John Cusack

ActorProducerWriterCrewProduction Jun 28 (age 59) Evanston, Illinois, USA 1980–2025 (45 year career)

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Biography

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 Fideli…

Known For

Film

Stand by Me

Denny Lachance

Film

Anastasia

Dimitri (voice)

Film

Being John Malkovich

Craig Schwartz

Film

The Thin Red Line

Capt. John Gaff

Film

Identity

Film

The Butler

Richard Nixon

Film

Adaptation.

John Cusack (uncredited)

Film

Con Air

Agent Vince Larkin

Filmography

Acting (125)

Movies (107)

Detective Chinatown 1900

2025

as Grant

6.3

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich

2025

as Self

Fog of War

2025

as Bob Duncolm

5.6

BRATS

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Decoded

as 希伊斯

Pursuit

as John Calloway

Never Grow Old

as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert

River Runs Red

as Horace

Distorted

as Vernon Sarsfield

Singularity

as Elias Van Dorne

Blood Money

as Miller

Arsenal

as Sal

Cell

as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell

4.7

The Fog Bowl

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Boom Bust Boom

2015

as Self

7.2

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

2015

as Adam (uncredited)

5.2

Love & Mercy

2015

as Brian Wilson 1980s

Dragon Blade

as Lucius

Chi-Raq

as Fr. Mike Corridan

Maps to the Stars

as Dr. Stafford Weiss

Adult World

as Rat Billings

The Prince

as Sam

The Bag Man

as Jack

Drive Hard

as Simon Keller

Reclaim

as Benjamin

The Frozen Ground

as Robert Hansen

The Butler

as Richard Nixon

Grand Piano

as Clem

The Numbers Station

as Emerson

We're No Animals

as Tony Lovecraft

Salinger

as Self - Actor

The Raven

as Edgar Allan Poe

The Paperboy

as Hillary Van Wetter

5.5

The Factory

2012

as Mike Fletcher

5.6

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

2012

as Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011

as Self

6.9

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

as Self

Hot Tub Time Machine

as Adam

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

as Self

Shanghai

as Paul Soames

2012

as Jackson Curtis

Igor

as Igor (voice)

War, Inc.

as Brand Hauser

Summerhood

as Narrator (uncredited)

Guyville Redux

1408

as Mike Enslin

Martian Child

as David

Grace Is Gone

as Stanley Philipps

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

as Self

The Contract

as Ray

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

as Self

Must Love Dogs

as Jake

The Ice Harvest

as Charlie

Identity

as Ed

Runaway Jury

as Nick Easter

Breakfast with Hunter

2003

as Self

6.7

The Road to The Sure Thing

2003

6.0

Adaptation.

2002

as John Cusack (uncredited)

7.3

Max

2002

as Max Rothman

6.1

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

as Self

Serendipity

as Jonathan Trager

America's Sweethearts

2001

as Eddie Thomas

5.7

The Concert for New York City

2001

as Self

4.8

America | A Tribute to Heroes

as Self

High Fidelity

as Rob Gordon

Being John Malkovich

as Craig Schwartz

Pushing Tin

as Nick Falzone

The Jack Bull

as Myrl Redding

Cradle Will Rock

as Nelson Rockefeller

This Is My Father

as Eddie Sharp

The Thin Red Line

as Capt. John Gaff

Chicago Cab

as Scary Man

Anastasia

as Dimitri (voice)

Con Air

as Agent Vince Larkin

6.8

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997

as Martin Q. Blank

7.0

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

as John Kelso

Eastwood on Eastwood

as Narrator (voice)

City Hall

as Kevin Calhoun

Bullets Over Broadway

1994

as David Shayne

7.1

The Road to Wellville

as Charles Ossining

Floundering

as JC

Money for Nothing

as Joey Coyle

Map of the Human Heart

as The Mapmaker

The Player

as John Cusack

Bob Roberts

as Cutting Edge Host

Roadside Prophets

as Caspar

Shadows and Fog

as Student Jack

True Colors

as Peter Burton

The Grifters

as Roy Dillon

Say Anything...

as Lloyd Dobler

Fat Man and Little Boy

as Michael Merriman

Elvis Stories

as Corky

Tapeheads

as Ivan Alexeev

Eight Men Out

as Buck Weaver

Broadcast News

as Angry Messenger

Hot Pursuit

as Dan Bartlett

Stand by Me

as Denny Lachance

One Crazy Summer

as Hoops McCann

Better Off Dead...

as Lane Meyer

The Sure Thing

as Walter "Gib" Gibson

6.5

The Journey of Natty Gann

as Harry

Sixteen Candles

as Bryce

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Johnny Maine

Class

as Roscoe

Why Is It Always Me?

as Mike

My Only Sunshine

Carnaval

Television (18)

Utopia

2020

as Dr. Kevin Christie

Doll & Em

as John

Evening Urgant

as Self

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Baseball

as (voice)

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Frasier

as Greg (voice)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Entertainment Tonight

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (18)

Movies (18)

Cell

Executive Producer

We're No Animals

Producer

We're No Animals

Writer

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

Presenter

Hot Tub Time Machine

Producer

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

Presenter

War, Inc.

Producer

War, Inc.

Writer

Grace Is Gone

Producer

Max

Associate Producer

High Fidelity

Co-Producer

High Fidelity

Music Supervisor

High Fidelity

Screenplay

The Jack Bull

Executive Producer

Chicago Cab

Executive Producer

Grosse Pointe Blank

Co-Producer

Grosse Pointe Blank

Screenplay

Floundering

Additional Dialogue