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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
+3
as Denny Lachance 
2012
+7
as Jackson Curtis 
The Thin Red Line
+1
as Capt. John Gaff 
Runaway Jury
+4
as Nick Easter 
Con Air
+5
as Agent Vince Larkin 
Identity
+4
as Ed 
The Numbers Station
+3
as Emerson 
Anastasia
+3
as Dimitri (voice) 
1408
+8
as Mike Enslin 
Say Anything...
+5
as Lloyd Dobler 
The Butler
+4
as Richard Nixon 
Being John Malkovich
+2
as Craig Schwartz 
Sixteen Candles
+3
as Bryce 
Serendipity
+2
as Jonathan Trager 
Hot Tub Time Machine
+4
as Adam 
High Fidelity
+3
as Rob 
The Prince
+5
as Sam 
Better Off Dead...
+4
as Lane Meyer 
Utopia
as Dr. Kevin Christie 
Maps to the Stars
+3
as Dr. Stafford Weiss 
The Frozen Ground
+5
as Robert Hansen 
The Contract
as Ray 
The Paperboy
+8
as Hillary Van Wetter 
Must Love Dogs
+2
as Jake 
Grosse Pointe Blank
+4
as Martin Q. Blank 
Love & Mercy
+8
as Brian Wilson 1980s 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
+2
as John Kelso 
Igor
as Igor (voice) 
Cell
+6
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell 
City Hall
+3
as Kevin Calhoun 
America's Sweethearts
+6
as Eddie Thomas 
The Bag Man
+1
as Jack 
Pushing Tin
+3
as Nick Falzone 
The Raven
+3
as Edgar Allan Poe 
Dragon Blade
+5
as Lucius 
The Factory
+2
as Mike Fletcher 
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant 
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack 
Eight Men Out
+5
as Buck Weaver 
Adult World
+7
as Rat Billings 
One Crazy Summer
+3
as Hoops McCann 
The Road to Wellville
+1
as Charles Ossining 
Grand Piano
+2
as Clem 
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson 
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon 
The Journey of Natty Gann
+3
as Harry 
Bullets Over Broadway
+4
as David Shayne 
Cradle Will Rock
as Nelson Rockefeller 
Fog of War
+3
as Bob Duncolm 
The Jack Bull
+2
as Myrl Redding 
Fat Man and Little Boy
+4
as Michael Merriman 
Drive Hard
+2
as Simon Keller 
Class
+4
as Roscoe 
Never Grow Old
+4
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert 
Arsenal
+6
as Sal 
Singularity
+3
as Elias Van Dorne 
River Runs Red
+5
as Horace 
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine 
Hot Pursuit
+1
as Dan Bartlett 
Martian Child
as David 
Grace Is Gone
as Stanley Philipps 
Money for Nothing
+2
as Joey Coyle 
The Ice Harvest
+1
as Charlie 
Shanghai
+3
as Paul Soames 
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser 
Chi-Raq
as Fr. Mike Corridan 
Blood Money
+2
as Miller 
Distorted
+2
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
+2
as Peter Burton 
Pursuit
+1
as John Calloway 
Max
as Max Rothman 
Reclaim
+2
as Benjamin 
This Is My Father
as Eddie Sharp 
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self 
Roadside Prophets
as Caspar