John Cusack

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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cusack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025

Fog of War
Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm
Movie - Released: 4/4/2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant
Movie - Released: 1/29/2025

2024

BRATS
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/7/2024
Decoded
Decoded
as Liseiwicz
Movie - Released: 7/25/2024

2022

Pursuit
Pursuit
as John Calloway
Movie - Released: 2/18/2022

2020

Utopia
Utopia
as Dr. Kevin Christie
TV - Released: 9/25/2020

2019

Never Grow Old
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
Movie - Released: 3/15/2019

2018

Distorted
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
Movie - Released: 6/22/2018
River Runs Red
River Runs Red
as Horace
Movie - Released: 11/9/2018

2017

Arsenal
Arsenal
as Sal
Movie - Released: 1/13/2017
Blood Money
Blood Money
as Miller
Movie - Released: 10/14/2017
Singularity
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
Movie - Released: 11/24/2017

2016

Cell
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
Movie - Released: 7/6/2016
The Fog Bowl
The Fog Bowl
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/21/2016

2015

Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
Movie - Released: 5/29/2015
Dragon Blade
Dragon Blade
as Lucius
Movie - Released: 2/19/2015
Chi-Raq
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan
Movie - Released: 12/4/2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Adam (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/20/2015
Boom Bust Boom
Boom Bust Boom
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/12/2015

2014

Adult World
Adult World
as Rat Billings
Movie - Released: 2/14/2014
Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
Movie - Released: 5/21/2014
The Prince
The Prince
as Sam
Movie - Released: 8/22/2014
The Bag Man
The Bag Man
as Jack
Movie - Released: 2/28/2014
Drive Hard
Drive Hard
as Simon Keller
Movie - Released: 10/3/2014
Reclaim
Reclaim
as Benjamin
Movie - Released: 9/19/2014
Doll & Em
Doll & Em
as John
TV - Released: 2/18/2014

2013

The Numbers Station
The Numbers Station
as Emerson
Movie - Released: 4/18/2013
The Butler
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
Movie - Released: 8/16/2013
The Frozen Ground
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
Movie - Released: 7/11/2013
Grand Piano
Grand Piano
as Clem
Movie - Released: 10/11/2013
We're No Animals
We're No Animals
as Tony Lovecraft
Movie - Released: 10/3/2013
Salinger
Salinger
as Self - Actor
Movie - Released: 9/6/2013

2012

The Raven
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
Movie - Released: 3/9/2012
The Paperboy
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
Movie - Released: 9/14/2012
The Factory
The Factory
as Mike Fletcher
Movie - Released: 10/20/2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/15/2012
Evening Urgant
Evening Urgant
as Self
TV - Released: 4/16/2012

2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/20/2011

2010

Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam
Movie - Released: 3/26/2010
Shanghai
Shanghai
as Paul Soames
Movie - Released: 6/10/2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/2/2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/2/2010

2009

2012
2012
as Jackson Curtis
Movie - Released: 10/10/2009
The Jay Leno Show
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/14/2009

2008

War, Inc.
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser
Movie - Released: 4/28/2008
Igor
Igor
as Igor (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/19/2008
Guyville Redux
Guyville Redux
Movie - Released: 1/28/2008
Summerhood
Summerhood
as Narrator (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/29/2008

2007

1408
1408
as Mike Enslin
Movie - Released: 6/22/2007
Grace Is Gone
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps
Movie - Released: 12/7/2007
Martian Child
Martian Child
as David
Movie - Released: 11/2/2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/18/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

The Contract
The Contract
as Ray
Movie - Released: 4/5/2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/12/2006

2005

Must Love Dogs
Must Love Dogs
as Jake
Movie - Released: 7/21/2005
The Ice Harvest
The Ice Harvest
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 11/23/2005

2003

Identity
Identity
as Ed
Movie - Released: 4/25/2003
Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter
Movie - Released: 1/16/2003
Breakfast with Hunter
Breakfast with Hunter
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/21/2003
Movie
The Road to The Sure Thing
Movie - Released: 8/5/2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV - Released: 1/26/2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
TV - Released: 2/21/2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
TV - Released: 1/26/2003

2002

Max
Max
as Max Rothman
Movie - Released: 9/10/2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/26/2002
Adaptation.
Adaptation.
as John Cusack (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/6/2002

2001

America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
Movie - Released: 7/17/2001
Serendipity
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
Movie - Released: 10/5/2001
The Concert for New York City
The Concert for New York City
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/20/2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/21/2001

2000

High Fidelity
High Fidelity
as Rob Gordon
Movie - Released: 3/17/2000

1999

Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
Movie - Released: 10/29/1999
Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller
Movie - Released: 12/10/1999
Pushing Tin
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
Movie - Released: 4/23/1999
The Jack Bull
The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding
Movie - Released: 4/17/1999
This Is My Father
This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp
Movie - Released: 5/7/1999

1998

The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
Movie - Released: 12/23/1998
Chicago Cab
Chicago Cab
as Scary Man
Movie - Released: 9/18/1998

1997

Con Air
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
Movie - Released: 6/5/1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso
Movie - Released: 11/21/1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
Movie - Released: 4/11/1997
Anastasia
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/20/1997
Eastwood on Eastwood
Eastwood on Eastwood
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/1/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

City Hall
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
Movie - Released: 2/16/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1994

The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
Movie - Released: 10/28/1994
Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
Movie - Released: 10/14/1994
Floundering
Floundering
as JC
Movie - Released: 11/4/1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as Voice
TV - Released: 9/18/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Map of the Human Heart
Map of the Human Heart
as The Mapmaker
Movie - Released: 4/22/1993
Money for Nothing
Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
Frasier
Frasier
as Greg (voice)
TV - Released: 9/16/1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993

1992

The Player
The Player
as John Cusack
Movie - Released: 5/8/1992
Roadside Prophets
Roadside Prophets
as Caspar
Movie - Released: 3/27/1992
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts
as Cutting Edge Host
Movie - Released: 9/4/1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV - Released: 5/25/1992

1991

True Colors
True Colors
as Peter Burton
Movie - Released: 3/15/1991
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
Movie - Released: 12/5/1991

1990

The Grifters
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
Movie - Released: 8/8/1990

1989

Say Anything...
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
Movie - Released: 4/14/1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
Movie - Released: 10/20/1989
Elvis Stories
Elvis Stories
as Corky
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989

1988

Tapeheads
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
Movie - Released: 10/21/1988
Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver
Movie - Released: 9/2/1988

1987

Hot Pursuit
Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett
Movie - Released: 5/8/1987
Broadcast News
Broadcast News
as Angry Messenger
Movie - Released: 12/16/1987

1986

Stand by Me
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
Movie - Released: 8/8/1986
One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann
Movie - Released: 8/8/1986

1985

The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
Movie - Released: 3/1/1985
Better Off Dead...
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
Movie - Released: 8/23/1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Harry
Movie - Released: 9/27/1985

1984

Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
Movie - Released: 5/4/1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
Movie - Released: 8/3/1984

1983

Class
Class
as Roscoe
Movie - Released: 7/22/1983

1981

Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
TV - Released: 2/14/1981

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

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