Kutcher, Ashton

Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the family of Larry Kutcher (employee of the General Mills plant) and Diane, nee Finnegan , working for Procter & Gamble ^{[6] [7] [8]} .

The ancestors of the mother were Irish. The boy was raised in a conservative family, professing Catholicism ^{[9] [10]} . Kutcher has an older sister Tausch, as well as twin brother Michael, who survived a heart transplant operation in childhood.

Ashton studied at Washington High School in his hometown, and then his family moved to the city of Homestead, where Kutcher continued his studies at Clear Creek Amana High . Then the future actor took part in school productions.

As Ashton admits, the condition of a brother suffering from cardiomyopathy was very depressing to him:

I did not want to go back home, where at any moment I could find out that my brother had become worse ... trying to occupy myself with anything, if only I did not have time to think about my brother.

Original Text (Eng.)

I’m not really interested in it. ^[eleven]

Later, the actor admitted that he attempted suicide then: at the age of 13, he nearly jumped off the balcony of the city hospital - then his father prevented him ^[12] . When the boy was 16, his parents divorced. When he was in graduation class, Ashton broke into his school at night, intending to rob her, but he was arrested right on the spot. He was sentenced to 180 hours of correctional labor and 3 years of imprisonment. According to Kutcher, this event shook him when he lost his girlfriend and university scholarship. Not to mention the censure, which met their family Kutcher family - friends and church.

In August 1996, Ashton entered the University of Iowa , after which he was to become a biochemist engineer. He studied hard - the motivation for this was the desire to find a cure for his brother's illness ^[8] . The young man was expelled from the hostel in which he lived, for causing too much anxiety and noise to his neighbors ^[13] .

Ashton once said: “Then I thought I knew everything about life, but I didn’t even have an idea of ​​what lay ahead of me. I was hanging out at parties all day long - waking up in the morning, I did not remember what happened last night. I just flew off the coils. It’s strange that I’m still alive " . I didn’t have a clue. I played the way too hard. I am amazed i am not dead ) ^[14] . Kutcher joined the Delta Chi men's community. In order to earn money, Kutcher worked in the summer at the General Mills plant, and also donated blood ^[15] . At the same time, he was noticed in one of the bars called “The Airliner” in Iowa City and was invited to take part in the competition for the models “Fresh Faces of Iowa” ( eng. Fresh Faces Of Iowa ). After winning first place in the competition, Ashton dropped out of college and went to New York to see the talent agency "International Modeling & Talent Association" ("IMTA"). Then he returned to his hometown of Cedar Rapids , before the final move to Los Angeles, where he began his acting career.

Relations

For a time, he was in a relationship with Brittany Murphy ^[16] .

In 2003, Ashton began dating actress Demi Moore - the couple married on September 24, 2005. The age difference between spouses is 15¼. The union of the newlyweds held together under the chuppah within the walls of the Kabbalistic center at a private traditional Jewish ceremony ^{[17] [18]} . November 17, 2011 it became known that the couple separated, and Demi Moore filed for divorce ^{[19] [20]} .

Since 2012, met with actress Mila Kunis ^[21] . On October 1, 2014, the couple had a daughter, Wyatt Isabel ^{[22] [23]} . In March 2015, Mila Kunis said that she officially married Ashton Kutcher ^[24] . June 15, 2016 it became known that the spouses are expecting the appearance of their second child. ^[25] On November 30, 2016, the son Dimitri Portwood Kutcher was born.

Thinking

In October 2010, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in Israel met with the head of the Kabbalah Center, Rabbi Yehuda Berg ^[26] .

Kutcher invested in the Italian restaurant Dolce and co-owned it with Danny Masterson and Wilmer Valderrama. In addition, Ashton is the owner of a Japanese-style restaurant called Geisha House in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Kutcher is a fan of sports teams such as Iowa Hawkeyes , Chicago Bears and Chelsea ^[27] .

According to the actor himself, he is a supporter of the state economy, as well as social liberalism ^[28] .

September 17, 2008 he was awarded the honorary position of assistant coach of the football team of Harvard-Westlake school in Los Angeles, but due to the shooting of the movie Babnik in 2009, the actor could not fulfill his duties ^{[29] [30]} .

Investment

A-Grade Investments has invested in the following companies: Skype , Airbnb , Spotify , Pinterest , Shazam , Warby Parker, Zenefits, Flipboard, Change.org and Duolingo ^[31] .

Kid's Choice Awards :

• 2004: Favorite actor for the film Newlyweds , Daughter of my boss and Wholesale is cheaper (nomination)
• 2005: Favorite television actor for the Show Stand and the 1970s Show series (nomination)
• 2007: The best voice in the cartoon (nomination)
• 2004: Favorite television actor for the Show Stand and the 1970s Show series (won)

People's Choice Award :

• 2010: Favorite Internet celebrity (won)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award :

• 2000: Best male role as a novice actor in the movie Where is My Car, dude? (nomination)

MTV Movie Awards :

• 2001: Breakthrough Role in Where's My Car, dude? (nomination)

Teen Choice Awards :

• 2010: The best male role in the movie Valentine's Day (won)

In addition, Kutcher received the Teen Choice Awards four times (in 2003 , in 2004 , in 2005, and in 2006 ). In 2006, together with the troupe, he received an award from the Hollywood Film Festival for the film “ Bobby ”.

Kutcher's Twitter account is one of the most popular in the world. He was the first among users of the service to gain 1,000,000 readers (as of 21.06.2012, there are more than 11,139,800). His nickname "@aplusk" - means Ashton plus (plus) Kutcher.