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