Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor and model, born of Irish, Bohemian and Native American heritage. His height is 6 ft 2 in. Ashton has an older sister, Tausha and a fraternal twin, Michael, who is younger by five minutes. Michael was born with cardiomyopathy, a deadly disease that eats away at the heart's muscles; he was given about six hours to live, but survived with an organ transplant.

At one time Kutcher had a job sweeping floors at a General Mills plant, and donated blood for money. He was kicked out of a high school play for underaged drinking. He was arrested at age 18 years for breaking into his school, Clear Creek Amana High School, with a friend and stealing money from a vending machine. When his probation prohibited him from leaving Iowa, Kutcher majored in biochemical engineering and was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity at the University of Iowa in 1997, but dropped out to pursue modeling. Some of his first modeling work was for underwear ads.

Kutcher began his career as a model and later moved on to television. He was discovered in a bar in Iowa City, Iowa. A month before he was discovered, he had planned to move to Hollywood, but was asked to return to college by his mother. Kutcher achieved stardom on the Fox television series That '70s Show and has gone on to star in his own MTV hidden camera show Punk'd.

Kutcher has starred in the films Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Guess Who (2005). He also auditioned for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor, but lost out to Josh Hartnett.

Kutcher has been linked romantically with a variety of celebrities, including his Just Married co-star Brittany Murphy. Despite the significant 15 year age difference, on September 24, 2005 Kutcher and actress Demi Moore got married in a lavish ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

In September 2005, a website called www.ashtonhacked.com surfaced. On it is a series of telephone answering machine messages that were allegedly stolen from Kutcher's own machine by two men who continually dialed into it until they correctly guessed his passcode. These included a series of irate messages from Bruce Willis expressing rage at Kutcher for not showing up for a planned appointment. It turned out to have been an elaborate prank arranged by a man named John Hargrave (The King of Dot Comedy) of zug.com[1]. There are disputed claims that Kutcher himself was responsible for the prank.

Terrell Owens controversy

On Punk'd Season 6 Episode 3, Terrell Owens did not apologize to Ashton Kutcher after he read a replica of the apology letter written by Owens (Owens already apologized to QB Donovan McNabb, Head Coach Andy Reid, and the Philadelphia Eagles.) Kutcher later "punk'd" Owens when he staged a bus accident and then set a fake personal injury lawyer on Owens as he was attempting to help elderly people he believed were injured. This episode first aired 13 November 2005.

Other Punk'd problems

Kutcher has been threatened with lawsuits by New York Yankees' third-baseman Alex Rodriguez and actor Michael Vartan, both victims of his Punk'd pranks. Rodriguez's prank was destroyed without any release but filed suit against Kutcher for damages; Vartan's prank has not been aired, and Vartan has threatened to file suit if it is released.

Filmography

• Coming Soon (1999)
• Down to You (2000)
• Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
• Texas Rangers (2001)
• Just Married (2003)
• My Boss's Daughter (2003) (also co-producer)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
• The Butterfly Effect (2004) (also executive producer)
• Guess Who (2005) (also producer)
• A Lot Like Love (2005)
• Open Season (2006) (voice) (currently filming)
• The Guardian (2006) (currently filming)
• The Regulators (2006) (currently announced start of production)

External links

• Ashton Kutcher at the Internet Movie Databasebg:Аштън Къчър