the film Shorts.{{cite web|first=Beth|last=Hilton|date=May 30, 2008|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a97096/cryer-spader-join-rodriguezs-shorts.html|work=Digital Spy|title=Cryer, Spader join Rodriguez's 'Shorts'|access-date=June 22, 2008}}

In 2011, Cryer played the role of David in a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. The all-star cast was headed by Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone.{{cite web

|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/company-concert-with-neil-patrick-harris-and-patti-lupone-to-be-released-on-dvd-this-fall-com-186712

|title=Company Concert, With Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone, to Be Released on DVD This Fall |author=Hetrick, Adam|date=July 11, 2012|work=Playbill.com|access-date=November 8, 2020}} The concert subsequently aired on PBS's Great Performances.{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/arts/collections/pbs-arts-festival/2013/company-with-the-new-york-philharmonic |title=Stephen Sondheim's Company with the New York Philharmonic |date=2013 |work=Great Performances |publisher=PBS

|access-date=November 8, 2020}}

Cryer made a guest appearance on the sitcom series Husbands in its second season.{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/08/17/husbands-second-season|title=Hollywood Stars Drop in on Male Newylweds in 'Husbands'|date=August 18, 2012|publisher=Tubefilter.com|access-date=August 18, 2012}} He was initially cast to voice the lead character in DisneyToon Studios' animated film Planes, a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise,{{cite news|last=DeMott|first=Rick|title=Jon Cryer Leads Voice Cast For DisneyToon's Planes|url=http://www.awn.com/news/voice-acting/jon-cryer-leads-voice-cast-disneytoons-planes|access-date=November 5, 2011|newspaper=DisneyToon Studio |via= Animation World Network|date=August 23, 2011}} but later dropped out and was replaced by Dane Cook.{{cite news|title=Disney Sets Theatrical Release Date For 'Planes'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-planes-release-date-set-406123|access-date= January 16, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Dane Cook Leads the Voice Cast for Disney's Planes|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=100955|access-date=February 28, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302225106/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=100955|url-status=dead}} Cryer did however receive a credit on the film for "additional story material."{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/planes/5058932.article |title=Planes Review |publisher=Screendaily.com |date=August 7, 2013 |access-date=November 20, 2013}}

In 2015, Cryer released a memoir, So That Happened, a breezy, often comic tale chronicling Cryer's 30-year career on stage, film and television.{{cite web|title=13 Juicy Things We Learned From Jon Cryer's Memoir|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/jon-cryer-memoir-so-that-happened-charlie-sheen-two-half-men|access-date= March 29, 2022}}

Cryer currently appears in the drama series NCIS, where he currently plays Navy Dr. Cyril Taft who treats NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon). Cryer had expressed a desire to appear in NCIS since it premiered in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/1doVIvjhchdZsU1yQ4kQ7C?si=e59c601295304d07 | title=Jon Cryer: The dream of playing an NCIS corpse | website=Spotify | access-date= September 3, 2024}}

Pursuing a passion for criminal justice, Cryer joined the team of the popular podcast Undisclosed where he will be voicing the weekly addendum episode for the second season.{{cite web|title=Jon Cryer joins the second season of 'Undisclosed' podcast|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/06/03/jon-cryer-undisclosed-podcast|access-date= June 3, 2016}} After appearing on the podcast Crime Writers On... it was announced that he would join the Undisclosed podcast for their second season.

On May 21, 2018, Cryer was featured in the season 9 premiere of genealogy program Who Do You Think You Are? Cryer uncovered the dramatic tale of his ancestor James Adams, a Scottish Covenanter soldier who was captured during the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, and endured horrific conditions as a prisoner. He was then transported to America an indentured servant to work at the Saugus Iron Works at Lynn, Massachusetts. As part of his research for the episode, Cryer visited the site of the Battle of Dunbar, Durham Cathedral in Durham, North East England – where surviving Scottish prisoners were held until they were indentured – and the Saugus Iron Works national historic site. Cryer said: "Seeing the resilience of my family over centuries, you can see the legacy he left. I can't help but feel lucky...clearly, the resilience of my family, that spine of steel, was not something that came from nowhere. Moving forward, I'm going to take James Adams' strength as my inspiration and know that when you go through very, very difficult times, if you can turn around and help the people around you who had it even worse, that's real strength. And I aspire to be one of those people."{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

On November 16, 2018, it was announced that Cryer had been cast as Lex Luthor on The CW's Supergirl in a recurring role.{{cite magazine|last=Agard|first=Chancellor|title='Supergirl' casts 'Two and a Half Men' star Jon Cryer as Lex Luther|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/16/supergirl-lex-luthor-jon-cryer|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 3, 2019|date=November 16, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117035420/https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/16/supergirl-lex-luthor-jon-cryer|url-status=dead}} (He had previously played Lenny Luthor, Lex Luthor's nephew, in the 1987 film Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.) His first appearance in the fifteenth episode of Season 4, titled "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". He reprised the role in the Batwoman and The Flash episodes of the Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths.{{Cite web|last=Dowling|first=Amber|date=2019-12-10|title='Crisis on Infinite Earths' Recap: The Return of Two Supermen and a World-Ending Plan|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/recaps/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-two-recap-batwoman-batman-superman-1203430942|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Dowling|first=Amber|date=2019-12-11|title='Crisis on Infinite Earths' Recap: A Rewritten Destiny Brings Another Superhero Death|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-three-recap-flash-black-lightning-huntress-1203432498|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

On April 15, 2019, Cryer joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Writers Share Signed Termination Letters As Mass Firing Of Agents Begins After WGA-ATA Talks Fail |date=April 13, 2019 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/writers-form-letters-agencies-mass-firing-of-agents-begins-wga-ata-talks-fail-1202595219 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood}}

File:JonCryerLisaJoynerHWOFSept2011.jpg in September 2011]]

Cryer married British actress Sarah Trigger in 1999, with whom he has a son, Charlie Austin. They divorced in 2004. On a February 2007 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, he announced that he was engaged to entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner, whom he married in Mexico in June 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1318832.php |title=Jon Cryer marries Lisa Joyner |author=April MacIntyre |date=June 17, 2007 |publisher=Monstersand Critics |access-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130154052/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1318832.php |archive-date=November 30, 2011 }}{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/jon-cryer-of-two-and-a-half-men-to-wed-in-summer|title=Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men to Wed in Summer|first=Cynthia|last=Wang|date=April 13, 2007|work=People|access-date=August 21, 2008}} On September 29, 2009, they announced that they had adopted a baby girl.{{cite news|last=Everett |first=Cristina |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-09-29/gossip/17932213_1_baby-girl-first-child-lisa-joyner|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130064659/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-09-29/gossip/17932213_1_baby-girl-first-child-lisa-joyner|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|title='Two and a Half Men' star Jon Cryer and wife Lisa Joyner adopt baby girl|date=September 29, 2009|work=Daily News |location= New York|access-date=October 17, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/two-and-a-half-men-star-jon-cryer-wants-his-ex-wife-left-homeless-lawyer-claims/story-e6frfku0-1225863943526|title=Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer wants his ex-wife left homeless, lawyer claims|date=May 8, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220064156/http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/two-and-a-half-men-star-jon-cryer-wants-his-ex-wife-left-homeless-lawyer-claims/story-e6frfku0-1225863943526|url-status=dead}}

When Pretty in Pink co-star Molly Ringwald told Out magazine in 2012 that she believed Cryer's character in the film, Duckie, was gay, Cryer stated, "I respectfully disagree. I want to stand up for all the slightly effeminate dorks that are actually heterosexual. Just 'cause the gaydar is going off, doesn't mean your instruments aren't faulty. I've had to live with that, and that's OK."{{cite web|last=James|first=Diego|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2012/05/23/jon-cryer-duckie-wasnt-gay|title=Jon Cryer: Duckie Wasn't Gay|website=Out|date=May 23, 2012|access-date=November 26, 2014}} Also in 2012, he told Jeff Probst that when he and Joyner started dating, she wondered if he might be gay because "he never kissed me."{{cite AV media|url=http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/watch/The-Jeff-Probst-Show/8700096552120197112/4085827824/Why-Jon-Cryer-s-Wife-Thought-He-Was-Gay-/videos|title=The Jeff Probst Show|website=xfinitytv.comcast.net|at=3:40–4:58|date=September 27, 2012|access-date=November 26, 2014}} Cryer was asked in 2014 if he was "mistaken for gay"; he called himself "an effeminate heterosexual dork" and made a tongue-in-cheek remark about never being propositioned: "Fellas, you're dropping the ball."{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Curtis M.|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-cryer-gay-rumors-_n_6078044|title=Jon Cryer On His Sexuality: I'm Just an 'Effeminate Heterosexual Dork'|website=HuffPost|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=November 10, 2019}}

Prior to the 2008 presidential election, Cryer attended a fundraiser hosted by the McCain campaign and, according to news reports, endorsed John McCain.{{cite news|title=Hollywood conservatives to rally for McCain|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/22/hollywood-conservatives-to-rally-for-mccain|work=The Washington Times|first1=Stephen |last1= Dinan |first2= Ralph Z. |last2= Hallow |name-list-style=amp |date=August 22, 2008|access-date=December 8, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/194019-celebrity-endorsements-2012-presidential-race-obama-republicans?start=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201180943/http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/194019-celebrity-endorsements-2012-presidential-race-obama-republicans?start=5|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2011|title=Celebrity endorsements in the 2012 presidential campaign|date=November 17, 2011|work= The Hill |access-date=October 17, 2012}} When Cryer did not make a public endorsement for the 2012 election, his spokeswoman said that the 2008 report aligning him with the Republican Party was a "mistake" and that Cryer was "not really political." He had attended events for both Republicans and Democrats "because he wanted to hear what both sides had to say."{{cite news|title=Conservative celebs mostly not yet committed for 2012 presidential race|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/178958-conservative-celebs-mostly-not-yet-committed-for-2012-presidential-race|date=November 17, 2011|first=Emily |last= Goodin|work=The Hill|access-date=December 8, 2011}} In fact, Federal Election Commission reports show that Cryer donated the maximum legal amount to the Obama campaign in August of 2008.[https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/contributor_name=Jon+Cryer&two_year_transaction_period=2008]. Records also show that he again contributed to the Obama campaign in 2012, that year in the form of a $40,000 contribution to the Obama 2012 Victory Fund.[https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/contributor_name=Jon+Cryer&two_year_transaction_period=2012&contributor_state=CA]

In regard to Donald Trump, Cryer opined on the May 5, 2016, episode of the podcast Never Not Funny: {{cquote|I have been pointing out, and I have been screaming to the rooftops, that Donald Trump is the Charlie Sheen of politics ... I have to tell you, I love Charlie Sheen, I loved working with him when he was sober, but he was, he's full of shit. He has been full of shit, he has serious addiction. His addiction is obviously serious, drugs, and, but, Trump is just addicted to feeling important. I think if anybody is under the delusion that he cares about anybody in America besides himself, they are stoned and need to rethink their priorities, 'cause it's just ridiculous that he's gotten as far as he has.{{cite news|title=Jon Cryer, NEVER NOT FUNNY #1812|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/jon-cryer-2|date=May 5, 2016|first=Jimmy |last= Pardo|work=Never Not Funny|access-date=June 1, 2016}}}}

Cryer was an active supporter of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and also a supporter of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.{{Cite web |last1=White |first1=Lynette Rice,Sean Piccoli,Peter |last2=Rice |first2=Lynette |last3=Piccoli |first3=Sean |last4=White |first4=Peter |date=2023-10-02 |title=Dispatches From The Picket Line: Actors Including Jon Cryer Are "Cautiously Optimistic" As Talks Restart |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/actors-strike-jon-cryer-picket-lines-1235561793 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Hollywood actors remain on picket lines instead of sets as strike hits 100 days |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/hollywood-actors-remain-on-picket-lines-instead-of-sets-as-strike-hits-100-days-1542401.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=BreakingNews.ie |language=en}}

• So That Happened: A Memoir (2015) - Berkley – {{ISBN|0-45-147235-7}}.

{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Commonscat}}

• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001083 Jon Cryer] at IMDb
• [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/90206 Jon Cryer] at Internet Broadway Database
• {{IOBDB name|5345}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121008205938/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=597 archive])
• {{Emmys person|jon-cryer}}
• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314230754/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/two_and_a_half_men/bio/jon_cryer/bio.php |title=Jon Cryer Bio at CBS – Two and a Half Men |date=mdy}}

{{Navboxes

|title = Awards for Jon Cryer

|list =

{{EmmyAward ComedyLeadActor 2001–2025}}

{{EmmyAward ComedySupportingActor 2001-2025}}

{{Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television}}

}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Good article}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cryer, Jon}}

Category:1965 births

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male voice actors

Category:American television directors

Category:Television producers from New York City

Category:Living people

Category:Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners

Category:Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners

Category:The Bronx High School of Science alumni