John Cusack
Acting • Born 1966-06-28
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.
Filmography
126 credits
Stand by Me
Movie • 1986
Denny Lachance
High Fidelity
Movie • 2000
Rob Gordon
Pursuit
Movie • 2022
John Calloway
Being John Malkovich
Movie • 1999
Craig Schwartz
Say Anything...
Movie • 1989
Lloyd Dobler
The Contract
Movie • 2006
Ray
1408
Movie • 2007
Mike Enslin
Con Air
Movie • 1997
Agent Vince Larkin
The Player
Movie • 1992
John Cusack
Identity
Movie • 2003
Ed
The Road to Wellville
Movie • 1994
Charles Ossining
Grace Is Gone
Movie • 2007
Stanley Philipps
City Hall
Movie • 1996
Kevin Calhoun
Martian Child
Movie • 2007
David
Class
Movie • 1983
Roscoe
Bullets Over Broadway
Movie • 1994
David Shayne
Hot Tub Time Machine
Movie • 2010
Adam
Runaway Jury
Movie • 2003
Nick Easter
America's Sweethearts
Movie • 2001
Eddie Thomas
Must Love Dogs
Movie • 2005
Jake
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Movie • 1997
John Kelso
The Thin Red Line
Movie • 1998
Capt. John Gaff
Tapeheads
Movie • 1988
Ivan Alexeev
Cradle Will Rock
Movie • 1999
Nelson Rockefeller
The Sure Thing
Movie • 1985
Walter "Gib" Gibson
The Ice Harvest
Movie • 2005
Charlie
Grosse Pointe Blank
Movie • 1997
Martin Q. Blank
Anastasia
Movie • 1997
Dimitri (voice)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie • 2006
Self
Pushing Tin
Movie • 1999
Nick Falzone
Serendipity
Movie • 2001
Jonathan Trager
Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie • 1989
Michael Merriman
War, Inc.
Movie • 2008
Brand Hauser
Eight Men Out
Movie • 1988
Buck Weaver
Max
Movie • 2002
Max Rothman
True Colors
Movie • 1991
Peter Burton
Better Off Dead...
Movie • 1985
Lane Meyer
Roadside Prophets
Movie • 1992
Caspar
The Journey of Natty Gann
Movie • 1985
Harry
2012
Movie • 2009
Jackson Curtis
Hot Pursuit
Movie • 1987
Dan Bartlett
Igor
Movie • 2008
Igor (voice)
Map of the Human Heart
Movie • 1993
The Mapmaker
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Movie • 2002
Self
Sixteen Candles
Movie • 1984
Bryce
Shanghai
Movie • 2010
Paul Soames
The Jack Bull
Movie • 1999
Myrl Redding
Breakfast with Hunter
Movie • 2003
Self
The Grifters
Movie • 1990
Roy Dillon
One Crazy Summer
Movie • 1986
Hoops McCann
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Movie • 2007
Self
The Raven
Movie • 2012
Edgar Allan Poe
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
My Only Sunshine
Movie
The Paperboy
Movie • 2012
Hillary Van Wetter
Money for Nothing
Movie • 1993
Joey Coyle
Grandview, U.S.A.
Movie • 1984
Johnny Maine
The Numbers Station
Movie • 2013
Emerson
Fog of War
Movie • 2025
Bob Duncolm
Adult World
Movie • 2014
Rat Billings
Chicago Cab
Movie • 1998
Scary Man
The Butler
Movie • 2013
Richard Nixon
Maps to the Stars
Movie • 2014
Dr. Stafford Weiss
The Factory
Movie • 2012
Mike Fletcher
Cell
Movie • 2016
Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
The Frozen Ground
Movie • 2013
Robert Hansen
Grand Piano
Movie • 2013
Clem
The Prince
Movie • 2014
Sam
The Bag Man
Movie • 2014
Jack
Drive Hard
Movie • 2014
Simon Keller
Love & Mercy
Movie • 2015
Brian Wilson 1980s
Floundering
Movie • 1994
JC
Reclaim
Movie • 2014
Benjamin
We're No Animals
Movie • 2013
Tony Lovecraft
Shadows and Fog
Movie • 1991
Student Jack
Dragon Blade
Movie • 2015
Lucius
This Is My Father
Movie • 1999
Eddie Sharp
Chi-Raq
Movie • 2015
Fr. Mike Corridan
The Fog Bowl
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Arsenal
Movie • 2017
Sal
BRATS
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adaptation.
Movie • 2002
John Cusack (uncredited)
Decoded
Movie • 2024
希伊斯
Bob Roberts
Movie • 1992
Cutting Edge Host
Broadcast News
Movie • 1987
Angry Messenger
Blood Money
Movie • 2017
Miller
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Movie • 2015
Adam (uncredited)
Distorted
Movie • 2018
Vernon Sarsfield
Guyville Redux
Movie • 2008
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Movie • 2012
Self
Elvis Stories
Movie • 1989
Corky
Singularity
Movie • 2017
Elias Van Dorne
Summerhood
Movie • 2008
Narrator (uncredited)
Never Grow Old
Movie • 2019
Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
Boom Bust Boom
Movie • 2015
Self
The Concert for New York City
Movie • 2001
Self
River Runs Red
Movie • 2018
Horace
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie • 2010
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie • 2010
Self
Eastwood on Eastwood
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Movie • 2001
Self
Salinger
Movie • 2013
Self - Actor
The Road to The Sure Thing
Movie • 2003
Detective Chinatown 1900
Movie • 2025
Grant
Why Is It Always Me?
Movie • 1980
Mike
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Movie • 2025
Self
Carnaval
Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Frasier
TV • 1993
Greg (voice)
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Doll & Em
TV • 2014
John
Evening Urgant
TV • 2012
Self
Baseball
TV • 1994
Voice
Utopia
TV • 2020
Dr. Kevin Christie
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Baseball
TV • 1994
(voice)
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981