John Cusack
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting124
movieFog of War
2025
Bob Duncolm
movieBRATS
2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
moviePursuit
2022
John Calloway
tvUtopia
2020
Dr. Kevin Christie
movieNever Grow Old
2019
Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
movieRiver Runs Red
2018
Horace
movieDistorted
2018
Vernon Sarsfield
movieSingularity
2017
Elias Van Dorne
movieBlood Money
2017
Miller
movieThe Fog Bowl
2016
Narrator (voice)
movieCell
2016
Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
movieChi-Raq
2015
Fr. Mike Corridan
movieLove & Mercy
2015
Brian Wilson 1980s
movieHot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Adam (uncredited)
movieDragon Blade
2015
Lucius
movieDrive Hard
2014
Simon Keller
movieReclaim
2014
Benjamin
movieMaps to the Stars
2014
Dr. Stafford Weiss
tvDoll & Em
2014
John
movieAdult World
2014
Rat Billings
movieWe're No Animals
2013
Tony Lovecraft
movieSalinger
2013
Self - Actor
movieThe Butler
2013
Richard Nixon
movieThe Frozen Ground
2013
Robert Hansen
movieThe Numbers Station
2013
Emerson
movieThe Factory
2012
Mike Fletcher
movieThe Paperboy
2012
Hillary Van Wetter
movieThe Raven
2012
Edgar Allan Poe
movieShanghai
2010
Paul Soames
movie2012
2009
Jackson Curtis
movieIgor
2008
Igor (voice)
movieWar, Inc.
2008
Brand Hauser
movieSummerhood
2008
Narrator (uncredited)
movieGrace Is Gone
2007
Stanley Philipps
movie1408
2007
Mike Enslin
movieThe Ice Harvest
2005
Charlie
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
movieRunaway Jury
2003
Nick Easter
movieAdaptation.
2002
John Cusack (uncredited)
movieMax
2002
Max Rothman
movieSerendipity
2001
Jonathan Trager
movieAmerica's Sweethearts
2001
Eddie Thomas
movieHigh Fidelity
2000
Rob Gordon
movieCradle Will Rock
1999
Nelson Rockefeller
movieBeing John Malkovich
1999
Craig Schwartz
movieThis Is My Father
1999
Eddie Sharp
moviePushing Tin
1999
Nick Falzone
movieThe Jack Bull
1999
Myrl Redding
movieThe Thin Red Line
1998
Capt. John Gaff
movieChicago Cab
1998
Scary Man
movieAnastasia
1997
Dimitri (voice)
movieEastwood on Eastwood
1997
Narrator (voice)
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieCon Air
1997
Agent Vince Larkin
movieGrosse Pointe Blank
1997
Martin Q. Blank
movieCity Hall
1996
Kevin Calhoun
movieThe Road to Wellville
1994
Charles Ossining
movieBullets Over Broadway
1994
David Shayne
tvBaseball
1994
Voice / (voice)
tvFrasier
1993
Greg (voice)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieMoney for Nothing
1993
Joey Coyle
movieMap of the Human Heart
1993
The Mapmaker
movieBob Roberts
1992
Cutting Edge Host
movieThe Player
1992
John Cusack
movieShadows and Fog
1991
Student Jack
movieTrue Colors
1991
Peter Burton
movieThe Grifters
1990
Roy Dillon
movieFat Man and Little Boy
1989
Michael Merriman
movieSay Anything...
1989
Lloyd Dobler
movieTapeheads
1988
Ivan Alexeev
movieEight Men Out
1988
Buck Weaver
movieBroadcast News
1987
Angry Messenger
movieHot Pursuit
1987
Dan Bartlett
movieStand by Me
1986
Denny Lachance
movieOne Crazy Summer
1986
Hoops McCann
movieBetter Off Dead...
1985
Lane Meyer
movieThe Sure Thing
1985
Walter "Gib" Gibson
movieGrandview, U.S.A.
1984
Johnny Maine
movieClass
1983
Roscoe
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Production10
movieCell
2016
Executive Producer
movieWe're No Animals
2013
Producer
movieHot Tub Time Machine
2010
Producer
movieWar, Inc.
2008
Producer
movieGrace Is Gone
2007
Producer
movieMax
2002
Associate Producer
movieHigh Fidelity
2000
Co-Producer
movieThe Jack Bull
1999
Executive Producer
movieChicago Cab
1998
Executive Producer
movieGrosse Pointe Blank
1997
Co-Producer
Writing4
Crew3
movieFloundering
1994
Additional Dialogue
Sound1
movieHigh Fidelity
2000
Music Supervisor