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John Cusack
Known for: ActingJohn 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 81
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance 
2012
as Jackson Curtis 
Identity
as Ed 
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff 
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin 
Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter 
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice) 
1408
as Mike Enslin 
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler 
The Butler
as Richard Nixon 
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz 
The Numbers Station
as Emerson 
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce 
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager 
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam 
High Fidelity
as Rob 
The Prince
as Sam 
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer 
Utopia
as Dr. Kevin Christie 
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss 
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen 
The Contract
as Ray 
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter 
Must Love Dogs
as Jake 
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank 
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso 
Igor
as Igor (voice) 
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell 
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun 
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas 
The Bag Man
as Jack 
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone 
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe 
Dragon Blade
as Lucius 
The Factory
as Mike Fletcher 
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant 
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack 
Eight Men Out
as Buck Weaver 
Adult World
as Rat Billings 
One Crazy Summer
as Hoops McCann 
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining 
Grand Piano
as Clem 
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson 
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon 
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Harry 
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne 
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller 
Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm 
The Jack Bull
as Myrl Redding 
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman 
Drive Hard
as Simon Keller 
Class
as Roscoe 
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert 
Arsenal
as Sal 
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne 
River Runs Red
as Horace 
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine 
Hot Pursuit
as Dan Bartlett 
Martian Child
as David 
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps 
Money for Nothing
as Joey Coyle 
The Ice Harvest
as Charlie 
Shanghai
as Paul Soames 
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser 
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan 
Blood Money
as Miller 
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield 
Map of the Human Heart
as The Mapmaker 
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self 
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev 
Chicago Cab
as Scary Man 
True Colors
as Peter Burton 
Pursuit
as John Calloway 
Max
as Max Rothman 
Reclaim
as Benjamin 
This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp 
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self 
Roadside Prophets
as Caspar