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). 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.
Filmography
2025
- Detective Chinatown 1900 as Grant
- Fog of War as Bob Duncolm
- 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
- Arsenal as Sal
- Singularity as Elias Van Dorne
- Blood Money as Miller
2016
- Cell as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
- The Fog Bowl as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Dragon Blade as Lucius
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Adam (uncredited)
- Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson 1980s
- Chi-Raq as Fr. Mike Corridan
- Boom Bust Boom as Self
2014
- The Prince as Sam
- Maps to the Stars as Dr. Stafford Weiss
- Doll & Em as John
- Adult World as Rat Billings
- The Bag Man as Jack
- Reclaim as Benjamin
- Drive Hard as Simon Keller
2013
- The Butler as Richard Nixon
- The Frozen Ground as Robert Hansen
- The Numbers Station as Emerson
- Grand Piano as Clem
- Salinger as Self - Actor
- We're No Animals as Tony Lovecraft
2012
- Evening Urgant as Self
- The Raven as Edgar Allan Poe
- The Paperboy as Hillary Van Wetter
- 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
- Shanghai as Paul Soames
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
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
- Grace Is Gone as Stanley Philipps
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten as Self
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 - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Identity as Ed
- Runaway Jury as Nick Easter
- Breakfast with Hunter as Self
- The Road to The Sure Thing
2002
- Adaptation. as John Cusack (uncredited)
- Max as Max Rothman
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
2001
- Serendipity as Jonathan Trager
- America's Sweethearts as Eddie Thomas
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- The Concert for New York City as Self
2000
- High Fidelity as Rob Gordon
1999
- Being John Malkovich as Craig Schwartz
- Pushing Tin as Nick Falzone
- 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
- Con Air as Agent Vince Larkin
- Anastasia as Dimitri (voice)
- Grosse Pointe Blank as Martin Q. Blank
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as John Kelso
- Eastwood on Eastwood as Narrator (voice)
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- City Hall as Kevin Calhoun
1994
- Baseball as Voice
- Bullets Over Broadway as David Shayne
- The Road to Wellville as Charles Ossining
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Floundering as JC
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
- The Player as John Cusack
- Bob Roberts as Cutting Edge Host
- Roadside Prophets as Caspar
1991
- Shadows and Fog as Student Jack
- True Colors as Peter Burton
1990
- The Grifters as Roy Dillon
1989
- Say Anything... as Lloyd Dobler
- Fat Man and Little Boy as Michael Merriman
- Elvis Stories as Corky
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