Michael also has cerebral palsy and is a spokesperson for the advocacy organization Reaching for the Stars. He has an older sister named Tausha and a fraternal twin brother named Michael, who had a heart transplant when the brothers were young children. Kutcher was raised in a "relatively conservative" Catholic family. He has Czech, German, and Irish ancestry. Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Diane ( née Finnegan), a Procter & Gamble employee, and Larry M. Kutcher has invested in five startups as of August 2017 : Neighborly, Zenreach, ResearchGate, Kopari Beauty, and Lemonade. Kutcher has investments in over 60 companies, the most prominent of which include Skype, Foursquare, Airbnb, Path and Fab.com. Kutcher has also successfully invested in several high technology startups. At SXSW in March 2015, Kutcher announced Sound Ventures, the successor to A-Grade Investments, managing a fund backed by institutional funding. He is a co-founder of the venture capital firm A-Grade Investments. Kutcher provided the voice of Elliot in Open Season (2006).īeyond entertainment, Kutcher is also a venture capitalist.
He also starred as Colt Bennett in the Netflix series The Ranch (2016–2020). In 2013, Kutcher portrayed Steve Jobs in the biographical film Jobs. He starred as Walden Schmidt on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2011–2015). 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). In 2004, Kutcher starred in the lead role of the psychological film The Butterfly Effect. In 2003, he created and produced the television series Punk'd, also serving as host for the first eight of its ten seasons. In 2003, Kutcher moved into romantic comedies, appearing in that year's Just Married and My Boss's Daughter. 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.
He began his acting career portraying Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006).
Christopher Ashton Kutcher ( / ˈ k ʊ tʃ ər/ born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, model, producer, and entrepreneur.