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.
Acting
Movie
2012
as Jackson Curtis
2009
Movie
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
1986
Movie
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
1997
Movie
1408
as Mike Enslin
2007
Movie
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
1999
Movie
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
1997
Movie
Identity
as Ed
2003
Movie
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
1998
Movie
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
2013
Movie
Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
2002
Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam
2010
Movie
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
1984
Movie
High Fidelity
as Rob Gordon
2000
Movie
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
2001
Movie
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
2013
Movie
Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter
2003
Movie
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
2012
Movie
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
2014
Movie
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
2016
Movie
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
1989
Movie
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
1997
Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
2015
Movie
The Player
as John Cusack
1992
Movie
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
2001
Crew
Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine
Producer
2010
Movie
High Fidelity
Screenplay
2000
Movie
Cell
Executive Producer
2016
Movie
Grosse Pointe Blank
Screenplay
1997
Movie
War, Inc.
Writer
2008
Movie
Grace Is Gone
Producer
2007
Movie
Max
Associate Producer
2002
Movie
The Jack Bull
Executive Producer
1999
Movie
Floundering
Additional Dialogue
1994
Movie
We're No Animals
Writer
2013
Movie
Chicago Cab
Executive Producer
1998
Movie
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Presenter
2010