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".
Jon Favreau
While in Chicago, Favreau landed his first film role alongside Sean Astin as football tutor D-Bob in the sleeper hit "Rudy" (1993). Favreau met Vince Vaughn – who played a small role in this film – during shooting. The next year, he appeared in the college film "PCU" alongside Jeremy Piven, in the 1994 episode of "Seinfeld" titled "The Fire" he appeared as Eric the Clown. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he made his breakthrough in 1996 as an actor-screenwriter with the film "Swingers", which was also Vaughn's breakthrough role as the character Trent Walker, a foil to Favreau's heartbroken Mike Peters. In 1997, he appeared on the television sitcom "Friends", portraying Pete Becker – Monica Geller's millionaire boyfriend who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) – for several episodes. Favreau made appearances in the sketch-comedy series, "Tracey Takes On..." in both 1996 and 1997.