Jon Cryer details ‘Two and a Half Men’ residuals — and the wild tactic Charlie Sheen used to score higher salary

Jon Cryer says “Two and a Half Men” is still earning him large bucks.

“It still is an motor that’s producing an astonishing magnitude of money,” he told Page Six successful a caller exclusive interview.

“But it’s not [from] residuals arsenic much,” Cryer added. “Although, location is still, location are still residual payments that are substantial. It’s mostly because complete nan people of nan years, I was capable to get immoderate percent of nan show.”

The actor, 61, played Alan Harper connected nan sitcom, which ran from 2003 to 2015, other Charlie Sheen and, pursuing Sheen’s dismissal, Ashton Kutcher.

Cryer shared that being a portion of specified a successful show is “absolutely life-changing” and “astonishing bully luck,” stressing that he ne'er grew up pinch tremendous wealth, “so I americium very alert of really fortunate I am.”

The “Pretty successful Pink” prima added that it’s awesome “not having to interest astir making your rent each month” and “it transforms nan measurement I woody pinch things connected a regular basis. I really look for activity that makes maine joyful. I americium regular alert of really fortunate I americium to beryllium capable to do that.”

In past year’s Netflix documentary “aka Charlie Sheen,” Cryer revealed that while nan “Platoon” prima was making adjacent to 2 cardinal dollars per episode, he was earning astatine slightest two-thirds little than that, and it wasn’t until Sheen near that he began making $620,000 an episode.

Cryer promises he wasn’t bothered by nan monolithic salary disparity, but recovered it “really interesting” that Sheen’s messy backstage life, supplier addiction, dalliances pinch porn stars and arrests helped Sheen procure much money.

“The tumultuousness of his individual life, and nan tribunal proceedings, and the divorces, and each that stuff,” he noted. “That really enhanced his negotiating stance. I thought it was very, very funny astatine nan time. And I still find it very notable, because, you know, nan woody he negotiated was nan azygous largest salary for an character successful broadcast tv history, I believe, and it was because his life was a mess.”

Cryer jokes that he did ponder driving a car disconnected a cliff to bump up his salary, but noted that “the perks of having your life a messiness vastly outweigh nan monetary advantages.”

The Emmy victor is presently successful nan Off-Broadway revival of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

“It’s incredibly touching, and that’s why I wanted to beryllium a portion of it aft I saw it,” Cryer explained astir nan musical, which, yes, takes spot astatine a schoolhouse during a pronunciation bee. Tony nominee Lili Cooper and “Glee” alum Kevin McHale are besides successful nan show.

“This accumulation has really mined thing really beautiful,” he shared, adding that he believes it’s nan cleanable show for families to travel spot during nan summertime months.