Jim Cryer

Jim Cryer
John Schneider as Jim Cryer
The Haves and the Have Nots
Portrayed by	John Schneider
Created by	Tyler Perry
Duration	2013–
First appearance	The Big Surprise Episode 1
Classification	Series regular
Profile
Family	Cryer
Date of birth	May 28, 1963 (1963-05-28)
Significant other(s) Spouse(s) Katheryn Cryer (1987–) Romances Candace Young
Relationships Sons Wyatt Cryer Carlos (Son with Celine Gonzales) Daughters Amanda Cryer

James "Jim" Cryer is a character on the Series, The Haves and the Have Nots. He is played by actor John Schneider.

Storylines

James is a criminal courts judge in Savannah, Georgia, who is also seeking to become the next governor of the state of Georgia. He is a conniving, crafty and somewhat evil man who is not averse to using his position to get what he wants. His style of parenting (most notably towards his son, Wyatt) is harsh and crude (while he treats his daughter, Amanda with kid gloves).

His marriage to Katheryn is bitter and argumentative, due to his numerous affairs (including an affair with housekeeper, Celine Gonzales and Candace Young, the daughter of his other maid, Hanna Young). It is common knowledge that Jim married Katheryn due to her name of Hardgrave, and because of her family's power and influence in Savannah.. Jim doesn't seem to care who gets hurt in his schemes (sometimes utilizing a group of criminals named the Malones to exercise his way) as long as someone ends up hurt. 

He makes enemies of Katheryn due to his numerous affairs; Candace due to his lying and stringing her along; and Hanna for his having her arrested on false charges. His scheme to keep Wyatt out of jail for vehicular homicide shows the depths of his corruption. 

Hanna quits her job as housekeeper, to Jim's glee, but he is unaware that Katheryn helped Hanna with her medical bills when she had Hanna's son, Benny, moved from the county hospital to a more modern private hospital.  James was thought to be the father of Candace's unborn child, but it was shown that she was not pregnant. 

After another of his dishonest schemes to keep Wyatt out of jail (he framed another person for the hit-and-run, which again shows how corrupt and evil he really is), his enemy, Hanna, comes to apologize.  He denies to hear it and orders her off the grounds of his home.  However, Katheryn angrily orders Jim in the house, and then has a tearful reunion with her best friend. She gives her back her job, and tells her to come back when Benny is better. 

Jim confronts Katheryn and tells her that if she rehires Hanna, he is going to make her life hell, but his wife puts him in his place by saying that if she cannot fire Celine, then he will NOT fire Hanna. She also punctuates it by telling her husband that he should be keeping Celine under control and to make her not be so rude to her or else, arrangement or no, Celine will be fired.

Then Jim gets an unwelcome shock when it is revealed that he has a son with Celine. He meets the young man, named Carlos, when he delivers a package from his campaign headquarters, and Celine recognized him. In the season finale, Jim is kidnapped from his home by a group of thugs in exactly the same manner that he had had Candace kidnapped, by being shoved into the trunk of a car.