John Cusack
Acting
- Born:
- 1966-06-28
- Place of birth:
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Fog of War
Detective Chinatown 1900
Decoded
BRATS
Pursuit
Utopia
Never Grow Old
River Runs Red
Distorted
Singularity
Blood Money
Arsenal
The Fog Bowl
Cell
Chi-Raq
Boom Bust Boom
Love & Mercy
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Dragon Blade
Drive Hard
Reclaim
The Prince
Maps to the Stars
The Bag Man
Doll & Em
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Adult World
Grand Piano
We Are Not Animals
Salinger
The Butler
The Frozen Ground
The Numbers Station
The Factory
The Paperboy
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Evening Urgant
The Raven
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Shanghai
Hot Tub Time Machine
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2012
The Jay Leno Show
Igor
War, Inc.
Summerhood
Guyville Redux
Grace Is Gone
Martian Child
1408
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
The Graham Norton Show
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
The Contract
The Ice Harvest
Must Love Dogs
Runaway Jury
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Road to The Sure Thing
Breakfast with Hunter
Identity
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Adaptation.
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Max
The Concert for New York City
Serendipity
America: A Tribute to Heroes
America's Sweethearts
High Fidelity
Cradle Will Rock
Being John Malkovich
This Is My Father
Pushing Tin
The Jack Bull
The Thin Red Line
Chicago Cab
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Anastasia
Eastwood on Eastwood
The View
Con Air
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Daily Show
City Hall
TFI Friday
Floundering
The Road to Wellville
Bullets Over Broadway
Baseball
Inside the Actors Studio
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Money for Nothing
Map of the Human Heart
Bob Roberts
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Player
Roadside Prophets
Shadows and Fog
True Colors
The Grifters
Fat Man and Little Boy
Say Anything...
Elvis Stories
Tapeheads
Eight Men Out
Broadcast News
Hot Pursuit
Stand by Me
One Crazy Summer
The Journey of Natty Gann
Better Off Dead...
The Sure Thing
Grandview, U.S.A.
Sixteen Candles
Class
Entertainment Tonight
Wetten, dass..?
Why Is It Always Me?
The Oscars
My Only Sunshine
Untitled 1408 Sequel