John Cusack
Born: 1966-06-28 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Fog of War as Bob Duncolm
- Detective Chinatown 1900 as Grant
- Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
2022
- Pursuit as John Calloway
2020
- Utopia as Dr. Kevin Christie
2019
- Never Grow Old as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
2018
- River Runs Red as Horace
- Distorted as Vernon Sarsfield
2017
- Singularity as Elias Van Dorne
- Blood Money as Miller
- Arsenal as Sal
2016
- Cell as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
- The Fog Bowl as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Dragon Blade as Lucius
- Chi-Raq as Fr. Mike Corridan
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Adam (uncredited)
- Boom Bust Boom as Self
- Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson 1980s
2014
- The Prince as Sam
- Reclaim as Benjamin
- Adult World as Rat Billings
- Drive Hard as Simon Keller
- Maps to the Stars as Dr. Stafford Weiss
- The Bag Man as Jack
- Doll & Em as John
2013
- The Butler as Richard Nixon
- Grand Piano as Clem
- The Frozen Ground as Robert Hansen
- The Numbers Station as Emerson
- We're No Animals as Tony Lovecraft
- Salinger as Self - Actor
2012
- The Raven as Edgar Allan Poe
- The Paperboy as Hillary Van Wetter
- Evening Urgant as Self
- The Factory as Mike Fletcher
- All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set as Self
2011
- Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2010
- Hot Tub Time Machine as Adam
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- Shanghai as Paul Soames
2009
- 2012 as Jackson Curtis
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
2008
- Igor as Igor (voice)
- War, Inc. as Brand Hauser
- Summerhood as Narrator (uncredited)
- Guyville Redux
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 1408 as Mike Enslin
- Martian Child as David
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten as Self
- Grace Is Gone as Stanley Philipps
2006
- The Contract as Ray
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2005
- Must Love Dogs as Jake
- The Ice Harvest as Charlie
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Runaway Jury as Nick Easter
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Identity as Ed
- Breakfast with Hunter as Self
- The Road to The Sure Thing
2002
- Max as Max Rothman
- Adaptation. as John Cusack (uncredited)
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
2001
- Serendipity as Jonathan Trager
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- The Concert for New York City as Self
- America's Sweethearts as Eddie Thomas
2000
- High Fidelity as Rob Gordon
1999
- Pushing Tin as Nick Falzone
- Being John Malkovich as Craig Schwartz
- The Jack Bull as Myrl Redding
- Cradle Will Rock as Nelson Rockefeller
- This Is My Father as Eddie Sharp
1998
- The Thin Red Line as Capt. John Gaff
- Chicago Cab as Scary Man
1997
- The View as Self
- Anastasia as Dimitri (voice)
- Con Air as Agent Vince Larkin
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as John Kelso
- Grosse Pointe Blank as Martin Q. Blank
- Eastwood on Eastwood as Narrator (voice)
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- City Hall as Kevin Calhoun
1994
- Baseball as Voice
- Floundering as JC
- The Road to Wellville as Charles Ossining
- Bullets Over Broadway as David Shayne
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Frasier as Greg (voice)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Map of the Human Heart as The Mapmaker
- Money for Nothing as Joey Coyle
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Roadside Prophets as Caspar
- Bob Roberts as Cutting Edge Host
- The Player as John Cusack
1991
- True Colors as Peter Burton
- Shadows and Fog as Student Jack
1990
- The Grifters as Roy Dillon
1989
- Fat Man and Little Boy as Michael Merriman
- Elvis Stories as Corky
- Say Anything... as Lloyd Dobler
1988
- Eight Men Out as Buck Weaver
- Tapeheads as Ivan Alexeev
1987
- Broadcast News as Angry Messenger
- Hot Pursuit as Dan Bartlett
1986
- Stand by Me as Denny Lachance
- One Crazy Summer as Hoops McCann
1985
- Better Off Dead... as Lane Meyer
- The Sure Thing as Walter "Gib" Gibson
- The Journey of Natty Gann as Harry
1984
- Sixteen Candles as Bryce
- Grandview, U.S.A. as Johnny Maine
1983
- Class as Roscoe
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Entertainment Tonight
1980
- Why Is It Always Me? as Mike
1953
- The Oscars as Self