Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs Wednesday 4th April 2012 | Osh Ashton Kutcher will be playing Steve Jobs in the indie pic ‘Jobs’ which will be directed by Michael Stern. The film will tell the life story of Jobs. From his hippie times to becoming the co-founder of Apple where he became one of the most creative businessman of our time. Mark Hulme is financing the film and will produce it. The production will start in may while Kutcher is on hiatus from his hit CBS series, Two and a Half Men.