John Cusack
Known for Acting · 124 credits
- Born
- 1966-06-28 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- John Cusak · John Paul 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). He then started appearing in independent films and had leading roles in Eight Men Out (1988), The Grifters (1990), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (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.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Greg (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Baseball
1994
as Voice / (voice)
Utopia
2020
as Dr. Kevin Christie
Evening Urgant
2012
as Self
Doll & Em
2014
as John
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (106)
2012
2009
as Jackson Curtis
Identity
2003
as Ed
Con Air
1997
as Agent Vince Larkin
Stand by Me
1986
as Denny Lachance
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Capt. John Gaff
Serendipity
2001
as Jonathan Trager
Anastasia
1997
as Dimitri (voice)
1408
2007
as Mike Enslin
The Butler
2013
as Richard Nixon
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
as Adam
Being John Malkovich
1999
as Craig Schwartz
Say Anything...
1989
as Lloyd Dobler
Adaptation.
2002
as John Cusack (uncredited)
The Player
1992
as John Cusack
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Bryce
Runaway Jury
2003
as Nick Easter
High Fidelity
2000
as Rob Gordon
Shanghai
2010
as Paul Soames
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
as Grant
Pushing Tin
1999
as Nick Falzone
The Frozen Ground
2013
as Robert Hansen
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Jake
Igor
2008
as Igor (voice)
The Prince
2014
as Sam
City Hall
1996
as Kevin Calhoun
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
as Adam (uncredited)
Dragon Blade
2015
as Lucius
Singularity
2017
as Elias Van Dorne
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as John Kelso
Class
1983
as Roscoe
America's Sweethearts
2001
as Eddie Thomas
The Contract
2006
as Ray
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Cell
2016
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
Better Off Dead...
1985
as Lane Meyer
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Nelson Rockefeller
Broadcast News
1987
as Angry Messenger
Floundering
1994
as JC
Martian Child
2007
as David
Maps to the Stars
2014
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
The Raven
2012
as Edgar Allan Poe
The Sure Thing
1985
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
Love & Mercy
2015
as Brian Wilson 1980s
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
as Martin Q. Blank
Salinger
2013
as Self - Actor
Bob Roberts
1992
as Cutting Edge Host
The Paperboy
2012
as Hillary Van Wetter
The Grifters
1990
as Roy Dillon
Chi-Raq
2015
as Fr. Mike Corridan
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as David Shayne
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Michael Merriman
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
War, Inc.
2008
as Brand Hauser
Adult World
2014
as Rat Billings
Chicago Cab
1998
as Scary Man
The Bag Man
2014
as Jack
The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Charles Ossining
One Crazy Summer
1986
as Hoops McCann
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Caspar
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Harry
Arsenal
2017
as Sal
The Jack Bull
1999
as Myrl Redding
Fog of War
2025
as Bob Duncolm
Tapeheads
1988
as Ivan Alexeev
The Factory
2012
as Mike Fletcher
Grand Piano
2013
as Clem
Eight Men Out
1988
as Buck Weaver
True Colors
1991
as Peter Burton
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Student Jack
Hot Pursuit
1987
as Dan Bartlett
Never Grow Old
2019
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
Reclaim
2014
as Benjamin
Grace Is Gone
2007
as Stanley Philipps
The Ice Harvest
2005
as Charlie
Decoded
2024
as 希伊斯
Money for Nothing
1993
as Joey Coyle
The Numbers Station
2013
as Emerson
Blood Money
2017
as Miller
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Pursuit
2022
as John Calloway
Distorted
2018
as Vernon Sarsfield
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
as Self
Breakfast with Hunter
2003
as Self
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Johnny Maine
River Runs Red
2018
as Horace
Drive Hard
2014
as Simon Keller
Map of the Human Heart
1993
as The Mapmaker
Max
2002
as Max Rothman
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025
as Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
This Is My Father
1999
as Eddie Sharp
Elvis Stories
1989
as Corky
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
Summerhood
2008
as Narrator (uncredited)
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
as Self
We're No Animals
2013
as Tony Lovecraft
Boom Bust Boom
2015
as Self
My Only Sunshine
Guyville Redux
2008
The Fog Bowl
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
Why Is It Always Me?
1980
as Mike
About John Cusack
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). He then started appearing in independent films and had leading roles in Eight Men Out (1988), The Grifters (1990), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipi… With 124 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, John Cusack has appeared in 106 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Cusack Movies
- 2012 (2009) — as Jackson Curtis
- Identity (2003) — as Ed
- Con Air (1997) — as Agent Vince Larkin
- Stand by Me (1986) — as Denny Lachance
- The Thin Red Line (1998) — as Capt. John Gaff
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