Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor and television director. Born into a show business family, Cryer made his motion picture debut as a teenaged photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy "No Small Affair"; his breakout role came in 1986, playing "Duckie" Dale in the John Hughes-written film "Pretty in Pink". In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film "Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five".
List of James Earl Jones performances
Jones voiced the antagonist Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" franchise, first in the 1977 film "Star Wars", then again in "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and in "Return of the Jedi" (1983). During that time, Jones was also in the films "The Bushido Blade" (1981) with Richard Boone, and "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the later part of the 1980s, Jones had co-starring roles in the films "Soul Man" (1986) with C. Thomas Howell, "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold" (1987) with Richard Chamberlain, "Matewan" (1987) with Chris Cooper, "Coming to America" (1988) with Eddie Murphy and "Field of Dreams" (1989) with Kevin Costner. For his role in "Matewan", Jones was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male but lost to Morgan Freeman. Jones was first cast as the role of Admiral James Greer in the 1990 action thriller film "The Hunt for Red October", a film based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. He reprised the role again in "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Clear and Present Danger" (1994), both films he co-starred with Harrison Ford, who was also in the first three "Star Wars" franchise films. In between the two latter films, Jones played Mr. Mertle in "The Sandlot" (1993), a role he reprised again in "The Sandlot 2" (2005); and voiced the character of Mufasa in the 1994 animated Disney film "The Lion King", he voiced that character again in the sequel "" (1998).