John Cusack
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Detective Chinatown 1900 as Grant
- 2024 · BRATS as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Utopia as Dr. Kevin Christie
- 2019 · Never Grow Old as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
- 2016 · Cell as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
- 2015 · Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Adam (uncredited)
- 2015 · Dragon Blade as Lucius
- 2014 · Maps to the Stars as Dr. Stafford Weiss
- 2014 · Doll & Em as John
- 2014 · Adult World as Rat Billings
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Clem
- 2013 · The Butler as Richard Nixon
- 2013 · The Frozen Ground as Robert Hansen
- 2012 · Evening Urgant as Self
- 2012 · The Raven as Edgar Allan Poe
- 2010 · Hot Tub Time Machine as Adam
- 2009 · 2012 as Jackson Curtis
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2008 · Igor as Igor (voice)
- 2007 · Martian Child as David
- 2007 · 1408 as Mike Enslin
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Identity as Ed
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Runaway Jury as Nick Easter
- 2002 · Adaptation. as John Cusack (uncredited)
- 2002 · Max as Max Rothman
- 2001 · Serendipity as Jonathan Trager
- 2000 · High Fidelity as Rob Gordon
- 1999 · Being John Malkovich as Craig Schwartz
- 1999 · Pushing Tin as Nick Falzone
- 1998 · The Thin Red Line as Capt. John Gaff
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Scary Man
- 1997 · Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as John Kelso
- 1997 · Anastasia as Dimitri (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Con Air as Agent Vince Larkin
- 1997 · Grosse Pointe Blank as Martin Q. Blank
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · Floundering as JC
- 1994 · Baseball as Voice
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1993 · Frasier as Greg (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · The Player as John Cusack
- 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy as Michael Merriman
- 1989 · Say Anything... as Lloyd Dobler
- 1988 · Tapeheads as Ivan Alexeev
- 1987 · Broadcast News as Angry Messenger
- 1987 · Hot Pursuit as Dan Bartlett
- 1986 · Stand by Me as Denny Lachance
- 1985 · Better Off Dead... as Lane Meyer
- 1985 · The Sure Thing as Walter "Gib" Gibson
- 1984 · Grandview, U.S.A. as Johnny Maine
- 1984 · Sixteen Candles as Bryce
- 1983 · Class as Roscoe
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · My Only Sunshine as
- 2025 · Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
- 2025 · Fog of War as Bob Duncolm
- 2024 · Decoded as 希伊斯
- 2022 · Pursuit as John Calloway
- 2018 · River Runs Red as Horace
- 2018 · Distorted as Vernon Sarsfield
- 2017 · Singularity as Elias Van Dorne
- 2017 · Blood Money as Miller
- 2017 · Arsenal as Sal
- 2016 · The Fog Bowl as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Chi-Raq as Fr. Mike Corridan
- 2015 · Boom Bust Boom as Self
- 2015 · Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson 1980s
- 2014 · Drive Hard as Simon Keller
- 2014 · Reclaim as Benjamin
- 2014 · The Prince as Sam
- 2014 · The Bag Man as Jack
- 2013 · We're No Animals as Tony Lovecraft
- 2013 · Salinger as Self - Actor
- 2013 · The Numbers Station as Emerson
- 2012 · The Factory as Mike Fletcher
- 2012 · The Paperboy as Hillary Van Wetter
- 2012 · All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set as Self
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2010 · Shanghai as Paul Soames
- 2010 · 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- 2010 · The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2008 · War, Inc. as Brand Hauser
- 2008 · Summerhood as Narrator (uncredited)
- 2008 · Guyville Redux as
- 2007 · Grace Is Gone as Stanley Philipps
- 2007 · Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten as Self
- 2006 · Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 2006 · The Contract as Ray
- 2005 · The Ice Harvest as Charlie
- 2005 · Must Love Dogs as Jake
- 2003 · The Road to The Sure Thing as
- 2003 · Breakfast with Hunter as Self
- 2002 · Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
- 2001 · The Concert for New York City as Self
- 2001 · America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2001 · America's Sweethearts as Eddie Thomas
- 1999 · Cradle Will Rock as Nelson Rockefeller
- 1999 · This Is My Father as Eddie Sharp
- 1999 · The Jack Bull as Myrl Redding
- 1997 · Eastwood on Eastwood as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · City Hall as Kevin Calhoun
- 1994 · The Road to Wellville as Charles Ossining
- 1994 · Bullets Over Broadway as David Shayne
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Money for Nothing as Joey Coyle
- 1993 · Map of the Human Heart as The Mapmaker
- 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 · Elvis Stories as Corky
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Buck Weaver
- 1986 · One Crazy Summer as Hoops McCann
- 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Harry
- Future · Carnaval as
- 1980 · Why Is It Always Me? as Mike