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Date of Birth

16 April 1965, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Jonathan Niven Cryer

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse

Lisa Joyner	(16 June 2007 - present)
Sarah Trigger	(1999 - 2004) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

His first child with his wife Sarah Trigger, a son Charlie Austin, was born on 27 June 2000 in Los Angeles.

Graduate of The Bronx High School of Science (a.k.a. Bronx Science), class of 1983.

Son of David Cryer and Gretchen Cryer, Broadway actors.

He was asked to audition for the role of Chandler Bing on "Friends" (1994), while he was 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.

Friend of Paget Brewster.

He and his "Two and a Half Men" (2003) co-star Charlie Sheen also starred together in Hot Shots! (1991)

Revealed his engagement to TV reporter Lisa Joyner on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) on Jan. 23, 2007.

Has one sister, Robin.

Attended Stagedoor Manor Theatre Camp.

He and Evan Lam both played a character with the name 'Duck' in a movie. Cryer played Duckie in Pretty in Pink and Lam played Ducky in God of Vampires.

Once an usher at the Equity Library Theatre where he was often mistaken for actor Matthew Broderick.

Personal Quotes

"On the stage you develop a character that's different from yourself. In a film they're always saying, 'Walk over here. Say this line. Be you.' " (on the difference between acting on stage and acting in movies)

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