

John Cusack
Actor · Writer · ProducerJohn 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.
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ACTOR106

Fog of War
2025
Bob Duncolm

Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
Grant

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025
Self

BRATS
2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Decoded
2024
希伊斯

Pursuit
2022
John Calloway

Never Grow Old
2019
Christopher 'Dutch' Albert

Distorted
2018
Vernon Sarsfield

River Runs Red
2018
Horace

Arsenal
2017
Sal

Blood Money
2017
Miller

Singularity
2017
Elias Van Dorne

Cell
2016
Clayton 'Clay' Riddell

The Fog Bowl
2016
Narrator (voice)

Love & Mercy
2015
Brian Wilson 1980s

Dragon Blade
2015
Lucius

Chi-Raq
2015
Fr. Mike Corridan

Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Adam (uncredited)

Boom Bust Boom
2015
Self

Adult World
2014
Rat Billings

Maps to the Stars
2014
Dr. Stafford Weiss

The Prince
2014
Sam

The Bag Man
2014
Jack

Drive Hard
2014
Simon Keller

Reclaim
2014
Benjamin

The Numbers Station
2013
Emerson

The Butler
2013
Richard Nixon

The Frozen Ground
2013
Robert Hansen

Grand Piano
2013
Clem

We're No Animals
2013
Tony Lovecraft

Salinger
2013
Self - Actor

The Raven
2012
Edgar Allan Poe

The Paperboy
2012
Hillary Van Wetter

The Factory
2012
Mike Fletcher

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Self

Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
Adam

Shanghai
2010
Paul Soames

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
Self

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
Self

2012
2009
Jackson Curtis

War, Inc.
2008
Brand Hauser

Igor
2008
Igor (voice)

Guyville Redux
2008

Summerhood
2008
Narrator (uncredited)

1408
2007
Mike Enslin

Grace Is Gone
2007
Stanley Philipps

Martian Child
2007
David

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Self

The Contract
2006
Ray

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Self

Must Love Dogs
2005
Jake

The Ice Harvest
2005
Charlie

Identity
2003
Ed

Runaway Jury
2003
Nick Easter

Breakfast with Hunter
2003
Self

The Road to The Sure Thing
2003

Max
2002
Max Rothman

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Self

Adaptation.
2002
John Cusack (uncredited)

America's Sweethearts
2001
Eddie Thomas

Serendipity
2001
Jonathan Trager

The Concert for New York City
2001
Self

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Self

High Fidelity
2000
Rob Gordon

Being John Malkovich
1999
Craig Schwartz

Cradle Will Rock
1999
Nelson Rockefeller

Pushing Tin
1999
Nick Falzone

The Jack Bull
1999
Myrl Redding

This Is My Father
1999
Eddie Sharp

The Thin Red Line
1998
Capt. John Gaff

Chicago Cab
1998
Scary Man

Con Air
1997
Agent Vince Larkin

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
John Kelso

Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Martin Q. Blank

Anastasia
1997
Dimitri (voice)

Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
Narrator (voice)

City Hall
1996
Kevin Calhoun

The Road to Wellville
1994
Charles Ossining

Bullets Over Broadway
1994
David Shayne

Floundering
1994
JC

Map of the Human Heart
1993
The Mapmaker

Money for Nothing
1993
Joey Coyle

The Player
1992
John Cusack

Roadside Prophets
1992
Caspar

Bob Roberts
1992
Cutting Edge Host

True Colors
1991
Peter Burton

Shadows and Fog
1991
Student Jack

The Grifters
1990
Roy Dillon

Say Anything...
1989
Lloyd Dobler

Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
Michael Merriman

Elvis Stories
1989
Corky

Tapeheads
1988
Ivan Alexeev

Eight Men Out
1988
Buck Weaver

Hot Pursuit
1987
Dan Bartlett

Broadcast News
1987
Angry Messenger

Stand by Me
1986
Denny Lachance

One Crazy Summer
1986
Hoops McCann

The Sure Thing
1985
Walter "Gib" Gibson

Better Off Dead...
1985
Lane Meyer

The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
Harry

Sixteen Candles
1984
Bryce

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
Johnny Maine

Class
1983
Roscoe

Why Is It Always Me?
1980
Mike
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