Christopher Ashton Kutcher (/ˈkʊtʃər/; born February 7, 1978)[1] is an American actor, producer, entrepreneur, and former model. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a People's Choice Award, and nominations for two Young Artist Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.
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). Kutcher later starred in the comedy thriller Vengeance (2022).
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 six startups as of August 2017: Neighborly, Zenreach, ResearchGate, Duolingo, Kopari Beauty, and Lemonade.
Before his Saturday Night Live hosting debut, he made a cameo on November 17, 2001, the sixth and Thanksgiving-themed episode of Season 27, hosted by actor, filmmaker, singer-songwriter and musician Billy Bob Thornton, during the opening monologue.
Kutcher made his 2nd appearance and first-time hosting on Saturday Night Live on May 3, 2003, the eighteenth episode of Season 28, with musical guest 50 Cent, a rapper.
He returned to host Saturday Night Live to hosting for the 2nd time on March 19, 2005, the fifteenth episode of Season 30, with musical guest Gwen Stefani.
He returned to host Saturday Night Live again for the 3rd time on April 12, 2008, the tenth episode of Season 33, with musical guests Gnarls Barkley, a soul duo.
He returned to host Saturday Night Live once again for the 4th time on February 6, 2010, the fourteenth episode of Season 35, with musical guests Them Crooked Vultures, an alternative rock supergroup.
He was also impersonated by Justin Timberlake on the October 11, 2003 episode, during the "Punk'd Barely Legal" sketch and by then-current cast member Taran Killam on the November 19, 2011 episode, during the "Kelly Auditions" sketch and on the December 10, 2011 episode, during the "The Apocalypse" sketch.
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- Billy Bush
- John Mayer
- Julia Roberts
- Kevin Federline
- Mel Gibson
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