Jon Cryer is an American actor. He began his career as a child model, appearing on a vitamin bottle label, and later gained significant recognition for his role as Duckie in Pretty in Pink. Cryer went on to star in Hot Shots! and took over the lead role from Matthew Broderick in the Broadway run of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs. He is best known for his role in the series Two and a Half Men, for which he won Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Cryer has also appeared in the documentary Brats, the series Extended Family, and produced and starred in the film Went To Coney Island On a Mission From God…Be Back By Five.