John Cusack
Known for Acting · 124 credits
- Born
- 1966-06-28 (age 60)
- 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
Frasier
1993
as Greg (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Utopia
2020
as Dr. Kevin Christie
Baseball
1994
as Voice / (voice)
Evening Urgant
2012
as Self
Doll & Em
2014
as John
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (106)
2012
2009
as Jackson Curtis
Stand by Me
1986
as Denny Lachance
Con Air
1997
as Agent Vince Larkin
Identity
2003
as Ed
Anastasia
1997
as Dimitri (voice)
1408
2007
as Mike Enslin
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Capt. John Gaff
Serendipity
2001
as Jonathan Trager
Being John Malkovich
1999
as Craig Schwartz
The Butler
2013
as Richard Nixon
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
as Adam
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Bryce
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
as Grant
Runaway Jury
2003
as Nick Easter
Adaptation.
2002
as John Cusack (uncredited)
The Frozen Ground
2013
as Robert Hansen
The Player
1992
as John Cusack
Say Anything...
1989
as Lloyd Dobler
Fog of War
2025
as Bob Duncolm
The Raven
2012
as Edgar Allan Poe
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
as Adam (uncredited)
High Fidelity
2000
as Rob Gordon
Arsenal
2017
as Sal
The Prince
2014
as Sam
Adult World
2014
as Rat Billings
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
as Martin Q. Blank
The Paperboy
2012
as Hillary Van Wetter
Cell
2016
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
The Grifters
1990
as Roy Dillon
Igor
2008
as Igor (voice)
Grand Piano
2013
as Clem
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Michael Merriman
America's Sweethearts
2001
as Eddie Thomas
Singularity
2017
as Elias Van Dorne
Maps to the Stars
2014
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
Love & Mercy
2015
as Brian Wilson 1980s
The Sure Thing
1985
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
Dragon Blade
2015
as Lucius
City Hall
1996
as Kevin Calhoun
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Johnny Maine
Better Off Dead...
1985
as Lane Meyer
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as David Shayne
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Jake
Broadcast News
1987
as Angry Messenger
Blood Money
2017
as Miller
Pushing Tin
1999
as Nick Falzone
Decoded
2024
as 希伊斯
The Numbers Station
2013
as Emerson
Never Grow Old
2019
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
The Factory
2012
as Mike Fletcher
The Contract
2006
as Ray
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as John Kelso
Class
1983
as Roscoe
Eight Men Out
1988
as Buck Weaver
River Runs Red
2018
as Horace
Martian Child
2007
as David
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Student Jack
Max
2002
as Max Rothman
The Bag Man
2014
as Jack
Shanghai
2010
as Paul Soames
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Harry
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Charles Ossining
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025
as Self
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Nelson Rockefeller
The Jack Bull
1999
as Myrl Redding
The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
Map of the Human Heart
1993
as The Mapmaker
Money for Nothing
1993
as Joey Coyle
The Ice Harvest
2005
as Charlie
One Crazy Summer
1986
as Hoops McCann
Reclaim
2014
as Benjamin
Hot Pursuit
1987
as Dan Bartlett
Drive Hard
2014
as Simon Keller
Guyville Redux
2008
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Salinger
2013
as Self - Actor
Pursuit
2022
as John Calloway
Distorted
2018
as Vernon Sarsfield
Bob Roberts
1992
as Cutting Edge Host
Chi-Raq
2015
as Fr. Mike Corridan
War, Inc.
2008
as Brand Hauser
Tapeheads
1988
as Ivan Alexeev
Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Grace Is Gone
2007
as Stanley Philipps
Chicago Cab
1998
as Scary Man
Summerhood
2008
as Narrator (uncredited)
True Colors
1991
as Peter Burton
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
This Is My Father
1999
as Eddie Sharp
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
Floundering
1994
as JC
Elvis Stories
1989
as Corky
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Caspar
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Boom Bust Boom
2015
as Self
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
as Self
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self
Breakfast with Hunter
2003
as Self
The Fog Bowl
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
Why Is It Always Me?
1980
as Mike
We're No Animals
2013
as Tony Lovecraft
My Only Sunshine
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
- Stand by Me (1986) — as Denny Lachance
- Con Air (1997) — as Agent Vince Larkin
- Identity (2003) — as Ed
- Anastasia (1997) — as Dimitri (voice)
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