John Cusack

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.

Known For

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Frasier

The View

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

All Movies (106)

• Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich2025 · as Self
• Fog of War2025 · as Bob Duncolm
• Detective Chinatown 19002025 · as Grant
• Decoded2024 · as 希伊斯
• BRATS2024 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Pursuit2022 · as John Calloway
• Never Grow Old2019 · as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
• River Runs Red2018 · as Horace
• Distorted2018 · as Vernon Sarsfield
• Singularity2017 · as Elias Van Dorne
• Blood Money2017 · as Miller
• Arsenal2017 · as Sal
• The Fog Bowl2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Cell2016 · as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
• Chi-Raq2015 · as Fr. Mike Corridan
• Boom Bust Boom2015 · as Self
• Love & Mercy2015 · as Brian Wilson 1980s
• Hot Tub Time Machine 22015 · as Adam (uncredited)
• Dragon Blade2015 · as Lucius
• Drive Hard2014 · as Simon Keller
• Reclaim2014 · as Benjamin
• The Prince2014 · as Sam
• Maps to the Stars2014 · as Dr. Stafford Weiss
• The Bag Man2014 · as Jack
• Adult World2014 · as Rat Billings
• Grand Piano2013 · as Clem
• We're No Animals2013 · as Tony Lovecraft
• Salinger2013 · as Self - Actor
• The Butler2013 · as Richard Nixon
• The Frozen Ground2013 · as Robert Hansen
• The Numbers Station2013 · as Emerson
• The Factory2012 · as Mike Fletcher
• The Paperboy2012 · as Hillary Van Wetter
• All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set2012 · as Self
• The Raven2012 · as Edgar Allan Poe
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• Shanghai2010 · as Paul Soames
• Hot Tub Time Machine2010 · as Adam
• 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic2010 · as Self
• The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective2010 · as Self
• 20122009 · as Jackson Curtis
• Igor2008 · as Igor (voice)
• War, Inc.2008 · as Brand Hauser
• Summerhood2008 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• Guyville Redux2008
• Grace Is Gone2007 · as Stanley Philipps
• Martian Child2007 · as David
• 14082007 · as Mike Enslin
• Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten2007 · as Self
• Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006 · as Self
• The Contract2006 · as Ray
• The Ice Harvest2005 · as Charlie
• Must Love Dogs2005 · as Jake
• The Road to The Sure Thing2003
• Breakfast with Hunter2003 · as Self
• Identity2003 · as Ed
• Runaway Jury2003 · as Nick Easter
• Adaptation.2002 · as John Cusack (uncredited)
• Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.2002 · as Self
• Max2002 · as Max Rothman
• The Concert for New York City2001 · as Self
• Serendipity2001 · as Jonathan Trager
• America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
• America's Sweethearts2001 · as Eddie Thomas
• High Fidelity2000 · as Rob Gordon
• Cradle Will Rock1999 · as Nelson Rockefeller
• Being John Malkovich1999 · as Craig Schwartz
• This Is My Father1999 · as Eddie Sharp
• Pushing Tin1999 · as Nick Falzone
• The Jack Bull1999 · as Myrl Redding
• The Thin Red Line1998 · as Capt. John Gaff
• Chicago Cab1998 · as Scary Man
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1997 · as John Kelso
• Anastasia1997 · as Dimitri (voice)
• Eastwood on Eastwood1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• Con Air1997 · as Agent Vince Larkin
• Grosse Pointe Blank1997 · as Martin Q. Blank
• City Hall1996 · as Kevin Calhoun
• Floundering1994 · as JC
• The Road to Wellville1994 · as Charles Ossining
• Bullets Over Broadway1994 · as David Shayne
• Money for Nothing1993 · as Joey Coyle
• Map of the Human Heart1993 · as The Mapmaker
• Bob Roberts1992 · as Cutting Edge Host
• The Player1992 · as John Cusack
• Roadside Prophets1992 · as Caspar
• Shadows and Fog1991 · as Student Jack
• True Colors1991 · as Peter Burton
• The Grifters1990 · as Roy Dillon
• Fat Man and Little Boy1989 · as Michael Merriman
• Say Anything...1989 · as Lloyd Dobler
• Elvis Stories1989 · as Corky
• Tapeheads1988 · as Ivan Alexeev
• Eight Men Out1988 · as Buck Weaver
• Broadcast News1987 · as Angry Messenger
• Hot Pursuit1987 · as Dan Bartlett
• Stand by Me1986 · as Denny Lachance
• One Crazy Summer1986 · as Hoops McCann
• The Journey of Natty Gann1985 · as Harry
• Better Off Dead...1985 · as Lane Meyer
• The Sure Thing1985 · as Walter "Gib" Gibson
• Grandview, U.S.A.1984 · as Johnny Maine
• Sixteen Candles1984 · as Bryce
• Class1983 · as Roscoe
• Why Is It Always Me?1980 · as Mike
• My Only Sunshine—

All TV Shows (19)

• Utopia2020 · as Dr. Kevin Christie
• Doll & Em2014 · as John
• Evening Urgant2012 · as Self
• The Jay Leno Show2009 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Baseball1994 · as Voice
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Greg (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Entertainment Tonight1981
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self