John Cusack
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 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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.9541 |
| Birthday | 1966-06-28 |
| Place of Birth | Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | John Cusak, 約翰·庫薩克, Джон Пол Кьюсак, جان کیوسک, |
1986
Stand by Me
7.843/6379
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and...
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Stand by Me
2000
High Fidelity
7.132/2151
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top...
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High Fidelity
2022
Pursuit
5.1/71
Detective Breslin crosses paths with Calloway, a ruthless hacker desperate to find his wife, who has been kidnapped by a drug cartel. When Calloway es...
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Pursuit
1999
Being John Malkovich
7.413/4710
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who...
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Being John Malkovich
1989
Say Anything...
7.016/1087
Average student and eternal optimist Lloyd Dobler seeks to capture the heart of Diane Court, a beautiful but unattainable valedictorian classmate. He...
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Say Anything...
2006
The Contract
5.729/539
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across...
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The Contract
2007
1408
6.698/4804
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts...
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1408
1997
Con Air
6.763/4591
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" takin...
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Con Air
1992
The Player
7.2/924
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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The Player
2003
Identity
7.174/4258
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th...
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Identity
1994
The Road to Wellville
5.558/189
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business an...
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The Road to Wellville
2007
Grace Is Gone
6.578/154
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and plac...
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Grace Is Gone
1996
City Hall
5.958/311
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
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City Hall
2007
Martian Child
6.674/320
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's...
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Martian Child
1983
Class
5.95/200
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the...
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Class
1994
Bullets Over Broadway
7.1/658
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a...
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Bullets Over Broadway
2010
Hot Tub Time Machine
6.045/2685
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does noth...
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Hot Tub Time Machine
2003
Runaway Jury
6.935/1504
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, w...
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Runaway Jury
2001
America's Sweethearts
5.697/879
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's l...
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America's Sweethearts
2005
Must Love Dogs
5.9/486
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As s...
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Must Love Dogs
1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
6.357/616
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1998
The Thin Red Line
7.446/3236
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...
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The Thin Red Line
1988
Tapeheads
5.3/58
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video produc...
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Tapeheads
1999
Cradle Will Rock
6.42/94
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
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Cradle Will Rock
1985
The Sure Thing
6.483/315
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At f...
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The Sure Thing
2005
The Ice Harvest
5.913/327
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have diff...
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The Ice Harvest
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
6.951/1000
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and...
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Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Anastasia
7.604/5560
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting...
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Anastasia
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
7.2/18
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo"...
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
1999
Pushing Tin
5.863/431
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
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Pushing Tin
2001
Serendipity
6.951/2101
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part c...
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Serendipity
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
6.154/159
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan...
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Fat Man and Little Boy
2008
War, Inc.
5.541/295
In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the Unite...
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War, Inc.
1988
Eight Men Out
6.864/265
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...
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Eight Men Out
2002
Max
6.088/108
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at p...
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Max
1991
True Colors
6.2/79
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
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True Colors
1985
Better Off Dead...
6.576/539
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion....
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Better Off Dead...
1992
Roadside Prophets
5.5/26
On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from L...
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Roadside Prophets
1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
6.8/161
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds w...
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The Journey of Natty Gann
2009
2012
5.868/12580
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns t...
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2012
1987
Hot Pursuit
5.684/95
High school student Dan Bartlett misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation...
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Hot Pursuit
2008
Igor
5.949/582
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science communi...
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Igor
1993
Map of the Human Heart
6.2/36
In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walte...
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Map of the Human Heart
2002
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
6.6/11
In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who we...
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
1984
Sixteen Candles
6.75/2188
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread....
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Sixteen Candles
2010
Shanghai
6.103/184
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he un...
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Shanghai
1999
The Jack Bull
6.383/98
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.
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The Jack Bull
2003
Breakfast with Hunter
6.7/22
Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing f...
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Breakfast with Hunter
1990
The Grifters
6.497/460
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own a...
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The Grifters
1986
One Crazy Summer
6/211
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
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One Crazy Summer
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
7.25/86
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out ar...
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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2012
The Raven
6.299/1413
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in t...
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The Raven
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
6.883/166
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing...
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
My Only Sunshine
0/0
A couple of bank-robbers plan a job to fund their divorce.
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My Only Sunshine
2012
The Paperboy
5.542/801
A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
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The Paperboy
1993
Money for Nothing
5.5/77
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run....
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Money for Nothing
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
5.72/41
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to...
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Grandview, U.S.A.
2013
The Numbers Station
5.509/587
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he i...
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The Numbers Station
2025
Fog of War
5.758/31
With WWII raging around them, an injured pilot and his fiancée find themselves stranded on a remote estate. As the Allies plan the D-Day Invasion, the...
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Fog of War
2014
Adult World
6.053/388
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship...
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Adult World
1998
Chicago Cab
5.611/18
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of...
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Chicago Cab
2013
The Butler
7.33/2995
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually strik...
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The Butler
2014
Maps to the Stars
6.182/1128
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless g...
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Maps to the Stars
2012
The Factory
5.589/303
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any profes...
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The Factory
2016
Cell
4.705/1125
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodth...
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Cell
2013
The Frozen Ground
6.279/1563
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on...
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The Frozen Ground
2013
Grand Piano
5.948/537
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic perfor...
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Grand Piano
2014
The Prince
4.923/506
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
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The Prince
2014
The Bag Man
5.315/371
A criminal waits in a seedy motel for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.
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The Bag Man
2014
Drive Hard
4.3/142
A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops an...
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Drive Hard
2015
Love & Mercy
7.079/738
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the s...
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Love & Mercy
1994
Floundering
4.9/20
John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangste...
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Floundering
2014
Reclaim
5.25/150
After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance...
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Reclaim
2013
We're No Animals
4.605/19
A Hollywood actor grows tired of making the same corporate movies, so he moves to Argentina to find more experimental and meaningful work.
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We're No Animals
1991
Shadows and Fog
6.728/390
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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Shadows and Fog
2015
Dragon Blade
6.404/618
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman gener...
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Dragon Blade
1999
This Is My Father
5.4/12
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he loo...
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This Is My Father
2015
Chi-Raq
5.733/219
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
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Chi-Raq
2016
The Fog Bowl
0/0
Exploring the Fog Bowl, the 1988 NFC Divisional Round Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, , including the rivalry between Bears he...
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The Fog Bowl
2017
Arsenal
4.346/149
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
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Arsenal
2024
BRATS
5.972/53
In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. H...
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BRATS
2002
Adaptation.
7.3/2722
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting amb...
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Adaptation.
2024
Decoded
6.1/23
In the 1940s, the world was in turmoil, and it was crucial to decipher the enemy's communication codes in a timely and accurate manner. Rong Jinzhen h...
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Decoded
1992
Bob Roberts
6.5/173
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...
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Bob Roberts
1987
Broadcast News
6.8/455
A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the...
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Broadcast News
2017
Blood Money
5/103
Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against e...
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Blood Money
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
5.186/1000
After their first adventure with the Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou and Nick are living very well off their ill-gotten gains, while Jacob still cannot rely...
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Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2018
Distorted
4.8/210
A married couple suspect that the 'smart apartments' in their high tech residence are being used by its owner for sinister reasons.
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Distorted
2008
Guyville Redux
0/0
Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in th...
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Guyville Redux
2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
0/0
A behind the scenes look at the making of Being John Malkovich, condensed from hours of footage during production.
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All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
1989
Elvis Stories
4/1
A collection of unrelated stories about urban legends surrounding Elvis and the theory that he is still alive in the form of a mockumentary.
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Elvis Stories
2017
Singularity
3.7/226
When Elias van Dorne, CEO of the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention, Kronos-a super-computer designed to end all...
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Singularity
2008
Summerhood
5.038/13
The coming of age summer-camp saga of four best friends who hate each other.
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Summerhood
2019
Never Grow Old
6.041/233
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.
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Never Grow Old
2015
Boom Bust Boom
7.2/15
Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and en...
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Boom Bust Boom
2001
The Concert for New York City
4.8/15
The Concert for New York City (2001) captures the star-studded benefit held at Madison Square Garden on October 20, 2001, honoring the city’s resilien...
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The Concert for New York City
2018
River Runs Red
5.439/156
When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminati...
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River Runs Red
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
7/3
This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmeric...
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
7.8/4
A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
1997
Eastwood on Eastwood
7/4
Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
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Eastwood on Eastwood
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
6.2/10
A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just...
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America | A Tribute to Heroes
2013
Salinger
6.343/68
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable...
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Salinger
2003
The Road to The Sure Thing
6/1
A 26-minute documentary which gives an in-depth overview into the films production. This segment includes soundbytes from most of the cast & crew, as...
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The Road to The Sure Thing
2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
6.333/96
In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people deman...
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Detective Chinatown 1900
1980
Why Is It Always Me?
0/0
Aimed at teenagers, this explores common adolescent struggles and conflicts with family and peers. The title reflects the common experience of feeling...
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Why Is It Always Me?
2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
0/0
A documentary about Roland Emmerich, the most commercially successful German director in Hollywood, released on the occasion of his 70th birthday. It...
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Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Carnaval
0/0
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