About

Known credits:
122
Birthday:
1966-06-28
Place of birth:
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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John Cusack

Overview

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 actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.

In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Known for

Acting
2025 Detective Chinatown 1900 Actor Grant N/A
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2024 Decoded Actor Isis 58
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2024 BRATS Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
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2022 Pursuit Actor John Calloway 58
Average
2020 Utopia Actor Dr. Kevin Christie 71
Good
2019 Never Grow Old Actor Christopher 'Dutch' Albert 59
Average
2018 River Runs Red Actor Horace 57
Average
2018 Distorted Actor Vernon Sarsfield 56
Average
2017 Singularity Actor Elias Van Dorne 52
Average
2017 Blood Money Actor Miller 57
Average
2017 Arsenal Actor Sal 55
Average
2016 The Fog Bowl Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2016 Cell Actor Clayton 'Clay' Riddell 50
Average
2015 Chi-Raq Actor Fr. Mike Corridan 58
Average
2015 Boom Bust Boom Actor Self 59
Average
2015 Love & Mercy Actor Brian Wilson 1980s 65
Fair
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Actor Adam (uncredited) 54
Average
2015 Dragon Blade Actor Lucius 61
Fair
2014 Drive Hard Actor Simon Keller 55
Average
2014 Reclaim Actor Benjamin 57
Average
2014 The Prince Actor Sam 54
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2014 Maps to the Stars Actor Dr. Stafford Weiss 61
Fair
2014 The Bag Man Actor Jack 56
Average
2014 Adult World Actor Rat Billings 59
Average
2013 Grand Piano Actor Clem 59
Average
2013 We're No Animals Actor Tony Lovecraft 58
Average
2013 Salinger Actor Self - Actor 59
Average
2013 The Butler Actor Richard Nixon 71
Good
2013 The Frozen Ground Actor Robert Hansen 61
Fair
2013 The Numbers Station Actor Emerson 56
Average
2012 The Factory Actor Mike Fletcher 58
Average
2012 The Paperboy Actor Hillary Van Wetter 56
Average
2012 All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set Actor Self N/A
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2012 The Raven Actor Edgar Allan Poe 61
Fair
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary Actor Self 61
Fair
2010 Shanghai Actor Paul Soames 59
Average
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Actor Adam 60
Fair
2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Actor Self 59
Average
2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Actor Self 59
Average
2009 2012 Actor Jackson Curtis 58
Average
2008 Igor Actor Igor (voice) 59
Average
2008 War, Inc. Actor Brand Hauser 57
Average
2008 Summerhood Actor Narrator (uncredited) 58
Average
2008 Guyville Redux Actor N/A
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2007 Grace Is Gone Actor Stanley Philipps 59
Average
2007 Martian Child Actor David 61
Fair
2007 1408 Actor Mike Enslin 66
Fair
2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Actor Self 60
Fair
2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride Actor Self 59
Average
2006 The Contract Actor Ray 58
Average
2005 The Ice Harvest Actor Charlie 58
Average
2005 Must Love Dogs Actor Jake 58
Average
2003 The Road to The Sure Thing Actor N/A
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2003 Breakfast with Hunter Actor Self 59
Average
2003 Identity Actor Ed 70
Good
2003 Runaway Jury Actor Nick Easter 66
Fair
2002 Adaptation. Actor John Cusack (uncredited) 71
Good
2002 Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. Actor Self 59
Average
2002 Max Actor Max Rothman 59
Average
2001 The Concert for New York City Actor Self 58
Average
2001 Serendipity Actor Jonathan Trager 66
Fair
2001 America | A Tribute to Heroes Actor Self 59
Average
2001 America's Sweethearts Actor Eddie Thomas 57
Average
2000 High Fidelity Actor Rob Gordon 68
Fair
1999 Cradle Will Rock Actor Nelson Rockefeller 59
Average
1999 Being John Malkovich Actor Craig Schwartz 72
Good
1999 This Is My Father Actor Eddie Sharp 58
Average
1999 Pushing Tin Actor Nick Falzone 58
Average
1999 The Jack Bull Actor Myrl Redding 59
Average
1998 The Thin Red Line Actor Capt. John Gaff 72
Good
1998 Chicago Cab Actor Scary Man 58
Average
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Actor John Kelso 61
Fair
1997 Anastasia Actor Dimitri (voice) 74
Good
1997 Eastwood on Eastwood Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1997 Con Air Actor Agent Vince Larkin 66
Fair
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank Actor Martin Q. Blank 65
Fair
1996 City Hall Actor Kevin Calhoun 58
Average
1994 Floundering Actor JC 58
Average
1994 The Road to Wellville Actor Charles Ossining 58
Average
1994 Bullets Over Broadway Actor David Shayne 65
Fair
1994 Baseball Actor Various (voice) 70
Good
1993 Money for Nothing Actor Joey Coyle 58
Average
1993 Map of the Human Heart Actor The Mapmaker 59
Average
1992 Bob Roberts Actor Cutting Edge Host 60
Fair
1992 The Player Actor John Cusack 67
Fair
1992 Roadside Prophets Actor Caspar 58
Average
1991 Shadows and Fog Actor Student Jack 62
Fair
1991 True Colors Actor Peter Burton 59
Average
1990 The Grifters Actor Roy Dillon 61
Fair
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Actor Michael Merriman 59
Average
1989 Say Anything... Actor Lloyd Dobler 66
Fair
1989 Elvis Stories Actor Corky 59
Average
1988 Tapeheads Actor Ivan Alexeev 58
Average
1988 Eight Men Out Actor Buck Weaver 62
Fair
1987 Broadcast News Actor Angry Messenger 62
Fair
1987 Hot Pursuit Actor Dan Bartlett 58
Average
1986 Stand by Me Actor Denny Lachance 76
Good
1986 One Crazy Summer Actor Hoops McCann 59
Average
1985 The Journey of Natty Gann Actor Harry 61
Fair
1985 Better Off Dead... Actor Lane Meyer 62
Fair
1985 The Sure Thing Actor Walter "Gib" Gibson 61
Fair
1984 Grandview, U.S.A. Actor Johnny Maine 58
Average
1984 Sixteen Candles Actor Bryce 65
Fair
1983 Class Actor Roscoe 58
Average
Fog of War Actor Robert N/A
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My Only Sunshine Actor N/A
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Writing
2013 We're No Animals Writing Writer 58
Average
2008 War, Inc. Writing Writer 57
Average
2000 High Fidelity Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank Writing Screenplay 65
Fair

Production
2016 Cell Production Executive Producer 50
Average
2013 We're No Animals Production Producer 58
Average
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Production Producer 60
Fair
2007 Grace Is Gone Production Producer 59
Average
2002 Max Production Associate Producer 59
Average
2000 High Fidelity Production Co-Producer 68
Fair
1999 The Jack Bull Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1998 Chicago Cab Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank Production Co-Producer 65
Fair

Sound
2000 High Fidelity Sound Music Supervisor 68
Fair

Crew
2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Crew Presenter 59
Average
2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Crew Presenter 59
Average