John Cusack

Known for ActingBorn 1966-06-28 (age 59)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). 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

Stand by Me

Frasier

Anastasia

Eastwood on Eastwood

Inside the Actors Studio

The Butler

Baseball

Being John Malkovich

Utopia

The Thin Red Line

Adaptation.

Boom Bust Boom

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

The Graham Norton Show

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Love & Mercy

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Evening Urgant

Identity

High Fidelity

The Player

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

Bullets Over Broadway

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Serendipity

Runaway Jury

Grosse Pointe Blank

Say Anything...

Breakfast with Hunter

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Eight Men Out

1408

Martian Child

Con Air

The Journey of Natty Gann

Shadows and Fog

Broadcast News

Grace Is Gone

Sixteen Candles

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Dragon Blade

Detective Chinatown 1900

Doll & Em

The Road to The Sure Thing

The Oscars

Salinger

Cradle Will Rock