Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Jon Cryer's Salary: A Third of Charlie Sheen's Pay
Imagine two actors on a popular TV show.
One of them, Charlie Sheen, was getting paid a lot more than his co-star, Jon Cryer.
Cryer revealed in a new documentary that he only got about a third of what Sheen made.
Sheen's behavior was compared to someone who acts crazy to get more money.
The show's network had already agreed to pay Sheen a lot, even as his personal life fell apart.
Sheen was later fired from the show after criticizing the show creator, despite being the highest-paid actor on TV.
Both actors have since reflected on their time on the show.
Jon Cryer's salary was a fraction of Charlie Sheen's on 'Two and a Half Men'.
Cryer made this revelation in a Netflix documentary.
Sheen's behavior, at the time, was described as erratic.
Sheen was later fired from the show.
The network's decisions were influenced by previously sold seasons.
- Who
- Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen
- What
- Discussing salary discrepancies on 'Two and a Half Men'
- When
- The story is based on a new Netflix documentary
- Where
- The context is within the entertainment industry
- Why
- To highlight the disparity in pay between Cryer and Sheen, and to reflect on Sheen's behavior.
- Show
- Two and a Half Men
- Actors
- Jon Cryer, Charlie Sheen
- Cryer's Salary
- A third of Sheen's
- Sheen's Dismissal
- 2011
- Sheen's Criticism
- Show creator Chuck Lorre