
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 |