Biography for
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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) 1 child
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.

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

Assumed temporary custody of his son, Charlie, after Charlie's mother, Sarah Trigger, was arrested in May 2009 on felony neglect charges. Charlie's two-year-old stepbrother was found with rope and cord marks around his neck.

Daughter, Daisy, born 11 August 2009; adopted by Jon and Lisa shortly after.

Went to Junior High School 104 in New York City, with fellow actors Robert Downey Jr., Erica Gimpel, and Kadeem Hardison.

Received death threats via telephone while shooting "Two and a Half Men" (2003). [January 2010]

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [September 19, 2011].

Cryer's two front teeth are fake after having lost his two front teeth while diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool.

Went to Junior High School 104 with Robert Downey Jr. He co-starred with him in "Due Date".

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)

Salary

"Two and a Half Men" (2003)

$550,000/episode (2010-11)

Where Are They Now

(2009) Appeared, with Charlie Sheen, in a PSA for the "Wounded Warriors Project".