John Cusack
Acting
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Acting Credits
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). 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 Fideli...
Known For
Filmography
Fog of War
2025
as Bob Duncolm
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025
as Grant
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025
as Self
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Decoded
2024
as 希伊斯
Pursuit
2022
as John Calloway
Utopia
2020
as Dr. Kevin Christie
Never Grow Old
2019
as Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
Distorted
2018
as Vernon Sarsfield
River Runs Red
2018
as Horace
Arsenal
2017
as Sal
Blood Money
2017
as Miller
Singularity
2017
as Elias Van Dorne
Cell
2016
as Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
The Fog Bowl
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Love & Mercy
2015
as Brian Wilson 1980s
Dragon Blade
2015
as Lucius
Chi-Raq
2015
as Fr. Mike Corridan
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
as Adam (uncredited)
Boom Bust Boom
2015
as Self
Adult World
2014
as Rat Billings
Maps to the Stars
2014
as Dr. Stafford Weiss
The Prince
2014
as Sam
The Bag Man
2014
as Jack
Drive Hard
2014
as Simon Keller
Reclaim
2014
as Benjamin
Doll & Em
2014
as John
The Numbers Station
2013
as Emerson
The Butler
2013
as Richard Nixon
The Frozen Ground
2013
as Robert Hansen
Grand Piano
2013
as Clem
We're No Animals
2013
as Tony Lovecraft
Salinger
2013
as Self - Actor
The Raven
2012
as Edgar Allan Poe
The Paperboy
2012
as Hillary Van Wetter
The Factory
2012
as Mike Fletcher
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
as Self
Evening Urgant
2012
as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
as Adam
Shanghai
2010
as Paul Soames
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
2012
2009
as Jackson Curtis
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
War, Inc.
2008
as Brand Hauser
Igor
2008
as Igor (voice)
Guyville Redux
2008
Summerhood
2008
as Narrator (uncredited)
1408
2007
as Mike Enslin
Grace Is Gone
2007
as Stanley Philipps
Martian Child
2007
as David
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Contract
2006
as Ray
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Jake
The Ice Harvest
2005
as Charlie
Identity
2003
as Ed
Runaway Jury
2003
as Nick Easter
Breakfast with Hunter
2003
as Self
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Max
2002
as Max Rothman
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self
Adaptation.
2002
as John Cusack (uncredited)
America's Sweethearts
2001
as Eddie Thomas
Serendipity
2001
as Jonathan Trager
The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
High Fidelity
2000
as Rob Gordon
Being John Malkovich
1999
as Craig Schwartz
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Nelson Rockefeller
Pushing Tin
1999
as Nick Falzone
The Jack Bull
1999
as Myrl Redding
This Is My Father
1999
as Eddie Sharp
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Capt. John Gaff
Chicago Cab
1998
as Scary Man
Con Air
1997
as Agent Vince Larkin
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as John Kelso
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
as Martin Q. Blank
Anastasia
1997
as Dimitri (voice)
Eastwood on Eastwood
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
City Hall
1996
as Kevin Calhoun
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Charles Ossining
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
as David Shayne
Floundering
1994
as JC
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Baseball
1994
as Voice
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
Map of the Human Heart
1993
as The Mapmaker
Money for Nothing
1993
as Joey Coyle
Frasier
1993
as Greg (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Player
1992
as John Cusack
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Caspar
Bob Roberts
1992
as Cutting Edge Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
True Colors
1991
as Peter Burton
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Student Jack
The Grifters
1990
as Roy Dillon
Say Anything...
1989
as Lloyd Dobler
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Michael Merriman
Elvis Stories
1989
as Corky
Tapeheads
1988
as Ivan Alexeev
Eight Men Out
1988
as Buck Weaver
Hot Pursuit
1987
as Dan Bartlett
Broadcast News
1987
as Angry Messenger
Stand by Me
1986
as Denny Lachance
One Crazy Summer
1986
as Hoops McCann
The Sure Thing
1985
as Walter "Gib" Gibson
Better Off Dead...
1985
as Lane Meyer
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Harry
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Bryce
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Johnny Maine
Class
1983
as Roscoe
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Why Is It Always Me?
1980
as Mike
The Oscars
1953
as Self