Ashton Kutcher

Kutcher on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine

Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7, 1978) is an American actor.

Early life

Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Larry Kutcher (an employee of General Mills) and Diane (who worked for Procter & Gamble); his ancestry is mostly Irish American, as well as distantly Native American and Bohemian (the origin of his surname). Kutcher has an older sister, Tausha and a fraternal twin, Michael, who is younger by five minutes. He grew up on a farm in rural Iowa.

As a teen, Kutcher worked as a floor sweeper for a General Mills plant, and donated blood for money. He was expelled from Clear Creek-Amana, his high school, for underaged drinking, and arrested at age 18 for breaking into the school with a friend and stealing money from a vending machine. Kutcher majored in biochemical engineering and was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity at the University of Iowa. In 1997, he dropped out in order to pursue a modeling career, some of which involved working in underwear ads .

Career as actor

After some success in modeling, Kutcher had planned to move to Hollywood, but was asked to return to college by his mother. However, a month later, he was discovered in a bar in Iowa City, Iowa and cast in the television series That '70s Show, which became a success. Kutcher achieved some stardom and was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast in the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001), he starred in a few financially successful comedic films, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003) and Guess Who (2005). His 2004 film, The Butterfly Effect, was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher and was also deemed a box office success.

Career as producer

In 2003, Kutcher used his status as a television star to produce and star in his own series on MTV, Punk'd. The series involves various hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities; the series has sometimes led to controversy, as when New York Yankees' third-baseman Alex Rodriguez and actor Michael Vartan, both victims of the show's pranks, threatened to sue Kutcher. In order to avoid the lawsuits, the videotaping of Rodriguez's prank was destroyed without any release and Vartan's prank has not been aired.

Kutcher is also the producer of the reality-television show, Beauty and the Geek, which began in 2005.

Private life

Kutcher has dated a variety of celebrities, including actresses January Jones (from 1998 to 2001), Ashley Scott (from 2001 to 2002), Monet Mazur (2002) and his Just Married co-star, Brittany Murphy, whom he dated from 2002 to 2003. Following his break-up with Murphy in mid 2003, Kutcher began dating actress Demi Moore, whom he married on September 24, 2005 in a lavish ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

Both Kutcher and Moore are fairly devout followers of Kabbalah, a mystical off-shoot of the Jewish religion. Kutcher has been reported to celebrate traditional Jewish holidays [1], take time off from filming [2] and was married in a Kabbalah ceremony by a rabbi.

Kutcher also owns an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles named Dolce; he has two toes that are fused together on his left foot.

Selected filmography

Interviews

  • interview on "Guess Who", 3/05, BlackFilm
  • interview, 3/05, About.com
  • interview, 1/22/04, Filmmonthly
  • interview, 1/04, UnderGroundOnline
  • interview, 2003, CinemasOnline

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Kutcher has dated a variety of celebrities, including actresses January Jones (from 1998 to 2001), Ashley Scott (from 2001 to 2002), Monet Mazur (2002) and his Just Married co-star, Brittany Murphy, whom he dated from 2002 to 2003. In light of a suicide attempt in 2002, and the fact that his mother had taken her own life in 1967, suicide was the suspected cause of death. Kutcher is also the producer of the reality-television show, Beauty and the Geek, which began in 2005. On March 7, 2004, the New York City medical examiner's office reported that at 3:00 Spalding Gray's body had been pulled from the East River. In order to avoid the lawsuits, the videotaping of Rodriguez's prank was destroyed without any release and Vartan's prank has not been aired. In January 2004, Gray, known to suffer bouts of depression in part as a result of these injuries, was declared missing. The series involves various hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities; the series has sometimes led to controversy, as when New York Yankees' third-baseman Alex Rodriguez and actor Michael Vartan, both victims of the show's pranks, threatened to sue Kutcher. In June 2001 he suffered severe injuries in a car crash whilst on holiday in Ireland.

In 2003, Kutcher used his status as a television star to produce and star in his own series on MTV, Punk'd. True to form, Gray wrote a monologue about his experiences writing the book, entitled Monster in a Box. His 2004 film, The Butterfly Effect, was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher and was also deemed a box office success. In the early 1990s, Gray published his autobiography, Impossible Vacation. Kutcher achieved some stardom and was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast in the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001), he starred in a few financially successful comedic films, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003) and Guess Who (2005). He also appeared in a Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. However, a month later, he was discovered in a bar in Iowa City, Iowa and cast in the television series That '70s Show, which became a success. He was a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.

After some success in modeling, Kutcher had planned to move to Hollywood, but was asked to return to college by his mother. He attracted some attention from postmodernist critics over the extent of the overlap between his off-stage self and his on-stage persona, and was sometimes criticised as exploitative for the way he appropriated the fortunes or misfortunes of others for material for his monologues. In 1997, he dropped out in order to pursue a modeling career, some of which involved working in underwear ads . He based the monologue on his experiences in Southeast Asia while filming a small part in the 1984 movie The Killing Fields. Kutcher majored in biochemical engineering and was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity at the University of Iowa. After a few minor cinema roles and appearing in a number of forgettable pornographic films with titles like The Farmer's Daughter and Little Orphan Dusty, Gray first achieved national prominence with his film Swimming to Cambodia, a filmed version of one of his monologues. He was expelled from Clear Creek-Amana, his high school, for underaged drinking, and arrested at age 18 for breaking into the school with a friend and stealing money from a vending machine. .

As a teen, Kutcher worked as a floor sweeper for a General Mills plant, and donated blood for money. Born in Barrington, Rhode Island, he was best known for his performance monologues, which deal with events from his own life in a style characterised by humor, paranoia and acute self-consciousness. He grew up on a farm in rural Iowa. actor, screenwriter and playwright. Kutcher has an older sister, Tausha and a fraternal twin, Michael, who is younger by five minutes. Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – about January 10, 2004) was a U.S. Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Larry Kutcher (an employee of General Mills) and Diane (who worked for Procter & Gamble); his ancestry is mostly Irish American, as well as distantly Native American and Bohemian (the origin of his surname). 1970 Cowards – Actor: Radical.

. 1972 Love-In '72 – Actor: Radical at party. Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7, 1978) is an American actor. 1973 The Farmer's Daughter – Actor: George. interview, 2003, CinemasOnline. 1976 Little Orphan Dusty – Actor. interview, 1/04, UnderGroundOnline. 1978 Maraschino Cherry.

interview, 1/22/04, Filmmonthly. 1983 Variety. interview, 3/05, About.com. 1984 Almost You – Actor: Travel Agent. interview on "Guess Who", 3/05, BlackFilm. 1984 Hard Choices – Actor: Terry Norfolk. 1984 The Killing Fields – Actor: United States consul.

1985 The Communists Are Comfortable (And Three Other Stories). 1986 True Stories – Actor: Earl Culver. Rodney. 1986 Seven Minutes in Heaven – Actor: Dr.

1987 Swimming to Cambodia – Actor: Himself; Also: Screenwriter. Richard Milstein. 1988 Beaches – Actor: Dr. 1988 Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure.

Cardew. 1988 Stars and Bars – Actor: Rev. Peter Epstein. 1988 Clara's Heart – Actor: Dr.

1989 The Image – Actor: Frank Goodrich. 1989 Heavy Petting. 1991 To Save a Child – Actor: Hobart. 1991 Monster in a Box – Actor: Himself; Also: Screenwriter.

Erdman. 1992 Straight Talk – Actor: Dr. Mungo. 1993 King of the Hill – Actor: Mr.

1993 Zelda. 1993 Twenty Bucks – Actor: Priest. Spalding. 1993 The Pickle – Actor: Dr.

1994 The Paper – Actor: Paul Bladden. 1995 Beyond Rangoon – Actor: Jeremy Watt. 1995 Bad Company – Actor: Walter Curl. 1995 Hoogste Tijd – Actor: Jack's Father.

1996 Glory Daze. 1996 Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud. 1996 Gray's Anatomy – Actor: Himself; Also: Screenwriter. 1996 Diabolique – Actor: Simon Veatch.

1997 Bliss – Actor: Alfred. 1997 Drunks – Actor: Louis. Jennings. 1999 Coming Soon – Actor: Mr.

2001 Revolution #9 – Actor: Scooter McCrae. Miranda. 2001 Julie Johnson – Actor: Mr. 2001 How High – Actor: Professor Jackson.

Geisler. 2001 Kate and Leopold – Actor: Dr.