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