Portrait of Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Acting

Biography

Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, model, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his acting career portraying Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006). He made his film debut in the romantic comedy Coming Soon (1999), followed by the comedy film Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), which was a box office hit. In 2003, Kutcher moved into romantic comedies, appearing in that year's Just Married and My Boss's Daughter. In 2003, he created and produced the television series Punk'd, also serving as host for the first eight of its ten seasons. In 2004, Kutcher starred in the lead role of the psychological film The Butterfly Effect. Kutcher subsequently appeared in more romantic comedies, including Guess Who (2005), A Lot Like Love (2005), What Happens in Vegas (2008), and No Strings Attached (2011). He starred as Walden Schmidt on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2011–2015). In 2013, Kutcher portrayed Steve Jobs in the biographical film Jobs. He also starred as Colt Bennett in the Netflix series The Ranch (2016–2020). Kutcher provided the voice of Elliot in Open Season (2006). Beyond entertainment, Kutcher is also a venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of the venture capital firm A-Grade Investments. At SXSW in March 2015, Kutcher announced Sound Ventures, the successor to A-Grade Investments, managing a fund backed by institutional funding. Kutcher has also successfully invested in several high technology startups. Kutcher has investments in over 60 companies, the most prominent of which include Skype, Foursquare, Airbnb, Path and Fab.com. Kutcher has invested in five startups as of August 2017: Neighborly, Zenreach, ResearchGate, Kopari Beauty, and Lemonade.

Born: February 7, 1978

Place of Birth: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Filmography

2024
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Your Place or Mine

as Peter Coleman

2023
That '90s Show

as Michael Kelso

2022
Vengeance

as Quentin Sellers

2021
Stoner Cats

as Baxter

2019
The Boys

as Ashton Kutcher (uncredited)

2018
The King

as Self

2016
Chelsea

as Self

2016
The Ranch

as Colt

2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
Annie

as Simon Goodspeed

2013
Jobs

as Steve Jobs

2011
2011
2011
No Strings Attached

as Adam Franklin

2010
Conan

as Self

2010
The Women of SNL

as Various (archive footage)

2010
Killers

as Spencer Aimes

2010
Valentine's Day

as Reed Bennett

2009
Shark Tank

as Self

2009
2009
Spread

as Nikki

2008
What Happens in Vegas

as Jack Fuller

2008
Miss Guided

as Beaux

2006
The Guardian

as Jake Fischer

2006
Open Season

as Elliot (voice)

2006
Bobby

as Fisher

2005
2005
A Lot Like Love

as Oliver Martin

2005
Guess Who

as Simon Green

2005
2004
The Butterfly Effect

as Evan Treborn

2003
Cheaper by the Dozen

as Hank (uncredited)

2003
Two and a Half Men

as Walden Schmidt

2003
My Boss's Daughter

as Tom Stansfield

2003
Punk'd

as Self - Host

2003
Just Married

as Tom Leezak

2001
Texas Rangers

as George Durham

2001
The Bernie Mac Show

as Ashton Kutcher

2000
Reindeer Games

as College Kid

2000
Down to You

as Jim Morrison

1999
1999
Rove

as Self

1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

1999
Coming Soon

as Louie

1999
Family Guy

as Ashton Kutcher

1998
That '70s Show

as Michael Kelso

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Just Shoot Me!

as Dean Cassidy

1993
Raw

as Self

1988
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

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The Long Home

as Nathon Winer Sr.