Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
28 Juni 1966 (60)
Place of birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Also known as
John Cusak · John Paul Cusack
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). 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.
Bekannt für
5.9
Film
2012
Jackson Curtis
2009
6.8
Film
Con Air
Agent Vince Larkin
1997
7.8
Film
Stand by Me
Denny Lachance
1986
7.2
Film
Identity
Ed
2003
7.4
Film
The Thin Red Line
Capt. John Gaff
1998
6.8
Film
Sixteen Candles
Bryce
1984
7.6
Film
Anastasia
Dimitri (voice)
1997
4.3
Film
Arsenal
Sal
2017
7.4
Film
Being John Malkovich
Craig Schwartz
1999
7.3
Film
The Butler
Richard Nixon
2013
6.7
Film
1408
Mike Enslin
2007
7.0
Film
Serendipity
Jonathan Trager
2001
6.0
Film
Hot Tub Time Machine
Adam
2010
5.9
Film
Pushing Tin
Nick Falzone
1999
5.4
Film
Tapeheads
Ivan Alexeev
1988
5.6
Film
The Factory
Mike Fletcher
2012
7.1
Film
High Fidelity
Rob
2000
5.5
Film
The Paperboy
Hillary Van Wetter
2012
6.7
Film
Shadows and Fog
Student Jack
1991
5.9
Film
Must Love Dogs
Jake
2005
5.5
Film
War, Inc.
Brand Hauser
2008
5.7
Film
America's Sweethearts
Eddie Thomas
2001
6.0
Film
Grand Piano
Clem
2013
6.3
Film
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
2012
6.9
Film
Runaway Jury
Nick Easter
2003
7.2
Series
Utopia
Dr. Kevin Christie
2020
5.6
Film
The Road to Wellville
Charles Ossining
1994
5.5
Film
The Numbers Station
Emerson
2013
6.4
Film
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Kelso
1997
7.1
Film
Love & Mercy
Brian Wilson 1980s
2015
7.0
Film
Grosse Pointe Blank
Martin Q. Blank
1997
7.1
Film
Bullets Over Broadway
David Shayne
1994
5.9
Film
The Ice Harvest
Charlie
2005
5.8
Film
Grandview, U.S.A.
Johnny Maine
1984
6.1
Film
Shanghai
Paul Soames
2010
6.6
Film
Better Off Dead...
Lane Meyer
1985
6.2
Film
Fat Man and Little Boy
Michael Merriman
1989
5.8
Film
The Contract
Ray
2006
6.5
Film
The Grifters
Roy Dillon
1990
5.9
Film
Igor
Igor (voice)
2008
7.0
Film
Say Anything...
Lloyd Dobler
1989
4.9
Film
The Prince
Sam
2014
6.4
Film
Dragon Blade
Lucius
2015
6.3
Film
The Frozen Ground
Robert Hansen
2013
6.5
Film
The Sure Thing
Walter "Gib" Gibson
1985
6.2
Film
Maps to the Stars
Dr. Stafford Weiss
2014
6.3
Film
Detective Chinatown 1900
Grant
2025
6.0
Film
City Hall
Kevin Calhoun
1996
4.7
Film
Cell
Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
2016
3.7
Film
Singularity
Elias Van Dorne
2017
5.9
Film
Class
Roscoe
1983
6.2
Film
Decoded
希伊斯
2024
5.9
Film
Fog of War
Bob Duncolm
2025
6.0
Film
Never Grow Old
Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
2019
5.5
Film
River Runs Red
Horace
2018
5.0
Film
Blood Money
Miller
2017
4.8
Film
Distorted
Vernon Sarsfield
2018
5.1
Film
Pursuit
John Calloway
2022
Acting credits 58 titles
Fog of War
as Bob Duncolm
5.9
2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
as Grant
6.3
2025
Decoded
as 希伊斯
6.2
2024
Pursuit
as John Calloway
5.1
2022
Utopia
as Dr. Kevin Christie
7.2
2020
Never Grow Old
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
6.0
2019
River Runs Red
as Horace
5.5
2018
Distorted
as Vernon Sarsfield
4.8
2018
Blood Money
as Miller
5.0
2017
Arsenal
as Sal
4.3
2017
Singularity
as Elias Van Dorne
3.7
2017
Cell
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
4.7
2016
Dragon Blade
as Lucius
6.4
2015
Love & Mercy
as Brian Wilson 1980s
7.1
2015
The Prince
as Sam
4.9
2014
Maps to the Stars
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
6.2
2014
The Numbers Station
as Emerson
5.5
2013
Grand Piano
as Clem
6.0
2013
The Frozen Ground
as Robert Hansen
6.3
2013
The Butler
as Richard Nixon
7.3
2013
The Factory
as Mike Fletcher
5.6
2012
The Raven
as Edgar Allan Poe
6.3
2012
The Paperboy
as Hillary Van Wetter
5.5
2012
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Adam
6.0
2010
Shanghai
as Paul Soames
6.1
2010
2012
as Jackson Curtis
5.9
2009
Igor
as Igor (voice)
5.9
2008
War, Inc.
as Brand Hauser
5.5
2008
1408
as Mike Enslin
6.7
2007
The Contract
as Ray
5.8
2006
The Ice Harvest
as Charlie
5.9
2005
Must Love Dogs
as Jake
5.9
2005
Identity
as Ed
7.2
2003
Runaway Jury
as Nick Easter
6.9
2003
Serendipity
as Jonathan Trager
7.0
2001
America's Sweethearts
as Eddie Thomas
5.7
2001
High Fidelity
as Rob
7.1
2000
Pushing Tin
as Nick Falzone
5.9
1999
Being John Malkovich
as Craig Schwartz
7.4
1999
The Thin Red Line
as Capt. John Gaff
7.4
1998
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Martin Q. Blank
7.0
1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as John Kelso
6.4
1997
Con Air
as Agent Vince Larkin
6.8
1997
Anastasia
as Dimitri (voice)
7.6
1997
City Hall
as Kevin Calhoun
6.0
1996
Bullets Over Broadway
as David Shayne
7.1
1994
The Road to Wellville
as Charles Ossining
5.6
1994
Shadows and Fog
as Student Jack
6.7
1991
The Grifters
as Roy Dillon
6.5
1990
Say Anything...
as Lloyd Dobler
7.0
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Michael Merriman
6.2
1989
Tapeheads
as Ivan Alexeev
5.4
1988
Stand by Me
as Denny Lachance
7.8
1986
The Sure Thing
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
6.5
1985
Better Off Dead...
as Lane Meyer
6.6
1985
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Johnny Maine
5.8
1984
Sixteen Candles
as Bryce
6.8
1984
Class
as Roscoe
5.9
1983