
Acting
Born June 28, 1966 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
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.

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025

Fog of War
2025

Detective Chinatown 1900
2025

Decoded
2024

BRATS
2024

Pursuit
2022

Never Grow Old
2019

River Runs Red
2018

Distorted
2018

Singularity
2017

Blood Money
2017

Arsenal
2017

The Fog Bowl
2016

Cell
2016

Chi-Raq
2015

Boom Bust Boom
2015

Love & Mercy
2015

Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015

Dragon Blade
2015

Drive Hard
2014

Reclaim
2014

The Prince
2014

Maps to the Stars
2014

The Bag Man
2014

Adult World
2014

Grand Piano
2013

We're No Animals
2013

Salinger
2013

The Butler
2013

The Frozen Ground
2013

The Numbers Station
2013

The Factory
2012

The Paperboy
2012

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012

The Raven
2012

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011

Shanghai
2010

Hot Tub Time Machine
2010

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010

2012
2009

Igor
2008

War, Inc.
2008

Summerhood
2008

Guyville Redux
2008

Grace Is Gone
2007

Martian Child
2007

1408
2007

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006

The Contract
2006

The Ice Harvest
2005

Must Love Dogs
2005
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003

Breakfast with Hunter
2003

Identity
2003

Runaway Jury
2003

Adaptation.
2002

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002

Max
2002

The Concert for New York City
2001

Serendipity
2001

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001

America's Sweethearts
2001

High Fidelity
2000

Cradle Will Rock
1999

Being John Malkovich
1999

This Is My Father
1999

Pushing Tin
1999

The Jack Bull
1999

The Thin Red Line
1998

Chicago Cab
1998

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997

Anastasia
1997

Eastwood on Eastwood
1997

Con Air
1997

Grosse Pointe Blank
1997

City Hall
1996

Floundering
1994

The Road to Wellville
1994

Bullets Over Broadway
1994

Money for Nothing
1993

Map of the Human Heart
1993

Bob Roberts
1992

The Player
1992

Roadside Prophets
1992

Shadows and Fog
1991

True Colors
1991

The Grifters
1990

Fat Man and Little Boy
1989

Say Anything...
1989

Elvis Stories
1989

Tapeheads
1988

Eight Men Out
1988

Broadcast News
1987

Hot Pursuit
1987

Stand by Me
1986

One Crazy Summer
1986

The Journey of Natty Gann
1985

Better Off Dead...
1985

The Sure Thing
1985

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984

Sixteen Candles
1984

Class
1983

Why Is It Always Me?
1980