# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-cryer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:20:24.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-cryer"
name: "Jon Cryer"
slug: "jon-cryer"
description: "Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor. Born into a show business family, he made his film debut with a lead role in No Small Affair (1984); his breakout role was as Duckie in the John Hughes-written film Pretty in Pink (1986). Cryer then had lead roles in the films Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987) and Hiding Out (1987), starring roles in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and Hot Shots! (1991), and the lead role of Teddy Zakalokis on the CBS sitcom The Famous Teddy Z (1989–1990)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JonCryerHWOFSept2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
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birthDate: "1965-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.21850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump