Cast & creator
John Cusack
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Daily Show, The Graham Norton Show
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.
Also known as: John Cusak, John Paul Cusack
124
film credits
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television credits
127
1953–2025 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (145)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Frasier
Greg (voice)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
TFI Friday
1996
2012
Jackson Curtis
2009
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Stand by Me
Denny Lachance
1986
Con Air
Agent Vince Larkin
1997
Identity
Ed
2003
The Thin Red Line
Capt. John Gaff
1998
Baseball
Voice
1994Baseball
(voice)
1994
Being John Malkovich
Craig Schwartz
1999
1408
Mike Enslin
2007
Anastasia
Dimitri (voice)
1997
Runaway Jury
Nick Easter
2003
Say Anything...
Lloyd Dobler
1989
Utopia
Dr. Kevin Christie
2020
High Fidelity
Rob
2000High Fidelity
Screenplay
2000High Fidelity
Co-Producer
2000High Fidelity
Music Supervisor
2000
Sixteen Candles
Bryce
1984
Serendipity
Jonathan Trager
2001
The Numbers Station
Emerson
2013
Adaptation.
John Cusack (uncredited)
2002
Hot Tub Time Machine
Adam
2010Hot Tub Time Machine
Producer
2010
The Prince
Sam
2014
The Player
John Cusack
1992
The Butler
Richard Nixon
2013
Evening Urgant
Self
2012
Maps to the Stars
Dr. Stafford Weiss
2014
Grosse Pointe Blank
Martin Q. Blank
1997Grosse Pointe Blank
Screenplay
1997Grosse Pointe Blank
Co-Producer
1997
Detective Chinatown 1900
Grant
2025
The Frozen Ground
Robert Hansen
2013
Better Off Dead...
Lane Meyer
1985
The Paperboy
Hillary Van Wetter
2012
Igor
Igor (voice)
2008
Cell
Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
2016Cell
Executive Producer
2016
Doll & Em
John
2014
The Contract
Ray
2006
Love & Mercy
Brian Wilson 1980s
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Adam (uncredited)
2015
Broadcast News
Angry Messenger
1987
Must Love Dogs
Jake
2005
America's Sweethearts
Eddie Thomas
2001
City Hall
Kevin Calhoun
1996
Grand Piano
Clem
2013
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Kelso
1997
Pushing Tin
Nick Falzone
1999
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
2012
The Sure Thing
Walter "Gib" Gibson
1985
Adult World
Rat Billings
2014
Bullets Over Broadway
David Shayne
1994
Dragon Blade
Lucius
2015
The Road to Wellville
Charles Ossining
1994
Eight Men Out
Buck Weaver
1988
The Bag Man
Jack
2014
Drive Hard
Simon Keller
2014
Cradle Will Rock
Nelson Rockefeller
1999
Fat Man and Little Boy
Michael Merriman
1989
Grandview, U.S.A.
Johnny Maine
1984
The Journey of Natty Gann
Harry
1985
Arsenal
Sal
2017
One Crazy Summer
Hoops McCann
1986
The Ice Harvest
Charlie
2005
The Factory
Mike Fletcher
2012
Fog of War
Bob Duncolm
2025
Money for Nothing
Joey Coyle
1993
River Runs Red
Horace
2018
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Class
Roscoe
1983
Hot Pursuit
Dan Bartlett
1987
Shadows and Fog
Student Jack
1991
The Grifters
Roy Dillon
1990
The Jack Bull
Myrl Redding
1999The Jack Bull
Executive Producer
1999
Never Grow Old
Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
2019
Singularity
Elias Van Dorne
2017
The Concert for New York City
Self
2001
Martian Child
David
2007
War, Inc.
Brand Hauser
2008War, Inc.
Writer
2008War, Inc.
Producer
2008
Grace Is Gone
Stanley Philipps
2007Grace Is Gone
Producer
2007
Blood Money
Miller
2017
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Self
2025
Shanghai
Paul Soames
2010
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Max
Max Rothman
2002Max
Associate Producer
2002
Map of the Human Heart
The Mapmaker
1993
Chi-Raq
Fr. Mike Corridan
2015
Reclaim
Benjamin
2014
This Is My Father
Eddie Sharp
1999
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Bob Roberts
Cutting Edge Host
1992
Decoded
希伊斯
2024
Pursuit
John Calloway
2022
Distorted
Vernon Sarsfield
2018
Tapeheads
Ivan Alexeev
1988
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Self
2007
True Colors
Peter Burton
1991
Chicago Cab
Scary Man
1998Chicago Cab
Executive Producer
1998
Salinger
Self - Actor
2013
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Presenter
2010
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
2006
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self
2002
Guyville Redux
2008
Roadside Prophets
Caspar
1992
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Presenter
2010
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Self
2012
Boom Bust Boom
Self
2015
We're No Animals
Tony Lovecraft
2013We're No Animals
Writer
2013We're No Animals
Producer
2013
Breakfast with Hunter
Self
2003
Floundering
JC
1994Floundering
Additional Dialogue
1994
Summerhood
Narrator (uncredited)
2008
Elvis Stories
Corky
1989
Eastwood on Eastwood
Narrator (voice)
1997
The Fog Bowl
Narrator (voice)
2016
Why Is It Always Me?
Mike
1980