John Cusack
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-06-28 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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.
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Acting
(2025)
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant
(2025)
Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm
(2024)
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2024)
Decoded
as Liseiwicz
(2022)
Pursuit
as John Calloway
(2019)
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
(2018)
River Runs Red
as Horace
(2018)
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
(2017)
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
(2017)
Arsenal
as Sal
(2017)
Blood Money
as Miller
(2016)
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
(2016)
The Fog Bowl
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Dragon Blade
as Lucius
(2015)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
(2015)
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
(2015)
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan
(2015)
Boom Bust Boom
as Self
(2014)
The Prince
as Sam
(2014)
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
(2014)
Reclaim
as Benjamin
(2014)
Adult World
as Rat Billings
(2014)
The Bag Man
as Jack
(2014)
Drive Hard
as Simon Keller
(2013)
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
(2013)
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
(2013)
The Numbers Station
as Emerson
(2013)
Grand Piano
as Clem
(2013)
Salinger
as Self - Actor
(2013)
We're No Animals
as Tony Lovecraft
(2012)
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
(2012)
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
(2012)
The Factory
as Mike Fletcher
(2012)
(2011)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
(2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam
(2010)
Shanghai
as Paul Soames
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
2012
as Jackson Curtis
(2008)
Igor
as Igor (voice)
(2008)
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser
(2008)
Summerhood
as Narrator (uncredited)
(2008)
(2007)
1408
as Mike Enslin
(2007)
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps
(2007)
Martian Child
as David
(2007)
(2006)
The Contract
as Ray
(2006)
(2005)
Must Love Dogs
as Jake
(2005)
The Ice Harvest
as Charlie
(2003)
Identity
as Ed
(2003)
Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter
(2003)
Breakfast with Hunter
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
(2002)
Max
as Max Rothman
(2002)
(2001)
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
(2001)
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
(2001)
(2001)
(2000)
High Fidelity
as Rob Gordon
(1999)
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
(1999)
The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding
(1999)
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
(1999)
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller
(1999)
This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp
(1998)
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
(1998)
Chicago Cab
as Scary Man
(1997)
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
(1997)
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
(1997)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso
(1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
(1997)
Eastwood on Eastwood
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
(1994)
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
(1994)
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
(1994)
Floundering
as JC
(1993)
Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle
(1993)
Map of the Human Heart
as The Mapmaker
(1992)
The Player
as John Cusack
(1992)
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Host
(1992)
Roadside Prophets
as Caspar
(1991)
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
(1991)
True Colors
as Peter Burton
(1990)
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
(1989)
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
(1989)
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
(1989)
Elvis Stories
as Corky
(1988)
Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver
(1988)
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
(1987)
Broadcast News
as Angry Messenger
(1987)
Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett
(1986)
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
(1986)
One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann
(1985)
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
(1985)
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
(1985)
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Harry
(1984)
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
(1984)
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
(1983)
Class
as Roscoe
Crew
(2016)
Cell
Executive Producer
(2013)
We're No Animals
Writer, Producer
(2010)
Hot Tub Time Machine
Producer
(2010)
(2010)
(2008)
War, Inc.
Writer, Producer
(2007)
Grace Is Gone
Producer
(2002)
Max
Associate Producer
(2000)
High Fidelity
Screenplay, Co-Producer, Music Supervisor
(1999)
The Jack Bull
Executive Producer
(1998)
Chicago Cab
Executive Producer
(1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank
Screenplay, Co-Producer
(1994)
Floundering
Additional Dialogue