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