John Cusack

Acting · Born 1966-06-28 in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Biography

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). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (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…

Filmography

• Stand by Me as Denny Lachance
• High Fidelity as Rob Gordon
• Pursuit as John Calloway
• Being John Malkovich as Craig Schwartz
• Say Anything... as Lloyd Dobler
• The Contract as Ray
• 1408 as Mike Enslin
• Con Air as Agent Vince Larkin
• The Player as John Cusack
• Identity as Ed