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.

Filmography

• 2025Detective Chinatown 1900 — Grant
• 2025Fog of War — Bob Duncolm
• 2024Decoded — 希伊斯
• 2022Pursuit — John Calloway
• Utopia — Dr. Kevin Christie
• 2019Never Grow Old — Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
• 2018Distorted — Vernon Sarsfield
• 2018River Runs Red — Horace
• 2017Arsenal — Sal
• 2017Blood Money — Miller
• 2017Singularity — Elias Van Dorne
• 2016Cell — Clayton 'Clay' Riddell, Executive Producer
• 2016The Fog Bowl — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Chi-Raq — Fr. Mike Corridan
• 2015Dragon Blade — Lucius
• 2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2 — Adam (uncredited)
• 2015Love & Mercy — Brian Wilson 1980s
• 2014Adult World — Rat Billings
• Doll & Em — John
• 2014Drive Hard — Simon Keller
• 2014Maps to the Stars — Dr. Stafford Weiss
• 2014Reclaim — Benjamin
• 2014The Bag Man — Jack
• 2014The Prince — Sam
• 2013Grand Piano — Clem
• 2013The Butler — Richard Nixon
• 2013The Frozen Ground — Robert Hansen
• 2013The Numbers Station — Emerson
• 2013We're No Animals — Tony Lovecraft, Writer, Producer
• 2012The Factory — Mike Fletcher
• 2012The Paperboy — Hillary Van Wetter
• 2012The Raven — Edgar Allan Poe
• 20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic — Self, Presenter
• 2010Hot Tub Time Machine — Adam, Producer
• 2010Shanghai — Paul Soames
• 2010The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective — Self, Presenter
• 20092012 — Jackson Curtis
• 2008Guyville Redux
• 2008Igor — Igor (voice)
• 2008Summerhood — Narrator (uncredited)
• 2008War, Inc. — Brand Hauser, Writer, Producer
• 20071408 — Mike Enslin
• 2007Grace Is Gone — Stanley Philipps, Producer
• 2007Martian Child — David
• 2006The Contract — Ray
• 2005Must Love Dogs — Jake
• 2005The Ice Harvest — Charlie
• 2003Identity — Ed
• 2003Runaway Jury — Nick Easter
• 2003The Road to The Sure Thing
• 2002Adaptation. — John Cusack (uncredited)
• 2002Max — Max Rothman, Associate Producer
• 2001America's Sweethearts — Eddie Thomas
• 2001Serendipity — Jonathan Trager
• 2000High Fidelity — Rob, Screenplay, Co-Producer, Music Supervisor
• 1999Being John Malkovich — Craig Schwartz
• 1999Cradle Will Rock — Nelson Rockefeller
• 1999Pushing Tin — Nick Falzone
• 1999The Jack Bull — Myrl Redding, Executive Producer
• 1999This Is My Father — Eddie Sharp
• 1998Chicago Cab — Scary Man, Executive Producer
• 1998The Thin Red Line — Capt. John Gaff
• 1997Anastasia — Dimitri (voice)
• 1997Con Air — Agent Vince Larkin
• 1997Eastwood on Eastwood — Narrator (voice)
• 1997Grosse Pointe Blank — Martin Q. Blank, Screenplay, Co-Producer
• 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — John Kelso
• 1996City Hall — Kevin Calhoun
• TFI Friday
• Baseball — Voice, (voice)
• 1994Bullets Over Broadway — David Shayne
• 1994Floundering — JC, Additional Dialogue
• 1994The Road to Wellville — Charles Ossining
• Frasier — Greg (voice)
• 1993Map of the Human Heart — The Mapmaker
• 1993Money for Nothing — Joey Coyle
• 1992Bob Roberts — Cutting Edge Host
• 1992Roadside Prophets — Caspar
• 1992The Player — John Cusack
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Shadows and Fog — Student Jack
• 1991True Colors — Peter Burton
• 1990The Grifters — Roy Dillon
• 1989Elvis Stories — Corky
• 1989Fat Man and Little Boy — Michael Merriman
• 1989Say Anything... — Lloyd Dobler
• 1988Eight Men Out — Buck Weaver
• 1988Tapeheads — Ivan Alexeev
• 1987Broadcast News — Angry Messenger
• 1987Hot Pursuit — Dan Bartlett
• 1986One Crazy Summer — Hoops McCann
• 1986Stand by Me — Denny Lachance
• 1985Better Off Dead... — Lane Meyer
• 1985The Journey of Natty Gann — Harry
• 1985The Sure Thing — Walter "Gib" Gibson
• 1984Grandview, U.S.A. — Johnny Maine
• 1984Sixteen Candles — Bryce
• 1983Class — Roscoe
• Entertainment Tonight
• 1980Why Is It Always Me? — Mike
• My Only Sunshine

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2025Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich — Self
• 2024BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2015Boom Bust Boom — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Salinger — Self - Actor
• 2012All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set — Self
• Evening Urgant — Self
• 2011Woody Allen: A Documentary — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• 2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride — Self
• 2003Breakfast with Hunter — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. — Self
• 2001America | A Tribute to Heroes — Self
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• The Oscars — Self