Ashton Kutcher

AKA Christopher Ashton Kutcher

Born: 7-Feb-1978
Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, IA

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Model

Level of fame: Famous
Executive summary: Kelso on That '70s Show

Ashton Kutcher majored in biochemical engineering in college, which seems bizarre to audiences accustomed to seeing him play the dopey Kelso on That '70s Show. But very Kelso-like, he was reportedly spotted by an agent at a burger joint, who suggested that Kutcher compete in the 1997 Fresh Faces of Iowa modeling contest. He won, and dropped out of college to pursue a career as a male model.

He promptly moved to New York, signed with a major agency, and within months he was walking the runway in Milan and Paris, for Versace, Calvin Klein, and Tommy Hilfiger. "Believe me," says Kutcher, "it is hard to look cool in a thong in public." Less than a year after winning the modeling contest, Kutcher decided to try acting.

He began auditioning for TV roles, and unlike the stereotyped tale of so many struggling actors, he was almost immediately offered a regular role in not one but two TV series. He turned down the role of a Hawaiian surfer cowboy in NBC's Wind on Water with Bo Derek, and instead signed with That '70s Show, which ran seven years, and of course, made Kutcher a star. (Wind on Water was cancelled after two episodes.)

He created and hosted MTV's Punk'd, and has made several movies and dated a number of Hollywood beauties, most notably fading '80s star Demi Moore.

Kutcher almost played Daddy Warbucks in his high school's production of Annie, but lost the part when he was caught drinking and suspended. More recently, Kutcher reportedly lost a part in a Cameron Crowe movie because Crowe doubted his acting abilities, and he was rejected by Steven Soderbergh for fears that Kutcher's party-boy image would make it impossible to take him seriously in a dramatic role.

In 2003, Kutcher told Rolling Stone that Jenna and Barbara Bush attended one of his famous parties. "The Bushes were underage-drinking at my house. When I checked outside, one of the Secret Service guys asked me if they'd be spending the night. I said no. And then I go upstairs to see another friend, and I can smell the green wafting out under his door. I open the door, and there he is, smoking out the Bush twins on his hookah."

Kutcher insists he was born in 1978, but his Los Angeles voter registration card says otherwise: 1974.

Father: Larry Kutcher (employed by General Mills, div.1991)
Mother: Dianne Portwood (employed by Proctor and Gamble)
Sister: Tausha Kutcher (b.1975)
Brother: Michael Kutcher (twin, fraternal, has cardiomyopathy)
Girlfriend: January Jones (actress, Love Actually, b. 1978, dated 1998-2001)
Girlfriend: Ashley Scott (actress, Lost, b. 1977, dated 2001-2002)
Girlfriend: Monet Mazur (actress, Monster-In-Law, dated in 2002)
Girlfriend: Brittany Murphy (actress, dated 2002-03)
Girlfriend: Amy Smart (actress, reportedly dated in 2003)
Girlfriend: Demi Moore (dating since 2003, engaged to be married)

    High School: Clear Creek Amana High School (1996)
    University: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

    Delta Chi Fraternity
    Burglary Cedar Rapids, IA
    Risk Factors: Smoking, Marijuana

    TELEVISION
    That '70s Show Michael Kelso (1998-)
    MTV

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    A Lot Like Love (22-Apr-2005)
    Guess Who (25-Mar-2005)
    The Butterfly Effect (23-Jan-2004)
    Just Married (10-Jan-2003)
    My Boss's Daughter (22-Aug-2003)
    Texas Rangers (Apr-2001)
    Down to You (21-Jan-2000)
    Dude, Where's My Car? (10-Dec-2000)
    Reindeer Games (24-Feb-2000)
    Coming Soon (17-Apr-1999)