jon born april american actor screenwriter television director film producer born business family motion picture debut photographer romantic comedy small affair breakout role came playing john hughes written film pretty pink wrote produced independent film went island mission god gained fame early film roles took years find success television star vehicles including famous partners trouble normal lasted episodes cast cbs sitcom half men won primetime emmy awards received star film appearances include hiding hot shots tortured shorts hit lightning recurring role cbs drama series playing appearing crime writers announced joining team undisclosed second season early life born new_york_city new_york mother née playwright songwriter actress singer father actor singer originally studied minister paternal grandfather known methodist minister sisters robin years old decided wanted actor mother heard thought backup plan joked pretty good career attended summers teenager graduate classmates screenwriter film director mother great disappointment college went study acting london united_kingdom career professional acting effort david broadway play replacing closely resembled later replacement age appeared romantic comedy film small affair lead role original production shut heart attack director went small roles films television movies breakthrough john hughes scripted film pretty pink interview daily_news mother said pretty pink started getting calls teenage girls world leave messages answering machine got lead role comedy series famous performance gained poor reviews canceled season year later starred comedy hot shots received positively frequently linked pack march interview stated auditioned cast role asked audition role friends play london reading british casting agent tape failed arrive network final decision cast bob sitcom partners like prior famous canceled season interview time new york stated hey goes think pilots means guest starring shows outer limits successfully wrote produced film went island mission god debuted gained positive reviews critics called breath fresh air cast lead comedy series called trouble normal time starred canceled season long run unsuccessful projects finally ended years later wishes cbs executives aware past failures friendship cast portray hit comedy series half men earned seven primetime emmy award nominations wins acting work comment high ratings said fighting survival week stop instincts think instincts haven worked far people clearly like watching great numbers takes huge pressure allows trust instincts worked star departure series character main protagonist cast lead final seasons mainly plot end series half men actor appeared episode series fired march screen son angus jones left series end season expressing jones paid appeared jones contrary appeared great finale cast half men auditioned role role went appeared film tortured starred film shorts guest appearance sitcom series husbands second season initially cast voice lead character studios animated film planes spin cars franchise later dropped replaced receive credit film additional story material released book titled happened breezy comic tale year career stage film television currently appears highly popular cbs drama series currently plays navy treats special agent expressed desire appear premiered september pursuing passion criminal justice joined team popular undisclosed voicing weekly episode second season personal life married british actress son pair divorced february episode tonight jay_leno announced marry entertainment reporter couple married mexico june september jon lisa announced adopted baby girl named pretty pink star told magazine believed character gay defended slightly said live faulty told started dating wondered gay kissed asked mistaken gay called cracked joke dropping ball prior presidential election attended fundraiser hosted campaign according news reports endorsed senator john_mccain public endorsement race said report republican_party mistake political attended events republicans democrats wanted hear sides regards nominee shared feelings episode funny stated pointing screaming politics tell love loved working sober shit shit know addiction know addiction obviously drugs addicted feeling important know think anybody cares anybody america need priorities cause know cause ridiculous gotten far filmography film television
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