Acting
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.
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV
Frasier
1993 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV
The Oscars
1953 · TV
TFI Friday
1996 · TV
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · TV
2012
2009 · Movie
Identity
2003 · Movie
Baseball
1994 · TV
Con Air
1997 · Movie
Stand by Me
1986 · Movie
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · TV
Anastasia
1997 · Movie
Serendipity
2001 · Movie
1408
2007 · Movie
The Thin Red Line
1998 · Movie
Evening Urgant
2012 · TV
Adaptation.
2002 · Movie
Being John Malkovich
1999 · Movie
Utopia
2020 · TV
Runaway Jury
2003 · Movie
High Fidelity
2000 · Movie
Sixteen Candles
1984 · Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · Movie
The Butler
2013 · Movie
Say Anything...
1989 · Movie
The Player
1992 · Movie
The Frozen Ground
2013 · Movie
Doll & Em
2014 · TV
Dragon Blade
2015 · Movie
The Grifters
1990 · Movie
Cell
2016 · Movie
The Prince
2014 · Movie
Igor
2008 · Movie
America's Sweethearts
2001 · Movie
Maps to the Stars
2014 · Movie
Fog of War
2025 · Movie
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Movie
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Movie
The Paperboy
2012 · Movie
Pushing Tin
1999 · Movie
Detective Chinatown 1900
2025 · Movie
Class
1983 · Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015 · Movie
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 · Movie
Must Love Dogs
2005 · Movie
Better Off Dead...
1985 · Movie
Adult World
2014 · Movie
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 · Movie
The Raven
2012 · Movie
City Hall
1996 · Movie
Love & Mercy
2015 · Movie
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · Movie
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Movie
River Runs Red
2018 · Movie
The Contract
2006 · Movie
Grand Piano
2013 · Movie
The Numbers Station
2013 · Movie
Arsenal
2017 · Movie
Broadcast News
1987 · Movie
War, Inc.
2008 · Movie
The Road to Wellville
1994 · Movie
Singularity
2017 · Movie
Shanghai
2010 · Movie
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 · Movie
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Movie
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007 · Movie
Distorted
2018 · Movie
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001 · Movie
The Sure Thing
1985 · Movie
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · Movie
Eight Men Out
1988 · Movie
The Ice Harvest
2005 · Movie
The Jack Bull
1999 · Movie
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Movie
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025 · Movie
BRATS
2024 · Movie
Max
2002 · Movie
The Bag Man
2014 · Movie
Decoded
2024 · Movie
One Crazy Summer
1986 · Movie
Map of the Human Heart
1993 · Movie
Hot Pursuit
1987 · Movie
Martian Child
2007 · Movie
Never Grow Old
2019 · Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV
Money for Nothing
1993 · Movie
The Factory
2012 · Movie
Salinger
2013 · Movie
Pursuit
2022 · Movie
Blood Money
2017 · Movie
Bob Roberts
1992 · Movie
Reclaim
2014 · Movie
Tapeheads
1988 · Movie
Chi-Raq
2015 · Movie
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · Movie
Grace Is Gone
2007 · Movie
True Colors
1991 · Movie
Drive Hard
2014 · Movie
Breakfast with Hunter
2003 · Movie
Roadside Prophets
1992 · Movie
Chicago Cab
1998 · Movie
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002 · Movie
This Is My Father
1999 · Movie
Elvis Stories
1989 · Movie
The Road to The Sure Thing
2003 · Movie
Eastwood on Eastwood
1997 · Movie
Guyville Redux
2008 · Movie
We're No Animals
2013 · Movie
The Fog Bowl
2016 · Movie
Floundering
1994 · Movie
Boom Bust Boom
2015 · Movie
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010 · Movie
Summerhood
2008 · Movie
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010 · Movie
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012 · Movie
Why Is It Always Me?
1980 · Movie
