John Cusack
2.1Acting

John Cusack

Jun 28, 1966 - Evanston, Illinois, USA

John Paul Cusack 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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1986Stand by MeDenny Lachance
Movie2000High FidelityRob Gordon
Movie2022PursuitJohn Calloway
Movie1999Being John MalkovichCraig Schwartz
Movie1989Say Anything...Lloyd Dobler
Movie2006The ContractRay
Movie20071408Mike Enslin
Movie1997Con AirAgent Vince Larkin
Movie1992The PlayerJohn Cusack
Movie2003IdentityEd
Movie1994The Road to WellvilleCharles Ossining
Movie2007Grace Is GoneStanley Philipps
Movie1996City HallKevin Calhoun
Movie2007Martian ChildDavid
Movie1983ClassRoscoe
Movie1994Bullets Over BroadwayDavid Shayne
Movie2010Hot Tub Time MachineAdam
Movie2003Runaway JuryNick Easter
Movie2001America's SweetheartsEddie Thomas
Movie2005Must Love DogsJake
Movie1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilJohn Kelso
Movie1998The Thin Red LineCapt. John Gaff
Movie1988TapeheadsIvan Alexeev
Movie1999Cradle Will RockNelson Rockefeller
Movie1985The Sure ThingWalter "Gib" Gibson
Movie2005The Ice HarvestCharlie
Movie1997Grosse Pointe BlankMartin Q. Blank
Movie1997AnastasiaDimitri (voice)
Movie2006Buy the Ticket, Take the RideSelf
Movie1999Pushing TinNick Falzone
Movie2001SerendipityJonathan Trager
Movie1989Fat Man and Little BoyMichael Merriman
Movie2008War, Inc.Brand Hauser
Movie1988Eight Men OutBuck Weaver
Movie2002MaxMax Rothman
Movie1991True ColorsPeter Burton
Movie1985Better Off Dead...Lane Meyer
Movie1992Roadside ProphetsCaspar
Movie1985The Journey of Natty GannHarry
Movie20092012Jackson Curtis
Movie1987Hot PursuitDan Bartlett
Movie2008IgorIgor (voice)
Movie1993Map of the Human HeartThe Mapmaker
Movie2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.Self
Movie1984Sixteen CandlesBryce
Movie2010ShanghaiPaul Soames
Movie1999The Jack BullMyrl Redding
Movie2003Breakfast with HunterSelf
Movie1990The GriftersRoy Dillon
Movie1986One Crazy SummerHoops McCann
Movie2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenSelf
Movie2012The RavenEdgar Allan Poe
Movie2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
MovieN/AMy Only Sunshine
Movie2012The PaperboyHillary Van Wetter
Movie1993Money for NothingJoey Coyle
Movie1984Grandview, U.S.A.Johnny Maine
Movie2013The Numbers StationEmerson
Movie2025Fog of WarBob Duncolm
Movie2014Adult WorldRat Billings
Movie1998Chicago CabScary Man
Movie2013The ButlerRichard Nixon
Movie2014Maps to the StarsDr. Stafford Weiss
Movie2012The FactoryMike Fletcher
Movie2016CellClayton 'Clay' Riddell
Movie2013The Frozen GroundRobert Hansen
Movie2013Grand PianoClem
Movie2014The PrinceSam
Movie2014The Bag ManJack
Movie2014Drive HardSimon Keller
Movie2015Love & MercyBrian Wilson 1980s
Movie1994FlounderingJC
Movie2014ReclaimBenjamin
Movie2013We're No AnimalsTony Lovecraft
Movie1991Shadows and FogStudent Jack
Movie2015Dragon BladeLucius
Movie1999This Is My FatherEddie Sharp
Movie2015Chi-RaqFr. Mike Corridan
Movie2016The Fog BowlNarrator (voice)
Movie2017ArsenalSal
Movie2024BRATSSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2002Adaptation.John Cusack (uncredited)
Movie2024DecodedLiseiwicz
Movie1992Bob RobertsCutting Edge Host
Movie1987Broadcast NewsAngry Messenger
Movie2017Blood MoneyMiller
Movie2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2Adam (uncredited)
Movie2018DistortedVernon Sarsfield
Movie2008Guyville Redux
Movie2012All Noncombatants Please Clear the SetSelf
Movie1989Elvis StoriesCorky
Movie2017SingularityElias Van Dorne
Movie2008SummerhoodNarrator (uncredited)
Movie2019Never Grow OldChristopher 'Dutch' Albert
Movie2015Boom Bust BoomSelf
Movie2001The Concert for New York CitySelf
Movie2018River Runs RedHorace
Movie20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern EpicSelf
Movie2010The End of the World: The Actor's PerspectiveSelf
Movie1997Eastwood on EastwoodNarrator (voice)
Movie2001America | A Tribute to HeroesSelf
Movie2013SalingerSelf - Actor
Movie2003The Road to The Sure Thing
Movie2025Detective Chinatown 1900Grant
TV Show1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf1
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf1
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf2
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2
TV Show1993FrasierGreg (voice)1
TV Show2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf1
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest2
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf1
TV Show1981Wetten, dass..?Self1
TV Show2014Doll & EmJohn1
TV Show2012Evening UrgantSelf1
TV Show1994BaseballVoice0
TV Show2020UtopiaDr. Kevin Christie8
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf1
TV Show2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self2
TV Show1994Baseball(voice)3

Crew

Media
Movie2000High FidelityScreenplayWriting
Movie2007Grace Is GoneProducerProduction
Movie1997Grosse Pointe BlankScreenplayWriting
Movie2002MaxAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie2000High FidelityCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2008War, Inc.WriterWriting
Movie2010Hot Tub Time MachineProducerProduction
Movie1998Chicago CabExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2000High FidelityMusic SupervisorSound
Movie2016CellExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1997Grosse Pointe BlankCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2013We're No AnimalsWriterWriting
Movie2013We're No AnimalsProducerProduction
Movie1999The Jack BullExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern EpicPresenterCrew
Movie2010The End of the World: The Actor's PerspectivePresenterCrew
Movie2008War, Inc.ProducerProduction
Movie1994FlounderingAdditional DialogueCrew