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Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7, 1978) commonly known as Ashton Kutcher is an American actor, television producer, and former fashion model. He came to fame in the late 1990s as a result of a starring role as Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show. He has become a lead actor in Hollywood films, and a television producer and creator of television series such as Punk'd and others.
BiographyAshton was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Both of his parents were factory workers, with his father employed at General Mills and his mother at Proctor & Gamble.[1] He has an older sister, Tausha, and a fraternal twin, Michael, who has cerebral palsy. Michael had an emergency heart transplant at the age of thirteen[1] that was necessitated by cardiomyopathy, a virus-induced illness that weakened and perforated his heart muscle.[2]Ashton's childhood was that of a rugged, outdoorsy Midwesterner, and he had various odd jobs, including carpentry, hay-baling and livestock castration.[2] Kutcher attended Washington High school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for about a year then his family moved to Tiffin, Iowa, which is part of the Amana Colonies and he attended the Clear Creek-Amana School District, where he was a good student, played on the football team as wide receiver, appeared in school plays, and was a "well-liked, popular guy".[1] He was close to the school's principal, who later described Kutcher as a "brilliant young man".[1] Meanwhile, his home life was stressful. He has stated that he "saw some stuff [he] probably shouldn't have seen... didn't want to be involved... didn't want to have to take a side... didn't want to come home and find more bad news about my brother" and "kept [himself] so busy that [he] didn't allow [himself] to feel".[3] At around this time, his parents divorced. During his senior year, he broke into the school at night with his cousin; he was caught leaving the scene. Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to three years' probation and 180 hours of community service. Kutcher stated that though the experience "straightened him out", he lost his girlfriend and anticipated college scholarships, and he was ostracized at school and in his community.[1]
CareerAfter participating as a modelling contestant in an IMTA competition (taking 1st runner-up to Josh Duhamel) in 1997, Kutcher signed with the Next modeling agency in New York, appeared in ads for Calvin Klein, modeled in Paris and Milan, and appeared in a nationwide Pizza Hut commercial. Image:That 70s Show - Kelso's Serenade.jpg Kutcher as Michael Kelso on That 70s Show After some success in modeling, Kutcher moved to Los Angeles and, after his first audition, was cast as Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998 and became a long-running success. Kutcher achieved some stardom and was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001)[5], he starred in several comedy films that performed well at the box office, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), and Guess Who (2005). In addition, he appeared in the family film Cheaper By The Dozen, playing a self-obsessed actor. His 2004 film The Butterfly Effect was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher, playing a conflicted young man; the film received poor reviews but became a box-office success.[1] Kutcher's characters are sometimes described in the press as "dim pretty-boys"; Kutcher himself has said that he is working "to change people's perceptions" about himself.[1] In 2003, Kutcher produced and starred in his own series on MTV's Punk'd. The series involves various hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities. Kutcher is also an executive producer of the reality television show Beauty and the Geek, which debuted in 2005, and will produce a reality show based around the rap group Three 6 Mafia,[1] as well as another reality series entitled Wedding Crashers.[6] Kutcher and his producing partner, Jason Goldberg, are also working on several other series, which are in various stages of pre-production as of September 2006.[6]
Personal lifeKutcher has dated a variety of celebrities, including KITS-FM Live 105 radio morning show co-host Renae Ravey (from 1996-1998), singer Julie Ramynke and actresses January Jones (from 1998 to 2001), Ashley Scott (from 2001 to 2002), Monet Mazur (2002) and his Just Married co-star, Brittany Murphy, 2002 to 2003. Following his break-up with Murphy in early 2003, Kutcher began dating actress Demi Moore; reports in the media frequently commented on the fifteen-year age difference between the two.[6] Both would eventually spoof the issue in a monologue on the March 19, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live. Kutcher, who served as guest host, brought Moore on stage while Moore was made-up to appear like an old woman who constantly babied Kutcher. Moore and Kutcher married on September 24, 2005 in a private ceremony conducted by a rabbi of the Kabbalah Centre; the wedding was attended by about 100 close friends and family of the couple, including Bruce Willis, Moore's ex-husband. Kutcher has described the marriage as an "illogical decision", but one he "couldn't help making".[1] [7] Both Kutcher and Moore are followers of the Kabbalah Centre, a controversial California-based organization which teaches Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism. As part of his involvement in the religion, Kutcher has toured Israel with Demi Moore, as well as taken time off from filming to observe traditional Jewish High Holy Days,[8] celebrated the Jewish holiday Purim,[9] and married Moore in a Kabbalah ceremony conducted by a rabbi. Kutcher also usually wears the traditional Kabbalah Red string.[10] Kutcher is good friends with his former That '70s Show co-stars Danny Masterson and Wilmer Valderrama, as well as actor Seann William Scott. Kutcher has also invested in an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles named Dolce[1] (other owners include Masterson and Valderrama) and a Japanese-themed restaurant named Geisha House. In October 2006, Kutcher saved an elderly man from drowning while vacationing in Turkey with some friends.[11] Incidentally this happened just after Kutcher had finished making The Guardian where he played a rescue swimmer. Kutcher stated in a 2004 article in GQ that he knew why people wanted him to fail, implying it had to do with his marriage to Moore. Filmography
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