John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966 - Height: 6' 2½") is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, Con Air, High Fidelity, and 2012. His father, Richard Cusack (1925–2003), was an actor, as are his siblings: Ann, Joan, Bill, and Susie. His father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company, and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in [his] belly". Cusack is a fan of both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, for which, he says, he is "in trouble there". He has led the crowd in a performance of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wrigley Field. He has also been spotted at multiple Chicago Bears games, and attended many of the Stanley Cup Finals games in support of the Chicago Blackhawks. Cusack has trained in kickboxing for over 20 years, under former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez. He began training under Urquidez in preparation for his role in Say Anything... and currently holds the rank of a level 6 black belt in Urquidez's Ukidokan Kickboxing system.
Movie | Broken Ridge | Sheriff Cole Gunner | 2025 |
Movie | My Only Sunshine | 2025 | |
Movie | Fog of War | Robert | 2025 |
Movie | Pursuit | John Calloway | 2022-02-18 |
Series | Utopia | Dr. Kevin Christie | 2020-09-25 |
Movie | Never Grow Old | Christopher 'Dutch' Albert | 2019-03-15 |
Movie | River Runs Red | Horace | 2018-11-09 |
Movie | Distorted | Vernon Sarsfield | 2018-06-22 |
Movie | Singularity | Elias Van Dorne | 2017-11-24 |
Movie | Blood Money | Miller | 2017-10-14 |
Movie | Arsenal | Sal | 2017-01-06 |
Movie | Cell | Clayton 'Clay' Riddell | 2016-07-06 |
Movie | Boom Bust Boom | Self | 2016-03-11 |
Movie | The Fog Bowl | Narrator (voice) | 2016-12-21 |
Movie | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson 1980s | 2015-05-29 |
Movie | Chi-Raq | Fr. Mike Corridan | 2015-12-04 |
Movie | Dragon Blade | Lucius | 2015-02-19 |
Movie | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam (uncredited) | 2015-02-20 |
Series | Doll & Em | John | 2014-02-18 |
Movie | Drive Hard | Simon Keller | 2014-10-03 |
Movie | The Bag Man | Jack | 2014-02-28 |
Movie | Maps to the Stars | Dr. Stafford Weiss | 2014-05-21 |
Movie | The Prince | Sam | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | Reclaim | Benjamin | 2014-09-19 |
Movie | Adult World | Rat Billings | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | The Numbers Station | Emerson | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | The Frozen Ground | Robert Hansen | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | Grand Piano | Clem | 2013-10-11 |
Movie | The Butler | Richard Nixon | 2013-08-16 |
Movie | We're No Animals | Tony Lovecraft | 2013-10-03 |
Movie | Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | 2012-03-09 |
Movie | The Factory | Mike Fletcher | 2012-10-20 |
Series | Evening Urgant | Self | 2012-04-16 |
Movie | All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set | Self | 2012-05-15 |
Movie | The Paperboy | Hillary Van Wetter | 2012-09-14 |
Movie | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
Movie | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
Movie | Shanghai | Paul Soames | 2010-06-10 |
Movie | Hot Tub Time Machine | Adam | 2010-03-26 |
Movie | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | 2012 | Jackson Curtis | 2009-10-10 |
Movie | Igor | Igor (voice) | 2008-09-19 |
Movie | War, Inc. | Brand Hauser | 2008-04-28 |
Movie | Summerhood | Narrator (uncredited) | 2008-01-29 |
Movie | Guyville Redux | 2008-01-28 | |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Grace Is Gone | Stanley Philipps | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Self | 2007-05-18 |
Movie | 1408 | Mike Enslin | 2007-06-22 |
Movie | Martian Child | David | 2007-11-02 |
Movie | The Contract | Ray | 2006-04-05 |
Movie | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | 2006-12-12 |
Movie | Must Love Dogs | Jake | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | The Ice Harvest | Charlie | 2005-11-23 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Runaway Jury | Nicholas Easter | 2003-01-16 |
Movie | Breakfast with Hunter | Self | 2003-06-21 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | The Road to The Sure Thing | 2003-08-05 | |
Movie | Identity | Ed | 2003-04-25 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Adaptation. | Self (uncredited) | 2002-12-06 |
Movie | Max | Max Rothman | 2002-09-10 |
Movie | America's Sweethearts | Eddie Thomas | 2001-07-17 |
Movie | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | Serendipity | Jonathan Trager | 2001-10-05 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | High Fidelity | Rob Gordon | 2000-03-17 |
Movie | The Jack Bull | Myrl Redding | 1999-04-17 |
Movie | Pushing Tin | Nick Falzone | 1999-04-23 |
Movie | Cradle Will Rock | Nelson Rockefeller | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | Being John Malkovich | Craig Schwartz | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | This Is My Father | Eddie Sharp | 1999-05-07 |
Movie | Chicago Cab | Scary Man | 1998-09-18 |
Movie | The Thin Red Line | Capt. John Gaff | 1998-12-23 |
Movie | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Kelso | 1997-11-21 |
Movie | Eastwood on Eastwood | Narrator (voice) | 1997-11-01 |
Movie | Anastasia | Dimitri (voice) | 1997-11-20 |
Movie | Grosse Pointe Blank | Martin Q. Blank | 1997-04-11 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Con Air | Agent Vince Larkin | 1997-06-05 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | City Hall | Kevin Calhoun | 1996-02-16 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Floundering | JC | 1994-11-04 |
Movie | The Road to Wellville | Charles Ossining | 1994-10-28 |
Movie | Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne | 1994-10-14 |
Series | Baseball | Various (voice) | 1994-09-18 |
Series | Frasier | Greg (voice) | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Map of the Human Heart | The Mapmaker | 1993-04-22 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Money for Nothing | Joey Coyle | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Bob Roberts | Cutting Edge Host | 1992-09-04 |
Movie | Roadside Prophets | Caspar | 1992-03-27 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | The Player | John Cusack | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | Shadows and Fog | Student Jack | 1991-12-05 |
Movie | True Colors | Peter Burton | 1991-03-15 |
Movie | The Grifters | Roy Dillon | 1990-08-08 |
Movie | Fat Man and Little Boy | Michael Merriman | 1989-10-20 |
Movie | Say Anything... | Lloyd Dobler | 1989-04-14 |
Movie | Elvis Stories | Corky | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Tapeheads | Ivan Alexeev | 1988-10-21 |
Movie | Eight Men Out | George 'Buck' Weaver | 1988-09-02 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Broadcast News | Angry Messenger | 1987-12-16 |
Movie | Hot Pursuit | Dan Bartlett | 1987-05-08 |
Movie | One Crazy Summer | Hoops McCann | 1986-08-08 |
Movie | Stand by Me | Denny Lachance | 1986-08-08 |
Movie | The Journey of Natty Gann | Harry | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | The Sure Thing | Walter (Gib) Gibson | 1985-03-01 |
Movie | Better Off Dead... | Lane Meyer | 1985-08-23 |
Movie | Grandview, U.S.A. | Johnny Maine | 1984-08-03 |
Movie | Sixteen Candles | Bryce | 1984-05-04 |
Movie | Class | Roscoe | 1983-07-22 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |