That ’70s Show’ star Ashton Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen on the show after Sheen was fired in 2011
“Two and a Half Men” is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
The show followed the life of Charlie Harper, whose world gets turned upside down when his brother Alan and his son Jake move in with him after Alan gets divorced.
Here is what the show’s biggest stars are up to now.
Charlie Sheen
Prior to starring as Charlie Harper on “Two and a Half Men,” Charlie Sheen was already a successful actor, having appeared in “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Platoon,” “The Rookie” and “Spin City.” His role on “Two and a Half Men” earned him two Golden Globe and four Emmy Award nominations. He also starred in “Scary Movie 3” and “Scary Movie 4,” and “Due Date.”
In 2011, Sheen was fired and banned from the Warner Bros. lot while the show was on hiatus, due to his struggles with substance abuse. He got sober in December 2017, telling Jay Leno on an episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage,” he had an “epiphany” one day and realized he needed to change, and has not drank since.
His big return to TV was in the series, “Anger Management,” which ran from 2012 to 2014. Throughout the run of the show, he also starred in “Madea’s Witness Protection,” “Scary Movie V” and “Machete Kills.”
Sheen was married to Donna Peele from 1995 to 1996. He then married Denise Richards from 2002 to 2006. They have two daughters, Sami and Lola. He then married Brooke Mueller from 2008 to 2011, and the two have twin sons, Bob and Max. He also shares his daughter, Cassandra Estevez, with his high school girlfriend.
Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer started his professional career on Broadway before he made his film breakthrough as Philip F. “Duckie” Dale in John Hughes’ movie “Pretty In Pink.” He gained further recognition when he landed the role of Alan Harper in “Two and a Half Men.”
He also appeared in “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Weather Girl,” “Due Date,” “Hit by Lightning,” “NCIS,” “The Great Indoors,” “The Ranch” and “Justice League Action.” He later appeared in “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television,” “Batwomen,” “The Flash,” “Arrow” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.” Most recently, he appeared in “The Kominsky Method,” “18 ½” and “Supergirl.”
Cryer was married to Sarah Trigger from 1999 to 2004, with the two sharing a son together, Charlie Austin. He then married Lisa Joyner in 2007, and the couple adopted a baby girl named Daisy.
Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones’ role as Jake Harper on “Two and a Half Men,” made him the highest paid child actor by the time he turned 17. He played the character from 2003 to 2014, with his final episodes airing in 2015. Prior to starring on the show, he had appeared in “See Spot Run,” “The Rookie” and “Bringing Down the House.”
In 2012, Jones revealed he was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In a video for the Forerunner Chronicles, a Christian group, Jones bashed the show, and said he no longer wanted to be a part of it.
“If you watch ‘Two and a Half Men,’ please stop watching ‘Two and a Half Men.’ I’m on ‘Two and a Half Men’ and I don’t want to be on it,” he said in the video. “Please stop watching it and filling your head with filth. People say it’s just entertainment. Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you, you’ll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch.”
He did not appear in the show’s 11th season, however he did return for a cameo in the show’s season finale. Following his departure from the show, Jones appeared in one episode of the miniseries “Horace and Pete.”
