John Cusack

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-06-28 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Evanston, Illinois, USA

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). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (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 Daily Show

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • The View

    The View

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • 2012

    2012

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Identity

    Identity

  • The Butler

    The Butler

  • Maps to the Stars

    Maps to the Stars

  • 1408

    1408

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • Con Air

    Con Air

  • Say Anything...

    Say Anything...

  • Hot Tub Time Machine

    Hot Tub Time Machine

  • Stand by Me

    Stand by Me

  • Bullets Over Broadway

    Bullets Over Broadway

  • Broadcast News

    Broadcast News

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Cradle Will Rock

    Cradle Will Rock

  • River Runs Red

    River Runs Red

  • War, Inc.

    War, Inc.

  • Detective Chinatown 1900

    Detective Chinatown 1900

  • Chicago Cab

    Chicago Cab

  • Runaway Jury

    Runaway Jury

  • Dragon Blade

    Dragon Blade

  • Igor

    Igor

  • Roadside Prophets

    Roadside Prophets

  • The Raven

    The Raven

  • Decoded

    Decoded

  • Breakfast with Hunter

    Breakfast with Hunter

  • Better Off Dead...

    Better Off Dead...

  • Utopia

    Utopia

  • Reclaim

    Reclaim

  • The Journey of Natty Gann

    The Journey of Natty Gann

  • Must Love Dogs

    Must Love Dogs

  • Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

  • Serendipity

    Serendipity

  • America | A Tribute to Heroes

    America | A Tribute to Heroes

  • Evening Urgant

    Evening Urgant

  • The Frozen Ground

    The Frozen Ground

  • America's Sweethearts

    America's Sweethearts

  • Shadows and Fog

    Shadows and Fog

  • The Grifters

    The Grifters

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • Class

    Class

  • The Numbers Station

    The Numbers Station

  • Woody Allen: A Documentary

    Woody Allen: A Documentary

  • Chi-Raq

    Chi-Raq

  • Being John Malkovich

    Being John Malkovich

  • Adult World

    Adult World

  • The Prince

    The Prince

  • Arsenal

    Arsenal

  • The Player

    The Player

  • Love & Mercy

    Love & Mercy

  • Summerhood

    Summerhood

  • The Contract

    The Contract

  • Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles

  • The Road to Wellville

    The Road to Wellville

  • Elvis Stories

    Elvis Stories

  • High Fidelity

    High Fidelity

  • The Ice Harvest

    The Ice Harvest

  • True Colors

    True Colors

  • Shanghai

    Shanghai

  • Pushing Tin

    Pushing Tin

  • Blood Money

    Blood Money

  • City Hall

    City Hall

  • The Concert for New York City

    The Concert for New York City

  • The Bag Man

    The Bag Man

  • Bob Roberts

    Bob Roberts

  • Fat Man and Little Boy

    Fat Man and Little Boy

  • Grace Is Gone

    Grace Is Gone

  • Pursuit

    Pursuit

  • The Sure Thing

    The Sure Thing

  • Fog of War

    Fog of War

  • Money for Nothing

    Money for Nothing

  • The Paperboy

    The Paperboy

  • Hot Tub Time Machine 2

    Hot Tub Time Machine 2

  • The Road to The Sure Thing

    The Road to The Sure Thing

  • 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

  • Doll & Em

    Doll & Em

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • Cell

    Cell

  • Grand Piano

    Grand Piano

  • Drive Hard

    Drive Hard

  • The Factory

    The Factory

  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

  • Grosse Pointe Blank

    Grosse Pointe Blank

  • We're No Animals

    We're No Animals

  • Singularity

    Singularity

  • Max

    Max

  • Boom Bust Boom

    Boom Bust Boom

  • Martian Child

    Martian Child

  • BRATS

    BRATS

  • Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

    Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

  • Never Grow Old

    Never Grow Old

  • Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

    Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

  • Floundering

    Floundering

  • Grandview, U.S.A.

    Grandview, U.S.A.

  • One Crazy Summer

    One Crazy Summer

  • This Is My Father

    This Is My Father

  • Map of the Human Heart

    Map of the Human Heart

  • Tapeheads

    Tapeheads

  • My Only Sunshine

    My Only Sunshine

  • The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Hot Pursuit

    Hot Pursuit

  • All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

    All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

  • Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

    Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

  • Distorted

    Distorted

  • The Fog Bowl

    The Fog Bowl

  • Eastwood on Eastwood

    Eastwood on Eastwood

  • Salinger

    Salinger

  • Why Is It Always Me?

    Why Is It Always Me?

  • Guyville Redux

    Guyville Redux