Biography
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He is the son of actress–singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame as "Duckie" in the 1986 John Hughes-scripted film Pretty in Pink. In 1998, he finished writing and producing the independent film Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five, which was well received. Even though he gained ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing. The event, which started as a...

BRATS
2024
as Self
In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. H...

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
as Self
A remarkable new epic documentary spotlighting the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of that...

18½
2022
as H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman (voice)
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes...

Big Time Adolescence
2020
as Reuben
A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivate...

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director Jame...

Hit by Lightning
2014
as Ricky Miller
Ricky Miller, a 40-something restaurant manager and aspiring writer is desperately looking for love. Danita is looking for someone to kill her celebri...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Ass Backwards
2013
as Dean Morris
Two best friends embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
as Self
A tribute to John Hughes, featuring an archive interview with him from 1986 and those that have worked with him, including Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruc...

Company
2011
as David
Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his s...

Due Date
2010
as Alan Harper
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and ...

Shorts
2009
as Dad Thompson
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike...

Weather Girl
2009
as Charles
Succumbing to the stresses of her personal and professional lives, Sylvia, a Seattle morning show weather forecaster, has a meltdown live on-air. Now,...

Stay Cool
2009
as Javier
A successful author is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors...

Tortured
2008
as Brian Mark
A mobster orders an undercover FBI agent to torture an accountant.

Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
2008
as Richard Pig (voice)
When the three pigs find a tiny wolf cub on their doorstep, they decide to raise him as their own, unaware that they've played right into the plan of ...

Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
2006
as Freakshow (voice)
Danny, Tucker, and Sam are getting ready for summer vacation, but when Freakshow arrives and kidnaps their parents, they must find the Reality Gems fo...

Metro Chase
2005
as Mr. Stamm
An 8 year old boy and his 18 year old sister vacation in Paris. The boy gets lost from his sister. An American student studying in Paris helps the sis...

Holy Man
1998
as Barry
In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. A...

Glam
1998
as Jimmy Pells
Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beaut...

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998
as Daniel
Two young men who have been friends since early childhood decide to go on a trip to find a third friend who has long since disappeared. Stories they h...

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998
Writer, Producer
Two young men who have been friends since early childhood decide to go on a trip to find a third friend who has long since disappeared. Stories they h...
Plan B
1997
as Stuart Winer
A group of friends in their 20s and 30s wrestle with the fact that their lives haven't turned out like they planned.

Cannes Man
1997
as Self
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab d...

The Pompatus of Love
1996
as Mark
Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and an...

The Pompatus of Love
1996
Writer, Co-Producer
Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and an...

Heads
1994
as Guy Franklin
A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughte...
The Waiter
1993
as Tommy Kazdan

Hot Shots!
1991
as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only ...

Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989
as Frat Boy #3
The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos...

Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
1988
A full musical comedy, originally done for the stage by Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) and Elizabeth Swados. Sixteen interlinking musical numbers (mostly ...

Hiding Out
1987
as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Haus...

Dudes
1987
as Grant
Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group o...

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lenny
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, re...

O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Randall Schwab Jr.
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek rev...

Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
1987
as Morgan Sewart
Eccentric 17-year-old Morgan Stewart (Cryer) can't seem to get his conservative parents to notice him - even though Morgan's been thrown out of 10 pre...

Pretty in Pink
1986
as Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, wh...

Noon Wine
1985
as Teenage Herbert
The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century fo...

No Small Affair
1984
as Charles Cummings
A 16-year-old aspiring photographer pursues a beautiful "older woman" of 22, a down-on-her-luck rock singer.