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John Paul Cusack is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He began acting in films during the 1980s and has since starred in a number of movies, including Better Off Dead (1985), Say Anything... (1989), Bullets over Broadway (1994), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), 1408 (2007), Igor (2008), 2012 (2009), The Raven (2012) and Love & Mercy (2014). The son of filmmaker Dick Cusack, his sisters are actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.
Birth Name
John Paul Cusack
Born
Tuesday, 28 June 1966
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pursuit | John Calloway / Jack Calloway | 2022 |
| Utopia | Dr. Kevin Christie | 2020 |
| Disclosure | John Kelso | 2020 |
| The Last Dance | Self | 2020 |
| The Movies | Craig Schwartz | 2019 |
| Never Grow Old | Dutch Albert / Christopher 'Dutch' Albert | 2019 |
| River Runs Red | Horace | 2018 |
| Distorted | Vernon Sarsfield | 2018 |
| Singularity | Elias Van Dorne | 2017 |
| Blood Money | Miller | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pursuit | John Calloway / Jack Calloway | 2022 |
| Utopia | Dr. Kevin Christie | 2020 |
| Disclosure | John Kelso | 2020 |
| The Last Dance | Self | 2020 |
| The Movies | Craig Schwartz | 2019 |
| Never Grow Old | Dutch Albert / Christopher 'Dutch' Albert | 2019 |
| River Runs Red | Horace | 2018 |
| Distorted | Vernon Sarsfield | 2018 |
| Singularity | Elias Van Dorne | 2017 |
| Blood Money | Miller | 2017 |
| Arsenal | Sal | 2017 |
| Cell | Clay Riddell / Clayton 'Clay' Riddell | 2016 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self - Guest | 2016 |
| Chi-Raq | Father Mike Corridan / Fr. Mike Corridan | 2015 |
| The Timeline | Narrator | 2015 |
| Boom Bust Boom | Self - Actor & Writer / Himself | 2015 |
| Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam | 2015 |
| Dragon Blade | Lucius | 2015 |
| MLB Network Presents | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
| Love & Mercy | Brian - Future / Brian Wilson 1980s | 2014 |
| Reclaim | Benjamin | 2014 |
| The Prince | Sam | 2014 |
| Drive Hard | Simon Keller | 2014 |
| Maps to the Stars | Dr. Stafford Weiss | 2014 |
| The Bag Man | Jack | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
| Grand Piano | Clem | 2013 |
| Doll & Em | John | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Salinger | Self / Self - Actor | 2013 |
| The Butler | Richard Nixon | 2013 |
| Adult World | Rat Billings | 2013 |
| The Numbers Station | Emerson Kent / Emerson | 2013 |
| The Frozen Ground | Robert Hansen | 2013 |
| Costas at the Movies | Self | 2013 |
| We Are Not Animals | Tony Lovecraft | 2013 |
| The Factory | Mike / Mike Fletcher | 2012 |
| The Paperboy | Hillary Van Wetter | 2012 |
| PoliticKING with Larry King | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011 |
| Do It Again | Self | 2010 |
| Shanghai | Paul Soames | 2010 |
| Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief | Self | 2010 |
| 2012 | Jackson Curtis | 2009 |
| Mark at the Movies | Self | 2009 |
| The Jay Leno Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Hot Tub Time Machine | Adam | 2009 |
| Igor | Igor / Igor (voice) | 2008 |
| War, Inc. | Hauser / Brand Hauser | 2008 |
| Summerhood | Narrator | 2008 |
| Grace Is Gone | Stanley Phillips / Stanley Philipps | 2007 |
| Martian Child | David | 2007 |
| Private Sessions | Self | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Rat Billings in 'Adult World' | 2007 |
| 1408 | Mike Enslin | 2007 |
| Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Self | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film | Self | 2006 |
| The Besieged Fortress | Narrator | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Second City: First Family of Comedy | (archive footage) | 2006 |
| The Contract | Ray | 2006 |
| The Ice Harvest | Charlie Arglist / Charlie | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Must Love Dogs | Jake | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| The Insider | Himself / Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2004 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Breakfast with Hunter | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| VH1 Goes Inside | Lloyd Dobler | 2003 |
| Identity | Ed | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Runaway Jury | Nicholas Easter | 2003 |
| Adaptation. | John Cusack | 2002 |
| Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002 |
| Max | Max Rothman | 2002 |
| HypaSpace | Self | 2002 |
| Screen Tests of the Stars | Self | 2002 |
| The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001 |
| Serendipity | Jonathan Trager | 2001 |
| America: A Tribute to Heroes | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| America's Sweethearts | Eddie Thomas | 2001 |
| High Fidelity | Rob Gordon | 2000 |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Craig Schwartz | 2000 |
| Cradle Will Rock | Nelson Rockefeller | 1999 |
| Being John Malkovich | Craig Schwartz | 1999 |
| Pushing Tin | Nick Falzone | 1999 |
| The Jack Bull | Myrl Redding | 1999 |
| This Is My Father | Eddie Sharp | 1999 |
| The Directors | Self | 1999 |
| The Thin Red Line | Capt. John Gaff | 1998 |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Kelso | 1997 |
| Anastasia | Dimitri / Dimitri (voice) | 1997 |
| Eastwood on Eastwood | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1997 |
| Con Air | Agent Vince Larkin | 1997 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | Martin Q. Blank | 1997 |
| Chicago Cab | Scary Man | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| City Hall | Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun | 1996 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | David Shayne | 1995 |
| Floundering | JC | 1994 |
| The Road to Wellville | Charles Ossining | 1994 |
| Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne | 1994 |
| Baseball | Various (voice) / Various / Self | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Self - Guest | 1994 |
| Frasier | Greg | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Money for Nothing | Joey Coyle | 1993 |
| Map of the Human Heart | The Mapmaker | 1993 |
| Bob Roberts | Cutting Edge Host | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Getaway | Self - Celebrity Traveller | 1992 |
| The Player | John Cusack | 1992 |
| Roadside Prophets | Caspar | 1992 |
| Shadows and Fog | Student Jack | 1991 |
| True Colors | Peter Burton | 1991 |
| The Grifters | Roy Dillon | 1990 |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | Michael Merriman | 1989 |
| Eight Men Out | George 'Buck' Weaver / Buck Weaver | 1988 |
| Say Anything | Lloyd Dobler | 1989 |
| Tapeheads | Ivan Alexeev | 1988 |
| Broadcast News | Angry Messenger | 1987 |
| Hot Pursuit | Dan Bartlett | 1987 |
| Stand by Me | Denny Lachance | 1986 |
| One Crazy Summer | Hoops McCann | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Harry | 1985 |
| Better Off Dead | Lane Meyer | 1985 |
| The Sure Thing | Walter 'Gib' Gibson / Walter (Gib) Gibson | 1985 |
| Grandview, U.S.A. | Johnny Maine | 1984 |
| Sixteen Candles | Bryce | 1984 |
| Class | Roscoe / Roscoe Maibaum | 1983 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981 |
| CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell | Martin Q. Blank | 1941 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Cell | 2016 |
| We Are Not Animals | 2013 |
| Hot Tub Time Machine | 2009 |
| War, Inc. | 2008 |
| Grace Is Gone | 2007 |
| Max | 2002 |
| Never Get Outta the Boat | 2002 |
| High Fidelity | 2000 |
| The Jack Bull | 1999 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | 1997 |
| Chicago Cab | 1997 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2001 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
