John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966 - Height: 6' 2½" (1,89 m)) is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, Con Air, High Fidelity, and 2012. Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois, to a Catholic Irish-American family. His mother, Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan), is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. His father, Richard Cusack (1925–2003), was an actor, as are John's siblings, Ann, Joan, Bill, and Susie. His father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company, and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in [his] belly". Cusack is a fan of both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, for which, he says, he is "in trouble there". He has led the crowd in a performance of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wrigley Field. He has also been spotted at multiple Chicago Bears games, and attended many of the Stanley Cup Finals games in support of the Chicago Blackhawks. Cusack has trained in kickboxing for over 20 years, under former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez. He began training under Urquidez in preparation for his role in Say Anything... and currently holds the rank of a level 6 black belt in Urquidez's Ukidokan Kickboxing system. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cusack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Fog of War | Robert | 2025 |
Movie | Broken Ridge | Sheriff Cole Gunner | 2025 |
Movie | BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-07 |
Movie | Decoded | Isis | 2024-07-25 |
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 | Singularity | Elias Van Dorne | 2017-11-24 |
Movie | Blood Money | Miller | 2017-10-14 |
Movie | Arsenal | Sal | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | The Fog Bowl | Narrator (voice) | 2016-12-21 |
Movie | Cell | Clayton 'Clay' Riddell | 2016-07-06 |
Movie | Dragon Blade | Lucius | 2015-02-19 |
Movie | Boom Bust Boom | Self | 2015-09-12 |
Movie | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Adam (uncredited) | 2015-02-20 |
Movie | Love & Mercy | Brian Wilson 1980s | 2015-05-29 |
Movie | Chi-Raq | Fr. Mike Corridan | 2015-12-04 |
Series | Doll & Em | John | 2014-02-18 |
Movie | Adult World | Rat Billings | 2014-02-14 |
Movie | The Bag Man | Jack | 2014-02-28 |
Movie | Drive Hard | Simon Keller | 2014-10-03 |
Movie | Maps to the Stars | Dr. Stafford Weiss | 2014-05-21 |
Movie | Reclaim | Benjamin | 2014-09-19 |
Movie | The Prince | Sam | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | The Numbers Station | Emerson | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | The Frozen Ground | Robert Hansen | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | The Butler | Richard Nixon | 2013-08-16 |
Movie | Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | We're No Animals | Tony Lovecraft | 2013-10-03 |
Movie | Grand Piano | Clem | 2013-10-11 |
Movie | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | 2012-03-09 |
Movie | All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set | Self | 2012-05-15 |
Movie | The Factory | Mike Fletcher | 2012-10-20 |
Movie | The Paperboy | Hillary Van Wetter | 2012-09-14 |
Movie | WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History | Himself | 2012-08-12 |
Movie | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
Movie | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
Movie | Shanghai | Paul Soames | 2010-06-10 |
Movie | Hot Tub Time Machine | Adam | 2010-03-26 |
Movie | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
Movie | 2012 | Jackson Curtis | 2009-10-10 |
Movie | Guyville Redux | 2008-01-28 | |
Movie | War, Inc. | Brand Hauser | 2008-04-28 |
Movie | Igor | Igor (voice) | 2008-09-19 |
Movie | Summerhood | Narrator (uncredited) | 2008-01-29 |
Movie | Grace Is Gone | Stanley Philipps | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | 1408 | Mike Enslin | 2007-06-22 |
Movie | Martian Child | David | 2007-11-02 |
Movie | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Self | 2007-05-18 |
Movie | The Contract | Ray | 2006-04-05 |
Movie | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | 2006-12-12 |
Movie | The Ice Harvest | Charlie | 2005-11-23 |
Movie | Must Love Dogs | Jake | 2005-07-21 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Runaway Jury | Nick Easter | 2003-01-16 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Breakfast with Hunter | Self | 2003-06-21 |
Movie | Identity | Ed | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Adaptation. | John Cusack (uncredited) | 2002-12-06 |
Movie | Max | Max Rothman | 2002-09-10 |
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 | This Is My Father | Eddie Sharp | 1999-05-07 |
Movie | Cradle Will Rock | Nelson Rockefeller | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | Being John Malkovich | Craig Schwartz | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Pushing Tin | Nick Falzone | 1999-04-23 |
Movie | Chicago Cab | Scary Man | 1998-09-18 |
Movie | The Thin Red Line | Capt. John Gaff | 1998-12-23 |
Movie | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Kelso | 1997-11-21 |
Movie | Grosse Pointe Blank | Martin Q. Blank | 1997-04-11 |
Movie | Con Air | Agent Vince Larkin | 1997-06-05 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Anastasia | Dimitri (voice) | 1997-11-20 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | City Hall | Kevin Calhoun | 1996-02-16 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Floundering | JC | 1994-11-04 |
Movie | The Road to Wellville | Charles Ossining | 1994-10-28 |
Movie | Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne | 1994-10-14 |
Series | Baseball | Various (voice) | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | Map of the Human Heart | The Mapmaker | 1993-04-22 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Movie | Money for Nothing | Joey Coyle | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Greg | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Bob Roberts | Cutting Edge Host | 1992-09-04 |
Movie | The Player | John Cusack | 1992-04-03 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Roadside Prophets | Caspar | 1992-03-27 |
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 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Tapeheads | Ivan Alexeev | 1988-10-21 |
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 | Better Off Dead... | Lane Meyer | 1985-08-23 |
Movie | The Journey of Natty Gann | Harry | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | The Sure Thing | Walter "Gib" Gibson | 1985-03-01 |
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..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |