John Cusack
- Acting
- June 28, 1966 · Evanston, 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). 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
Filmography
- Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich · Self
- Fog of War · Bob Duncolm
- Detective Chinatown 1900 · Grant
- Decoded · 希伊斯
- BRATS · Self
- Pursuit · John Calloway
- Utopia · Dr. Kevin Christie
- Never Grow Old · Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
- River Runs Red · Horace
- Distorted · Vernon Sarsfield
- Singularity · Elias Van Dorne
- Blood Money · Miller
- Arsenal · Sal
- The Fog Bowl · Narrator (Voice)
- Cell · Clayton 'Clay' Riddell, Executive producer
- Chi-Raq · Fr. Mike Corridan
- Boom Bust Boom · Self
- Love & Mercy · Brian Wilson 1980s
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 · Adam (uncredited)
- Dragon Blade · Lucius
- Drive Hard · Simon Keller
- Reclaim · Benjamin
- The Prince · Sam
- Maps to the Stars · Dr. Stafford Weiss
- The Bag Man · Jack
- Doll & Em · John
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Adult World · Rat Billings
- Grand Piano · Clem
- We're No Animals · Tony Lovecraft, Writer
- Salinger · Self
- The Butler · Richard Nixon
- The Frozen Ground · Robert Hansen
- The Numbers Station · Emerson
- The Factory · Mike Fletcher
- The Paperboy · Hillary Van Wetter
- All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set · Self
- Evening Urgant · Self
- The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe
- Woody Allen: A Documentary · Self
- Shanghai · Paul Soames
- Hot Tub Time Machine · Adam, Producer
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic · Self, Presenter
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective · Self, Presenter
- 2012 · Jackson Curtis
- The Jay Leno Show · Self
- Igor · Igor (Voice)
- War, Inc. · Brand Hauser, Writer
- Summerhood · Narrator (uncredited)
- Guyville Redux
- Grace Is Gone · Stanley Philipps, Producer
- Martian Child · David
- 1408 · Mike Enslin
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride · Self
- The Contract · Ray
- The Ice Harvest · Charlie
- Must Love Dogs · Jake
- Runaway Jury · Nick Easter
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- The Road to The Sure Thing
- Breakfast with Hunter · Self
- Identity · Ed
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Adaptation. · John Cusack (uncredited)
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. · Self
- Max · Max Rothman, Associate Producer
- The Concert for New York City · Self
- Serendipity · Jonathan Trager
- America: A Tribute to Heroes · Self
- America's Sweethearts · Eddie Thomas
- High Fidelity · Rob, Screenplay
- Cradle Will Rock · Nelson Rockefeller
- Being John Malkovich · Craig Schwartz
- This Is My Father · Eddie Sharp
- Pushing Tin · Nick Falzone
- The Jack Bull · Myrl Redding, Executive producer
- The Thin Red Line · Capt. John Gaff