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John Cusack

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

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John Cusack is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter who has appeared in numerous films across different genres. He matters as a notable figure in Hollywood who has contributed to film both in front of and behind the camera throughout his career.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1966-06-28
Works: 5

Top works

1408 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Things that can and cannot be said
GAA book of days
High Fidelity
Scarlet fever

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Film & TV

Acting · Evanston, Illinois, USA

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…

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Fog of War — Bob Duncolm2025
Detective Chinatown 1900 — Grant2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich — Self2025
BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
Decoded — 希伊斯2024
Pursuit — John Calloway2022

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John Paul Cusack (/ˈkjuːsæk/ KEW-sak; born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. With a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in over eighty films. He began acting in films during the 1980s, appearing 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). Moving away from his teen idol image, he went on to appear in a variety of genres, such as the crime thrillers The Grifters (1990) and The Paperboy (2012), the black comedies Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), the time-traveling comedy Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), psychological thriller Identity (2003), the action thriller Con Air (1997), and the psychological horror film 1408 (2007).

Cusack has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe for his starring role in High Fidelity (2000). He won the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Maps to the Stars (2014).