Acting
John Cusack
EN, ZH, DE cinema · 106 credits
Born
28 June 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also known as John Cusak · John Paul 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), 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
Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Decoded
as 希伊斯
Pursuit
as John Calloway
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
River Runs Red
as Horace
Arsenal
as Sal
Blood Money
as Miller
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell, Executive Producer
The Fog Bowl
as Narrator (voice)
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
Dragon Blade
as Lucius
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
Boom Bust Boom
as Self
Adult World
as Rat Billings
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
The Prince
as Sam
The Bag Man
as Jack
Drive Hard
as Simon Keller
Reclaim
as Benjamin
The Numbers Station
as Emerson
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
Grand Piano
as Clem
We Are Not Animals
as Tony Lovecraft, Writer, Producer
Salinger
as Self - Actor
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
The Factory
as Mike Fletcher
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam, Producer
Shanghai
as Paul Soames
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self, Presenter
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self, Presenter
2012
as Jackson Curtis
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser, Writer, Producer
Igor
as Igor (voice)
Summerhood
as Narrator (uncredited)
1408
as Mike Enslin
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps, Producer
Martian Child
as David
The Contract
as Ray
Must Love Dogs
as Jake
The Ice Harvest
as Charlie
Identity
as Ed
Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter
Max
as Max Rothman, Associate Producer
Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
High Fidelity
as Rob, Screenplay, Co-Producer, Music Supervisor
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding, Executive Producer
This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
Chicago Cab
as Scary Man, Executive Producer
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
Eastwood on Eastwood
as Narrator (voice)
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
Floundering
as JC, Additional Dialogue
Map of the Human Heart
as The Mapmaker
Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle
The Player
as John Cusack
Roadside Prophets
as Caspar
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Host
True Colors
as Peter Burton
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
Elvis Stories
as Corky
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver
Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett
Broadcast News
as Angry Messenger
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
Class
as Roscoe
