Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 28, 1966
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Credits
125 titles
John 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
Filmography
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Self
Fog of War
Bob Duncolm
Detective Chinatown 1900
Grant
Decoded
希伊斯
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
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
Adult World
Rat Billings
Grand Piano
Clem
We're No Animals
Tony Lovecraft
Salinger
Self - Actor
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
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2012
Jackson Curtis
The Jay Leno Show
Self
Igor
Igor (voice)
War, Inc.
Brand Hauser
Summerhood
Narrator (uncredited)
Guyville Redux
Grace Is Gone
Stanley Philipps