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