Actor
· Acting
John Cusack
Born 1966-06-28
📍 Evanston, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography 125
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
as Self
2025
Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm
2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant
2025
Decoded
as 希伊斯
2024
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Pursuit
as John Calloway
2022
Utopia
as Dr. Kevin Christie
2020
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
2019
River Runs Red
as Horace
2018
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
2018
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
2017
Blood Money
as Miller
2017
Arsenal
as Sal
2017
The Fog Bowl
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
2016
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan
2015
Boom Bust Boom
as Self
2015
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
2015
Dragon Blade
as Lucius
2015
Drive Hard
as Simon Keller
2014
Reclaim
as Benjamin
2014
The Prince
as Sam
2014
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
2014
The Bag Man
as Jack
2014
Doll & Em
as John
2014
Adult World
as Rat Billings
2014
Grand Piano
as Clem
2013
We're No Animals
as Tony Lovecraft
2013
Salinger
as Self - Actor
2013
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
2013
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
2013
The Numbers Station
as Emerson
2013
The Factory
as Mike Fletcher
2012
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
as Self
2012
Evening Urgant
as Self
2012
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011
Shanghai
as Paul Soames
2010
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010
2012
as Jackson Curtis
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
Igor
as Igor (voice)
2008
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser
2008
Summerhood
as Narrator (uncredited)
2008
Guyville Redux
2008
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps
2007
Martian Child
as David
2007
1408
as Mike Enslin
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
2006
The Contract
as Ray
2006
The Ice Harvest
as Charlie
2005
Must Love Dogs
as Jake
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
Breakfast with Hunter
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
2003
Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self
2002
Max
as Max Rothman
2002
The Concert for New York City
as Self
2001
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
2001
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
2001
High Fidelity
as Rob Gordon
2000
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller
1999
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
1999
This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp
1999
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
1999
The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding
1999
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
1998
Chicago Cab
as Scary Man
1998
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso
1997
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
1997
Eastwood on Eastwood
as Narrator (voice)
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
1997
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
1996
Floundering
as JC
1994
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
1994
Baseball
as Voice
1994
Baseball
as (voice)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Frasier
as Greg (voice)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle
1993
Map of the Human Heart
as The Mapmaker
1993
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Host
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Player
as John Cusack
1992
Roadside Prophets
as Caspar
1992
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
1991
True Colors
as Peter Burton
1991
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
1990
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
1989
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
1989
Elvis Stories
as Corky
1989
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
1988
Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver
1988
Broadcast News
as Angry Messenger
1987
Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett
1987
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
1986
One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann
1986
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Harry
1985
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
1985
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
1985
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
1984
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
1984
Class
as Roscoe
1983
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
Why Is It Always Me?
as Mike
1980
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Carnaval