John Cusack
92 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 28, 1966 (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.
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In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known for
John Cusack: movies and TV shows
Acting (97)
- Upcoming
- 2025 Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm
- 2025 Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant
- 2024 Decoded
as 希伊斯
- 2022 Pursuit
as John Calloway
- 2020
- 2019 Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
- 2018 River Runs Red
as Horace
- 2018 Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
- 2017 Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
- 2017 Blood Money
as Miller
- 2017 Arsenal
as Sal
- 2016 The Fog Bowl
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
- 2015 Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan
- 2015 Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
- 2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
- 2015 Dragon Blade
as Lucius
- 2014 Drive Hard
as Simon Keller
- 2014 Reclaim
as Benjamin
- 2014 The Prince
as Sam
- 2014 Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
- 2014 The Bag Man
as Jack
- 2014
- 2014 Adult World
as Rat Billings
- 2013 Grand Piano
as Clem
- 2013 We're No Animals
as Tony Lovecraft
- 2013 The Butler
as Richard Nixon
- 2013 The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
- 2013 The Numbers Station
as Emerson
- 2012 The Factory
as Mike Fletcher
- 2012 The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
- 2012 The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
- 2010 Shanghai
as Paul Soames
- 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam
- 2009 2012
as Jackson Curtis
- 2008 Igor
as Igor (voice)
- 2008 War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser
- 2008 Summerhood
as Narrator (uncredited)
- 2008
- 2007 Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps
- 2007 Martian Child
as David
- 2007 1408
as Mike Enslin
- 2006 The Contract
as Ray
- 2005 The Ice Harvest
as Charlie
- 2005 Must Love Dogs
as Jake
- 2003 Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter
- 2003
- 2003 Identity
as Ed
- 2002 Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
- 2002 Max
as Max Rothman
- 2001 Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
- 2001 America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
- 2000 High Fidelity
as Rob
- 1999 Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller
- 1999 Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
- 1999 This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp
- 1999 Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
- 1999 The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding
- 1998 The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
- 1998 Chicago Cab
as Scary Man
- 1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso
- 1997 Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
- 1997 Eastwood on Eastwood
as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
- 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
- 1996 City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
- 1996
- 1994 Floundering
as JC
- 1994 The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
- 1994 Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle
- 1993 Map of the Human Heart
as The Mapmaker
- 1992 Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Host
- 1992 The Player
as John Cusack
- 1992 Roadside Prophets
as Caspar
- 1991 Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
- 1991 True Colors
as Peter Burton
- 1990 The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
- 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
- 1989 Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
- 1989 Elvis Stories
as Corky
- 1988 Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
- 1988 Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver
- 1987 Broadcast News
as Angry Messenger
- 1987 Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett
- 1986 Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
- 1986 One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann
- 1985 The Journey of Natty Gann
as Harry
- 1985 Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
- 1985 The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
- 1984 Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
- 1984 Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
- 1983 Class
as Roscoe
- 1980 Why Is It Always Me?
as Mike
Behind the camera (13)
- 2016 Cell
Executive Producer
- 2013 We're No Animals
Writer, Producer
- 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine
Producer
- 2010
- 2010
- 2008 War, Inc.
Writer, Producer
- 2007 Grace Is Gone
Producer
- 2002 Max
Associate Producer
- 2000 High Fidelity
Screenplay, Co-Producer, Music Supervisor
- 1999 The Jack Bull
Executive Producer
- 1998 Chicago Cab
Executive Producer
- 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank
Screenplay, Co-Producer
- 1994 Floundering
Additional Dialogue
Talk shows and appearances (27)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2015
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012 Evening Urgant
1 episode
- 2011
- 2009 The Jay Leno Show
1 episode
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2006
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2 episodes
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
1 episode
- 1981 Wetten, dass..?
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode