Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 28, 1966
Place of Birth:
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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John Cusack
Biography
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), The Sure Thing (1985), Stand by Me (1986), and Say Anything... (1989). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Max (2002), and Runaway Jury (2003).
Cusack has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe for his role starring in High Fidelity. He won the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Maps to the Stars. He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack and the younger brother of actors Bill, Joan and Ann Cusack.
In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fog of War | Bob Duncolm |
| 2025 | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Grant |
| 2024 | BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2024 | Decoded | Liseiwicz |
| 2022 | Pursuit | John Calloway |
| 2019 | Never Grow Old | Christopher 'Dutch' Albert |
| 2018 | Distorted | Vernon Sarsfield |
| 2018 | River Runs Red | Horace |
| 2017 | Arsenal | Sal |
| 2017 | Blood Money | Miller |
| 2017 | Singularity | Elias Van Dorne |
| 2016 | Cell | Clayton 'Clay' Riddell |
| 2016 | The Fog Bowl | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson 1980s |
| 2015 | Dragon Blade | Lucius |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | Fr. Mike Corridan |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Boom Bust Boom | Self |
| 2014 | Adult World | Rat Billings |
| 2014 | Maps to the Stars | Dr. Stafford Weiss |
| 2014 | The Prince | Sam |
| 2014 | The Bag Man | Jack |
| 2014 | Drive Hard | Simon Keller |
| 2014 | Reclaim | Benjamin |
| 2013 | The Numbers Station | Emerson |
| 2013 | The Butler | Richard Nixon |
| 2013 | The Frozen Ground | Robert Hansen |
| 2013 | Grand Piano | Clem |
| 2013 | We're No Animals | Tony Lovecraft |
| 2013 | Salinger | Self - Actor |
| 2012 | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe |
| 2012 | The Paperboy | Hillary Van Wetter |
| 2012 | The Factory | Mike Fletcher |
| 2012 | All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set | Self |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | Adam |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Paul Soames |
| 2010 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self |
| 2010 | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self |
| 2009 | 2012 | Jackson Curtis |
| 2008 | War, Inc. | Brand Hauser |
| 2008 | Igor | Igor (voice) |
| 2008 | Guyville Redux | |
| 2008 | Summerhood | Narrator (uncredited) |
| 2007 | 1408 | Mike Enslin |
| 2007 | Grace Is Gone | Stanley Philipps |
| 2007 | Martian Child | David |
| 2007 | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Self |
| 2006 | The Contract | Ray |
| 2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self |
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs | Jake |
| 2005 | The Ice Harvest | Charlie |
| 2003 | Identity | Ed |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Nick Easter |
| 2003 | Breakfast with Hunter | Self |
| 2003 | The Road to The Sure Thing | |
| 2002 | Max | Max Rothman |
| 2002 | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | John Cusack (uncredited) |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts | Eddie Thomas |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Jonathan Trager |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City | Self |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self |
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Rob Gordon |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Craig Schwartz |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Nelson Rockefeller |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Nick Falzone |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | Myrl Redding |
| 1999 | This Is My Father | Eddie Sharp |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Capt. John Gaff |
| 1998 | Chicago Cab | Scary Man |
| 1997 | Con Air | Agent Vince Larkin |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Kelso |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe Blank | Martin Q. Blank |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Dimitri (voice) |
| 1997 | Eastwood on Eastwood | Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | City Hall | Kevin Calhoun |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville | Charles Ossining |
| 1994 | Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne |
| 1994 | Floundering | JC |
| 1993 | Map of the Human Heart | The Mapmaker |
| 1993 | Money for Nothing | Joey Coyle |
| 1992 | The Player | John Cusack |
| 1992 | Roadside Prophets | Caspar |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Cutting Edge Host |
| 1991 | True Colors | Peter Burton |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Student Jack |
| 1990 | The Grifters | Roy Dillon |
| 1989 | Say Anything... | Lloyd Dobler |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Michael Merriman |
| 1989 | Elvis Stories | Corky |
| 1988 | Tapeheads | Ivan Alexeev |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Buck Weaver |
| 1987 | Hot Pursuit | Dan Bartlett |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | Angry Messenger |
| 1986 | Stand by Me | Denny Lachance |
| 1986 | One Crazy Summer | Hoops McCann |
| 1985 | The Sure Thing | Walter "Gib" Gibson |
| 1985 | Better Off Dead... | Lane Meyer |
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Harry |
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Bryce |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Johnny Maine |
| 1983 | Class | Roscoe |
| My Only Sunshine |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Utopia | Dr. Kevin Christie |
| 2014 | Doll & Em | John |
| 2012 | Evening Urgant | Self |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1994 | Baseball | Voice |
| 1994 | Baseball | (voice) |
| 1993 | Frasier | Greg (voice) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |