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John Cusack

John Cusack

Acting1966Evanston, Illinois, USA

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.

Acting History

2025
2024
Decoded
as 希伊斯
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Pursuit
as John Calloway
2020
Utopia
TVas Dr. Kevin Christie8 eps
2019
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
2018
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
2017
Arsenal
as Sal
Blood Money
as Miller
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
2016
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
Cell
Executive Producer
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
Dragon Blade
as Lucius
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan
2014
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
Adult World
as Rat Billings
Reclaim
as Benjamin
Drive Hard
as Simon Keller
Doll & Em
TVas John1 eps
2013
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
2012
df = The Factory (2011)
as Mike Fletcher
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
Evening Urgant
TVas Self1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest2 eps
2009
2012
as Jackson Curtis
Wetten, dass..?
TVas Self1 eps
The Jay Leno Show
TVas Self1 eps
2008
Summerhood
as Narrator (uncredited)
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser
Igor
as Igor (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
TVas Self1 eps
War, Inc.
Writer
War, Inc.
Producer
2007
1408
as Mike Enslin
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self1 eps
2005
2004
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
2002
Max
as Max Rothman
Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
The Daily Show
TVas Self1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest2 eps
The View
TVas Self2 eps
Max
Associate Producer
2000
High Fidelity
as Rob Gordon
High Fidelity
Screenplay
High Fidelity
Co-Producer
High Fidelity
Music Supervisor
1999
The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller
The Jack Bull
Executive Producer
1998
Chicago Cab
as Scary Man
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
Chicago Cab
Executive Producer
1997
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
1996
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
Frasier
TVas Greg (voice)1 eps
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
Baseball
TVas (voice)3 eps
Floundering
Additional Dialogue
1993
Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle
1992
The Player
as John Cusack
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Host
1991
True Colors
as Peter Burton
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
1990
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
1988
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver
1987
Broadcast News
as Angry Messenger
Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett
1986
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann
1985
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
1983
Class
as Roscoe

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/28/1966(59 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA