Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher is an actor, producer and entrepreneur best known for his roles in That ’70s Show, Dude, Where’s My Car? and Two and a Half Men. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he attended the University of Iowa, where he studied biochemical engineering before being discovered by a talent scout. He left college to pursue modeling and acting in Los Angeles.

Kutcher made his TV debut in 1998 as Michael Kelso on That ’70s Show, which ran for eight seasons. He gained a teen following with film roles in Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). In 2003, he created and hosted MTV’s Punk’d. After Charlie Sheen’s departure from Two and a Half Men, Kutcher joined the cast in 2011 and remained on the show until it ended in 2015. He also starred in Jobs (2013), Annie (2014) and Your Place or Mine (2023).

Off screen, Kutcher cofounded venture capital firm A-Grade Investments and Thorn, a nonprofit focused on fighting child sexual exploitation online.

Kutcher married actress Demi Moore in 2005; they divorced in 2013. He later reconnected with That ’70s Show costar Mila Kunis, and the two wed in 2015. They welcomed their first child in 2014 and their second child in 2016.