After Angus T. Jones’ rare public outing, we’re checking in with the cast of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Find out what Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer and more are up to today.
“Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, men!”
If you’re reading this, we know you’re singing along. Because those lyrics—can you call it lyrics if it’s the same word repeated over and over again?—were a primetime staple as viewers tuned in for Two and a Half Men.
The CBS sitcom premiered 20 years ago this September (this was well before the #winning drama and public feuds) with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones, who was just 10 years old at the time. By the time he made an appearance in the February 2015 series finale, the child star had become an adult, one who criticized the show despite his $350,000 per episode check.
“It was making light of topics in our world that are really problems for a lot of people,” he previously shared after exiting the show, “and I was a paid hypocrite because I wasn’t okay with it, but I was still doing it.”
Today, the 29-year-old keeps a very low profile. On May 20, he stepped out in Los Angeles for a rare public outing, sporting a scruffy beard, a light gray shirt and dark shorts. To complete the look, he wore a baseball hat and aviator sunglasses.
How about the rest of the cast? Well, keep reading to check in with Ashton Kutcher, Holland Taylor, Amber Tamblyn, Marin Hinkle and Melanie Lynskey.
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen was one of the original “men” in Two and a Half Men, playing Charlie Harper in the first eight seasons of the CBS sitcom opposite Jon Cryer as his on-screen brother. Sheen entered drug treatment and the eighth season was cut short.
He famously clashed with executive producer Chuck Lorre in the press and social media, resulting in his dismissal from the series (and the coinage of the phrases “winning” and “tiger’s blood”). His character was killed off and later played as a ghost by Kathy Bates.
After exiting Two and a Half Men, Sheen booked the TV version of Anger Management, which aired from 2012 to 2014 and produced 100 episodes over two seasons. Since, Sheen popped up on The Goldbergs and on the big screen was in Scary Movie 5, Machete Kills and 9/11.
The dad of five came out as HIV positive in 2015.
In 2023, he made a cameo as himself on Lorre’s Max series Bookies.
Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones played the “half man” in Two and a Half Men, Jake, Alan Harper’s son. He became the highest paid child actor on TV at age 17, but then voiced his desire to leave the series after forging down a religious path in real life. Jones eventually left the series, but returned for the series finale in 2015.
Jones attended University of Colorado Boulder after leaving the sitcom and eventually joined and entertainment company with Sean Combs‘ son, Justin Combs.
While he stepped away from acting after Two and a Half Men, in 2023, he made a cameo as himself on creator Chuck Lorre‘s Max series Bookies.
