
John Paul Cusack 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 Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (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.
Movie | My Only Sunshine | Unknown | 2026 |
Movie | Broken Ridge | Sheriff Cole Gunner | 2026 |
Movie | Fog of War | Bob Duncolm | 2025-04-04 |
Movie | Detective Chinatown 1900 | Grant | 2025-01-29 |
Movie | Decoded | Liseiwicz | 2024-07-25 |
Movie | BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-07 |
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 | Arsenal | Sal | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | Singularity | Elias Van Dorne | 2017-11-24 |
Movie | Blood Money | Miller | 2017-10-14 |
Movie | Cell | Clayton 'Clay' Riddell | 2016-07-06 |
Movie | The Fog Bowl | Narrator (voice) | 2016-12-21 |
Movie | Chi-Raq | Fr. Mike Corridan | 2015-12-04 |
Movie | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam (uncredited) | 2015-02-20 |
Movie | Dragon Blade | Lucius | 2015-02-19 |
Movie | Boom Bust Boom | Self | 2015-09-12 |
Movie | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson 1980s | 2015-05-29 |
Series | Doll & Em | John | 2014-02-18 |
Movie | Adult World | Rat Billings | 2014-02-14 |
Movie | The Bag Man | Jack | 2014-02-28 |
Movie | The Prince | Sam | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | Maps to the Stars | Dr. Stafford Weiss | 2014-05-21 |
Movie | Drive Hard | Simon Keller | 2014-10-03 |
Movie | Reclaim | Benjamin | 2014-09-19 |
Movie | The Frozen Ground | Robert Hansen | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | The Numbers Station | Emerson | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | The Butler | Richard Nixon | 2013-08-16 |
Movie | Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | Grand Piano | Clem | 2013-10-11 |
Movie | We're No Animals | Tony Lovecraft | 2013-10-03 |
Movie | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | 2012-03-09 |
Series | Evening Urgant | Self | 2012-04-16 |
Movie | The Paperboy | Hillary Van Wetter | 2012-09-14 |
Movie | The Factory | Mike Fletcher | 2012-10-20 |
Movie | All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set | Self | 2012-05-15 |
Movie | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
Movie | Hot Tub Time Machine | Adam | 2010-03-26 |
Movie | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
Movie | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
Movie | Shanghai | Paul Soames | 2010-06-10 |
Movie | 2012 | Jackson Curtis | 2009-10-10 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Guyville Redux | Unknown | 2008-01-28 |
Movie | Igor | Igor (voice) | 2008-09-19 |
Movie | War, Inc. | Brand Hauser | 2008-04-28 |
Movie | Summerhood | Narrator (uncredited) | 2008-01-29 |
Movie | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Self | 2007-05-18 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | 1408 | Mike Enslin | 2007-06-22 |
Movie | Grace Is Gone | Stanley Philipps | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | Martian Child | David | 2007-11-02 |
Movie | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | 2006-12-12 |
Movie | The Contract | Ray | 2006-04-05 |
Movie | Must Love Dogs | Jake | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | The Ice Harvest | Charlie | 2005-11-23 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Runaway Jury | Nick Easter | 2003-01-16 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Identity | Ed | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | The Road to The Sure Thing | Unknown | 2003-08-05 |
Movie | Breakfast with Hunter | Self | 2003-06-21 |
Movie | Max | Max Rothman | 2002-09-10 |
Movie | Adaptation. | John Cusack (uncredited) | 2002-12-06 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
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 | Being John Malkovich | Craig Schwartz | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Cradle Will Rock | Nelson Rockefeller | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | This Is My Father | Eddie Sharp | 1999-05-07 |
Movie | The Thin Red Line | Capt. John Gaff | 1998-12-23 |
Movie | Chicago Cab | Scary Man | 1998-09-18 |
Movie | Grosse Pointe Blank | Martin Q. Blank | 1997-04-11 |
Movie | Con Air | Agent Vince Larkin | 1997-06-05 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Anastasia | Dimitri (voice) | 1997-11-20 |
Movie | Eastwood on Eastwood | Narrator (voice) | 1997-11-01 |
Movie | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Kelso | 1997-11-21 |
Movie | City Hall | Kevin Calhoun | 1996-02-16 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Floundering | JC | 1994-11-04 |
Series | Baseball | (voice) | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne | 1994-10-14 |
Movie | The Road to Wellville | Charles Ossining | 1994-10-28 |
Movie | Map of the Human Heart | The Mapmaker | 1993-04-22 |
Series | Frasier | Greg (voice) | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Money for Nothing | Joey Coyle | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Roadside Prophets | Caspar | 1992-03-27 |
Movie | The Player | John Cusack | 1992-05-08 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Bob Roberts | Cutting Edge Host | 1992-09-04 |
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 | Eight Men Out | Buck Weaver | 1988-09-02 |
Movie | Tapeheads | Ivan Alexeev | 1988-10-21 |
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 Sure Thing | Walter "Gib" Gibson | 1985-03-01 |
Movie | The Journey of Natty Gann | Harry | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | Better Off Dead... | Lane Meyer | 1985-08-23 |
Movie | Sixteen Candles | Bryce | 1984-05-04 |
Movie | Grandview, U.S.A. | Johnny Maine | 1984-08-03 |
Movie | Class | Roscoe | 1983-07-22 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-15 |
Movie | Why Is It Always Me? | Mike | 1980-11-12 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |