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John Cusack

Acting 59 years old Evanston, Illinois, USA ★ 3.3
Born: June 28, 1966

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). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (126)

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

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