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John Cusack
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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). 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.
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Fog of War
2025 · Bob Duncolm
Distorted
2018 · Vernon Sarsfield
Singularity
2017 · Elias Van Dorne
Cell
2016 · Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
Chi-Raq
2015 · Fr. Mike Corridan
Love & Mercy
2015 · Brian Wilson 1980s
Dragon Blade
2015 · Lucius
Drive Hard
2014 · Simon Keller
Maps to the Stars
2014 · Dr. Stafford Weiss
Adult World
2014 · Rat Billings
Grand Piano
2013 · Clem
The Butler
2013 · Richard Nixon
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · Adam
2012
2009 · Jackson Curtis
1408
2007 · Mike Enslin
The Contract
2006 · Ray
The Ice Harvest
2005 · Charlie
Runaway Jury
2003 · Nick Easter
Identity
2003 · Ed
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001 · Self
High Fidelity
2000 · Rob
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Nelson Rockefeller
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Craig Schwartz
Con Air
1997 · Agent Vince Larkin
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · Martin Q. Blank
City Hall
1996 · Kevin Calhoun
The Road to Wellville
1994 · Charles Ossining
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 · David Shayne
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Student Jack
True Colors
1991 · Peter Burton
The Grifters
1990 · Roy Dillon
Say Anything...
1989 · Lloyd Dobler
Eight Men Out
1988 · Buck Weaver
Stand by Me
1986 · Denny Lachance