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). 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.
Acting (103 movies)
Stand by Me
1986
High Fidelity
2000
Pursuit
2022
Being John Malkovich
1999
Say Anything...
1989
The Contract
2006
1408
2007
Con Air
1997
The Player
1992
Identity
2003
The Road to Wellville
1994
Grace Is Gone
2007
City Hall
1996
Martian Child
2007
Class
1983
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
Runaway Jury
2003
America's Sweethearts
2001
Must Love Dogs
2005
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
The Thin Red Line
1998
Tapeheads
1988
Cradle Will Rock
1999
The Sure Thing
1985
The Ice Harvest
2005
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Anastasia
1997
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Pushing Tin
1999
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
Serendipity
2001
War, Inc.
2008
Eight Men Out
1988
Max
2002
True Colors
1991
Better Off Dead...
1985
Roadside Prophets
1992
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
2012
2009
Hot Pursuit
1987
Igor
2008
Map of the Human Heart
1993
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Sixteen Candles
1984
Shanghai
2010
The Jack Bull
1999
Breakfast with Hunter
2003
The Grifters
1990
One Crazy Summer
1986
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
The Raven
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
The Paperboy
2012
Money for Nothing
1993
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
The Numbers Station
2013
Fog of War
2025
Adult World
2014
Chicago Cab
1998
The Butler
2013
Maps to the Stars
2014
The Factory
2012
Cell
2016
The Frozen Ground
2013
Grand Piano
2013
The Prince
2014
The Bag Man
2014
Drive Hard
2014
Love & Mercy
2015
Floundering
1994
Reclaim
2014
We're No Animals
2013
Shadows and Fog
1991
Dragon Blade
2015
This Is My Father
1999
Chi-Raq
2015
The Fog Bowl
2016
Arsenal
2017
BRATS
2024
Adaptation.
2002
Decoded
2024
Bob Roberts
1992
Broadcast News
1987
Blood Money
2017
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Distorted
2018
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Guyville Redux
2008
Elvis Stories
1989
Singularity
2017
Summerhood
2008
Never Grow Old
2019
Boom Bust Boom
2015
The Concert for New York City
2001
River Runs Red
2018
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe Blank | 1997 | Screenplay |
| Chicago Cab | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| The Jack Bull | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| High Fidelity | 2000 | Screenplay |
| Grace Is Gone | 2007 | Producer |
| War, Inc. | 2008 | Writer |
| War, Inc. | 2008 | Producer |
| Hot Tub Time Machine | 2010 | Producer |
| We're No Animals | 2013 | Writer |
| We're No Animals | 2013 | Producer |
| Cell | 2016 | Executive Producer |