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.
Filmography (124)
Fog of War
2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025
BRATS
2024
Decoded
2024
Pursuit
2022
Utopia
2020
Never Grow Old
2019
Distorted
2018
River Runs Red
2018
Arsenal
2017
Blood Money
2017
Singularity
2017
Cell
2016
The Fog Bowl
2016
Love & Mercy
2015
Dragon Blade
2015
Chi-Raq
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Boom Bust Boom
2015
Adult World
2014
Maps to the Stars
2014
The Prince
2014
The Bag Man
2014
Drive Hard
2014
Reclaim
2014
Doll & Em
2014
The Numbers Station
2013
The Butler
2013
The Frozen Ground
2013
Grand Piano
2013
We're No Animals
2013
Salinger
2013
The Raven
2012
The Paperboy
2012
The Factory
2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Evening Urgant
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
Shanghai
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
2012
2009
The Jay Leno Show
2009
War, Inc.
2008
Igor
2008
Guyville Redux
2008
Summerhood
2008
1408
2007
Grace Is Gone
2007
Martian Child
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Contract
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Must Love Dogs
2005
The Ice Harvest
2005
Identity
2003
Runaway Jury
2003
Breakfast with Hunter
2003
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Max
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Adaptation.
2002
America's Sweethearts
2001
Serendipity
2001
The Concert for New York City
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
High Fidelity
2000
Being John Malkovich
1999
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Pushing Tin
1999
The Jack Bull
1999
This Is My Father
1999
The Thin Red Line
1998
Chicago Cab
1998
Con Air
1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Anastasia
1997
Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
The View
1997
City Hall
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Road to Wellville
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Floundering
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Baseball
1994
Map of the Human Heart
1993
Money for Nothing
1993
Frasier
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Player
1992
Roadside Prophets
1992
Bob Roberts
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
True Colors
1991
Shadows and Fog
1991
The Grifters
1990
Say Anything...
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
Elvis Stories
1989
Tapeheads
1988
Eight Men Out
1988
Hot Pursuit
1987
Broadcast News
1987
Stand by Me
1986
One Crazy Summer
1986
The Sure Thing
1985
Better Off Dead...
1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
Sixteen Candles
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
Class
1983
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Why Is It Always Me?
1980
The Oscars
1953
My Only Sunshine
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