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John Cusack is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, the Chicago-born actor has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out--all the while avoiding the media spotlight. With the exception of mom Nancy (a former math teacher)... See full bio »

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John Paul Cusack
in Evanston, Illinois, USA
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2014 Maps to the Stars (pre-production)
Sanford
 
???? Airspace (rumored) (pre-production)
 
???? Love & Mercy (pre-production)
Brian Wilson - older
 
2014/II Hard Drive (filming)
Simon Keller
 
2013 Five Minutes to Live (filming)
Johnny
 
2013 Grand Piano (post-production)
 
2013 No somos animales (post-production)
Tony
 
2013 The Butler (post-production)
Richard Nixon
 
2013 Motel (post-production)
 
2013 The Frozen Ground (completed)
Robert Hansen
 
2013 Adult World
Rat Billings
 
2013 The Numbers Station
Emerson Kent
 
2013 Doll & Em (TV mini-series)
John
– Episode #1.3 (2013) … John
 
2012/V The Factory
Mike
 
2012 The Paperboy
Hillary Van Wetter
 
2012/I The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
 
2010 Shanghai
Paul Soames
 
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine
Adam
 
2009/I 2012
Jackson Curtis
 
2008 Igor
Igor (voice)
 
2008 War, Inc.
Hauser
 
2008 Summerhood
Narrator (uncredited)
 
2007 Martian Child
David
 
2007 1408
Mike Enslin
 
2007 Grace Is Gone
Stanley Phillips
 
2006 The Contract
Ray Keene
 
2005 The Ice Harvest
Charlie Arglist
 
2005 Must Love Dogs
Jake
 
2003 Runaway Jury
Nicholas Easter
 
2003 Identity
Ed
 
2002/I Max
Max Rothman
 
2001 Serendipity
Jonathan Trager
 
2001 America's Sweethearts
Eddie Thomas
 
2000 High Fidelity
Rob Gordon
 
1999 Being John Malkovich
Craig Schwartz
 
1999 Cradle Will Rock
Nelson Rockefeller
 
1999 Pushing Tin
Nick Falzone
 
1999 The Jack Bull (TV movie)
Myrl Redding
 
1998 The Thin Red Line
Capt. John Gaff
 
1998/I This Is My Father
Eddie Sharp
 
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Kelso
 
1997 Anastasia
Dimitri (voice)
 
1997 Chicago Cab
Scary Man
 
1997 Con Air
Vince Larkin
 
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank
Martin Q. Blank
 
1996 Frasier (TV series)
Greg
– Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven (1996) … Greg (voice)
 
1996 City Hall
Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
 
1994 The Road to Wellville
Charles Ossining
 
1994 Bullets Over Broadway
David Shayne
 
1994 Floundering
JC
 
1993 Money for Nothing
Joey Coyle
 
1992 Bob Roberts
Cutting Edge Host
 
1992 Map of the Human Heart
The Mapmaker
 
1992 Roadside Prophets
Caspar
 
1991 Shadows and Fog
Student Jack
 
1991 True Colors
Peter Burton
 
1990 The Grifters
Roy Dillon
 
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy
Michael Merriman
 
1989 Say Anything...
Lloyd Dobler
 
1989 Elvis Stories (short)
Corky
 
1988 Eight Men Out
George 'Buck' Weaver
 
1988 Tapeheads
Ivan Alexeev
 
1987 Broadcast News
Angry Messenger (as John Cusak)
 
1987 Hot Pursuit
Dan Bartlett
 
1986 Stand by Me
Denny Lachance
 
1986 One Crazy Summer
Hoops McCann
 
1985 The Journey of Natty Gann
Harry
 
1985 Better Off Dead...
Lane Meyer
 
1985 The Sure Thing
Walter 'Gib' Gibson
 
1984 Grandview, U.S.A.
Johnny Maine
 
1984 Sixteen Candles
Bryce
 
1983 Class
Roscoe
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
2013 No somos animales (producer) (post-production)
 
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine (producer)
 
2008 War, Inc. (producer)
 
2007 Grace Is Gone (producer)
 
2002/I Max (associate producer)
 
2002 Never Get Outta the Boat (executive producer)
 
2000 High Fidelity (co-producer)
 
1999 The Jack Bull (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997 Chicago Cab (executive producer)
 
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank (co-producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
2013 No somos animales (screenplay) (post-production)
 
2008 War, Inc. (written by)
 
2000 High Fidelity (screenplay)
 
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank (screenplay)
 
1994 Floundering (additional dialogue)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2008 War, Inc. (lyrics: "I Want to Blow You Up", "Your Phone Cut Out")
 
1988 Tapeheads (performer: "Now That You're Gone")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2000 High Fidelity (music supervisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2012 Nick Lowe: Stoplight Roses (short) (special thanks)
 
2010 A Backyard Story (grateful acknowledgment)
 
2007 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series) (photographs courtesy of - 1 episode)
– John Cusack (2007) (photographs courtesy of)
 
2003 Thirteen (special thanks)
 
2002 Adaptation. (special thanks)
 
2001 On the Set: Serendipity (TV documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (74 titles)
2013 Salinger (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2009-2013 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 March 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2013 Costas at the Movies (TV series)
Himself
– Eight Men Out (2013) … Himself
 
2012 Woody Allen: A Documentary (documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2012 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 April 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.156 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #6.45 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #5.9 (2007) … Himself
 
2012 Howard Stern on Demand (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack/Goldie Hawn/Marcus Brigstocke/Kasabian (2012) … Himself
 
2011 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Mark at the Movies (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.40 (2010) … Himself
 
2009-2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.21 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #5.7 (2009) … Himself
 
2007-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
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2008-2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.119 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #4.263 (2008) … Himself
 
2003-2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #18.15 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #15.113 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #11.69 (2003) … Himself
 
2010 Roland Emmerich: Master of the Modern Epic (video short)
Himself
 
2010 Do It Again (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2010 Guión busca estrella (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Roland Emmerich - Mein Leben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 FörKväll (TV series)
Himself - Bilder från 2012
– Episode #2.24 (2009) … Himself - Bilder från 2012
 
2007-2009 Rachael Ray (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.56 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #2.67 (2007) … Himself
 
2003-2009 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 July 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2009 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Himself
– Wetten, dass..? aus Braunschweig (2009) … Himself
– Mallorca Special … Himself
 
2009 An Iconic Film Revisited: 'Say Anything...' 20 Years Later (video short)
Himself
 
2009 The Jay Leno Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.35 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 ES.TV HD (TV series)
Himself
 
2008 Guyville Redux
Himself
 
2008 Democracy Now! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 May 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.11 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Irak-Afganistán, la guerra llega al cine (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2007 Private Sessions (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack/Michael Bay (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The View (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 December 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Getaway (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Traveller
– Episode #16.41 (2007) … Himself - Celebrity Traveller
 
2007 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack (2007) … Himself
 
2002-2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 December 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2007 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #6.130 (2007) … Himself
 
1997-2007 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– John Cusack/Pink Martini/Turkey Gobbling Champions (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
– John Cusack/The All-American Rejects (2005) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2007 The World Awaits: De La Hoya vs. Mayweather (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Making of 'Anastasia' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Ice Harvest: Beneath the Harvest (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Famous (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short
 
2004 The Making of 'Runaway Jury' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Tinseltown TV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Runaway Jury (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Road to 'The Sure Thing' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Breakfast with Hunter (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 On the Record with Bob Costas (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 May 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– John Cusack (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Adaptation.
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 The Concert for New York City (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997-2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 October 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 March 2000 (2000) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 April 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical
 
2001 On the Set: Serendipity (TV documentary short)
Himself - 'Jonathan'
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Rob Reiner (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 11 April 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
 
1997 Eastwood on Eastwood (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1997 The Magical Journey of 'Anastasia' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– A National Heirloom (1994) … Himself (voice)
– The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) … Himself (voice)
 
1993 Rock the Vote (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 The Player
Himself
 
1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1989 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 April 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1983 The Making of 'Class' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2013 Movie Guide (TV series)
 
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2006 The Ice Harvest: Alternate Endings (video short)
Charlie
 
2006 100 Greatest Teen Stars
Himself
 
2005 Pardon the Interruption (TV series)
 
2004 Retrosexual: The 80's
 
2003 The Screen Savers (TV series)
 
2002 Screen Tests of the Stars (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Craig Schwartz (uncredited)
 
1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
David Shayne (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1990) He directed Nanette M. Acosta's play, "Methusalem", at the New Crime Productions Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. The crew included Jeff Beck (musical director). See more »

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Alternate Names:

John Cusak

Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Personal Quote:

(On if he prefers Chicago or L.A.) Chicago's a great city - definitely my favorite. But I'm more at home in L.A. because so many of my old friends are here now. I mean, I feel at home in both. What's hard in Chicago is that I'm more conspicuous when I'm there. It's harder to coast around. See more »

Trivia:

Turned down Woody Harrelson's role in Indecent Proposal. See more »

Trademark:

Dark, unruly hair See more »

Nickname:

Johnny See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer