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John Cusack

John Cusack

Actor · Born June 28, 1966 · Evanston, Illinois, USA

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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). He then started appearing in independent films and had leading roles in Eight Men Out (1988), The Grifters (1990), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Serendipity (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.

Acted in 95

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. This Is My Father

    Eddie Sharp

  3. 1998
  4. Chicago Cab

    Scary Man

  5. 1997
  6. 1996
  7. 1994

    Floundering

    JC

  8. 1993
  9. Map of the Human Heart

    The Mapmaker

  10. 1992

    Bob Roberts

    Cutting Edge Host

  11. Roadside Prophets

    Caspar

  12. 1991
  13. True Colors

    Peter Burton

  14. 1990

Produced 10

Wrote 4

2010s

  1. 2013

    We Are Not Animals

    Writer

Other crew 3

2010s

  1. 2010

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    Presenter

  2. The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    Presenter

1990s

  1. 1994

    Floundering

    Additional Dialogue

Sound 1

Appearances30

2020s

  1. 2025

    Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich

    Self

  2. 2024

2010s

  1. 2016

    The Fog Bowl

    Narrator (voice)

  2. 2015

    Boom Bust Boom

    Self

  3. 2014
  4. 2013
  5. 2012

    All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

    Self

  6. 2011

    Woody Allen: A Documentary

    Self

  7. 2010

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    Self

  8. The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008

    Summerhood

    Narrator (uncredited)

  3. 2007
  4. 2006

    Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

    Self

  5. 2003
  6. Breakfast with Hunter

    Self

  7. 2002

    Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

    Self

  8. 2001

    The Concert for New York City

    Self

  9. America: A Tribute to Heroes

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    Eastwood on Eastwood

    Narrator (voice)

  2. 1996
  3. 1994

    Inside the Actors Studio

    Self · 1 episode

  4. 1993